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Calendar No. 84 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 211 

[Report No. 116–40] 

To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources 

vital to Indian victims of crime, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2019 

Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. DAINES, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. TESTER, Ms. SMITH, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. CANTWELL, 

Ms. WARREN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

CRAMER, and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

MAY 13, 2019 

Reported by Mr. HOEVEN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure 

urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, 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 ‘‘Securing Urgent Re3 sources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘SURVIVE Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. INDIAN VICTIMS OF CRIME. 

6 (a) GRANT PROGRAM FOR INDIAN CRIME VICTIM

7 SERVICES.—The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 

8 20101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

9 1404F the following: 

10 ‘‘GRANT PROGRAM FOR INDIAN CRIME VICTIM SERVICES

11 ‘‘SEC. 1404G. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON13 GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con14 gress’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Indian Affairs of 

16 the Senate; 

17 ‘‘(B) the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular 

18 and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on 

19 Natural Resources of the House of Representa20 tives; 

21 ‘‘(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

22 the Senate; and 

23 ‘‘(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

24 the House of Representatives. 

25 ‘‘(2) COVERED GRANT.—The term ‘covered 

26 grant’ means a grant under subsection (c). 


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1 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘eligi2 ble Indian Tribe’ means an Indian Tribe that sub3 mits a written proposal for a covered grant to the 

4 Director in accordance with subsection (c)(2). 

5 ‘‘(4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 

6 ‘immediate family member’ has the meaning given 

7 the term in section 115(c) of title 18, United States 

8 Code. 

9 ‘‘(5) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a 

10 member of an Indian Tribe. 

11 ‘‘(6) INDIAN LAND.—The term ‘Indian land’ 

12 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian lands’ in 

13 section 3 of the Native American Business Develop14 ment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 

15 (25 U.S.C. 4302). 

16 ‘‘(7) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

17 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec18 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu19 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

20 ‘‘(8) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMA21 TION.—The term ‘personally identifying information’ 

22 has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) 

23 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

24 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 


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1 ‘‘(9) SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF CRIME.—The 

2 term ‘services to victims of crime’— 

3 ‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in 

4 section 1404; and 

5 ‘‘(B) includes efforts that— 

6 ‘‘(i) respond to the emotional, psycho7 logical, or physical needs of a victim of 

8 crime; 

9 ‘‘(ii) assist a victim of crime in stabi10 lizing his or her life after victimization; 

11 ‘‘(iii) assist a victim of crime in un12 derstanding and participating in the crimi13 nal justice system; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) restore a measure of security 

15 and safety for a victim of crime. 

16 ‘‘(10) VICTIM OF CRIME.—The term ‘victim of 

17 crime’ means an individual who has suffered direct 

18 physical, sexual, financial, or emotional harm as a 

19 result of the commission of a crime. 

20 ‘‘(b) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Director 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) administer the grant program described in 

23 subsection (c); 


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1 ‘‘(2) provide planning, research, training, and 

2 technical assistance to recipients of covered grants; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(3) coordinate with the Office of Tribal Jus5 tice, the Indian Health Service, and the Bureau of 

6 Indian Affairs in implementing the grant program 

7 described in subsection (c). 

8 ‘‘(c) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the 

10 Director shall make grants to eligible Indian Tribes 

11 for the purposes of funding— 

12 ‘‘(A) a program, administered by one or 

13 more Indian Tribes, that provides services to 

14 victims of crime, which may be provided in tra15 ditional form or through electronic, digital, or 

16 other technological formats, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) services to victims of crime pro18 vided through subgrants to agencies or de19 partments of Tribal governments or non20 profit organizations; 

21 ‘‘(ii) domestic violence shelters, rape 

22 crisis centers, child abuse programs, child 

23 advocacy centers, and elder abuse pro24 grams providing services to victims of 

25 crime; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) medical care, equipment, treat2 ment, and related evaluations arising from 

