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34 USC § 10513 - Application requirements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10513"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 10513 - Application requirements"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10513"
section_name: "Application requirements"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XXIII"
subchapter_name: "DNA IDENTIFICATION GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2403, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210302(c)(1)(C), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2066; amended Pub. L. 106–546, § 8(b), Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2735.)"
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# § 10513. Application requirements

No grant may be made under this subchapter unless an application has been submitted to the Attorney General in which the applicant certifies that—

**1** DNA analyses performed at the laboratory will satisfy or exceed then current standards for a quality assurance program for DNA analysis issued by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 12591 of this title.[^1]

So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.

**(2)** DNA samples obtained by and DNA analyses performed at the laboratory shall be made available only—

**(A)** to criminal justice agencies for law enforcement identification purposes;

**(B)** in judicial proceedings, if otherwise admissible pursuant to applicable statutes or rules;

**(C)** for criminal defense purposes, to a defendant, who shall have access to samples and analyses performed in connection with the case in which the defendant is charged; or

**(D)** if personally identifiable information is removed, for a population statistics database, for identification research and protocol development purposes, or for quality control purposes; and

**(3)** the laboratory and each analyst performing DNA analyses at the laboratory shall undergo semiannual external proficiency testing by a DNA proficiency testing program that meets the standards issued under section 12591 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2403, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210302(c)(1)(C), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2066; amended Pub. L. 106–546, § 8(b), Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2735.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2000—Par. (3).  substituted “semiannual” for “, at regular intervals not exceeding 180 days,”.