Just compensation for over 100 years of suffering and injustice inflicted

(a) Payment Not later than 30 days after receipt of the certification required under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay $10,398,368 in compensatory damages and $10,398,368 in punitive damages to each surviving victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre still alive, as of May 1, 2025 (or, in the event of death prior to such payment, to their estate). (b) Basis The payment required by subsection (a) shall be to compensate the living survivor for the harm they sustained as a result of the failure of the Federal Government to prevent, investigate, prosecute, or litigate the Tulsa Race Massacre. (c) Certification Upon receiving proof of identity in the form of a birth certificate from an individual described in subsection (a), the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights shall certify the payment authorized under subsection (a) to that individual. The Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights may not require any additional information from such an individual to certify such payments. (d) Judgment fund The payments under subsection (a) shall be made out of the fund established under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Judgment Fund).