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US Congress · H.R. 909 · Passed the House

Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-02-04
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Officially: “Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 Read the full text

Crime and Law Enforcement

What it does

Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 This bill adds a new source of revenue for the Crime Victims Fund (CVF). Specifically, the bill requires certain civil monetary penalties collected from settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud and false claims against the federal government to be deposited into the CVF through FY2029. The CVF supports federal, state, and local programs and activities to compensate and assist victims of crimes. Currently, the CVF is funded by deposits from a variety of sources, including federal criminal fines, penalties, and assessments; forfeited bail bo
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1Short title

This section would give the Act the short title "Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 .

2Deposits in Crime Victims Fund

This section would amend section 1402(b)(6) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101), the provision that lists the sources of money deposited into the Crime Victims Fund, to add a new, temporary source. Starting on the date this Act becomes law and continuing through fiscal year 2029, amounts recovered under the False Claims Act (sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States Code) would also be deposited into the Fund, alongside the existing funding sources already listed in that provision. Two carve-outs apply to this new source: amounts needed to pay qui tam plaintiffs (the private individuals who bring False Claims Act lawsuits on the government's behalf), as described in section 3730(d) of title 31, would not be available for deposit into the Fund, and amounts needed to reimburse the federal government for the damages the government sustained from the false claims, as described in section 3729(a) of title 31, would also not be available for deposit into the Fund.

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2. Deposits in Crime Victims Fund Section 1402(b)(6) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 ( 34 U.S.C. 20101 ) 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 ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (C) from the date of enactment of the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 through fiscal year 2029, sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘False Claims Act’), provided 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 acts 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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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-04

In the House.

Passed the House · 2026-01-12
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
328
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

COVENANT HOUSEvia UNCORKED ADVOCATES
6 filings
NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCEvia ELLEN FERN
6 filings
PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIAvia STEPTOE LLP
6 filings
YWCA USAvia YWCA USA
6 filings
COVENANT HOUSEvia COVENANT HOUSE
4 filings
BEYOND IMPACT (ON BEHALF COMMUNITY JUSTICE ACTION FUND)via HANBURY STRATEGY
2 filings
CONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICAvia NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
1 filing
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINEvia ELLEN FERN
1 filing
From 32 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (2026-01-13).