Crime Survivor Support and Stability Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Simon
Introduced
Summary
This bill would establish a national framework to expand survivors' rights and fund community cash support. It would create a federal grant program to deliver rapid, flexible cash assistance to people harmed by violence while spelling out core rights like housing protections, paid job-protected leave, debt relief, legal help, and alternatives to prosecution.
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- Survivors and families would gain eight enumerated rights, including access to community-based trauma care, emergency flexible funds, the ability to break a lease or get eviction protection, paid job-protected leave, debt forgiveness related to victimization, and legal assistance.
- Community-based organizations could receive four-year grants to run survivor cash funds, with up to 20.0 percent of each grant for program costs. The bill prioritizes groups led by survivors or serving communities with high gun violence or imprisonment and authorizes $40.0 million per year for these grants for 2027–2031.
- States would get grant funding to run survivor surveys that track needs, housing and eviction experiences, police force encounters, and service gaps, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics must publish results. The bill authorizes $5.0 million in each of 2027 and 2031 for this survey work.
*Authorizes $40.0 million per year for 2027–2031 for survivor cash grants and $5.0 million in 2027 and 2031 for surveys, which would increase federal spending if appropriated.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Flexible cash help for survivors
If enacted, the Attorney General would award four-year grants to community groups to give direct, flexible cash to survivors and family members. The first grants would be made within nine months after enactment, subject to appropriations. The program is authorized $40 million each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. Cash paid under this program would not count as income, resources, or assets for federal, State, or local means-tested benefits and would be excluded from gross income for federal taxes. Grants could not require crime reporting, must minimize documentation, and grantees may use up to 20% for local program costs while the Director may reserve up to 8% for central administration.
Federal survivor rights and limits
If enacted, the bill would state federal survivor rights and recommend that States adopt them. It lists rights such as quick access to community trauma help, emergency flexible cash, stable housing including lease breaks or eviction protections, paid job-protected leave, debt relief, and legal assistance. The bill would prohibit making those rights depend on reporting to police or cooperating with prosecutors. Rights could not be limited for reasons like race, religion, immigration status, arrest or conviction history, or if the perpetrator was a law enforcement officer.
State survivor needs surveys
If enacted, the Attorney General would fund State surveys to measure survivors' service needs and gaps. Grants must be awarded within one year after enactment and States must send results to the Bureau of Justice Statistics within one year and annually after. BJS would publish the findings publicly. The bill authorizes $5 million for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2031 to run this program.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Simon
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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