A bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to ensure crime victims are not denied compensation because of rape kit backlogs, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020
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.
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