S. 611: VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-04 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1122)

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

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VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 This bill adds a new source of revenue for the Crime Victims Fund and makes changes to formula grants supported by the fund. 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. 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. 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.

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VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 63 cosponsors

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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Scott (R-SC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), John Boozman (R-AR), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Todd Young (R-IN), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), James E. Risch (R-ID), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and 3 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s611.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s611 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117