[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4327 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4327

 To require the Governor of each State that receives a grant under the 
 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to certify to 
  the Attorney General that under the laws of that State there is no 
  statute of limitations for any offense under the laws of that State 
           related to sexual assault, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2016

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Governor of each State that receives a grant under the 
 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to certify to 
  the Attorney General that under the laws of that State there is no 
  statute of limitations for any offense under the laws of that State 
           related to sexual assault, 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 ``Justice for Victims of Sexual 
Assault Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF STATE STATUTES OF LIMITATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT 
              OFFENSES.

    (a) Requirement.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Governor of each State that receives a grant under subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ``Edward Byrne 
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program'') shall certify to the 
Attorney General that under the laws of that State, a person may be 
prosecuted, tried, or punished at any time without limitation for any 
offense under the laws of that State that would be, if subject to 
Federal jurisdiction, an offense under section 109A of title 18, United 
States Code.
    (b) Reduction in Grant Funding.--In the case of a Governor of a 
State who fails to submit a certification required under subsection (a) 
in a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall reduce the amount that the 
State would have otherwise received under section 505 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) by 
20 percent for the following fiscal year.
    (c) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated to a State under section 
505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) pursuant to subsection (b) because of a failure 
of the Governor of the State to submit a certification required under 
subsection (a) shall be reallocated under such section to States that 
submit such certifications.
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