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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3539 
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish a procedure for the 
removal of a booking photograph from a consumer’s file, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish a 
procedure for the removal of a booking photograph from 
a consumer’s file, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mugshots Elimination 
Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF A BOOKING PHOTO-
GRAPH FROM A CONSUMER’S FILE BY A CON-
SUMER REPORTING AGENCY. 
Section 605 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 
U.S.C. 1681c) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF BOOKING PHO-
TOGRAPH FROM FILE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a consumer desires to re-
move a booking photograph of the consumer con-
tained in the consumer’s file at a consumer report-
ing agency, the consumer may submit a request to 
remove such booking photograph to the agency di-
rectly, or indirectly through a reseller, or to the fur-
nisher of such booking photograph. The consumer 
reporting agency shall remove such booking photo-
graph from the consumer’s file— 
‘‘(A) not later than 30 days after the re-
ceipt of such a request, if the consumer submits 
such request to the agency directly or indirectly 
through a reseller; 
‘‘(B) not later than 45 days after the re-
ceipt of such a request, if the consumer submits 
such request to the furnisher of such booking 
photograph. 
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‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMER REPORTING 
AGENCY.—If a furnisher of a booking photograph re-
ceives a request from a consumer to remove such 
booking photograph from the consumer’s file, such 
furnisher shall submit such request to each con-
sumer reporting agency described under section 
603(p) not later than 5 days after receipt of such 
request. 
‘‘(3) BOOKING PHOTOGRAPH DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘booking photograph’ means a 
photograph of a consumer taken— 
‘‘(A) at the time of arrest; 
‘‘(B) at the time the consumer enters into 
custody prior to or during that consumer’s trial; 
or 
‘‘(C) upon conviction or thereafter, when 
committed to the custody of any correctional 
agency or facility.’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 
2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES WEATHER RESEARCH AND 
FORECASTING IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Public safety priority. 
Sec. 102. Weather research and forecasting innovation. 
Sec. 103. Tornado warning improvement and extension program. 
Sec. 104. Hurricane forecast improvement program. 
Sec. 105. Weather research and development planning. 
Sec. 106. Observing system planning. 
Sec. 107. Observing system simulation experiments. 
Sec. 108. Annual report on computing resources prioritization. 
Sec. 109. United States Weather Research program. 
Sec. 110. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—SUBSEASONAL AND SEASONAL FORECASTING 
INNOVATION 
Sec. 201. Improving subseasonal and seasonal forecasts. 
TITLE III—WEATHER SATELLITE AND DATA INNOVATION 
Sec. 301. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite and data 
management. 
Sec. 302. Commercial weather data. 
Sec. 303. Unnecessary duplication. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION 
Sec. 401. Environmental Information Services Working Group. 
Sec. 402. Interagency weather research and forecast innovation coordination. 
Sec. 403. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Weather 
Service exchange program. 
Sec. 404. Visiting fellows at National Weather Service. 
Sec. 405. Warning coordination meteorologists at weather forecast offices of 
National Weather Service. 
Sec. 406. Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration commu-
nication of hazardous weather and water events. 
Sec. 407. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Ready All 
Hazards Award Program. 
Sec. 408. Department of Defense weather forecasting activities. 
Sec. 409. National Weather Service; operations and workforce analysis. 
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Sec. 410. Report on contract positions at National Weather Service. 
Sec. 411. Weather impacts to communities and infrastructure. 
Sec. 412. Weather enterprise outreach. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SEASONAL.—The term ‘‘seasonal’’ means 
the time range between 3 months and 2 years. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, 
a territory, or possession of the United States, in-
cluding a Commonwealth, or the District of Colum-
bia. 
(3) SUBSEASONAL.—The term ‘‘subseasonal’’ 
means the time range between 2 weeks and 3 
months. 
(4) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere. 
(5) WEATHER INDUSTRY AND WEATHER EN-
TERPRISE.—The terms ‘‘weather industry’’ and 
‘‘weather enterprise’’ are interchangeable in this Act, 
and include individuals and organizations from pub-
lic, private, and academic sectors that contribute to 
the research, development, and production of weath-
er forecast products, and primary consumers of 
these weather forecast products. 
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TITLE 
I—UNITED 
STATES 
WEATHER 
RESEARCH 
AND 
FORECASTING 
IMPROVE-
MENT 
SEC. 101. PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY. 
In conducting research, the Under Secretary shall 
prioritize improving weather data, modeling, computing, 
forecasting, and warnings for the protection of life and 
property and for the enhancement of the national econ-
omy. 
SEC. 102. WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNO-
VATION. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Assistant Administrator for the 
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research shall conduct 
a program to develop improved understanding of and fore-
cast capabilities for atmospheric events and their impacts, 
placing priority on developing more accurate, timely, and 
effective warnings and forecasts of high impact weather 
events that endanger life and property. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program described 
in subsection (a) shall focus on the following activities: 
(1) Improving the fundamental understanding 
of weather consistent with section 101, including the 
boundary layer and other processes affecting high 
impact weather events. 
