{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1652","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1652","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-27","introduced":"2021-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-03-17","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h89","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act","result":"Passed","yea":384,"nay":38,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll089.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-07-20","vote":{"id":"117-2021-s272","question":"On Passage of the Bill","title":"H.R. 1652","result":"Bill Passed","yea":100,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00272.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2021-07-22"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-27.","date":"2021-07-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"S.Amdt. 2121","sponsor":"Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]","purpose":"To ensure adequate funding in the Crime Victims Fund is disbursed to victims, their families, and their advocates each year.","result":"Amendment Rejected","date":"2021-07-20","yea":40,"nay":60,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00271.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"senate","date":"2021-07-20","question":"On the Amendment","title":"Toomey Amdt No. 2121, As Modified","result":"Amendment Rejected","yea":40,"nay":60,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00271.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-07-22","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill adds a new source of revenue for the Crime Victims Fund and makes changes to formula grants supported by the fund."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":141},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to add deferred and non-prosecution agreement funds as a deposit source for the Crime Victims Fund, change the calculation of state victim compensation grants, and provide for waiver of matching requirements for victim assistance programs.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H44FF4C5AECC6413B99A384C7E8133CAD:~:text=2.%20Comprehensive%20fix%20of%20Crime%20Victims%20Fund"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H23B3B817E10A4DB2BDDF909F00D5C02F:~:text=3.%20Waiver%20of%20matching%20requirement"}]},"core_areas":["Crime Victims Fund revenue sources","State crime victim compensation grant calculation","Matching requirement waivers for crime victim assistance programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds to the Crime Victims Fund any funds that would otherwise go to the general fund of the Treasury and that are collected under a deferred prosecution agreement or a non-prosecution agreement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H44FF4C5AECC6413B99A384C7E8133CAD:~:text=2.%20Comprehensive%20fix%20of%20Crime%20Victims%20Fund"}},{"text":"Replaces the 40 percent and 60 percent figures in the formula for state crime victim compensation grants with 75 percent.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H44FF4C5AECC6413B99A384C7E8133CAD:~:text=2.%20Comprehensive%20fix%20of%20Crime%20Victims%20Fund"}},{"text":"Bars the Director from requiring compensation programs to deduct recovery costs or collections from restitution or from subrogation under a civil lawsuit when calculating amounts awarded in the previous fiscal year, and defines recovery costs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H44FF4C5AECC6413B99A384C7E8133CAD:~:text=2.%20Comprehensive%20fix%20of%20Crime%20Victims%20Fund"}},{"text":"Lets a program skip the requirement that victims cooperate with authorities when the program determines cooperation may be affected by the victim's age, physical condition, psychological state, cultural or linguistic barriers, or another health or safety concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H44FF4C5AECC6413B99A384C7E8133CAD:~:text=2.%20Comprehensive%20fix%20of%20Crime%20Victims%20Fund"}},{"text":"Allows each chief executive to waive a matching requirement for crime victim assistance programs, requires a report of each approved waiver to the Director, and requires a public policy on how to request a waiver, the eligibility criteria and the decision process.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H23B3B817E10A4DB2BDDF909F00D5C02F:~:text=3.%20Waiver%20of%20matching%20requirement"}},{"text":"Requires each chief executive to waive matching requirements in full for all contracted eligible crime victim assistance programs, from the declaration of a pandemic national emergency under the National Emergencies Act until one year after it ends.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr#H23B3B817E10A4DB2BDDF909F00D5C02F:~:text=3.%20Waiver%20of%20matching%20requirement"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1652/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1652.png","v":"dd17960c8e6d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1652, 117th Congress: VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021. House: 384 Yea, 38 Nay. Senate: 100 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 22 Jul 2021."}}