S. 285 — Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025

This section establishes a point of order in the Senate against a "CHIMP" (i.e., a provision in an appropriations bill or related measure estimated to affect direct spending or receipts under former section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 2 U.S.C. 902, that decreases budget authority in the current or budget year without a net decrease in outlays over the budget window) that would reduce the amount available for obligation from the Crime Victims Fund—established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) to provide services, compensation, and assistance to crime victims (prioritizing child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence) using fines, penalties, forfeited bonds, and private donations—below the fund's 3-year average annual deposits (calculated as the average deposits over the 3 fiscal years beginning October 1 of the fourth fiscal year preceding the applicable fiscal year). (Thus, if sustained, the provision is stricken; no point of order applies if the difference between the fund balance as of September 30 of the prior fiscal year and the amount available for obligation under the CHIMP is $2 billion or less.) The section includes congressional findings on the fund's history and past under-disbursements (e.g., $12 billion collected from FY2010-FY2014 but only $3.6 billion disbursed) and adds these requirements as new section 441 to Title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.