3 the victimization, including— 

4 ‘‘(I) emergency medical care and 

5 evaluation, nonemergency medical 

6 care and evaluation, psychological and 

7 psychiatric care and evaluation, and 

8 other forms of medical assistance, 

9 treatment, or therapy, regardless of 

10 the setting in which the services are 

11 delivered; 

12 ‘‘(II) mental and behavioral 

13 health and crisis counseling, evalua14 tion, and assistance, including out15 patient therapy, counseling services, 

16 substance abuse treatment, and other 

17 forms of specialized treatment, includ18 ing intervention and prevention serv19 ices; 

20 ‘‘(III) prophylactic treatment to 

21 prevent an individual from contracting 

22 HIV/AIDS or any other sexually 

23 transmitted disease or infection; and 


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1 ‘‘(IV) forensic medical evidence 

2 collection examinations and forensic 

3 interviews of victims of crime— 

4 ‘‘(aa) to the extent that 

5 other funding sources are un6 available or insufficient; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) on the condition that, 

8 to the extent practicable, the ex9 aminers and interviewers follow 

10 relevant guidelines or protocols 

11 issued by the State, unit of local 

12 government, or Indian Tribe with 

13 jurisdiction over the area in 

14 which the examination or inter15 view is conducted; 

16 ‘‘(iv) legal services, legal assistance 

17 services, and legal clinics (including serv18 ices provided by pro bono legal clinics and 

19 practitioners), the need for which arises di20 rectly from the victimization; 

21 ‘‘(v) the training and certification of 

22 service animals and therapy animals; 

23 ‘‘(vi) equipment for Braille or TTY/ 

24 TTD machines for the deaf necessary to 

25 provide services to victims of crime; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) restorative justice opportunities 

2 that allow victims of crime to meet with 

3 the perpetrators if the meetings are volun4 tarily agreed to by the victim of crime and 

5 are for therapeutic purposes; and 

6 ‘‘(viii) training and related materials, 

7 including books, training manuals, and 

8 training videos, for staff and service pro9 viders to develop skills necessary to offer 

10 quality services to victims of crime; 

11 ‘‘(B) the development or implementation of 

12 training, technical assistance, or professional 

13 development that improves or enhances the 

14 quality of services to victims of crime, including 

15 coordination between healthcare, education, and 

16 justice systems; 

17 ‘‘(C) the transportation of victims of crime 

18 to— 

19 ‘‘(i) receive services; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) participate in criminal justice 

21 proceedings; 

22 ‘‘(D) emergency legal assistance to victims 

23 of crime that is directly connected to the crime; 

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1 ized services that are related directly to pro2 viding services to victims of crime; 

3 ‘‘(F) the repair and replacement of essen4 tial items used during the provision of services 

5 to victims of crime to contribute to and main6 tain a healthy and safe environment for the vic7 tims; 

8 ‘‘(G) transitional housing for victims of 

9 crime, particularly victims who have a par10 ticular need for such housing and cannot safely 

11 return to previous housing, including travel, 

12 rental assistance, security deposits, utilities, 

13 and other related costs that are incidental to 

14 the relocation to transitional housing; 

15 ‘‘(H) the relocation of victims of crime, 

16 particularly where necessary for the safety and 

17 well-being of the victim, including reasonable 

18 moving expenses, security deposits for housing, 

19 rental expenses, and utility startup costs; 

20 ‘‘(I) the coordination of activities that fa21 cilitate the provision of direct services to victims 

22 of crime; 

23 ‘‘(J) a multi-system, inter-agency, multi24 disciplinary response to the needs of victims of 

25 crime; and 


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1 ‘‘(K) the administration of the program 

2 and services described in this section. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—An Indian Tribe seeking a 

4 covered grant shall, in response to a request for pro5 posal, submit to the Director a written proposal for 

6 a covered grant, which shall include— 

7 ‘‘(A) a description of the need for services 

8 and the mission and goals of the activity to be 

9 carried out using the grant; 

10 ‘‘(B) a description of how amounts re11 ceived under the grant would be used; 

