119 S1892 IS: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-05-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1892IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 22, 2025Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Moran, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo clarify that amounts from declinations should be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and to temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025.

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Deposits in Crime Victims Fund

Section 1402(b)(6) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101(b)(6)) is amended—(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end;(2)in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and(3)by adding at the end the following: (C)a declination of a criminal prosecution or other similar final disposition not involving a conviction; or(D)during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph and ending on September 30, 2030, sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘False Claims Act’), except that—(i)amounts necessary to remunerate qui tam plaintiffs as described in subsection (d) of section 3730 of title 31, United States Code, are not available for deposit to the Fund; and(ii)amounts necessary to reimburse the United States Government for the damages which the Government sustains from an act described in subsection (a) of section 3729 of title 31, United States Code, are not available for deposit to the Fund..