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18 U.S.C. § 3525 — Victims Compensation Fund
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**(a)** The Attorney General may pay restitution to, or in the case of death, compensation for the death of any victim of a crime that causes or threatens death or serious bodily injury and that is committed by any person during a period in which that person is provided protection under this chapter.
**(b)** Not later than four months after the end of each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall transmit to the Congress a detailed report on payments made under this section for such year.
**(c)** There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1985 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $1,000,000 for payments under this section.
**(d)** The Attorney General shall establish guidelines and procedures for making payments under this section. The payments to victims under this section shall be made for the types of expenses provided for in section 3579(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, except that in the case of the death of the victim, an amount not to exceed $50,000 may be paid to the victim’s estate. No payment may be made under this section to a victim unless the victim has sought restitution and compensation provided under Federal or State law or by civil action. Such payments may be made only to the extent the victim, or the victim’s estate, has not otherwise received restitution and compensation, including insurance payments, for the crime involved. Payments may be made under this section to victims of crimes occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this chapter.1 In the case of a crime occurring before the date of the enactment of this chapter,1 a payment may be made under this section only in the case of the death of the victim, and then only in an amount not exceeding $25,000, and such a payment may be made notwithstandi
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**(a)** The Attorney General may pay restitution to, or in the case of death, compensation for the death of any victim of a crime that causes or threatens death or serious bodily injury and that is committed by any person during a period in which that person is provided protection under this chapter.
**(b)** Not later than four months after the end of each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall transmit to the Congress a detailed report on payments made under this section for such year.
**(c)** There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1985 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $1,000,000 for payments under this section.
**(d)** The Attorney General shall establish guidelines and procedures for making payments under this section. The payments to victims under this section shall be made for the types of expenses provided for in section 3579(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, except that in the case of the death of the victim, an amount not to exceed $50,000 may be paid to the victim’s estate. No payment may be made under this section to a victim unless the victim has sought restitution and compensation provided under Federal or State law or by civil action. Such payments may be made only to the extent the victim, or the victim’s estate, has not otherwise received restitution and compensation, including insurance payments, for the crime involved. Payments may be made under this section to victims of crimes occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this chapter.1 In the case of a crime occurring before the date of the enactment of this chapter,1 a payment may be made under this section only in the case of the death of the victim, and then only in an amount not exceeding $25,000, and such a payment may be made notwithstanding the requirements of the third sentence of this subsection.
**(e)** Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action against the United States.
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**(a)**
(1) The Attorney General may provide for the relocation and other protection of a witness or a potential witness for the Federal Government or for a State government in an official proceeding concerning an organized criminal activity or other serious offense, if the Attorney General determines that an offense involving a crime of violence directed at the witness with respect to that proceeding, an offense set forth in chapter 73 of this title directed at the witness, or a State offense that is similar in nature to either such offense, is likely to be committed. The Attorney General may also provide for the relocation and other protection of the immediate family of, or a person otherwise closely associated with, such witness or potential witness if the family or person may also be endangered on account of the participation of the witness in the judicial proceeding.
(2) The Attorney General shall issue guidelines defining the types of cases for which the exercise of the authority of the Attorney General contained in paragraph (1) would be appropriate.
(3) The United States and its officers and employees shall not be subject to any civil liability on account of any decision to provide or not to provide protection under this chapter.
**(b)**
(1) In connection with the protection under this chapter of a witness, a potential witness, or an immediate family member or close associate of a witness or potential witness, the Attorney General shall take such action as the Attorney General determines to be necessary to protect the person involved from bodily injury and otherwise to assure the health, safety, and welfare of that person, including the psychological well-being and social adjustment of that person, for as long as, in the judgment of the Attorney General, th
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3525
1 See References in Text note below.
Attorney General with respect to the implemen-
tation of that court order, the Attorney General
may bring an action in the district court for the
district in which that parent resides to modify
the court order. The court may modify the court
order if the court finds such an intentional vio-
lation.
(3) The procedures for mediation and arbitra-
tion provided under subsection (d) of this sec-
tion shall not apply to actions for modification
brought under this subsection.
(f) In any case in which a person provided pro-
tection under this chapter is the parent of a
child of whom that person has custody and has
obligations to another parent of that child con-
cerning custody and visitation of that child
which are not imposed by court order, that per-
son, or the parent not relocated in connection
with such protection, may bring an action in the
district court of the district in which that par-
ent not relocated resides to obtain an order pro-
viding for custody or visitation, or both, of that
child. In any such action, all the provisions of
subsection (d) of this section shall apply.
(g) In any case in which an action under this
section involves court orders from different
States with respect to custody or visitation of
the same child, the court shall resolve any con-
flicts by applying the rules of conflict of laws of
the State in which the court is sitting.
(h)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the costs of
any action described in subsection (d), (e), or (f)
of this section shall be paid by the United
States.
(2) The Attorney General shall insure that any
State court order in effect to which this section
applies and any district court order in effect
which is
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