119-s1931

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1931 Introduced in Senate

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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;
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        (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
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            (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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