34 U.S.C. § 20101
Crime Victims Fund
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 20101, Crime Victims Fund, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470362
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There is created in the Treasury a separate account to be known as the Crime Victims Fund (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Fund”).
Except as limited by subsection (c), there shall be deposited in the Fund—
all fines that are collected from persons convicted of offenses against the United States except—
fines available for use by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to—
fines to be paid into—
any gifts, bequests, or donations to the Fund from private entities or individuals, which the Director is hereby authorized to accept for deposit into the Fund, except that the Director is not hereby authorized to accept any such gift, bequest, or donation that—
any funds that would otherwise be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury collected pursuant to—
Sums deposited in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be available for expenditure under this subchapter for grants under this subchapter without fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding subsection (d)(5), all sums deposited in the Fund in any fiscal year that are not made available for obligation by Congress in the subsequent fiscal year shall remain in the Fund for obligation in future fiscal years, without fiscal year limitation.
The Fund shall be available as follows:
Of the sums remaining in the Fund in any particular fiscal year after compliance with paragraph (2), such sums as may be necessary shall be available only for—
Of the remaining amount to be distributed from the Fund in a particular fiscal year—
Any amount awarded as part of a grant under this subchapter that remains unspent at the end of a fiscal year in which the grant is made may be expended for the purpose for which the grant is made at any time during the 3 succeeding fiscal years, at the end of which period, any remaining unobligated sums shall be available for deposit into the emergency reserve fund referred to in subsection (d)(5) at the discretion of the Director, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General. Any remaining unobligated sums shall be returned to the Fund.
As used in this section, the term “offenses against the United States” does not include—
The Attorney General shall use 15 percent of the funds available under subsection (d)(2) to make grants for the purpose of assisting Native American Indian tribes in developing, establishing, and operating programs designed to improve—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Children's Justice and Assistance Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998House: 282–110Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
- Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement ActHouse: 425–2Senate: no recorded tally
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
- Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002
- Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005House: 415–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Postal Accountability and Enhancement ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
- Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016House: 399–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021