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Bipartisan Bill Proposes Using Fraud Settlements to Boost Funding for Crime Victim Services

Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

Also known as: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

10 months ago·View on Congress.gov

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Key Points

  • This bill aims to protect the Crime Victims Fund, which provides money for services like domestic violence shelters, mental health counseling, and medical help for people affected by crimes.
  • It changes the rules so that money from legal settlements where prosecutors decide not to pursue a full criminal trial can be put into the fund to help victims.
  • Through September 2030, the bill would also move extra money from the False Claims Act—a law used to catch people who cheat the government—into the fund to help keep it from running out of money.
  • The bill ensures that whistleblowers who report fraud still get their fair share of settlement money and that the government is paid back for its losses before any extra funds are moved to the crime victims' fund.
  • This action is meant to fix a recent drop in funding that has threatened the budgets of thousands of local programs that help victims of child abuse, sexual assault, and other crimes across the country.
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Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
May 22, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 22, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Related News

4 articles
Georgia Public Broadcasting·7 months ago

Taxpayer dollars at work: Voting Rights Act, Bibb County Jail investigation, physician shortage

Senator Jon Ossoff spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to pass the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025. The bill would strengthen the fund by transferring unspent money collected through the False Claims Act, which currently goes to the Treasury's General Fund.

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The Columbian·about 2 months ago

Washington D.C., Roll Call for Jan. 17, 2026

In a summary of congressional activity, the report notes that the House passed the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act (H.R. 909). The bill is designed to temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund to address recent revenue declines.

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KATU·17 days ago

Advocates urge Washington lawmakers to budget $21.4M to sustain victim services

The report discusses the decline in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding since 2022 and mentions federal efforts to stabilize the fund. It notes that VOCA funding is determined by federal criminal fines and forfeitures, which have fluctuated significantly, impacting local shelters.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 1892
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(21)
D: 11R: 10

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