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HR 1956 111th Congress House

Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.

Introduced: April 28, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Crime victimsJudicial procedure and administrationLegal fees and court costsTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 2, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Costa, Jim
California · Jun 14, 2010
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Feb 23, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 13, 2010
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Dec 8, 2009
Markey, Betsy
· Nov 18, 2009
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 14, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 14, 2009
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 24, 2009
Lee, Christopher
· Jun 4, 2009
Delahunt, Bill
· May 21, 2009
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1956: Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1956/
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"H.R. 1956: Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1956/.
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H.R. 1956, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1956/.
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