117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5768 
AN ACT 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program 
to establish, implement, and administer the violent inci-
dent clearance and technology investigative method, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violent Incident Clear-
ance and Technological Investigative Methods Act of 
2022’’ or ‘‘VICTIM Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Research indicates that law enforcement 
agencies can increase clearance rates by improving— 
(A) investigative processes; 
(B) detective capacities; and 
(C) organizational oversight and super-
vision of investigations. 
(2) When a law enforcement agency expends 
additional investigative effort, the law enforcement 
agency improves its success in gaining cooperation of 
key witnesses and increases the amount of forensic 
evidence collected. 
(3) Effective investigation of shootings can pre-
vent subsequent related violence by— 
(A) deterring retaliation; and 
(B) providing interventions to individuals 
who may continue to commit crimes or become 
victims of retaliatory violence. 
(4) Law enforcement agencies that demonstrate 
higher rates of clearance for violent crimes com-
mitted against a person—
(A) have more structured oversight and 
formal interactions between investigative units 
and agency leadership; 
(B) are more likely to have investigative 
units that have collaborative relationships and 
robust information sharing with other units of 
the law enforcement agency; 
(C) have investigative units that have spe-
cific goals and performance metrics for both the 
unit and for investigators within the unit; 
(D) have investigators who more frequently 
respond to the initial crime scene shortly after 
crimes have been reported to collect evidence 
and interview witnesses; 
(E) have investigators who either have spe-
cialized experience before joining investigative 
units or are trained in investigations once they 
join those units; 
(F) often have standard operating proce-
dures for investigations that establish policies 
and evidence-based best practices for con-
ducting and completing homicide investigations; 
and 
(G) have better relationships with the com-
munities they serve, even if no specific commu-
nity-oriented campaign or initiative exists be-
tween 
investigative 
units 
and 
community 
groups. 
(5) Criminal justice agencies should collaborate 
with each other and share best practices for solving 
violent crimes committed against a person. 
(6) A comprehensive community engagement 
strategy concerning gun violence is essential to im-
proving clearance rates for violent crimes committed 
against a person. 
SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENT INCI-
DENT CLEARANCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL IN-
VESTIGATIVE METHODS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CLEARANCE BY ARREST.—The term ‘‘clear-
ance by arrest’’, with respect to an offense reported 
to a law enforcement agency, means the law enforce-
ment agency— 
(A) has— 
(i) arrested not less than 1 person for 
the offense; 
(ii) charged the person described in 
subparagraph (A) with the commission of 
the offense; and
(iii) referred the person described in 
subparagraph (A) for prosecution for the 
offense; or 
(B) has cited an individual under the age 
of 18 to appear in juvenile court or before an-
other juvenile authority with respect to the of-
fense, regardless of whether a physical arrest 
occurred. 
(2) CLEARANCE
BY
EXCEPTION.—The term 
‘‘clearance by exception’’, with respect to an offense 
reported to a law enforcement agency, means the 
law enforcement agency— 
(A) has identified not less than 1 person 
suspected of the offense; and 
(B) with respect to the suspect described 
in subparagraph (A), has— 
(i) gathered enough evidence to— 
(I) support an arrest of the sus-
pect; 
(II) make a charge against the 
suspect; and 
(III) refer the suspect for pros-
ecution;