S285-119

In Committee

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idA1794588FD3D4AFFA54D23853C8F1FBE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025.
  • Section idD3F5CF2C40D24180A1197A7ED721DCEA: 2. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund Congress finds that— the Crime Victims Fund was created in...
  • Section id08154C6CF65F4188BA44BB7D34A635FA: 441. Point of order against changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund In this section— the term CHIMP means a provision that— would have...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 28, 2025

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Risch) introduced …

Jan 28, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"Crime Victims Fund" §id08154C6CF65F4188BA44BB7D34A635FA

the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101)

"Crime Victims Fund" §idD3F5CF2C40D24180A1197A7ED721DCEA

the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101)

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