[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 483 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 483

                  To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2009

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
  Mr. Carney, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Moore 
 of Kansas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Paul, Mr. Payne, Mr. Walz, Mr. Wu, Mr. Holden, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
   Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Michaud, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Edwards of 
 Maryland, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Rules and the 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 2009''.

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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