Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2021 This bill requires state victim compensation programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants, to waive deadlines to file for compensation in cases where a victim failed to meet the deadline due to delays in testing biological material collected as evidence related to a sexual offense.
Administrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationEvidence and witnessesGeneticsLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical tests and diagnostic methodsSex offenses
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-1339| Senate
| Updated: 4/22/2021
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2021 This bill requires state victim compensation programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants, to waive deadlines to file for compensation in cases where a victim failed to meet the deadline due to delays in testing biological material collected as evidence related to a sexual offense.
Administrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationEvidence and witnessesGeneticsLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical tests and diagnostic methodsSex offenses