[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1931 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1931
To provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to
sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 3, 2025
Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to
sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS' RIGHTS.
(a) Tiered Funding for State Incentives.--Section 5903(a) of the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(34 U.S.C. 10441 note; Public Law 117-263) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Grant increase.--The Attorney General shall increase
the amount of the covered formula grant provided to a State in
accordance with this subsection if the State has in effect--
``(A) a law that provides to sexual assault
survivors the rights, at a minimum, under section 3772
of title 18, United States Code;
``(B) any combination of laws, regulations,
practices, and policies that provides to sexual assault
survivors the rights, at a minimum, under section 3772
of title 18, United States Code; or
``(C) any combination of laws, regulations,
practices, and policies that provides to sexual assault
survivors rights that are substantially similar to the
rights under section 3772 of title 18, United States
Code.'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, regulation,
practice, or policy, as applicable,'' after ``law'';
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
``(5) Allocation of funds.--
``(A) Funding tiers.--Of the amounts made available
to carry out this subsection--
``(i) 60 percent shall be allocated to
States that have in effect a law described in
paragraph (2)(A);
``(ii) 25 percent shall be allocated to
States that have in effect a law, regulation,
practice, or policy described in paragraph
(2)(B); and
``(iii) 15 percent shall be allocated to
States that have in effect a law, regulation,
practice, or policy described in paragraph
(2)(C).
``(B) Eligibility for single tier only.--A State
may not receive an allocation under more than 1 of the
3 funding tiers described in subparagraph (A).''.
(b) Preservation of Evidence Kits.--Section 3772(a)(2)(A) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``for the duration of
the maximum applicable statute of limitations or 20 years, whichever is
shorter'' and inserting ``for not less than 20 years''.
(c) Manner of Request for Notification Before Disposal of Evidence
Kit or for Further Preservation.--Section 3772(a)(3) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``written request'' each
place that term appears and inserting ``request''.
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