12 ‘‘(C) the proposed annual budget for the 

13 activities for each fiscal year in which amounts 

14 received under the grant may be used; 

15 ‘‘(D) any qualifications, certifications, or 

16 licenses that may be required for individuals in17 volved in administering the program; 

18 ‘‘(E) a certification by the Indian Tribe 

19 that, under the law of that Indian Tribe or the 

20 law of a State to which the Act of August 15, 

21 1953 (67 Stat. 588, chapter 505) (commonly 

22 known as ‘Public Law 280’) applies— 

23 ‘‘(i) victims of crime are entitled to 

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1 Code, or substantially similar rights and 

2 protections; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) individuals who report crimes are 

4 protected by law from retribution and re5 taliation; 

6 ‘‘(F) a certification by the Indian Tribe 

7 that grant funds will be used to supplement and 

8 not supplant other Federal, State, local, and 

9 Tribal funds that are used for the purposes de10 scribed in paragraph (1); 

11 ‘‘(G) a description of any plans or agree12 ments to coordinate services among Federal, 

13 State, local, and Tribal governments; and 

14 ‘‘(H) any additional information required 

15 by the Director through written guidance, after 

16 consultation with Indian Tribes. 

17 ‘‘(3) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A recipi18 ent or subrecipient of a covered grant shall not be 

19 required to make a matching contribution for Fed20 eral dollars received. 

21 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.—A recipi22 ent or subrecipient of a covered grant may not use 

23 the amounts of the grant for— 

24 ‘‘(A) salaries, benefits, fees, furniture, 

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1 rectors, board members, and other administra2 tors, except as specifically allowed under this 

3 section; 

4 ‘‘(B) lobbying and administrative advocacy; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(C) fundraising activities. 

7 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—A recipient of a cov8 ered grant shall, on an annual basis, submit to the 

9 Director an itemized budget with a report describing 

10 the purpose for which the grant was used, which 

11 shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) the purpose for which grant funds 

13 were obligated or spent and the amount of 

14 funds obligated or spent by the recipient or sub15 recipient for each purpose, including, on a quar16 terly basis— 

17 ‘‘(i) the amount of grant funds obli18 gated or spent by the recipient or sub19 recipient for administrative and operational 

20 costs; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the amount of grant funds obli22 gated or spent by the recipient or sub23 recipient for direct services; 

24 ‘‘(B) the number of individuals served as a 

25 result of the grant; 


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1 ‘‘(C) a description, in the aggregate, of the 

2 types of individuals served, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) the alleged crime and injury in4 volved; 

5 ‘‘(ii) whether the victim is an Indian; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the age, sex, and Tribal affili8 ation of the victim, if applicable; and 

9 ‘‘(D) a description, in the aggregate, of the 

10 general nature and location of the alleged 

11 crimes involved, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) whether the crime was committed 

13 on Indian land; 

14 ‘‘(ii) whether the alleged perpetrator 

15 is an Indian; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the disposition of the incident; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iv) all jurisdictions involved in any 

19 disposition. 

20 ‘‘(6) OBLIGATION TO REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, 

21 OR ABUSE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A recipient or sub22 recipient of a covered grant shall immediately report 

23 to the Director any finding of fraud, waste, or abuse 

24 of grant funds. 


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1 ‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF CRIME VICTIM CONFIDEN2 TIALITY AND PRIVACY.— 

3 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—In order to ensure 

4 the safety of victims of crime and immediate family 

5 members of victims of crime, recipients and sub6 recipients of covered grants shall protect the con7 fidentiality and privacy of individuals receiving serv8 ices from the recipient or subrecipient. 

