I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 818 
To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 
the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crime Victims Fund 
Preservation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND FROM ALL 
BUDGETS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund (es-
tablished under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 
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of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601)) shall not be counted as new 
budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus 
for purposes of— 
(1) the budget of the United States Govern-
ment, as submitted by the President; or 
(2) the congressional budget. 
SEC. 3. LOCK-BOX PROTECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, it shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider any measure that 
would authorize the use of, or appropriate, amounts in the 
Crime Victims Fund, established under section 1402 of 
the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601), in-
cluding amounts in such Fund that are designated to re-
main in the Fund for obligation in future fiscal years, for 
any purpose other than a purpose authorized under such 
Act. 
(b) 60-VOTE WAIVER REQUIRED IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) may be 
waived or suspended in the Senate only by the af-
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
chosen and sworn. 
(2) APPEALS.— 
(A) PROCEDURE.—Appeals in the Senate 
from the decisions of the Chair relating to para-
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graph (1) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be 
equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
mover and the manager of the measure that 
would authorize the payment or use of amounts 
in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose other 
than a purpose authorized under the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 
(B) 60 VOTES REQUIRED.—An affirmative 
vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 
and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to 
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on 
a point of order raised in relation to paragraph 
(1). 
(c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—This sec-
tion is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
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