[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2941 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2941

                  To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2007

     Mr. Poe (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Holden, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
 Ortiz, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Paul, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Maloney of New 
 York, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Hall of New York, Ms. Carson, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. 
 Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Welch of Vermont, 
Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Gordon of 
 Tennessee, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, 
Ms. Matsui, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Allen, 
Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite 
    of Florida, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr. Moran of Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Judiciary, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
                  To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Crime Act Preservation 
Fund Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND FROM ALL BUDGETS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and 
disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund (established under section 1402 
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601)) shall not be 
counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or 
surplus for purposes of--
            (1) the budget of the United States Government, as 
        submitted by the President; or
            (2) the congressional budget.

SEC. 3. LOCK-BOX PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it 
shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to 
consider any measure that would authorize the use of, or appropriate, 
amounts in the Crime Victims Fund, established under section 1402 of 
the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601), including amounts 
in such Fund that are designated to remain in the Fund for obligation 
in future fiscal years, for any purpose other than a purpose authorized 
under such Act.
    (b) 60-Vote Waiver Required in the Senate.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended 
        in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
        the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
            (2) Appeals.--
                    (A) Procedure.--Appeals in the Senate from the 
                decisions of the Chair relating to paragraph (1) shall 
                be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 
                and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
                measure that would authorize the payment or use of 
                amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose other 
                than a purpose authorized under the Victims of Crime 
                Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
                    (B) 60-Votes required.--An affirmative vote of 
                three-fiths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, 
                shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of 
                the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised in 
                relation to paragraph (1).
    (c) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they 
        shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, 
        respectively, or of that House to which they specifically 
        apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the 
        extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to such 
        House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
        as in the case of any other rule of that House.
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