3.0.0 4549 2022-12-29T18:33:45Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2022-07-19 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-07-19T16:45:47Z Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021 117 3359 HR 2022-08-03 Became Public Law No: 117-164. Related bill CRS 2022-07-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-07-19 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2022-07-19 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2022-07-19 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2022-07-19 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2022-07-19 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2022-07-19 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-07-19 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2022-07-19 True Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2022-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-29T13:29:26Z Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2022

This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.

]]> Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022 Display Title Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a system for reviewing the case files of cold case murders at the instance of certain persons, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4549is/xml/BILLS-117s4549is.xml 2022-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.