### Question
Can you define what qualifying offense means?


### Answer
**Qualifying offense** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 1565*:

> any of the following offenses:


(A) A qualifying Federal offense, as determined under section 3 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 1565*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 80-MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER DUTIES**

