,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aica  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #c1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,shaheen1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide additional funding to       
,states that provide certain rights to  
sexual assault survivors1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4  ,sexual assault         
survivors' rights  7a7  ,tiered funding 
for ,state incentives  ,section         
#eijc7;a7 of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4  
#ajdda note2 ,public ,law #aag-bfc7 is  
amended--  7#a7 by striking paragraph   
7#b7 and inserting the following3  7#b7 
,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--  7,a7 a law that 

provides to sexual assault survivors the
 rights1 at a minimum1 under section    
#cggb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code2  7,b7 any combination of laws1   
regulations1 practices1 and policies    
that provides to sexual assault         
survivors the rights1 at a minimum1     
under section #cggb of title #ah1       
,united ,states ,code2 or  7,c7 any     
combination of laws1 regulations1       
practices1 and policies that provides to
 sexual assault survivors rights that   
are substantially similar to the rights 
under section #cggb of title #ah1       
,united ,states ,code4  2  7#b7 in      
paragraph 7#c71 by inserting 1          
regulation1 practice1 or policy1 as     
applicable1 after law2  7#c7 by         
redesignating paragraph 7#e7 as         
paragraph 7#f72 and  7#d7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#d7 the following3     
7#e7  ,allocation of funds  7,a7        
,funding tiers  ,of the amounts made    
available to carry out this subsection--
  7i7 #fj percent shall be allocated to 

,states that have in effect a law       
described in paragraph 7#b77;,a72  7ii7 
#be percent shall be allocated to       
,states that have in effect a law1      
regulation1 practice1 or policy         
described in paragraph 7#b77;,b72 and   
7iii7 #ae percent shall be allocated to 
,states that have in effect a law1      
regulation1 practice1 or policy         
described in paragraph 7#b77;,c74  7,b7 
,eligibility for single tier only  ,a   
,state may not receive an allocation    
under more than #a of the #c funding    
tiers described in subparagraph 7,a74  4
  7b7  ,preservation of evidence kits   
,section #cggb7;a77#b77;,a7 of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking for the duration of the     
maximum applicable statute of           
limitations or #bj years1 whichever is  
shorter and inserting for not less than 
#bj years4  7c7  ,manner of request for 
notification before disposal of evidence
 kit or for further preservation        
,section #cggb7;a77#c7 of title #ah1    

,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking written request each place that
 term appears and inserting request4