Text of Senate Amendment 6078

On 2026-06-24, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6078" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6078

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3290] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6078. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS' RIGHTS. (a) Tiered Funding for State Incentives.--Section 5903(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (34 U.S.C. 10441 note; Public Law 117-263) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ``(2) Grant increase.--The Attorney General shall increase the amount of the covered formula grant provided to a State in accordance with this subsection if the State has in effect-- ``(A) a law that provides to sexual assault survivors the rights, at a minimum, under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code; ``(B) any combination of laws, regulations, practices, and policies that provides to sexual assault survivors the rights, at a minimum, under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code; or ``(C) any combination of laws, regulations, practices, and policies that provides to sexual assault survivors rights that are substantially similar to the rights under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code.''; (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, regulation, practice, or policy, as applicable,'' after ``law''; (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: ``(5) Allocation of funds.-- ``(A) Funding tiers.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection-- ``(i) 60 percent shall be allocated to States that have in effect a law described in paragraph (2)(A); ``(ii) 25 percent shall be allocated to States that have in effect a law, regulation, practice, or policy described in paragraph (2)(B); and ``(iii) 15 percent shall be allocated to States that have in effect a law, regulation, practice, or policy described in paragraph (2)(C). ``(B) Eligibility for single tier only.--A State may not receive an allocation under more than 1 of the 3 funding tiers described in subparagraph (A).''. (b) Preservation of Evidence Kits.--Section 3772(a)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``for the duration of the maximum applicable statute of limitations or 20 years, whichever is shorter'' and inserting ``for not less than 15 years''. (c) Manner of Request for Notification Before Disposal of Evidence Kit or for Further Preservation.--Section 3772(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``written request'' each place that term appears and inserting ``request''. ______