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A bill to curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund to inflate spending.

USA115th CongressS-3746| Senate 
| Updated: 12/12/2018
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (9)
Joni Ernst (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Michael B. Enzi (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Budget Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 201 8 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering provisions in appropriations legislation that contain changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) that would cause the amount available for obligation during the fiscal year from the Crime Victims Fund to be less than the three-year average. A CHIMP is a provision that: (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts if the provision were included in legislation other than an appropriations bill; and (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the current year or the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted budget resolution.
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Timeline
Dec 12, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Dec 12, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  • December 12, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 12, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Economics and Public Finance

AppropriationsBudget processCrime victimsGovernment trust fundsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLegislative rules and procedure

A bill to curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund to inflate spending.

USA115th CongressS-3746| Senate 
| Updated: 12/12/2018
Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 201 8 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering provisions in appropriations legislation that contain changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) that would cause the amount available for obligation during the fiscal year from the Crime Victims Fund to be less than the three-year average. A CHIMP is a provision that: (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts if the provision were included in legislation other than an appropriations bill; and (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the current year or the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted budget resolution.
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Timeline
Dec 12, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Dec 12, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  • December 12, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 12, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (9)
Joni Ernst (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Michael B. Enzi (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Budget Committee

Economics and Public Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsBudget processCrime victimsGovernment trust fundsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLegislative rules and procedure