582 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 3 / Monday, January 6, 2025 / Proposed Rules 

Any questions regarding speaking at 

or attending a public hearing may also 

be emailed to publichearings@irs.gov. 

Oluwafunmilayo A. Taylor, 

Section Chief, Publications and Regulations 

Section, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure 

and Administration). 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

28 CFR Part 94 

[Docket No. OJP (OVC) 1808] 

RIN 1121–AA89 

Victims of Crime Act Victim 

Compensation Grant Program; 

Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Office for Victims of Crime, 

Office of Justice Programs, Justice. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Justice Programs 

(‘‘OJP’’), a bureau of the Department of 

Justice and the component under which 

the Office for Victims of Crime (‘‘OVC’’) 

resides, is withdrawing a proposed rule 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on February 5, 2024, which 

proposed to add a subpart to its 

regulations to replace the existing 

Victim Compensation Program 

Guidelines under the Victims of Crime 

Act, and update and codify 

requirements for that Program. 

DATES: As of January 6, 2025, the 

proposed rule that was published in the 

Federal Register on February 5, 2024 

(89 FR 7639), is withdrawn. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathrina Peterson, Senior Policy 

Advisor, Office for Victims of Crime at 

(202) 616–3579 (please note that this is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Victim Compensation Program is 

authorized by the Victims of Crime Act 

of 1984, 34 U.S.C. 20102, and supports 

an annual grant to each state and several 

territories to support their victim 

compensation programs. On February 5, 

2024, the Office of Justice Programs 

(OJP) published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register proposing to add a subpart to 

its regulations to replace the existing 

Victim Compensation Program 

Guidelines, published on May 16, 2001, 

at 66 FR 27158, and update and codify 

requirements for that Program. In 

response to the NPRM, OJP received 

several thousand comments on the 

proposed rule. 

In light of the diversity and 

abundance of feedback received in 

response to the NPRM, OJP has 

identified the need for additional 

consideration of topics addressed in this 

rulemaking. Given the scope of 

comments and the limited time 

remaining in the current 

Administration, OJP has decided to 

withdraw the NPRM and terminate the 

rulemaking, leaving the existing Victim 

Compensation Program Guidelines in 

place, and ensuring that the agency can 

benefit from the latest information on 

these issues when exploring options 

with stakeholders in the future. 

OJP does not intend to issue a final 

rule based on this published NPRM. 

Despite the decision not to move 

forward with the rule at this time, OJP 

and its component Office for Victims of 

Crime (OVC) are grateful for the effort, 

thought, and insights evident in the 

comments on the proposed rule, 

especially those provided by crime 

victims and survivors who shared their 

personal stories and perspectives. OJP 

and OVC will continue engaging with 

their stakeholders as they undertake the 

work of enhancing care and expanding 

access to compensation for all victims of 

crime. In the event OJP and OVC may 

ultimately conclude that a new 

rulemaking action would be 

appropriate, a new NPRM would be 

published in the Federal Register at that 

time. 

Brent J. Cohen, 

Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of 

Justice Programs. 

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