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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 9265 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 with respect to crime victim compensation program eligibility, and for othe... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Crime victim compensation

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Section 1403(b) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 ( 34 U.S.C. 20102 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking is operated by a State and ; by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(10)as paragraphs
(4)though (12), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: such program is operated by a State for which the State’s Attorney General has certified to the Attorney General that the program— prioritizes making payments to victims of crimes committed by an alien who was unlawfully present in the United States at the time of the commission of the crime; and does not prioritize making payments to victims of crimes committed by a person whose status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) is unknown; such program does not provide compensation to any alien unlawfully present in the United States; .
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