{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5768","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5768","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"VICTIM Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, create, and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, create, and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"VICTIM Act of 2022"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, implement, and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"VICTIM Act of 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Justice Programs for state, Tribal and local law enforcement agencies and prosecuting offices to carry out activities aimed at improving clearance rates for homicides, rapes, sexual assaults, kidnappings and non-fatal shootings.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5768/text/eh#HC9A98AF88C314A14BBD05AB6027D6E92"}]},"core_areas":["Grants to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting offices to improve violent crime clearance rates","Detective hiring, training and investigative policies","Evidence processing and forensic testing technology and personnel","Victim and family services in violent crime investigations","Grant reporting and National Institute of Justice evaluation"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Attorney General, not later than 180 days after enactment, to establish a grant program within the Office of Justice Programs that awards grants to eligible entities to establish, implement, and administer violent incident 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appropriated for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032, and requires the Attorney General to use 10 percent of the amount for a fiscal year for grants to Tribal law enforcement agencies or prosecuting offices, or groups of them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5768/text/eh#HC9A98AF88C314A14BBD05AB6027D6E92"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5768/text/eh#HC9A98AF88C314A14BBD05AB6027D6E92"},"heading":"Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods","effect":"Within the grant program authorized at $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032, the Attorney General must use 10 percent of each year's amount for grants to Tribal law enforcement agencies or prosecuting offices, or groups of them.","amount":null,"quote":"The Attorney General shall use 10 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to award grants under the Program to Tribal law enforcement agencies"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5768/text/eh"},"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/5768","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5768/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5768.png","v":"aa597190ca9d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5768, 117th Congress: VICTIM Act of 2022. House: 250 Yea, 178 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Sep 2022."}}