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(2) Improving the understanding of how the 
public receives, interprets, and responds to warnings 
and forecasts of high impact weather events that en-
danger life and property. 
(3) Research and development, and transfer of 
knowledge, technologies, and applications to the Na-
tional Weather Service and other appropriate agen-
cies and entities, including the United States weath-
er industry and academic partners, related to— 
(A) advanced radar, radar networking 
technologies, and other ground-based tech-
nologies, including those emphasizing rapid, 
fine-scale sensing of the boundary layer and 
lower troposphere, and the use of innovative, 
dual-polarization, phased-array technologies; 
(B) aerial weather observing systems; 
(C) high performance computing and infor-
mation technology and wireless communication 
networks; 
(D) advanced numerical weather prediction 
systems and forecasting tools and techniques 
that improve the forecasting of timing, track, 
intensity, and severity of high impact weather, 
including through— 
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(i) the development of more effective 
mesoscale models; 
(ii) more effective use of existing, and 
the development of new, regional and na-
tional cloud-resolving models; 
(iii) enhanced global weather models; 
and 
(iv) integrated assessment models; 
(E) quantitative assessment tools for meas-
uring the impact and value of data and observ-
ing systems, including Observing System Sim-
ulation Experiments (as described in section 
107), Observing System Experiments, and 
Analyses of Alternatives; 
(F) atmospheric chemistry and interactions 
essential to accurately characterizing atmos-
pheric composition and predicting meteorolog-
ical processes, including cloud microphysical, 
precipitation, and atmospheric electrification 
processes, to more effectively understand their 
role in severe weather; and 
(G) additional sources of weather data and 
information, including commercial observing 
systems. 
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(4) A technology transfer initiative, carried out 
jointly and in coordination with the Director of the 
National Weather Service, and in cooperation with 
the United States weather industry and academic 
partners, to ensure continuous development and 
transition of the latest scientific and technological 
advances into operations of the National Weather 
Service and to establish a process to sunset outdated 
and expensive operational methods and tools to en-
able cost-effective transfer of new methods and tools 
into operations. 
(c) EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
under this section, the Assistant Administrator for 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research shall collaborate 
with and support the non-Federal weather research 
community, which includes institutions of higher 
education, private entities, and nongovernmental or-
ganizations, by making funds available through com-
petitive grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
ments. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that not less than 30 percent of the funds 
for weather research and development at the Office 
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research should be 
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made available for the purpose described in para-
graph (1). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each year, concurrent with 
the annual budget request submitted by the President to 
Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, the Under Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
description of current and planned activities under this 
section. 
SEC. 103. TORNADO WARNING IMPROVEMENT AND EXTEN-
SION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in collabo-
ration with the United States weather industry and aca-
demic partners, shall establish a tornado warning improve-
ment and extension program. 
(b) GOAL.—The goal of such program shall be to re-
duce the loss of life and economic losses from tornadoes 
through the development and extension of accurate, effec-
tive, and timely tornado forecasts, predictions, and warn-
ings, including the prediction of tornadoes beyond one 
hour in advance. 
(c) PROGRAM PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, in co-
ordination with the Director of the National Weather 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3541 
To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. POE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Foren-
sic Evidence Reporting Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR RAPE KIT RETENTION OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE FOR 
UNSOLVED CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 414 of the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136f) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and the Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance’’ after 
‘‘Justice’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and government’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, government’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and other national 
and State subject matter experts,’’ before 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and encourage com-
pliance with’’ after ‘‘establish’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘connected to cases 
in which no person is currently convicted, 
including best practices for the preserva-
tion of sexual assault evidence collection 
kits or their probative contents for un-
solved cases’’ before the semicolon at the 
end; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF VALUE BASED OUT-
COME PERFORMANCE FRACTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The value based out-
come performance fraction for an applicable 
hospital for an applicable prospective period, 
subject to subparagraph (C), is equal to the 
ratio of— 
‘‘(i) the total hospital-specific finan-
cial impact, as defined in subparagraph 
(B), for the hospital and data collection 
period with respect to such applicable pro-
spective period; to 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of stand-
ardized hospital payments (as defined in 
paragraph (4)(H)(ii)(I)) made to the hos-
pital during the data collection period with 
respect to such applicable prospective pe-
riod. 
‘‘(B) TOTAL
HOSPITAL-SPECIFIC
FINAN-
CIAL IMPACT DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘total hospital- 
specific financial impact’ means, with re-
spect to a hospital for an applicable pro-
spective period, the sum, subject to clause 
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SEC. 411. WEATHER IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Weather Service shall review existing research, prod-
ucts, and services that meet the specific needs of the 
urban environment, given its unique physical charac-
teristics and forecasting challenges. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review required by para-
graph (1) shall include research, products, and serv-
ices with the potential to improve modeling and fore-
casting capabilities, taking into account factors in-
cluding varying building heights, impermeable sur-
faces, lack of tree canopy, traffic, pollution, and 
inter-building wind effects. 
