- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6078. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . 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;
“(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
“(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 15 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”.