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  SA 3240. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. 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--

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       ``(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''.
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