HR7916-119

In Committee

CODIS Access Modernization Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 12, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, CODIS Access Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H5424B29D088A40A3A6F58B94725B7F00: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CODIS Access Modernization Act.
  • Section HBC0AC87CB55545BCBCC676831E64BF0B: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Congress recognizes the essential role that publicly operated forensic laboratories and their dedicated scientific...
  • Section H1E9CC5459EBC4F39B075DE9247EDD62D: 3. Direct access for eligible private forensic dna laboratories to the national dna index system The Attorney General shall allow eligible privately owned and...
  • Section HF4E8A1155E564ADABA4DB7440C44C307: 4. Conforming amendments The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make such conforming amendments...
  • Section HAE82980ADF39421FBFE56638696400B7: 5. Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, except that the requirement to issue regulations under section 3(b) shall apply as...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, CODIS Access Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, CODIS Access Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Government Operations Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 12, 2026

Mr. Nehls introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Government Operations Defense
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"privately owned and operated forensic evidence DNA testing laboratory" §H1E9CC5459EBC4F39B075DE9247EDD62D

a private DNA forensic evidence testing laboratory that— has been accredited for a minimum of five consecutive years to the ISO/IEC 17025 standards by a nationally recognized nonprofit professional association of persons actively involved in forensic science

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