PUBLIC LAW 104-132—APR. 24, 1996
110 STAT. 1245
at the location described in subparagraph (A) to replace
the building described in the paragraph, the new Federal
building shall be known as the "Cartney McRaven Child
Development Center".
(2) REFERENCES.— Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to a
Federal building referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed
to be a reference to the "Cartney McRaven Child Development
Center".
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 234. CRIME VICTIMS FUND.
(a) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO DELINQUENT CRIMINAL
DEBTORS BY STATE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. —
(1) IN GENERAL.— Section 1403(b) of the Victims of Crime
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10602(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (7);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9);
and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new
paragraph:
"(8) such program does not provide compensation to any
person who has been convicted of an offense under Federal
law with respect to any time period during which the person
is delinquent in paying a fine, other monetary penalty, or
restitution imposed for the offense; and".
(2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.— Section 1403(b)(8) of the
Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by paragraph (1) of
this section, shall not be applied to deny victims compensation
to any person until the date on which the Attorney General,
in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts, issues a written determination
that a cost-effective, readily available criminal debt payment
tracking system operated by the agency responsible for the
collection of criminal debt has established cost-effective, readily
available communications links with entities that administer
Federal victim compensation programs that are sufficient to
ensure that victim compensation is not denied to any person
except as authorized by law.
(b) EXCLUSION FROM INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF MEANS TESTS. —
Section 1403 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10602)
is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection:
" (c) EXCLUSION FROM INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF MEANS
TESTS. —Notwithstanding any other law, for the purpose of any
maximum allowed income eligibility requirement in any Federal,
State, or local government program using Federal funds that provides medical or other assistance (or payment or reimbursement
of the cost of such assistance) that becomes necessary to an
applicant for such assistance in full or in part because of the
commission of a crime against the applicant, as determined by
the Director, any amount of crime victim compensation that the
applicant receives through a crime victim compensation program
under this section shall not be included in the income of the
applicant until the total amount of assistance that the applicant
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