Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act of 2021

Survivors' Bill of Rights in the States Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants to states that provide certain legal rights to survivors of sexual assault.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4978 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4978

 To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in 
 place a law providing for the rights of sexual assault survivors, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2021

     Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Armstrong, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in 
 place a law providing for the rights of 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Survivors' Bill of Rights in the 
States Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. INCENTIVES FOR STATES TO CREATE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS' BILL 
              OF RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make grants to States 
that have in place a law that provides to sexual assault survivors the 
rights, at a minimum, under section 3772 of title 18, United States 
Code.
    (b) Grant Amount.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, a 
grant to a State under this section shall be equal to 10 percent of the 
average of the amount of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the 
State received under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) (commonly referred 
to as the ``STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program'').
    (c) Application.--A State seeking a grant under this section shall 
submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require, including information about the law described in 
subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 to 2026 to carry 
out this section.
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