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S. 4549 117th Congress Senate

Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to provide for a system for reviewing the case files of cold case murders at the instance of certain persons, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 19, 2022 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Jul 19, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 19, 2022
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 Latest action July 19, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2022

This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3359 Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021
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 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 19, 2022
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 19, 2022
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jul 19, 2022
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 19, 2022
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 19, 2022
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Jul 19, 2022
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Ossoff, Jon
Georgia · Jul 19, 2022
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 19, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4549: Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4549/
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"S. 4549: Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4549/.
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S. 4549, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4549/.
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