VICTIM Act of 2026

This bill directs the U.S. Attorney General to create a grant program, within 180 days, for state, tribal, and local police agencies to improve how often they solve homicides and gun-related violent crimes. Grants could pay for hiring and keeping investigators, forensic staff and equipment, crime analysis, officer support programs, and services for victims and their families. Grant recipients would report yearly on their activities, solve rates, and victim and suspect demographics, and the Justice Department's Inspector General would audit recipients each year. The bill authorizes $60 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, with at least 5 percent each for tribal agencies and for rural agencies.

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Sponsors

• Dwight Evans Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors