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

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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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