VICTIM Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, VICTIM Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Act of 2026 or the VICTIM Act of 2026.
- Section iddef9d2da582b4ea9a317455e8309dfc2: 2. Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods In this section: The term clearance by arrest, with respect...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, VICTIM Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, VICTIM Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the quotient obtained by dividing— the number of offenses cleared by the law enforcement agency, including through clearance by arrest and clearance by exception
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