I 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5514
To provide grants to States for establishing sexual assault response team 
programs, and for other purposes. 
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 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Re-
sponse 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 re-
sponse 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 re-
ceive a grant under this section, the chief executive officer 
of the State shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation 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 re-
ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attor-
ney 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 ap-
plication; 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 effec-
tive audit of the receipt and use of grant funds re-
ceived 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 Dis-
trict 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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