H. R. 1652 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one 

An Act 

To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime 

Victims Fund Act of 2021’’. 

SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE FIX OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND AND COMPENSATION. 

(a) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 

Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

a semicolon; 

(B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(6) any funds that would otherwise be deposited in the 

general fund of the Treasury collected pursuant to— 

‘‘(A) a deferred prosecution agreement; or 

‘‘(B) a non-prosecution agreement.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

‘‘Director, except that renewals and extensions beyond that 

period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General’’. 

(b) CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.—Section 1403 of the Victims 

of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20102) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘40 percent in fiscal 

year 2002 and of 60 percent in subsequent fiscal years’’ 

and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of 40 percent in 

fiscal year 2002 and of 60 percent in subsequent fiscal 

years’’; 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 

and 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(3) For the purposes of calculating amounts awarded in 

the previous fiscal year under this subsection, the Director 

shall not require eligible crime victim compensation programs 
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to deduct recovery costs or collections from restitution or from 

subrogation for payment under a civil lawsuit.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘authorities;’’ and 

inserting ‘‘authorities, except if a program determines such 

cooperation may be impacted due to a victim’s age, physical 

condition, psychological state, cultural or linguistic barriers, 

or any other health or safety concern that jeopardizes the 

victim’s wellbeing;’’; and 

(3) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

a semicolon; 

(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(5) the term ‘recovery costs’ means expenses for personnel 

directly involved in the recovery efforts to obtain collections 

from restitution or from subrogation for payment under a civil 

law suit.’’. 

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1404(a) of the Victims of Crime Act 

of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)) is amended by inserting at the end 

the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(7)(A) Each chief executive may waive a matching requirement imposed by the Director, in accordance with subparagraph 

(B), as a condition for the receipt of funds under any program 

to provide assistance to victims of crimes authorized under 

this chapter. The chief executive shall report to the Director 

the approval of any waiver of the matching requirement. 

‘‘(B) Each chief executive shall establish and make public, 

a policy including— 

‘‘(i) the manner in which an eligible crime victim assistance program can request a match waiver; 

‘‘(ii) the criteria used to determine eligibility of the 

match waiver; and 

‘‘(iii) the process for decision making and notifying 

the eligible crime victim assistance program of the decision.’’. 

(b) NATIONAL EMERGENCY WAIVER.—Section 1404(a) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)), as amended by 

subsection (a), is further amended by inserting at the end the 

following new paragraph: 

‘‘(8) Beginning on the date a national emergency is declared 

under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

with respect to a pandemic and ending on the date that is 

one year after the date of the end of such national emergency, 

each chief executive shall issue waivers for any matching 

requirement, in its entirety, for all eligible crime victim assistance programs contracted to provide services at that time.’’. 

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.