[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16285-16286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SAFER ACT OF 2017

  Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 231, S. 1766.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1766) to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and 
     for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

     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

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     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''.

  Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1766), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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