Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4327
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2016-01-06
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crimes against children

Crimes against women

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Law enforcement administration and funding

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to certify within 180 days that its state laws do not impose a time limit (e.g., statute of limitation) on the criminal prosecution of certain sexual assault offenses. </p> <p>The Department of Justice must reduce by 20% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to submit this certification. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4327 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault Act of 2016 . 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.