[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1766 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1766

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2017

  Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     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 (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 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 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(4)) is amended by striking 
``2017'' and inserting ``2022''.
    (b) Repeal of Sunset.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1006 of the SAFER Act of 2013 (42 
        U.S.C. 14135 note) is repealed.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of 
        contents for the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
        2013 (Public Law 113-4; 127 Stat. 54) is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 1006.
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