scope:

PURPOSE.

This instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Instruction 5505.14 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5106.01 (Reference (b)).

b. Updates policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures in accordance with the guidance in section 1565 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.); section 28.12(b) of Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations; and sections 14132, 14135, and 14135a of Title 42, U.S.C. (References (c), (d) and (e)), for DNA sample collection requirements for criminal investigations, law enforcement, corrections, and commanders.

c. Recognizes DoD and the Coast Guard as "agencies of the United States" for the collection of DNA samples pursuant to References (d) and (e).

d. Does not eliminate other legal or policy requirements to provide DNA, fingerprints, or criminal history data, including submissions to the Defense Incident-Based Reporting System pursuant to DoD Directive 7730.47 (Reference (f)).

e. Does not regulate DNA or other biometric data collected from non-U.S. persons who are detained or held by DoD or the Coast Guard during combat or operational activities.

f. Does not regulate DNA or other biometrical data collected pursuant to DoD Directive 8521.01E and Public Law 108-458 (References (g) and (h)).

g. Does not regulate DNA samples maintained for identification of human remains, referred to in section 1565a of Reference (c).

h. Assigns shared funding responsibility to the DoD Component heads and the Commandant of the Coast Guard for the collection of DNA samples pursuant to References (d) and (e).

i. Recognizes the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) as the DoD's Combined Deoxyribonucleic Acid Index System (CODIS) participating laboratory.

j. Prohibits the collection of DNA samples from juveniles. For the purposes of this instruction, a "juvenile" is a person who has not attained his or her eighteenth birthday unless the individual is a Service member on active duty.

APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the "DoD Components").