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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1466 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. M |
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| 9 | 9 | | ARKEY(for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | EINRICH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | OSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. VANHOLLEN, and Ms. WARREN) intro- |
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| 14 | 14 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mittee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims |
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| 18 | 18 | | of Gun Violence. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resources for Victims 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of Gun Violence Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Council’’ means the Advisory Council to Support 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Victims of Gun Violence established under section 3. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) A |
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| 33 | 33 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES .—The term 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘appropriate committees’’ means the following: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) The Committee on Health, Education, 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Senate. 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (C) The Committee on Education and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Workforce of the House of Representatives. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (D) The Committee on Energy and Com-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | merce of the House of Representatives. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (E) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | House of Representatives. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (F) Any other relevant committee of the 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Senate or of the House of Representatives with 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | jurisdiction over matters affecting victims of 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | gun violence. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) G |
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| 50 | 50 | | UN VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘gun violence’’ 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | means— 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) suicide involving firearms; 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) homicide involving firearms; 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) domestic violence involving firearms; 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (D) hate crimes involving firearms; 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (E) youth violence involving firearms; 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (F) mass shootings; 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (G) unintentional shootings; 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (H) non-fatal shootings; and 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (I) threats or exposure to violent acts in-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | volving firearms. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) V |
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| 66 | 66 | | ICTIM ASSISTANCE PROFESSIONAL .—The 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | term ‘‘victim assistance professional’’ means a pro-8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | fessional who assists victims of gun violence, includ-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ing— 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) a medical professional, including an 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | emergency medical professional; 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) a social worker; 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (C) a provider of long-term services or 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | care; and 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (D) a victim advocate. 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (5) V |
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| 77 | 77 | | ICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘vic-17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tim of gun violence’’ means— 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (A) an individual who has been wounded 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | as a result of gun violence; 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (B) an individual who has been threatened 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | with an act of gun violence; 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (C) an individual who has witnessed an act 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | of gun violence; and 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (D) a relative, classmate, coworker, or 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | other associate of— 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (i) an individual who has been killed 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | as a result of gun violence; or 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (ii) an individual described in sub-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | paragraph (A) or (B). 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | SEC. 3. ADVISORY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF GUN 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | VIOLENCE. 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (a) E |
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| 97 | 97 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established an Advi-9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | sory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence. 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (b) M |
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| 100 | 100 | | EMBERSHIP.— 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (1) I |
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| 102 | 102 | | N GENERAL.—The Advisory Council shall 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | be composed of the following members or their des-13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ignees: 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (A) The Secretary of Health and Human 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Services. 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) The Attorney General. 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (C) The Secretary of Education. 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (D) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Development. 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (E) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (F) The Commissioner of Social Security. 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (G) The Assistant Secretary for Mental 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Health and Substance Use. 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (H) The Director of the Centers for Dis-1 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ease Control and Prevention. 2 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (I) The Director of the National Institutes 3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | of Health. 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (J) The Administrator of the Administra-5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | tion for Community Living. 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (K) The Director of the Office on Violence 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Against Women. 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (L) The Director of the Office for Victims 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | of Crime. 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (M) The chairman of the Board of the 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | Legal Services Corporation. 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (N) As appropriate, the head of any other 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | Federal department or agency identified by the 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Secretary of Health and Human Services as 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | having responsibilities, or administering pro-16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | grams, relating to issues affecting victims of 17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | gun violence. 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (2) A |
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| 137 | 137 | | DDITIONAL MEMBERS .—In addition to the 19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | members described in paragraph (1), the Advisory 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Council shall be composed of the following: 21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (A) Not fewer than 2 and not more than 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | 5 victims of gun violence, who shall be ap-23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | pointed by the Secretary of Health and Human 24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | Services. 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (B) Not fewer than 2 and not more than 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | 5 victim assistance professionals, who shall be 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | appointed by the Secretary of Health and 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Human Services. 4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (3) L |
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| 152 | 152 | | EAD AGENCY.—The Department of Health 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | and Human Services shall be the lead agency for the 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Advisory Council. 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (c) D |
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| 156 | 156 | | UTIES.— 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (1) A |
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| 158 | 158 | | SSESSMENT.—The Advisory Council 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | shall— 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (A) survey victims of gun violence and vic-11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | tim assistance professionals about their needs 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | in order to inform the content of information 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | disseminated under paragraph (2) and the re-14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | port published under paragraph (3); 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (B) conduct a literature review and assess 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | past or ongoing programs designed to assist vic-17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | tims of gun violence or individuals with similar 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | needs to determine— 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (i) the effectiveness of the programs; 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | and 21 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (ii) best and promising practices for 22 |
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| 172 | 172 | | assisting victims of gun violence; and 23 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (C) assess the administration of compensa-24 |
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| 174 | 174 | | tion funds established after mass shootings to 25 |
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| 178 | 178 | | determine best and promising practices to di-1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | rect victims of gun violence to sources of fund-2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ing. 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (2) I |
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| 182 | 182 | | NFORMATION.— 4 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (A) I |
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| 184 | 184 | | N GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | shall identify, promote, coordinate, and dissemi-6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | nate to the public information, resources, and 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | best and promising practices available to help 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | victims of gun violence— 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (i) meet their medical, financial, edu-10 |
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| 190 | 190 | | cational, workplace, housing, transpor-11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tation, assistive technology, and accessi-12 |
