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HR 944 108th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Compensation for victims of crime Economics and Public Finance Government trust funds Law

To ensure that amounts in the Victims of Crime Fund are fully obligated.

Introduced: February 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E307-308)
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to require the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to ensure that all sums in the Victims of Crime Fund in a fiscal year are in fact obligated in the subsequent fiscal year.
What's happening now March 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 1, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 26, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 26, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 26, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 26, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 944: To ensure that amounts in the Victims of Crime Fund are fully obligated.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-944/
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"H.R. 944: To ensure that amounts in the Victims of Crime Fund are fully obligated.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-944/.
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