This bill requires states to prioritize additional groups (i.e., victims of firearm violence or the family members of victims of homicide) for state victim assistance formula grants.
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that recipients of 
 crime victim assistance grants shall prioritize programs that provide 
  assistance to victims of firearm violence or the family members of 
              victims of homicide, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS OF FIREARM 
              VIOLENCE AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1404(a)(2)(A) of the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``victims of 
sexual assault, spousal abuse, or child abuse'' and inserting ``victims 
of sexual assault, victims of spousal abuse, victims of child abuse, 
victims of firearm violence, or the family members of victims of 
homicide''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall make a rule to carry 
out the amendment made by subsection (a), which rule shall provide that 
a State receiving funds under section 1404 of the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103) shall reserve not less than 10 percent for 
each priority group described in such section 1404(a)(2)(A), as amended 
by subsection (a).
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To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that recipients of crime victim assistance grants shall prioritize programs that provide assistance to victims of firearm violence or the family members of victims of homicide, and for other purposes.
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that recipients of crime victim assistance grants shall prioritize programs that provide assistance to victims of firearm violence or the family members of victims of homicide, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that recipients of crime victim assistance grants shall prioritize programs that provide assistance to victims of firearm violence or the family members of victims of homicide, and for other purposes.
Rep. Escobar, Veronica