VICTIMS OF TERRORISM ACT.

SEC. 232. VICTIMS OF TERRORISM ACT. (a) Authority To Provide Assistance and Compensation to Victims of Terrorism.— The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1404A the following new section: “SEC. 1404B. COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM OR MASS VIOLENCE. “(a) Victims of Acts of Terrorism Outside the United States.— The Director may make supplemental grants as provided in section 1404(a) to States to provide compensation and assistance to the residents of such States who, while outside of the territorial boundaries of the United States, are victims of a terrorist act or mass violence and are not persons eligible for compensation under title VIII of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986. “(b) Victims of Terrorism Within the United States.— The Director may make supplemental grants as provided in section 1404(d)(4)(B) to States for eligible crime victim compensation and assistance programs to provide emergency relief, including crisis response efforts, assistance, training, and technical assistance, for the benefit of victims of terrorist acts or mass violence occurring within the United States and may provide funding to United States Attorney’s Offices for use in coordination with State victim compensation and assistance efforts in providing emergency relief.”. (b) Funding of Compensation and Assistance to Victims of Terrorism, Mass Violence, and Crime.— Section 1402(d)(4) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows: “(4) (A) If the sums available in the Fund are sufficient to fully provide grants to the States pursuant to section 1403(a)(1), the Director may retain any portion of the Fund that was deposited during a fiscal year that was in excess 110 STAT. 1244of 110 percent of the total amount deposited in the Fund during the preceding fiscal year as an emergency reserve. Such reserve shall not exceed $50,000,000. “(B) The emergency reserve referred to in subparagraph (A) may be used for supplemental grants under section 1404B and to supplement the funds available to provide grants to States for compensation and assistance in accordance with sections 1403 and 1404 in years in which supplemental grants are needed.” (c) Crime Victims Fund Amendments.— (1) Unobligated funds.— Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601) is amended— (A) in subsection (c), by striking “subsection” and inserting “chapter”; and (B) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: “(e) Amounts Awarded and Unspent.— Any amount awarded as part of a grant under this chapter that remains unspent at the end of a fiscal year in which the grant is made may be expended for the purpose for which the grant is made at any time during the 2 succeeding fiscal years, at the end of which period, any remaining unobligated sums in excess of $500,000 shall be returned to the Treasury. Any remaining unobligated sums in an amount less than $500,000 shall be returned to the Fund.”. (2) Base amount.— Section 1404(a)(5) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows: “(5) As used in this subsection, the term ‘base amount’ means— “(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), $500,000; and “(B) for the territories of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Republic of Palau, $200,000, with the Republic of Palau’s snare governed by the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau.”.