‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If, after reasonable 
notice and opportunity for a hearing on the 
record (subject to subparagraph (B)), the Di-
rector finds that a recipient or subrecipient of 
a covered grant has failed to comply substan-
tially with any provision of this section or a 
rule, regulation, guideline, or procedure issued 
under this section, or an application submitted 
in accordance with this section or the provisions 
of any other applicable law, the Director shall— 
‘‘(i) terminate payments to the recipi-
ent; 
‘‘(ii) suspend payments to the recipi-
ent until the Director is satisfied that the 
noncompliance has ended; or 
‘‘(iii) take any other action that the 
Director determines appropriate. 
‘‘(B) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A subrecipient of 
a covered grant may not request a hearing 
under subparagraph (A) but may assist a re-
cipient in providing information during the 
hearing process. 
‘‘(f) TIMELINES.— 
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‘‘(1) NEGOTIATED
RULEMAKING.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed-
eral Register to initiate the negotiated rulemaking 
described in section 3(b) of the Securing Urgent Re-
sources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act, 
which shall be completed not later than 180 days 
after that publication. 
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.—Not later than 
60 days after the negotiated rulemaking described in 
paragraph (1) is complete, the Director shall publish 
a request for proposal in the Federal Register for 
covered grants. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
DISBURSAL.—Not later than 
January 31 of each of the first 10 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Director shall disburse competitive grants to Indian 
tribes in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Any amount 
awarded under a covered grant that remains unobligated 
at the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is made 
may be expended for the purpose for which the grant was 
made at any time during the 5 succeeding fiscal years, 
at the end of which period, any unobligated sums shall 
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remain available to the Director for award under this sec-
tion in the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits— 
‘‘(1) an Indian tribe from contracting for the 
administration of a program or activity funded 
under this section; or 
‘‘(2) multiple Indian tribes or tribal organiza-
tions from forming a consortium for any of the pur-
poses described in this section. 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant program estab-
lished under this section shall be carried out using 
amounts made available under section 1402(d)(1). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—For each 
fiscal year in which a grant is made or grant funds 
may be obligated under this section, the Director 
may use not more than 4 percent of the amounts 
made available under this section for— 
‘‘(A) administration and management of 
covered grants; and 
‘‘(B) training and technical assistance. 
‘‘(j) TERM.—This section shall be effective for the 
first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section.’’. 
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(b) FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR TRIBAL VICTIMS OF 
CRIME.—Section 1402(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101(d)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) For each of the 10 fiscal years beginning 
after the date of enactment of the Securing Urgent 
Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act, 
5 percent of the total amount in the Fund available 
for obligation during a fiscal year shall be made 
available to the Director to make grants under sec-
tion 1404G.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘after 
compliance with paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘deposited in 
the Fund’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘(1),’’ be-
fore ‘‘(2)’’ each place that term appears. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Any regulation, rule, 
or guidance promulgated by the Director of the Office for 
Victims of Crime before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall have no force or effect with respect to section 1404G 
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of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 
2. 
(b) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office for Victims of Crime, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes (as 
defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) 
and through notice and comment negotiated rule-
making, following the provisions of subchapter III of 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 
1990’’), shall promulgate final regulations carrying 
out section 1404G of the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984, as added by section 2. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of-
fice for Victims of Crime shall ensure that— 
(A) not fewer than 2 Indian tribes from 
each Bureau of Indian Affairs region partici-
pate in the consultation; and 
(B) small, medium, and large land-based 
Indian tribes are represented. 
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