H.R. 395 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Justice for Rape Survivors Act
Cosponsors: 3 (0 D, 3 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-14
Latest action (2025-01-14): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 395 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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