Sec. 7. Sense of Congress
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Congress finds that there is a substantial Federal interest in encouraging more sexual assault survivors to come forward and cooperate with law enforcement investigations and prosecutions. It is the sense of Congress that— to further the Federal interest described in subsection (a), the Attorney General should encourage State and Federal prosecutors to refrain from prosecuting sexual assault survivors for minor offenses such as underage alcohol consumption, solicitation, or drug use, particularly if the evidence of such an offense is uncovered through a medical forensic examination; and in order to create an environment in which sexual assault survivors feel more comfortable reporting crimes of sexual violence to law enforcement agencies, survivors should be informed, when appropriate, that they will not be prosecuted for minor crimes discovered through their participation in medical forensic examinations.