1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2017 or the SAFER Act of 2017 . 2. Best practices for rape kit retention of sexual assault forensic evidence for unsolved crimes (a) In general Section 414 of the Justice for All Act of 2004 ( 42 U.S.C. 14136f ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance after Justice ; and (ii) by striking and government and inserting , government ; and (iii) by inserting and other national and State subject matter experts, before shall ; and (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting and encourage compliance with after establish ; and (ii) by inserting connected to cases in which no person is currently convicted, including best practices for the preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or their probative contents for unsolved cases before the semicolon at the end; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: (b) Deadlines The Director of the National Institute of Justice and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall— (1) not later than December 31, 2018, publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1); and (2) not later than 5 years after the date on which the best practices are established under subsection (a)(1), and once every 5 years thereafter, conduct a review of the best practices, and update the best practices as necessary. ; and (3) in subsection (c), by inserting , except as otherwise required under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code before the period at the end. (b) Sexual assault survivors' rights Section 3772(a)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subject to paragraph (3), . 3. 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