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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2021 · Sec. 12

Sec. 12. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 12 DEFINITIONS **[**[34 U.S.C. 60911](/us/usc/t34/s60911)**]** In this Act: ####
(1)The term “**designated person**” means an immediate family member or someone similarly situated, as defined by the Attorney General. ####
(2)The term “**immediate family member**” means a parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, sibling, spouse, child, or step-child of a murder victim. ####
(3)The term “**victim**” means a natural person who died as a result of a cold case murder. ####
(4)The term “**murder**” means any criminal offense under section 1111(a) of title 18, United States Code, or any offense the elements of which are substantially identical to such section. ####
(5)The term “**agency**” means a Federal law enforcement entity with jurisdiction to engage in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a cold case murder. ####
(6)The term “**cold case murder**” means a murder— #####
(A)committed more than three years prior to the date of an application by a designated person under section 2(a); #####
(B)previously investigated by a Federal law enforcement entity; #####
(C)for which all probative investigative leads have been exhausted; and #####
(D)for which no likely perpetrator has been identified.
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