I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7308 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, 
implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technology in-
vestigative methods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 
Mr. BACON (for himself and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program 
to establish, implement, and administer violent incident 
clearance and technology investigative methods, 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 
2024’’ or the ‘‘VICTIM Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(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 homicides, shoot-
ings, and other firearm-related violent crimes can 
prevent 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 homicides and firearm- 
related violent crimes— 
(A) have more structured oversight and 
formal interactions between investigative units 
and agency leadership; 
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(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. 
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