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        S.1766

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence 
Reporting Act of 2017'' or the ``SAFER Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS.
    Section 304(c)(2) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 
U.S.C. 40723(c)(2)) 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 pediatric sexual assault 
    nurse examiners, including such nurse examiners working in the 
    multidisciplinary setting, in responding to abuse of both children 
    and adolescents''.
SEC. 3. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG.
    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(c)(4)) is amended by striking 
``2017'' and inserting ``2022''.
    (b) Sunset.--Section 1006 of the SAFER Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 40701 
note) is amended by striking ``2018'' and inserting ``2023''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.