Subject: Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation Grant Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 28 CFR Part 94 [Docket No.: OJP (OVC) 1808] RIN 1121-AA89 AGENCY: Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, Justice. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Office of Justice Programs (“OJP”), a bureau of the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC”) proposes adding a subpart to its regulations to replace the existing Victims of Crime Act (“VOCA”) Victim Compensation Program Guidelines (“Guidelines”), and update and codify program requirements for the VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program (“Victim Compensation Program”). DATES: Comments must be received by no later than 11:59 p.m., E.T., on April 5, 2024. ADDRESSES: Electronic comments: OVC encourages commenters to submit all comments electronically through the ( printed page 7640) Federal eRulemaking Portal, which provides the ability to type comments directly into the comment field on the web page or attach a file. Please go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments. Upon completion of your submission, you will receive a Comment Tracking Number. Submitted comments are not instantaneously available for public view on regulations.gov. If you have received a Comment Tracking Number, you have submitted your comment successfully and there is no need to resubmit the same comment. Commenters should be aware tha…