Sec. 2. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

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## SEC. 2 CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS ###

(a)Restitution During Supervised Release Section 3583(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting “, that the defendant make restitution in accordance with sections 3663 and 3663A, or any other statute authorizing a sentence of restitution,” after “supervision”. ###

(b)Collection of Restitution From Defendant’s Estate Section 3613(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “The liability to pay restitution shall terminate on the date that is the later of 20 years from the entry of judgment or 20 years after the release from imprisonment of the person ordered to pay restitution. In the event of the death of the person ordered to pay restitution, the individual’s estate will be held responsible for any unpaid balance of the restitution amount, and the lien provided in subsection

(c)of this section shall continue until the estate receives a written release of that liability.”. ###

(c)Victim Interpreters Rule 28 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, including an interpreter for the victim”. ###

(d)GAO Study ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— #####

(A)conduct a study to determine whether enhancing the restitution provisions under sections 3663 and 3663A of title 18, United States Code, to provide courts broader authority to award restitution for Federal offenses would be beneficial to crime victims and what other factors Congress should consider in weighing such changes; and #####

(B)submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subparagraph (A). ####

(2)Contents In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall focus on the benefits to crime victims that would result if the restitution provisions under sections 3663 and 3663A of title 18, United States Code, were expanded— #####

(A)to apply to victims who have suffered harm, injury, or loss that would not have occurred but for the defendant’s related conduct; #####

(B)in the case of an offense resulting in bodily injury resulting in the victim’s death, to allow the court to use its discretion to award an appropriate sum to reflect the income lost by the victim’s surviving family members or estate as a result of the victim’s death; #####

(C)to require that the defendant pay to the victim an amount determined by the court to restore the victim to the position he or she would have been in had the defendant not committed the offense; and #####

(D)to require that the defendant compensate the victim for any injury, harm, or loss, including emotional distress, that occurred as a result of the offense.