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| 192 | 192 | | bility needs; 13 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (ii) maintain their mental health and 14 |
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| 194 | 194 | | emotional well-being; 15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (iii) seek legal redress for their inju-16 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ries and protection against any ongoing 17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | threats to their safety; and 18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (iv) access government programs, 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | services, and benefits for which they may 20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | be eligible or to which they may be enti-21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | tled. 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (B) C |
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| 203 | 203 | | ONTACT INFORMATION .—The Advi-23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | sory Council shall include in the information 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | disseminated under subparagraph (A) the 25 |
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| 209 | 209 | | websites and telephone contact information for 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | helplines of relevant Federal agencies, State 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | agencies, and nonprofit organizations. 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (C) A |
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| 213 | 213 | | VAILABILITY.—The Advisory Council 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | shall make the information described in sub-5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | paragraphs (A) and (B) available— 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (i) online through a public website; 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | and 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (ii) by submitting a hard copy and 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | making available additional hard copies 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | to— 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (I) each Member of Congress; 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (II) each field office of the Social 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | Security Administration; 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (III) each State agency that is 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | responsible for administering health 16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | and human services, for dissemination 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | to medical facilities; 18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (IV) each State agency that is re-19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | sponsible for administering education 20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | programs, for dissemination to 21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | schools; and 22 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (V) the office of each State attor-23 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ney general, for dissemination to local 24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | prosecutor’s offices. 25 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 1 |
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| 239 | 239 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory 2 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Council shall— 3 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (A) prepare a report that— 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (i) includes the best and promising 5 |
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| 243 | 243 | | practices, resources, and other useful infor-6 |
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| 244 | 244 | | mation for victims of gun violence identi-7 |
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| 245 | 245 | | fied under paragraph (2); 8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (ii) identifies any gaps in items de-9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | scribed in clause (i); and 10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (iii) if applicable, identifies any addi-11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tional Federal or State legislative authority 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | necessary to implement the activities de-13 |
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| 251 | 251 | | scribed in clause (i) or address the gaps 14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | described in clause (ii); 15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (B) submit the report prepared under sub-16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | paragraph (A) to— 17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (i) the appropriate committees; 18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (ii) each State agency that is respon-19 |
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| 257 | 257 | | sible for administering health and human 20 |
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| 258 | 258 | | services; 21 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (iii) each State agency that is respon-22 |
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| 260 | 260 | | sible for administering education pro-23 |
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| 261 | 261 | | grams; and 24 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (iv) the office of each State attorney 1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | general; and 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (C) make the report prepared under sub-3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | paragraph (A) available to the public online in 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | an accessible format. 5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (4) F |
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| 271 | 271 | | OLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than 2 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | years after the date on which the Advisory Council 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | prepares the report under paragraph (3), the Advi-8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | sory Council shall— 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (A) submit to the entities described in sub-10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | paragraph (B) of that paragraph a follow-up re-11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | port that includes the information identified in 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | subparagraph (A) of that paragraph; and 13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (B) make the follow-up report described in 14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | subparagraph (A) available to the public online 15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | in an accessible format. 16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (5) P |
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| 283 | 283 | | UBLIC INPUT.— 17 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (A) I |
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| 285 | 285 | | N GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | shall establish a process to collect public input 19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | to inform the development of, and provide up-20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | dates to, the best and promising practices, re-21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | sources, and other information described in 22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | paragraph (2), including by conducting out-23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | reach to entities and individuals described in 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | subparagraph (B) of this paragraph that— 25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (i) have a range of experience with the 1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | types of gun violence described in section 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | 2(3); and 3 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (ii) include representation from com-4 |
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| 300 | 300 | | munities disproportionately affected by gun 5 |
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| 301 | 301 | | violence. 6 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (B) E |
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| 303 | 303 | | NTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS.—The en-7 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tities and individuals described in this subpara-8 |
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| 305 | 305 | | graph are— 9 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (i) States, local governments, and or-10 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ganizations that provide information to, or 11 |
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| 308 | 308 | | support for, victims of gun violence; 12 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (ii) victims of gun violence; and 13 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (iii) victim assistance professionals. 14 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (C) N |
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| 312 | 312 | | ATURE OF OUTREACH .—In con-15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ducting outreach under subparagraph (A), the 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Advisory Council shall ask for input on— 17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (i) information, resources, and best 18 |
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| 316 | 316 | | and promising practices available, includ-19 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ing identification of any gaps and unmet 20 |
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| 318 | 318 | | needs; 21 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (ii) recommendations that would help 22 |
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| 320 | 320 | | victims of gun violence— 23 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (I) better meet their medical, fi-24 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ing, transportation, assistive tech-1 |
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| 327 | 327 | | nology, and accessibility needs; 2 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (II) maintain their mental health 3 |
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| 329 | 329 | | and emotional well-being; 4 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (III) seek legal redress for their 5 |
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| 331 | 331 | | injuries and protection against any 6 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ongoing threats to their safety; and 7 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (IV) access government pro-8 |
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| 334 | 334 | | grams, services, and benefits for 9 |
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| 335 | 335 | | which the victims may be eligible or to 10 |
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| 336 | 336 | | which the victims may be entitled; and 11 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (iii) any other subject areas discovered 12 |
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| 338 | 338 | | during the process that would help victims 13 |
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| 339 | 339 | | of gun violence. 14 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (d) F |
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| 341 | 341 | | EDERALADVISORYCOMMITTEEACT.—Chapter 15 |
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| 342 | 342 | | 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the 16 |
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| 343 | 343 | | Advisory Council. 17 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (e) F |
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| 345 | 345 | | UNDING.—No additional funds are authorized to 18 |
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| 346 | 346 | | be appropriated to carry out this Act. 19 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (f) S |
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| 348 | 348 | | UNSET.—The Advisory Council shall terminate 20 |
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| 349 | 349 | | on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment 21 |
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| 350 | 350 | | of this Act. 22 |
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