Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025
This bill establishes budget points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering provisions in appropriations legislation that contain changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) that would cause the amount available for obligation during the fiscal year from the Crime Victims Fund to be less than the annual average for the three previous fiscal years.
A CHIMP is a provision that (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts if the provision were included in legislation other than an appropriations bill; and (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the current year or the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted budget resolution.
The points of order do not apply if the difference between the amount in the Crime Victims Fund as of September 30 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year to which the CHIMP relates and the amount available for obligation under the CHIMP is not more than $2 billion.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 28, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 28, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12973 | The Fluctuating Balance of the Crime Victims Fund | Resource | Apr 17, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund to inflate spending.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in Senate
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