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House Bill 4978
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act of 2021
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H. R. 4978 (Introduced-in-House)


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.

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

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.