US Congress Senate Bill 2736 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3-1)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-11-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11214-11215)
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

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-11-05		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11214-11215)
2009-11-05		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11213)

HB4114 (Related) 2009-11-19 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2736/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s2736/BILLS-111s2736is.pdf