[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013

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                               speech of

                           HON. TRENT FRANKS

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 28, 2014

  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, on July 28, I made remarks on S. 
1799, the Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act. I want to 
clarify that the bill makes funds available to the Department of 
Justice, including the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for victims' 
services under the Crime Victims Fund. S. 1799 clarifies that funds 
available may only be used to benefit victims, through the work of 
Victim Witness Coordinators, Advocates, and Specialists, and for the 
administrative support of these employees to help them in their service 
to crime victims. For example, these Coordinators, Advocates, and 
Specialists may not be used to do witness travel services but instead 
should be exclusively providing services for the benefit of crime 
victims as the statute says. This provision was contained in a House 
bill, the Justice for Crime Victims Act of 2014, which I introduced in 
March of this year.

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