,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bggj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #e1  
#bjai,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and    
,mrs4 ,shaheen7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and 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 survivors1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,survivors' ,bill of ,rights in the     
,states ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,incentives 
for ,states to create sexual assault    
survivors' bill of rights  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,attorney ,general shall   
make grants to ,states that have in     
place a law that provides to sexual     
assault survivors the rights1 at a      
minimum1 under section #cggb of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,grant 
amount ,subject to the availability of  
appropriations1 a grant to a ,state     

under this section shall be equal to #aj
 percent of the average of the amount of
 funding of the #c most recent awards   
that the ,state received under part ,t  
of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime      
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajdda et seq47    
7commonly referred to as the ,,stop     
,violence ,against ,women ,formula      
,grant ,program74  7c7 ,application ,a  
,state seeking a grant under this       
section shall submit an application to  
the ,attorney ,general at such time1 in 
such manner1 and containing such        
information as the ,attorney ,general   
may reasonably require1 including       
information about the law described in  
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,uses of funds ,a  
,state receiving a grant under this     
section may use such funds to-- 7#a7    
implement the rights provided for under 
the law described in subsection 7a72    
7#b7 preserve sexual assault evidence   
collection kits or the probative        
contents of such kits2  7#c7 reduce the 

number of backlogged sexual assault kits
 or stored kits which victims have      
consented to test2 or  7#d7 provide     
assistance to victim service providers1 
victim assistants1 and victim advocates 
to provide victim services 7as such     
terms are defined in section #djjjb of  
the ,violence ,against ,women ,act of   
#aiid 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #abbia774  7e7     
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#bj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjba through #bjbe to carry out this   
section4