[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5514 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5514

 To provide grants to States for establishing sexual assault response 
                 team programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2002

Ms. Kilpatrick (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Owens, 
  Mr. Matsui, and Mrs. Maloney of New York) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide grants to States for establishing sexual assault response 
                 team programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Assault Response Team Act''.

SEC. 2. SART TEAM GRANTS.

    (a) Program Required.--From amounts made available to carry out 
this section, the Attorney General shall make grants to States to 
establish sexual assault response team programs.
    (b) Uses of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section shall be 
distributed directly to the State and used only to establish sexual 
assault response team programs.
    (c) Matching Funds.--The Federal share of the costs of a program 
provided by a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 percent.
    (d) Eligibility.--For a State to be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, the chief executive officer of the State shall 
submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may require.
    (e) Restrictions.--Funds made available pursuant to this section 
shall not be used to supplant State funds, but shall be used to 
increase the amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal 
funds, be made available from State sources for the purposes of this 
section.
    (f) Reports by Grantees.--Each State which receives a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Attorney General, for each year in 
which funds from a grant received under this section is expended, a 
report at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require, which contains--
            (1) a summary of the activities carried out under the grant 
        and an assessment of whether such activities are meeting the 
        needs identified in the application; and
            (2) such other information as the Attorney General may 
        require.
    (g) AG Reports to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the end 
of each fiscal year for which grants are made under this section, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a report that includes--
            (1) the aggregate amount of grants made under this section 
        to each State for such fiscal year; and
            (2) a summary of the information provided by States 
        receiving grants under this section.
    (h) Expenditure Records.--
            (1) In general.--Each State which receives a grant under 
        this section shall keep records as the Attorney General may 
        require to facilitate an effective audit of the receipt and use 
        of grant funds received under this section.
            (2) Access.--Each State which receives a grant under this 
        section shall make available, for the purpose of audit and 
        examination, such records as are related to the receipt or use 
        of any such grant.
    (i) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' 
means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
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