Voice for Victims Act

Bill: 117-s-4644
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-07-27
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Voice for Victims Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reestablish the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement Office, which shall provide services to the victims of crimes committed by removable non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> under federal law). </p> <p>(An office with a similar name, the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, was launched in April 2017 and was shut down in June 2021.) </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4644 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2022 Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Hagerty ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To reestablish the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement Office to provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens and the family members of such victims.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voice for Victims Act . 2. Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement Office (a) Reestablishment The Secretary of Homeland Security shall direct the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take all appropriate and lawful action to reestablish, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement Office (referred to in this Act as the VOICE Office , which shall provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens and the family members of such victims. (b) Quarterly reports The VOICE Office shall submit quarterly reports to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate , the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate , the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives , and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that examine the effects of the victimization of United States nationals by criminal aliens who are present in the United States. (c) Expansion of functions of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman To include assistance for victims of crimes committed by aliens or border violence Section 452(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 272(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) to work with the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement Office to assist individuals and families who have been the victims of crimes committed by aliens or violence near the United States border; ; and (3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking (2) and inserting (3) .