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S.934
Crime Victims Assistance Act (Introduced in the Senate)
SEC. 206. SERVICES FOR VICTIMS
OF CRIME AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Section 504 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321-53)
may not be construed to prohibit a recipient (as that term is used in that
section) from using funds derived from a source other than the Legal Services Corporation to provide related legal assistance (as defined in
section 502(b) of Public Law 105-119 (111 Stat. 2511)) to any person with whom
an alien (as that term is used in subsection (a)(11) of that section) has a
relationship covered by the domestic violence laws of the State in which the
alien resides or in which an incidence of violence occurred.
SEC. 207. PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY EFFECTIVENESS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
APPROACH ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF CRIME.
(a) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States
Code (commonly known as the `False Claims Act'), may be used by the Office of
Victims of Crime to make grants to States, units of local government, and
qualified private entities for the establishment of pilot programs that
implement balanced and restorative justice models.
(b) DEFINITION OF BALANCED AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MODEL- In this section,
the term `balanced and restorative justice model' means an approach to
criminal justice that promotes the maximum degree of involvement by a victim,
offender, and the community served by a criminal justice system by allowing
the criminal justice system and related criminal justice agencies to improve
the capacity of the system and agencies to--
(1) protect the community served by the system and agencies; and
(2) ensure accountability of the offender and the system.
SEC. 208. VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 1404B of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10603b) is amended to read as follows:
`SEC. 1404B. COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM OR MASS
VIOLENCE.
`(a) IN GENERAL- The Director may make grants, as provided in either
section 1402(d)(4)(B) or 1404--
`(1) to States, which shall be used for eligible crime victim
compensation and assistance programs for the benefit of victims described in
subsection (b); and
`(2) to victim service organizations, and public agencies that provide
emergency or ongoing assistance to victims of crime, which shall be used to
provide, for the benefit of victims described in subsection (b)--
`(A) emergency relief (including compensation, assistance, and crisis
response) and other related victim services ; and
`(B) emergency response training and technical assistance.
`(b) VICTIMS DESCRIBED- Victims described in this subsection are victims
of a terrorist act or mass violence, whether occurring within or outside the
United States, who are--
`(1) citizens or employees of the United States; and
`(2) not eligible for compensation under title VIII of the Omnibus
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.'.
(b) APPLICABILITY- The amendment made by this section applies to any
terrorist act or mass violence occurring on or after December 20, 1989.
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