,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjag,mr4 
,poe of ,texas introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to reauthorize the ,,safer ,act of     
#bjac1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,sexual ,assault ,forensic ,evidence
 ,reporting ,act of #bjag or the ,,safer
 ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,best practices for
 rape kit retention of sexual assault   
forensic evidence for unsolved crimes   
7a7 ,in general ,section #dad of the    
,justice for ,all ,act of #bjjd 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #adacf;f7 is amended--  7#a7  
in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in the matter  
preceding paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 by      
inserting and the ,director of the      
,bureau of ,justice ,assistance after   
,justice2 and  7ii7 by striking and     
government and inserting 1 government2  
and  7iii7 by inserting and other       
national and ,state subject matter      

experts1 before shall2 and  7,b7 in     
paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 by inserting and  
encourage compliance with after         
establish2 and  7ii7 by inserting       
connected to cases in which no person is
 currently convicted1 including best    
practices for the preservation of sexual
 assault evidence collection kits or    
their probative contents for unsolved   
cases before the semicolon at the end2  
7#b7 by striking subsection 7b7 and     
inserting the following3  7b7 ,deadlines
 ,the ,director of the ,national        
,institute of ,justice and the ,director
 of the ,bureau of ,justice ,assistance 
shall--  7#a7 not later than ,december  
#ca1 #bjah1 publish the best practices  
established under subsection 7a77#a72   
and  7#b7 not later than #e years after 
the date on which the best practices are
 established under subsection 7a77#a71  
and once every #e years thereafter1     
conduct a review of the best practices1 
and update the best practices as        
necessary4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection   

7c71 by inserting 1 except as otherwise 
required under section #cggb of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code before the   
period at the end4  7b7 ,sexual assault 
survivors' rights ,section              
#cggb7;a77#b77;,a7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by striking  
subject to paragraph 7#c714  #c4        
,pediatric sexual assault nurse         
examiners ,section #cjd7;c77#b7 of the  
,,dna ,sexual ,assault ,justice ,act of 
#bjjd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adacf;a7 is       
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 1 both adult
 and pediatric1 after role of forensic  
nurses2 and  7#b7 by striking and elder 
abuse and inserting elder abuse1 and1 in
 particular1 the need for pediatric     
sexual assault nurse examiners1         
including such nurse examiners working  
in the multidisciplinary setting1 in    
responding to abuse of both children and
 adolescents4  #d4 ,prosecution of ,,dna
 cold cases  7a7 ,debbie ,smith ,,dna   
,backlog ,grant ,program ,section #b of 
the ,,dna ,analysis ,backlog            

,elimination ,act of #bjjj 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #adace7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7a71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#i7 ,to increase the      
capacity of ,state and local prosecution
 offices to address the backlog of      
violent crime cases in which suspects   
have been identified through ,,dna      
evidence4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection    
7c71 by adding at the end the following3
  7#e7 ,allocation of grant awards for  
prosecutors ,for each fiscal year1 not  
less than #e percent1 but not more than 
#g percent1 of the grant amounts        
distributed under paragraph 7#a7 shall1 
if sufficient applications to justify   
such amounts are received by the        
,attorney ,general1 be awarded for      
purposes described in subsection        
7a77#i71 provided that none of the funds
 required to be distributed under this  
paragraph shall decrease or otherwise   
limit the availability of funds required
 to be awarded to ,states or units of   
local government under paragraph 7#c74  

4  7b7 ,justice for ,all                
,reauthorization ,act of #bjaf ,section 
#c7;a7 of the ,justice for ,all         
,reauthorization ,act of #bjaf 7,public 
,law #aad-cbd2 #acj ,stat4 #aidi7 is    
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#c7 not less than #e percent1 but not
 more than #g percent1 of such amounts  
shall be provided for grants for        
prosecutors to increase the capacity of 
,state and local prosecution offices to 
address the backlog of violent crime    
cases in which suspects have been       
identified through ,,dna evidence4  4   
#e4 ,reducing the rape kit backlog  7a7 
,reauthorization ,section #b7;c77#d7 of 
the ,,dna ,analysis ,backlog            
,elimination ,act of #bjjj 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #adace7;c77#d77 is amended by 
striking #bjag and inserting #bjbb4  7b7
 ,repeal of sunset  7#a7 ,in general    

,section #ajjf of the ,,safer ,act of   
#bjac 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adace note7 is    
repealed4  7#b7 ,technical and          
conforming amendment ,the table of      
contents for the ,violence ,against     
,women ,reauthorization ,act of #bjac   
7,public ,law #aac-d2 #abg ,stat4 #ed7  
is amended by striking the item relating
 to section #ajjf4