S 704
98th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime prevention
Department of the Treasury
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
States
Victims of crimes
A bill to establish the Crime Victim's Assistance Fund.
Introduced: March 8, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Mar 8, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 8, 1983
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Establishes within the U.S. Treasury a Crime Victim's Assistance Fund administered by the Attorney General. Deposits in the fund fines paid by individuals convicted of Federal offenses.
Requires 50 percent of the fund to be distributed to qualifying State crime victim's assistance funds and the remaining 50 percent to be distributed at the discretion of the Attorney General to support Federal victims and witness assistance programs.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1