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Calendar No. 231 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1766 

To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HELLER, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

HATCH, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COONS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, 

Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 

Reported by Mr. GRASSLEY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Foren5 sic Evidence Reporting Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act 

6 of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 

2 Section 304(c)(2) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 

3 Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136a) is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘, both adult and pediatric,’’ 

5 after ‘‘role of forensic nurses’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘and elder abuse’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘elder abuse, and, in particular, the need for pedi8 atric sexual assault nurse examiners, including such 

9 nurse examiners working in the multidisciplinary 

10 setting, in responding to abuse of both children and 

11 adolescents’’. 

12 SEC. 3. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

13 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA 

14 Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

15 14135(c)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘2022’’. 

17 (b) REPEAL OF SUNSET.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1006 of the SAFER 

19 Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14135 note) is repealed. 

20 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND21 MENT.—The table of contents for the Violence 

22 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

23 Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54) is amended by striking 

24 the item relating to section 1006. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Forensic 

3 Evidence Reporting Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act of 

4 2017’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 

6 Section 304(c)(2) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 

7 Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723(c)(2)) is amended— 

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘, both adult and pediatric,’’ 

9 after ‘‘role of forensic nurses’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘and elder abuse’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘elder abuse, and, in particular, the need for pedi12 atric sexual assault nurse examiners, including such 

13 nurse examiners working in the multidisciplinary set14 ting, in responding to abuse of both children and ado15 lescents’’. 

16 SEC. 3. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

17 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA 

18 Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

19 40701(c)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2022’’. 

21 (b) SUNSET.—Section 1006 of the SAFER Act of 2013 

22 (34 U.S.C. 40701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘2023’’. 


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Calendar No. 231 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1766 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for 

other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 


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