‘‘(A) To establish qualified regional SANE 
training programs— 
‘‘(i) to provide clinical education for 
SANE students; 
‘‘(ii) to provide salaries for full- and 
part-time SANE instructors, including 
those specializing in pediatrics and work-
ing in a multidisciplinary team setting, to 
help with the clinical training of SANEs; 
and 
‘‘(iii) to provide access to simulation 
laboratories and other resources necessary 
for clinical education. 
‘‘(B) To provide full- and part-time sala-
ries for SANEs and SAFEs, including pediatric 
SANEs and SAFEs. 
‘‘(C) To increase access to SANEs and 
SAFEs by otherwise providing training, edu-
cation, or technical assistance relating to the 
collection, preservation, analysis, and use of 
DNA samples and DNA evidence by SANEs, 
SAFEs, and other qualified personnel. 
‘‘(2) PREFERENCE FOR GRANTS.—In reviewing 
applications for grants under this section, the Attor-
ney General shall give preference to any eligible enti-
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ty that certifies in the grant application that the en-
tity will coordinate with a rape crisis center or the 
State sexual assault coalition to facilitate sexual as-
sault advocacy to support sexual assault survivors 
and use the grant funds to— 
‘‘(A) establish qualified SANE training 
programs in localities with a high volume of fo-
rensic trauma cases, including adult and child 
sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse, 
sex trafficking, and strangulation cases; 
‘‘(B) increase the local and regional avail-
ability of full- and part-time sexual assault 
nurse examiners in a rural area, Tribal area, an 
area with a health professional shortage, or for 
an underserved population, including efforts to 
provide culturally competent services; or 
‘‘(C) establish or sustain sexual assault 
mobile teams or units or otherwise enhance 
SANE and SAFE access through telehealth.’’. 
SEC. 4. DIRECTIVE. 
Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act 
of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (b), as added 
by section 3, the following: 
‘‘(c) DIRECTIVE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the begin-
ning of fiscal year 2022, the Attorney General shall 
coordinate with the Secretary to inform health care 
facilities, including Federally qualified health centers 
and hospitals, colleges and universities, and other 
appropriate health-related entities about— 
‘‘(A) the availability of grant funding 
under this section; and 
‘‘(B) the role of sexual assault nurse exam-
iners, both adult and pediatric, and available 
resources of the Department of Justice and the 
Department of Health and Human Services to 
train or employ sexual assault nurse examiners 
to address the needs of communities dealing 
with sexual assault, domestic violence, sex traf-
ficking, elder abuse, strangulation, and, in par-
ticular, the need for pediatric SANEs, including 
such nurse examiners working in the multidisci-
plinary setting, in responding to abuse of both 
children and adolescents. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Attorney General shall collaborate 
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