Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 5033 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Right of victims to be heard

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Section 3771(a)(9) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking informed and inserting consulted . Rule 11(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended— by striking The parties and inserting the following: The parties ; and by adding at the end the following: In the case of a plea agreement for an offense involving sexual assault (as defined in section 3772 of title 18, United States Code), the government shall notify the court if a victim of the offense objects to the plea agreement. .