3.0.0 4904 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z Senate S 2020-11-17 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-11-17T21:09:15Z 2020-11-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2020-11-17 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative remedies Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Genetics Law enforcement administration and funding Medical tests and diagnostic methods Sex offenses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-25T16:18:30Z Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020

This bill requires state victim compensation programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants, to waive deadlines to file for compensation in cases where a victim failed to meet the deadline due to delays in testing biological material collected as evidence related to a sexual offense.

]]> Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020 Display Title Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to ensure crime victims are not denied compensation because of rape kit backlogs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4904is/xml/BILLS-116s4904is.xml 2020-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.