---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20109"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "20109"
heading: "Sexual assault survivors’ notification grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/20109"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 201 — Victim Rights, Compensation, and Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Crime Victims Fund"
---

# §20109. Sexual assault survivors’ notification grants

- (a) **In general—** The Attorney General may make grants as provided in [section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title](/usc/34/20103.md?p=c-1-A) to [States](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3) to develop and disseminate to entities described in [subsection (c)(1)](#c-1) of this section written notice of applicable rights and policies for sexual assault survivors.
- (b) **Notification of rights—** Each recipient of a grant awarded under [subsection (a)](#a) shall make its best effort to ensure that each entity described in [subsection (c)(1)](#c-1) provides individuals who identify as a survivor of a sexual assault, and who consent to receiving such information, with written notice of applicable rights and policies regarding—
  - (1) the right not to be charged fees for or otherwise prevented from pursuing a sexual assault evidence collection kit;
  - (2) the right to have a sexual assault medical forensic examination regardless of whether the survivor reports to or cooperates with [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1);
  - (3) the availability of a sexual assault advocate;
  - (4) the availability of protective orders and policies related to their enforcement;
  - (5) policies regarding the storage, preservation, and disposal of sexual assault evidence collection kits;
  - (6) the process, if any, to request preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or the probative evidence from such kits; and
  - (7) the availability of victim compensation and restitution.
- (c) **Dissemination of written notice—** Each recipient of a grant awarded under [subsection (a)](#a) shall—
  - (1) provide the written notice described in [subsection (b)](#b) to medical [centers](/usc/34/21502.md?p=1), hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, [State](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3) and local [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agencies, and any other [State](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3) agency or department reasonably likely to serve sexual assault survivors; and
  - (2) make the written notice described in [subsection (b)](#b) publicly available on the Internet website of the attorney general of the [State](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3).
- (d) **Provision to promote compliance—** The Attorney General may provide such technical assistance and guidance as necessary to help recipients meet the requirements of this section.
- (e) **Integration of systems—** Any system developed and implemented under this section may be integrated with an existing case management system operated by the recipient of the grant if the system meets the requirements listed in this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404F, as added Pub. L. 114–236, § 3, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 967.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10603f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.