34 U.S.C. § 20105 — Compensation and assistance to victims of terrorism or mass violence

(a) Victims of acts of terrorism outside the United States. (1) In general. The Director can make supplemental grants, as allowed under section 20101(d)(5) of this title, to states, victim service organizations, and public agencies (federal, state, or local) and nongovernmental organizations that help crime victims. The money is used for emergency relief, including crisis response, assistance, training, technical assistance, and ongoing assistance (including during investigations or prosecutions), for victims of terrorist acts or mass violence that happened outside the United States. (2) Victim defined. In this subsection, "victim": (A) means a person who is a U.S. national, or a U.S. government officer or employee, who is injured or killed by a terrorist act or mass violence outside the United States; and (B) if that person is under 18, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased, includes a family member or legal guardian of that person. (3) Rule of construction. Nothing in this subsection lets the Director make grants to any foreign power (as defined by section 1801(a) of title 50) or to any domestic or foreign organization mainly engaged in significant political or lobbying activities. (b) Victims of terrorism within the United States. The Director can make the same kind of supplemental grants, as allowed under section 20101(d)(5) of this title, to states for eligible crime-victim compensation and assistance programs, and to victim service organizations and public and nongovernmental agencies that help crime victims — used for emergency relief, crisis response, assistance, compensation, training, technical assistance, and ongoing assistance (including during investigations or prosecutions), for victims of terrorist acts or mass violence that happened within the United States.