To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technology investigative methods, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8746 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8746 To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technology investigative methods, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2026 Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technology investigative methods, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Act of 2026'' or the ``VICTIM Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENT INCIDENT CLEARANCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIVE METHODS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Clearance by arrest.--The term ``clearance by arrest'', with respect to an offense reported to a law enforcement agency, means the law enforcement agency-- (A) has-- (i) arrested not less than 1 person for the offense; (ii) charged the person described in clause (i) with the commission of the offense; and (iii) referred the person described in clause (i) for prosecution for the offense; or (B) has cited an individual under the age of 18 to appear in juvenile court or before another juvenile authority with respect to the offense, regardless of whether a physical arrest occurred. (2) Clearance by exception.--The term ``clearance by exception'', with respect to an offense reported to a law enforc