(b) REPORT AND ASSESSMENT.—Upon completion of 
the review required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the research, prod-
ucts, and services of the National Weather Service, includ-
ing an assessment of such research, products, and services 
that is based on the review, public comment, and recent 
publications by the National Academy of Sciences. 
SEC. 412. WEATHER ENTERPRISE OUTREACH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary may estab-
lish mechanisms for outreach to the weather enterprise— 
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(1) to assess the weather forecasts and forecast 
products provided by the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration; and 
(2) to determine the highest priority weather 
forecast needs of the community described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) OUTREACH COMMUNITY.—In conducting out-
reach under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall con-
tact leading experts and innovators from relevant stake-
holders, including the representatives from the following: 
(1) State or local emergency management agen-
cies. 
(2) State agriculture agencies. 
(3) Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) and Native Hawaiians (as de-
fined in section 6207 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517)). 
(4) The private aerospace industry. 
(5) The private earth observing industry. 
(6) The operational forecasting community. 
(7) The academic community. 
(8) Professional societies that focus on meteor-
ology. 
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(9) Such other stakeholder groups as the Under 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
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II 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 353 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 10, 2017 
Received 
AN ACT 
To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration’s weather research through a focused program 
of investment on affordable and attainable advances in 
observational, computing, and modeling capabilities to 
support substantial improvement in weather forecasting 
and prediction of high impact weather events, to expand 
commercial opportunities for the provision of weather 
data, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 353 RDS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 
2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES WEATHER RESEARCH AND 
FORECASTING IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Public safety priority. 
Sec. 102. Weather research and forecasting innovation. 
Sec. 103. Tornado warning improvement and extension program. 
Sec. 104. Hurricane forecast improvement program. 
Sec. 105. Weather research and development planning. 
Sec. 106. Observing system planning. 
Sec. 107. Observing system simulation experiments. 
Sec. 108. Annual report on computing resources prioritization. 
Sec. 109. United States Weather Research program. 
Sec. 110. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—SUBSEASONAL AND SEASONAL FORECASTING 
INNOVATION 
Sec. 201. Improving subseasonal and seasonal forecasts. 
TITLE III—WEATHER SATELLITE AND DATA INNOVATION 
Sec. 301. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite and data 
management. 
Sec. 302. Commercial weather data. 
Sec. 303. Unnecessary duplication. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION 
Sec. 401. Environmental Information Services Working Group. 
Sec. 402. Interagency weather research and forecast innovation coordination. 
Sec. 403. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Weather 
Service exchange program. 
Sec. 404. Visiting fellows at National Weather Service. 
Sec. 405. Warning coordination meteorologists at weather forecast offices of 
National Weather Service. 
Sec. 406. Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration commu-
nication of hazardous weather and water events. 
Sec. 407. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Ready All 
Hazards Award Program. 
Sec. 408. Department of Defense weather forecasting activities. 
Sec. 409. National Weather Service; operations and workforce analysis. 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall establish a 
process for a C–TPAT program participant to ap-
peal a decision of the Executive Assistant Commis-
sioner under subsection (a). Such appeal shall be 
filed with the Commissioner not later than 90 days 
after the date of such decision, and the Commis-
sioner shall issue a determination not later than 90 
days after such appeal is filed. 
‘‘(2) APPEALS
OF
OTHER
DECISIONS.—The 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion shall establish a process for a C–TPAT pro-
gram participant to appeal a decision of the Execu-
tive Assistant Commissioner under subsections (b) 
and (c). Such appeal shall be filed with the Commis-
sioner not later than 30 days after the date of such 
decision, and the Commissioner shall issue a deter-
mination not later than 90 days after such appeal is 
filed. 
‘‘SEC. 219. VALIDATIONS BY OTHER DHS COMPONENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection may recognize regulatory in-
spections conducted by other components of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security of entities as sufficient to con-
stitute validation for C–TPAT program participation. 
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‘‘(b) DEADLINES.—The Director of the National In-
stitute of Justice and the Director of the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than December 31, 2018, publish 
the best practices established under subsection 
(a)(1); and 
‘‘(2) not later than 5 years after the date on 
which the best practices are established under sub-
section (a)(1), and once every 5 years thereafter, 
conduct a review of the best practices, and update 
the best practices as necessary.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, except as 
otherwise required under section 3772 of title 18, 
United States Code’’ before the period at the end. 
(b) SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS’ RIGHTS.—Section 
3772(a)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘subject to paragraph (3),’’. 
SEC. 3. PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 
Section 304(c)(2) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 
Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136a) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, both adult and pediatric,’’ 
after ‘‘role of forensic nurses’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and elder abuse’’ and inserting 
‘‘elder abuse, and, in particular, the need for pedi-
atric sexual assault nurse examiners, including such 
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