S 611 United States Senate · 117th Congress

VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

Summary
VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 This bill adds a new source of revenue for the Crime Victims Fund and makes changes to formula grants supported by the fund. Specifically, the bill directs revenues collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements to be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund. Currently, such revenues are deposited into the general fund of the Treasury. Additionally, the bill increases the percentage—from 60% to 75%—of state compensation payments to crime victims in the prior fiscal year used to calculate formula grants for state victim compensation programs. Finally, the bill directs states to waive the matching requirement for recipients of state victim assistance formula grants during and for one year after a pandemic-related national emergency. It also allows states to waive the matching requirement pursuant to a policy established by the state.
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Mar 2021
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Introduced Mar 4, 2021 Last action Mar 4, 2021
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Mar 4, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1122)
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Mar 4, 2021
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1 primary · 63 co-sponsors

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Photo of Richard J. Durbin
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
IL
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Photo of Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
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Photo of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
n/a
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Photo of Angus S. King, Jr.
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
ME
n/a
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Photo of Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
NM
n/a
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Photo of Benjamin L. Cardin
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
MD
n/a
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Photo of Bernard Sanders
Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
VT
n/a
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Photo of Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
HI
n/a
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Photo of Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
NV
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Photo of Charles E. Schumer
Charles E. Schumer
DDemocratic
NY
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Photo of Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
MD
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