Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Total actions
4
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Committee
3
Nov 1, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 9, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 9, 2022
House · Introduced
Introduced in House
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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