119-hr4946

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4946 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4946

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a crime victim to 
bring a civil action against the Government if the Government enters a 
plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement and fails to notify the 
 victim, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 8, 2025

 Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a crime victim to 
bring a civil action against the Government if the Government enters a 
plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement and fails to notify the 
 victim, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Epstein Crime Victims Act''.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS.

 

Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (9) , by striking ``plea bargain or 
 deferred prosecution agreement'' and inserting ``plea bargain, 
 deferred prosecution agreement, or nonprosecution agreement''; 
 and

    (2) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (6) , by striking ``Nothing in this 
 chapter'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
 paragraph

    (7) , nothing in this chapter''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (7) Right of action in the case of failure to notify 
 victim.--If the Government enters a plea bargain or deferred 
 prosecution agreement and fails to notify the victim in a 
 timely manner, as required under subsection

    (a)

    (9) , the victim 
 shall be permitted to bring an action in an appropriate 
 district court of the United States against the Government to 
 enforce any remaining applicable rights under subsection

    (a) .''.
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