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HR 909 Passed a chamber

Directs certain False Claims Act recoveries into the Crime Victims Fund through fiscal year 2029 and requires an Inspector General audit of the fund by September 30, 2028.

Official title: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 04-FEB-2025
Referred 04-FEB-2025
Passed 12-JAN-2026
Senate
Received 13-JAN-2026
Key points
  • Deposits certain False Claims Act amounts into the Crime Victims Fund from enactment through fiscal year 2029.
  • Keeps amounts needed to pay qui tam plaintiffs and to repay the government for damages out of the fund.
  • Requires the Department of Justice Inspector General to audit the fund and report to Congress by September 30, 2028.
  • The audit covers the fund's sustainability, the effects of the 2021 VOCA Fix and the 2025 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act, and recommended changes.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (04-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 12-JAN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor Ann Wagner (R-MO) Cosponsors · 327
■ 174 D■ 153 R
174 Democrats
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153 Republicans
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congress.gov page Referred in Senate (13-JAN-2026) Engrossed in House (12-JAN-2026) Introduced in House (04-FEB-2025)