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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1652 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Received 

AN ACT 

To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to 

waive matching requirements, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE FIX OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND 

5 AND COMPENSATION. 

6 (a) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 1402 of the Vic7 tims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

11 and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking the 

13 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(6) any funds that would otherwise be depos17 ited in the general fund of the Treasury collected 

18 pursuant to— 

19 ‘‘(A) a deferred prosecution agreement; or 

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

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

22 and inserting ‘‘Director, except that renewals and 

23 extensions beyond that period may be granted at the 

24 discretion of the Attorney General’’. 


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1 (b) CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.—Section 1403 of 

2 the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20102) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘40 per6 cent in fiscal year 2002 and of 60 percent in 

7 subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per8 cent’’; 

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

10 percent in fiscal year 2002 and of 60 percent 

11 in subsequent fiscal years’’; 

12 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

13 paragraph (4); and 

14 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

15 following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of calculating amounts 

17 awarded in the previous fiscal year under this sub18 section, the Director shall not require eligible crime 

19 victim compensation programs to deduct recovery 

20 costs or collections from restitution or from subroga21 tion for payment under a civil lawsuit.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘authori23 ties;’’ and inserting ‘‘authorities, except if a program 

24 determines such cooperation may be impacted due to 

25 a victim’s age, physical condition, psychological 


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1 state, cultural or linguistic barriers, or any other 

2 health or safety concern that jeopardizes the victim’s 

3 wellbeing;’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (d)— 

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

6 and inserting a semicolon; 

7 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(5) the term ‘recovery costs’ means expenses 

12 for personnel directly involved in the recovery efforts 

13 to obtain collections from restitution or from sub14 rogation for payment under a civil law suit.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

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

17 Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)) is amended by 

18 inserting at the end the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(7)(A) Each chief executive may waive a 

20 matching requirement imposed by the Director, in 

21 accordance with subparagraph (B), as a condition 

22 for the receipt of funds under any program to pro23 vide assistance to victims of crimes authorized under 

24 this chapter. The chief executive shall report to the 


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1 Director the approval of any waiver of the matching 

2 requirement. 

3 ‘‘(B) Each chief executive shall establish and 

4 make public, a policy including— 

5 ‘‘(i) the manner in which an eligible crime 

6 victim assistance program can request a match 

7 waiver; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the criteria used to determine eligi9 bility of the match waiver; and 

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

11 notifying the eligible crime victim assistance 

12 program of the decision.’’. 

13 (b) NATIONAL EMERGENCY WAIVER.—Section 

14 1404(a) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 

15 20103(a)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

16 amended by inserting at the end the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(8) Beginning on the date a national emer19 gency is declared under the National Emergencies 

20 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to a pan21 demic and ending on the date that is one year after 

22 the date of the end of such national emergency, each 

23 chief executive shall issue waivers for any matching 

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1 tim assistance programs contracted to provide serv2 ices at that time.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

5 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

6 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

7 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

8 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

9 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro10 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

11 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 

2021. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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