[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
  S. 4514. A bill to clarify that amounts from declinations should be 
deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and to temporarily provide 
additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund; to the Committee on 
the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4514

       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 ``Crime Victims Fund 
     Stabilization Act of 2024''.

     SEC. 2. 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, 2029, 
     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.''.

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