[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4165 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4165

                   To protect crime victims' rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2014

 Mr. Franks of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Royce, Mr. Poe of 
Texas, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To protect crime victims' rights.

    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 ``Justice for Crime Victims Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner of any 
        plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement.
            ``(10) The right to be informed of the rights under this 
        section and the services described in section 503(c) of the 
        Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        10607(c)) and provided contact information for the Office of 
        the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, by 
        inserting ``, unless the litigants, with the approval of the 
        court, have stipulated to a different time period for 
        consideration'' before the period; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``this chapter, the term'' and 
                inserting the following: ``this chapter:
            ``(1) Court of appeals.--The term `court of appeals' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the United States court of appeals for the 
                judicial district in which a defendant is being 
                prosecuted; or
                    ``(B) for a prosecution in the Superior Court of 
                the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia 
                Court of Appeals.
            ``(2) Crime victim.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term'';
                    (B) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Minors and certain other victims.--In the 
                case''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) District court; court.--The terms `district court' 
        and `court' include the Superior Court of the District of 
        Columbia.''.
    (b) Crime Victims Fund.--Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Of the sums''; and
            (2) by striking ``available for the United States Attorneys 
        Offices'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
        ``available only for--
                            ``(i) the United States Attorneys Offices 
                        and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
                        provide and improve services for the benefit of 
                        crime victims in the Federal criminal justice 
                        system (as described in 3771 of title 18, 
                        United States Code, and section 503 of the 
                        Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 
                        U.S.C. 10607)) through victim coordinators, 
                        victims' specialists, and advocates, including 
                        for the administrative support of victim 
                        coordinators and advocates providing such 
                        services; and
                            ``(ii) a Victim Notification System.
                    ``(B) Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) 
                may not be used for any purpose that is not specified 
                in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A).''.
    (c) Appellate Review of Petitions Relating to Crime Victims' 
Rights.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United 
        States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
        is amended by inserting after the fifth sentence the following: 
        ``In deciding such application, the court of appeals shall 
        apply ordinary standards of appellate review.''.
            (2) Application.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
        apply with respect to any petition for a writ of mandamus filed 
        under section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that 
        is pending on the date of enactment of this Act.
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