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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 972 (Introduced in House) — To increase the availability and affordability of menstrual hygiene products for women and girls with limited access,... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Menstrual hygiene products for inmates and detainees

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Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the chief executive officer of each State that receives a grant under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program ) shall submit to the Attorney General a certification, in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, that all female inmates and detainees in that State have access to menstrual hygiene products on demand and at no cost to the inmates and detainees.
In the case of a State whose chief executive officer fails to submit a certification required under subsection
(a)in a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall reduce the amount that the State would have otherwise received under section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3755 ) by 20 percent for the following fiscal year. Amounts not allocated to a State under section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3755 ) for a fiscal year pursuant to subsection
(b)shall be reallocated under such section to States that submit such certifications. For the purposes of subsection (a), the term menstrual hygiene products shall be determined by the Attorney General of the United States.
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