This just in via email :

The House Judiciary Committee voted 28-1 to report favorably H.R. 3214, the Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003, a comprehensive package of programs that provides over $1 billion over the next five years to assist Federal and State authorities in solving crimes and protecting the innocent.

H.R. 3214 includes the Innocence Protection Act of 2003, which would help ensure eligible inmates access to DNA testing to establish their innocence and would authorize grants to the States to improve the quality of legal representation in capital cases.

The bill currently has 147 cosponsors, and we anticipate that it will shortly come before the full House. An identical bill has been introduced in the Senate (S. 1700) with 18 cosponsors.

Major credit is due Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and his counsel and Legislative Director Mark Agrast.