117-hr-6655117th Congress

Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022

Sponsored By: Representative Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

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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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

NE • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 2/9/2022

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