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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