,i  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #dejh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,july #ai1 #bjba,mr4  
,bacon introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0   
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y   
,a ,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,omnibus ,crime   
,control & ,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh to
 provide comp5sation = direct victims ( 
civil rights era viol5ce1 & = o!r       
purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may
 be cit$ z ! ,s>ah ,coll9s ,rudolph     
,civil ,rights ,comp5sation ,act (      
#bjba4  #b4 ,comp5sation = direct       
victims ( civil rights era viol5ce      
,title ,i ( ! ,omnibus ,crime ,control &
 ,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh is am5d$ by 
add+ at ! end ! foll[+ new "p3  ,,pp    
,direct victims ( civil rights era      
viol5ce  #cjef4 ,comp5sation = direct   
victims ( civil rights era viol5ce  7a7 
,9 g5]al ,9 any case 9 :i* ,director ( !
 ,bureau ( ,ju/ice ,assi/ance det]m9es  
"u regulations issu$ pursuant to ?is    
section1 t an individual is a direct    
victim ( civil rights era viol5ce1 !    

,director %all pay a b5efit pursuant to 
subsection 7c7 to su* individual4  7b7  
,direct victim ( civil rights era       
viol5ce describ$ ,an individual is a    
direct victim ( civil rights era viol5ce
 & may receive a paym5t "u subsection   
7a7 if-- 7#a7 ! individual is an citiz5 
( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2  7#b7 ! individual   
su/a9$ an injury z a result ( racial    
viol5ce dur+ ! civil rights era2  7#c7 !
 individual c provide evid5ce ( ! injury
 su/a9$ ?r\gh m$ical records2 &  7#d7 ! 
individual is incurr+ exp5ses 7z ( !    
date ( ! enactm5t ( ! ,s>ah ,coll9s     
,rudolph ,civil ,rights ,comp5sation    
,act ( #bjba7 relat$ to ! injury4  7c7  
,b5efit am\nt ,a direct victim describ$ 
"u subsection 7b7 %all be eligible = a  
b5efit "u subsection 7a7 9 ! am\nt t is 
equal to ! co/ ( ! individual's m$ical  
c>e associat$ ) ! injury su/a9$ dur+ !  
civil rights era1 z demon/rat$ by !     
m$ical records ( su* direct victim4  7d7
 ,survivors ( a direct victim ,a family 
memb] ( a direct victim describ$ 9      

subsection 7b7 %all be eligible = a     
b5efit "u subsection 7a7 if su* family  
memb] is responsible = ! co/s relat$ to 
! injury su/a9$ dur+ ! civil rights era 
& ! direct victim is deceas$4  7e7      
,def9itions ,9 ?is section3 7#a7 ,civil 
rights era ,! t]m civil rights era means
 ! "t p]iod ( #aied ?r\gh #aife4  7#b7  
,family memb] ,! t]m family memb]       
means-- 7,a7 a p]son to :om ! direct    
victim ( civil rights era viol5ce is    
legally m>ri$1 ev5 if physically        
sep>at$1 "u ! laws ( ! jurisdiction :]e 
! m>riage took place2 &  7,b7 a *ild t  
is natural1 illegitimate1 adopt$1       
po/hum\s1 or a /ep*ild ( ! direct victim
 ( civil rights era viol5ce4  7#c7      
,injury ,! t]m injury means-- 7,a7 a    
traumatic physical w\nd 7or a traumatiz$
 physical condition ( ! body7 directly &
 proximately caus$ by ext]nal =ce 7su* z
 bullets1 explosives1 %>p in/rum5ts1    
blunt objects1 or physical bl[s71       
*emicals1 electricity1 climatic         
conditions1 infecti\s disease1          

radiation1 virii1 or bact]ia2 &  7,b7   
any associat$ or result+ traumatic      
physical w\nd t occurr$ z a result ( a  
traumatic physical w\nd describ$ 9      
subp>agraph 7,a71 ev5 if su* result+    
traumatic physical w\nd did n occur dur+
 ! civil rights era4  7#d7 ,m$ical      
records ,! t]m m$ical records includes  
m$ical records & bills t docum5t an     
injury dur+ ! civil rights era4  4