9 ‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 

11 (3) and (4), a recipient or subrecipient of a cov12 ered grant shall not disclose, reveal, or release 

13 any personally identifying information collected 

14 in connection with any service requested, used, 

15 or denied through a program of the recipient or 

16 subrecipient or require the release of personally 

17 identifying information as a condition of eligi18 bility for the services provided by the recipient 

19 or subrecipient— 

20 ‘‘(i) regardless of whether the infor21 mation has been encoded, encrypted, 

22 hashed, or otherwise protected; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B) and 

24 the condition that consent for release may 

25 not be given by an abuser of the minor, an 


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1 abuser of a parent or guardian of a minor, 

2 or an incapacitated individual, absent the 

3 informed, written, reasonably time-limited 

4 consent of— 

5 ‘‘(I) the individual about whom 

6 information is sought; 

7 ‘‘(II) in the case of an emanci8 pated minor, the minor, and the par9 ent or guardian; or 

10 ‘‘(III) in the case of legal inca11 pacity, a court-appointed guardian. 

12 ‘‘(B) CERTAIN MINORS AND OTHER INDI13 VIDUALS.—If a minor or individual with a le14 gally appointed guardian may lawfully receive 

15 services without the consent of a parent or 

16 guardian, that minor or individual may consent 

17 to the release of information under subpara18 graph (A)(ii) without the additional consent of 

19 a parent or guardian. 

20 ‘‘(3) RELEASE.—If the release of information 

21 described in paragraph (2) is compelled by a statu22 tory or court mandate, a recipient or subrecipient of 

23 a covered grant shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) make reasonable attempts to provide 

2 notice to victims of crime affected by the disclo3 sure of information; and 

4 ‘‘(B) take steps necessary to protect the 

5 privacy and safety of the individuals affected by 

6 the release of the information. 

7 ‘‘(4) INFORMATION SHARING.—A recipient or 

8 subrecipient of a covered grant may share— 

9 ‘‘(A) data in the aggregate that is not per10 sonally identifying information regarding serv11 ices to clients and demographics in order to 

12 comply with Federal, State, Tribal, or terri13 torial reporting, evaluation, or data collection 

14 requirements; 

15 ‘‘(B) court-generated and law enforcement16 generated information contained in secure gov17 ernmental registries for protection order en18 forcement purposes; and 

19 ‘‘(C) law enforcement-generated and pros20 ecution-generated information necessary for law 

21 enforcement and prosecution purposes. 

22 ‘‘(5) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS OF

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1 recipient of a covered grant from reporting sus2 pected abuse or neglect of an individual. 

3 ‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub5 section shall be construed to prohibit the Direc6 tor from disclosing grant activities authorized 

7 by this section to the appropriate committees of 

8 Congress. 

9 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 

10 ensure that a disclosure under subparagraph 

11 (A) protects confidentiality and omits person12 ally identifying information. 

13 ‘‘(7) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND AS14 SURANCES.—A recipient or subrecipient of a covered 

15 grant shall document compliance with the confiden16 tiality and privacy requirements of this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(e) OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 

18 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Director shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) regularly monitor and review covered 

20 grants awarded, which shall include evaluation 

21 of quarterly financial reports for victim services 

22 grants; and 

23 ‘‘(B) conduct investigations and audits— 

24 ‘‘(i) to ensure compliance with all ap25 plicable Federal law; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) to prevent duplication and redun2 dancy in the awarding of covered grants. 

3 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND ENFORCE4 ABLE AGREEMENTS.—The Director shall ensure that 

5 all covered grants are subject to performance meas6 ures and enforceable agreements that allow for thor7 ough program oversight. 

8 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

9 For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of 

10 enactment of this section and each fiscal year there11 after, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 

12 committees of Congress an annual compliance report 

13 on all covered grants awarded. 

14 ‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, after reasonable 

16 notice and opportunity for a hearing on the 

17 record (subject to subparagraph (B)), the Di18 rector finds that a recipient or subrecipient of 

19 a covered grant has failed to comply substan20 tially with any provision of this section or a 

21 rule, regulation, guideline, or procedure issued 

22 under this section, a commitment or certifi23 cation made in the written proposal submitted 

24 under subsection (c)(2), or the provisions of any 

25 other applicable law, the Director shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) terminate payments to the recipi2 ent; 

3 ‘‘(ii) suspend payments to the recipi4 ent until the Director is satisfied that the 

5 noncompliance has ended; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) take any other action that the 

7 Director determines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(B) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A subrecipient of 

9 a covered grant may not request a hearing 

10 under subparagraph (A) but may assist a re11 cipient in providing information during the 

12 hearing process. 

