S4500-119

In Committee

VICTIM Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced May 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods In this section: The term clearance by arrest, with respect. It relies on appropriations, grants, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Environment.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 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

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods In this section: The term clearance by arrest, with respect.

Key Policy Areas

Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods In this section: The term clearance by arrest, with respect.

Policy Domains

Environment

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

May 12, 2026

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?

Domains
Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"clearance rate, with respect to a law enforcement agency," §iddef9d2da582b4ea9a317455e8309dfc2

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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