S. 960 119th Congress Senate

Justice for Murder Victims Act

Official title: A bill to ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death itself.

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencing

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U.S. Sentencing CommissionViolent crime

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Mar 14, 2025

Held at the desk.

Mar 14, 2025

Received in the House.

Mar 12, 2025

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Mar 11, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1675-1676; text: CR S1676)

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Held at the desk.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Murder Victims Act

This bill allows a prosecution to be instituted for any federal homicide offense without regard to the time that elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death of the victim.

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Cosponsors 2

Lee, Mike

Utah · Mar 11, 2025

Ossoff, Jon

Georgia · Mar 11, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 960: Justice for Murder Victims Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/

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"S. 960: Justice for Murder Victims Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/.

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S. 960, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/.

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