S 4549
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 19, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 19, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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