Sec. 4. Increased funding for grants authorized under stop grant program
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The Attorney General shall, in accordance with subsection (b), increase the total amount of each grant awarded to a State under the covered grant program, if, as of the first day of the fiscal year for which the grant is being awarded— child sexual abuse criminal offenses under the laws of the State are not subject to a statute of limitations; and civil actions authorizing damages for victims of child sexual abuse under the laws of the State are not subject to a statute of limitations. The amount of an increase provided to a State under subsection
(a)shall be equal to not more than 5 percent of the average of the total amount of funding provided to the State under the covered grant program during the 3 most recent fiscal years in which the State was awarded a grant under the covered grant program. There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.