# 115-hr-3541: SAFER Act of 2017

115-hr-3541, SAFER Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] (R-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3541
- Congress: 115
- Title: SAFER Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2017 or the SAFER Act of 2017 This bill amends the Innocence Protection Act of 2004 to modify requirements with respect establishing and implementing best practices for evidence retention. The bill amends the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 to require the Department of Justice (DOJ), in providing information about the role of forensic nurses to certain health-related entities, to provide information about the role of both adult and pediatric forensic nurses. DOJ must also provide additional information on the need for pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners in responding to the abuse of both children and adolescents. The bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to modify the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program: to add, as a purpose area, increasing the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; and to reauthorize through FY2022 the requirement for DOJ to allocate a certain percentage of program funds for grants to audit backlogged rape kits.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2017-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2017-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2017-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act
- 115-hr-5819: BURMA Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act
- 115-hr-4022: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017
- 115-hr-4007: To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

## Sources
- [115-hr-3541 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3541)

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- [115-hr-5819: BURMA Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5819)
- [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3541 (as of 2025-11-18).