This bill changes part of the Victims of Crime Act to allow certain money recovered under the False Claims Act to be added to the Crime Victims Fund for a limited time. From the date the bill becomes law through fiscal year 2029, amounts from sections 3729–3731 of title 31, United States Code (the False Claims Act) may be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund. The bill says that such deposits are allowed only if the money needed to pay qui tam relators under 31 U.S.C. 3730(d) and the money needed to reimburse the United States for damages under 31 U.S.C. 3729(a) are not available for deposit.
If this law takes effect, some recoveries from False Claims Act cases could go into the Crime Victims Fund for victim services during the covered years. Those recoveries would be used for the Fund only after amounts required to pay qui tam plaintiffs and to reimburse the United States for damages have been accounted for.
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The bill text shows its purpose: to temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund by allowing certain False Claims Act recoveries to be deposited when amounts for qui tam awards and government damages are not available for deposit.
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