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H.R. 4091 111th Congress House

Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009

Official title: To amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime b… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCivil actions and liabilityCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of Justice
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Executive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment trust fundsLaw enforcement officersUser charges and fees
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Nov 17, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Nov 17, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 17, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Nov 17, 2009
Introduced in House
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Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a late fee on unpaid criminal fines or restitution obligations of $2,500 or more; (2) revise requirements for the modification or remission of unpaid criminal fines, restitution obligations, or special assessments; (3) require the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the enforcement of all criminal and civil obligations owed to the United States; and (4) increase special assessments on persons convicted of federal misdemeanors and felonies.

Amends the federal judicial code to impose a late fee on unpaid money judgments owed to the United States.

Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Justice (DOJ) Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to support DOJ debt collection activities. Requires current federal agency share contributions for personnel benefits incurred as a result of this Act to be paid from such Fund.

Requires assistant U.S. attorneys to be treated in the same manner as federal law enforcement officers for purposes of federal employee retirement benefit provisions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2786 Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 1
Hall, John
· Apr 13, 2010
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 2, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 17, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Nov 17, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 17, 2009
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Nov 17, 2009
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Nov 17, 2009
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Nov 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4091: Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4091/
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"H.R. 4091: Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4091/.
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