Lamar Smith: “I have amendments at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendments. The Clerk read as follows…”

“I have amendments at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendments. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2012'' or the ``SAFER Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS. Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(6) To conduct an audit consistent with subsection (n) of the samples of sexual assault evidence that are in the possession of the State or unit of local government and are awaiting testing. ``(7) To ensure that the collection and processing of sexual assault evidence that is awaiting testing is carried out in an appropriate and timely manner and in accordance with the advisory guidelines developed under subsection (o)(1).''; (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(4) Allocation of grant awards for audits.--For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of the grant amounts distributed under paragraph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to justify such amounts are received by the Attorney General, be awarded for purposes described in subsection (a)(6), provided that none of the funds required to be distributed under this paragraph…”