13 ‘‘(f) TIMELINES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.—Not later 

15 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this sec16 tion, the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed17 eral Register to initiate the negotiated rulemaking 

18 described in section 3(b) of the Securing Urgent Re19 sources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act, 

20 which shall be completed not later than 180 days 

21 after that publication. 

22 ‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.—Not later than 

23 60 days after the negotiated rulemaking described in 

24 paragraph (1) is complete, the Director shall publish 


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1 a request for proposal in the Federal Register for 

2 covered grants. 

3 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED DISBURSAL.—Not later than 

4 January 31 of each of the first 10 fiscal years begin5 ning after the date of enactment of this section, the 

6 Director shall disburse competitive grants to Indian 

7 Tribes in accordance with this section. 

8 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Any amount 

9 awarded under a covered grant that remains unobligated 

10 at the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is made 

11 may be expended for the purpose for which the grant was 

12 made at any time during the 5 succeeding fiscal years, 

13 at the end of which period, any unobligated sums shall 

14 remain available to the Director for award under this sec15 tion in the following fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits— 

17 ‘‘(1) an Indian Tribe from contracting for the 

18 administration of a program or activity funded 

19 under this section; or 

20 ‘‘(2) multiple Indian Tribes or Tribal organiza21 tions from forming a consortium for any of the pur22 poses described in this section. 

23 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant program estab2 lished under this section shall be carried out using 

3 amounts made available under section 1402(d)(1). 

4 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For each 

5 fiscal year in which a grant is made or grant funds 

6 may be obligated under this section, the Director 

7 may use not more than 4 percent of the amounts 

8 made available under this section for— 

9 ‘‘(A) administration and management of 

10 covered grants; and 

11 ‘‘(B) training and technical assistance. 

12 ‘‘(j) TERM.—This section shall be effective for the 

13 first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment 

14 of this section.’’. 

15 (b) FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR TRIBAL VICTIMS OF

16 CRIME.—Section 1402(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 

17 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101(d)) is amended— 

18 (1) by inserting before paragraph (2) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(1) For each of the first 10 fiscal years begin21 ning after the date of enactment of the Securing Ur22 gent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment 

23 Act, 5 percent of the total amount in the Fund 

24 available for obligation during a fiscal year shall be 


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1 made available to the Director to make grants under 

2 section 1404G.’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘after 

4 compliance with paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘deposited in 

5 the Fund’’; 

6 (3) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter pre7 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; and 

9 (4) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘(1),’’ be10 fore ‘‘(2)’’ each place that term appears. 

11 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES. 

12 (a) EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Any regulation, rule, 

13 or guidance promulgated by the Director of the Office for 

14 Victims of Crime before the date of enactment of this Act 

15 shall have no force or effect with respect to section 1404G 

16 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 

17 2. 

18 (b) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

21 the Office for Victims of Crime, in consultation with 

22 the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes (as 

23 defined in section 1404G of the Victims of Crime 

24 Act of 1984, as added by section 2) and through no25 tice and comment negotiated rulemaking, following 


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1 the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 

2 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Ne3 gotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990’), shall promulgate 

4 final regulations carrying out section 1404G of the 

5 Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 

6 2. 

7 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of8 fice for Victims of Crime shall ensure that— 

9 (A) not fewer than 2 Indian Tribes from 

10 each Bureau of Indian Affairs region partici11 pate in the consultation; and 

12 (B) small, medium, and large land-based 

13 Indian Tribes are represented. 


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Calendar No. 84 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 211 

[Report No. 116–40] 

A BILL 

To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secrime, and for other purposes. cure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of 

MAY 13, 2019 

Reported without amendment 


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