US Congress House Bill 1523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-12)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry Act of 2011 or the SAFER Act of 2011 - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) allow states or local governments to use grant funds under such Act to conduct audits of samples of sexual assault evidence that are awaiting testing, and (2) provide funding in FY2012-FY2016 for such purpose. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for such audits only if the grant recipient (i.e., a state or local government) submits a plan for performing the audit of samples of sexual assault evidence and includes a good-faith estimate of the number of such samples. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry to include information about samples of sexual assault evidence awaiting testing and to track the testing and processing of such samples, and (2) develop and disseminate to law enforcement and other appropriate agencies a report on best practices for the testing and use of DNA evidence collected as part of a criminal investigation of sexual assault cases. Sets forth requirements relating to information required to be included in such Registry, the protection of personally identifiable information in the Registry, and the updating of information in the Registry. Expresses the sense of Congress that law enforcement agencies and other appropriate entities should use the best practices developed by the Attorney General to develop, evaluate, and improve DNA evidence protocols.

SAFER Act of 2011

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]
Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-04-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2011-04-13	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E706)

SB2338 (Related) 2012-04-24 - Read the second time. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.
SB3250 (Related) 2013-01-02 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
HB6628 (Related) 2012-12-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1523/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1523/BILLS-112hr1523ih.pdf