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S. 285 · 119th CongressEconomics and Public Finance

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 28, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans

Sponsored by Lankford, James R-OK · 2 cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 2 Republicans
IntroducedJan 28, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 198 words.

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.

Context
Committees
Senate Budget Committee
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance: 71 of 1,188 bills became law, 113th–118th (6%)
Sponsor
4 of 251 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 1,448 words
Subjects
AppropriationsBudget processCrime victimsGovernment trust fundsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLegislative rules and procedure
Latest action
Jan 28, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]