HR 6655
117th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. history
Violent crime
Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 9, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 9, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022
This bill establishes grants for victims of racial violence during the Civil Rights Movement.
Specifically, the bill establishes grants through the Department of Justice and the Crime Victims Fund to cover the cost of medical care for individuals who sustained injuries as a result of racial violence between 1954 and 1965. The bill defines racial violence as violence in which a victim or property was intentionally selected based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1