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MI SR0111
Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges United States Congress to ensure appropriate funding for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and similar victim assistance programs
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Notes that Michigan programs received $67 million in Crime Victims Fund grants in 2016 to support crime victims through compensation, counseling, crisis intervention, and temporary housing
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Opposes the Trump Administration's proposed removal of $1.3 billion from the Crime Victims Fund and reallocation of an additional $600 million to related programs
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Calls for protecting the Crime Victims Fund, which is funded entirely by criminal fines and penalties rather than tax dollars, and establishing separate sustainable revenue sources for programs authorized under VAWA and similar acts
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to ensure appropriate funding for the Victims of Crime Act, Violence Against Women Act, and similar programs.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
11/28/2017