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[H.R. 1652 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1652

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one


                                 An Act


 
To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching 
                  requirements, 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. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime 
Victims Fund Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE FIX OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND AND COMPENSATION.
    (a) Crime Victims Fund.--Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(6) any funds that would otherwise be deposited in the 
    general fund of the Treasury collected pursuant to--
            ``(A) a deferred prosecution agreement; or
            ``(B) a non-prosecution agreement.''; and
        (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``Director'' and inserting 
    ``Director, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period 
    may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General''.
    (b) Crime Victim Compensation.--Section 1403 of the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20102) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``40 percent in fiscal 
        year 2002 and of 60 percent in subsequent fiscal years'' and 
        inserting ``75 percent'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``of 40 percent in fiscal 
        year 2002 and of 60 percent in subsequent fiscal years'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
        ``(3) For the purposes of calculating amounts awarded in the 
    previous fiscal year under this subsection, the Director shall not 
    require eligible crime victim compensation programs to deduct 
    recovery costs or collections from restitution or from subrogation 
    for payment under a civil lawsuit.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ``authorities;'' and 
    inserting ``authorities, except if a program determines such 
    cooperation may be impacted due to a victim's age, physical 
    condition, psychological state, cultural or linguistic barriers, or 
    any other health or safety concern that jeopardizes the victim's 
    wellbeing;''; and
        (3) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(5) the term `recovery costs' means expenses for personnel 
    directly involved in the recovery efforts to obtain collections 
    from restitution or from subrogation for payment under a civil law 
    suit.''.
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT.
    (a) In General.--Section 1404(a) of the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)) is amended by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph:
        ``(7)(A) Each chief executive may waive a matching requirement 
    imposed by the Director, in accordance with subparagraph (B), as a 
    condition for the receipt of funds under any program to provide 
    assistance to victims of crimes authorized under this chapter. The 
    chief executive shall report to the Director the approval of any 
    waiver of the matching requirement.
        ``(B) Each chief executive shall establish and make public, a 
    policy including--
            ``(i) the manner in which an eligible crime victim 
        assistance program can request a match waiver;
            ``(ii) the criteria used to determine eligibility of the 
        match waiver; and
            ``(iii) the process for decision making and notifying the 
        eligible crime victim assistance program of the decision.''.
    (b) National Emergency Waiver.--Section 1404(a) of the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20103(a)), as amended by subsection (a), 
is further amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(8) Beginning on the date a national emergency is declared 
    under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
    respect to a pandemic and ending on the date that is one year after 
    the date of the end of such national emergency, each chief 
    executive shall issue waivers for any matching requirement, in its 
    entirety, for all eligible crime victim assistance programs 
    contracted to provide services at that time.''.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.