US Congress House Bill 4114 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-2)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-11-19 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) require states receiving Edward Byrne Memorial justice assistance grants to certify the implementation of a policy for requiring all rape kits (DNA evidence relating to sexual assault) to be sent to crime laboratories for forensic analysis: (2) adjust the amount of such grants based upon compliance and noncompliance with rape kit backlog reduction requirements under this Act; (3) eliminate rape kit repayment requirements for sexual assault victims; and (4) provide for sexual assault forensic medical personnel examiners to collect and preserve evidence, provide expert testimony, and provide treatment of trauma relating to sexual assault. Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) authorize funding to eliminate rape kit backlogs and ensure that DNA analyses of samples from rape kits are carried out in a timely manner; and (2) require states and local governments to adopt performance measures for reducing rape kit backlogs. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the availability of sexual assault nurse examiners and trained examiners at all Indian Health Service facilities operated under contracts.

Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009

Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-11-19		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2009-11-19		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2823)

SB2736 (Related) 2009-11-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11214-11215)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4114/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4114/BILLS-111hr4114ih.pdf