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H.R. 395: Justice for Rape Survivors Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-14 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Justice for Rape Survivors Act

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Justice for Rape Survivors Act This bill establishes a 30-year statutory mandatory minimum prison term for the following federal sexual abuse offenses: causing another person to engage in a sexual act by using force against that person or by threatening or placing that person in fear, engaging in or attempting to engage in a sexual act with another person by rendering the other person unconscious or intoxicated, causing or attempting to cause another person to engage in a sexual act by threatening or placing that person in fear, engaging or attempting to engage in a sexual act if the other person is incapacitated, and engaging or attempting to engage in a sexual act without the other person's consent.

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Justice for Rape Survivors Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] · 3 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr395 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills