# § 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,”.