Ashcroft want a billion dollars over the next five years to gather enough DNA to close State's backlogs on DNA testing. From the same story, I found the following (my emphasis):

In addition, the Justice Department is backing legislation allowing all samples collected by states - including those from people who have merely been arrested in Louisiana, Texas, Virginia and possibly other states - to be included in the national FBI database. The goal is to make the DNA profiles available to police nationwide.