A bill to provide for grants to States for the payment of compensation to certain elderly individuals who are injured by criminal acts and omissions or who suffer property loss as a result of certain criminal acts and omissions.
Elderly Victims of Crime Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to qualified State programs for the compensation of elderly victims of crime. Specifies requirements for program certification, including that the program: (1) offer compensation for personal injuries suffered as a result of certain State and Federal crimes; (2) offer compensation to surviving dependents of persons whose deaths resulted from being victim to such a crime; (3) require cooperation with law enforcement agencies as a condition for recovery; and (4) grant claimants certain emergency assistance.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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