I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6655 
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide compensation for 
direct victims of civil rights movement violence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 
Mr. BACON (for himself and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide 
compensation for direct victims of civil rights movement 
violence, 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 ‘‘Sarah Collins Rudolph 
Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR DIRECT VICTIMS OF CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT VIOLENCE. 
Chapter XIV of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 1402(d) by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7)(A) In addition to the amounts distributed 
under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) the Di-
rector shall set aside up to $10,000,000 from the 
amounts transferred to the Fund to award grants to 
an individual who is a direct victim of civil rights 
movement violence in accordance with section 
1404G. The Director may replenish any amounts ob-
ligated from such reserve in subsequent fiscal years 
by setting aside up to 25 percent of the amounts re-
maining in the Fund in any fiscal year after distrib-
uting amounts under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 
and (6). Such reserve shall not exceed 10 million 
dollars. 
‘‘(B) The grants to an individual who is a 
direct victim of civil rights movement violence 
referred to in subparagraph (A) may be used 
for grants under section 1404G of this title. 
‘‘(C) Amounts for grants to an individual 
who is a direct victim of civil rights movement 
violence established pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) may be carried over from fiscal year to fis-
cal year.’’; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 1404F the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1404G. GRANTS TO DIRECT VICTIMS OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Department 
of Justice and Office for Victims of Crime shall make 
grants as provided in section 1404(d) to an individual who 
is a direct victim of civil rights movement violence. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT AMOUNT.—A direct victim 
of civil rights movement violence shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section in the amount that is 
equal to the cost of the individual’s medical care as-
sociated with an injury sustained during the civil 
rights movement, as demonstrated by the medical 
records of such direct victim. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—A direct victim 
of civil rights movement violence may apply for an 
additional grant amount if— 
‘‘(A) the cost of the individual’s medical 
care associated with the injury sustained during 
the civil rights movement has resulted in addi-
tional expenses after a grant amount under this 
section was awarded; or 
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‘‘(B) the direct victim of civil rights move-
ment violence submits medical records dem-
onstrating costs greater than a grant amount 
awarded under this section. 
‘‘(c) SURVIVORS OF A DIRECT VICTIM.—A family 
member of a direct victim of civil rights movement violence 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section if such fam-
ily member is responsible for the costs related to the injury 
sustained during the civil rights movement and the direct 
victim is deceased. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CIVIL
RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.—The term 
‘civil rights movement’ means the time period of 
1954 through 1965. 
‘‘(2) DIRECT VICTIM OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVE-
MENT VIOLENCE.—The term ‘direct victim of civil 
rights movement violence’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is an citizen of the United States; 
‘‘(B) sustained an injury as a result of ra-
cial violence during the civil rights movement; 
‘‘(C) can provide evidence of the injury 
sustained through medical records; and 
‘‘(D) has or is incurring expenses related 
to the injury. 
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‘‘(3) FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term ‘family 
member’ means— 
‘‘(A) a person to whom the direct victim of 
civil rights movement violence is legally mar-
ried, even if physically separated, under the 
laws of the jurisdiction where the marriage took 
place; 
‘‘(B) a child that is natural, illegitimate, 
adopted, posthumous, or a stepchild of the di-
rect victim of civil rights movement violence; or 
‘‘(C) any other family member that pro-
vided medical care or funding to medical ex-
penses to a direct victim of civil rights move-
ment violence. 
‘‘(4) INJURY.—The term ‘injury’ means— 
‘‘(A) a traumatic physical wound (or a 
traumatized physical condition of the body) di-
rectly and proximately caused by external force 
(such as bullets, explosives, sharp instruments, 
blunt objects, or physical blows), chemicals, 
electricity, climatic conditions, infectious dis-
ease, radiation, virii, or bacteria; 
‘‘(B) any associated or resulting traumatic 
physical wound that occurred as a result of a 
traumatic physical wound described in subpara-
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graph (A), even if such resulting traumatic 
physical wound did not occur during the civil 
rights movement; and 
‘‘(C) any associated or resulting psycho-
logical condition that occurred as a result of a 
traumatic physical wound described in subpara-
graph (A), even if such resulting psychological 
condition did not occur during the civil rights 
movement. 
‘‘(5) MEDICAL RECORDS.—The term ‘medical 
records’ includes medical records and bills that docu-
ment an injury during the civil rights movement. 
‘‘(6) RACIAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘racial vio-
lence’ means violence in which the individual inten-
tionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property 
crime, the property that is the object of the crime, 
because of the actual or perceived race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or 
sexual orientation of any person.’’. 
Æ 
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