Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025 is a bill that would temporarily increase deposits into the Crime Victims Fund (the VOCA Fund) by allowing receipts recovered under the False Claims Act (FCA) to be deposited into the Fund from the date of enactment through fiscal year 2029. The deposit would come from sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, U.S.C. But the bill excludes two specific FCA-derived amounts from being deposited: (1) amounts used to remunerate qui tam (whistleblower) plaintiffs under 31 U.S.C. 3730(d), and (2) amounts used to reimburse the United States Government for damages resulting from FCA violations. In short, the bill creates a temporary new funding stream for victim services, while protecting funds allocated to whistleblowers and to government reimbursements from being diverted to the Fund.
Key Points
- 1Short title: The act is titled the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025.
- 2Source of deposits: Adds a new potential deposit source to the Crime Victims Fund from civil recoveries under the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729–3731).
- 3Time period: Deposits from this FCA source would be allowed from the date of enactment through fiscal year 2029.
- 4Exclusions: Not all FCA recoveries would be deposited into the Fund. Specifically, any amounts used to pay qui tam (whistleblower) plaintiffs under 31 U.S.C. 3730(d), and any amounts used to reimburse the U.S. Government for damages under 31 U.S.C. 3729(a), would not be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.
- 5Legal alignment: The change is made by amending Section 1402(b)(6) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) to include the FCA-based deposits as a potential source, with the stated exclusions.