United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1956 (111th)
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act
Introduced
2 April 2009
Last action
2 April 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Erik Paulsen, Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Ted Poe, Michael Burgess, Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], LAMAR SMITH, Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2], Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10], PETER DEFAZIO, Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Keith Ellison, Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6], Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Bill Cassidy, MICHAEL CAPUANO, Betty McCollum, Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large], COLLIN PETERSON, Gwen Moore, Timothy Walz, Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Mike Coffman, Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4], Kurt Schrader, Ed Perlmutter, Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], WM. CLAY, Ann Kirkpatrick, Gregg Harper, Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state.
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Timeline
2 April 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 2 April 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 April 2009
Sponsors
- Erik Paulsen · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Ted Poe · R · Sponsor
- Michael Burgess · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- LAMAR SMITH · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- PETER DEFAZIO · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Keith Ellison · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Cosponsor
- Bill Cassidy · R · Cosponsor
- MICHAEL CAPUANO · D · Cosponsor
- Betty McCollum · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- COLLIN PETERSON · D · Cosponsor
- Gwen Moore · D · Cosponsor
- Timothy Walz · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Mike Coffman · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Kurt Schrader · D · Cosponsor
- Ed Perlmutter · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] · D · Cosponsor
- WM. CLAY · D · Cosponsor
- Ann Kirkpatrick · D · Cosponsor
- Gregg Harper · R · Cosponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · D · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1956
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1956
- us · 111-hr-1956 · source updated 14 August 2025