H.R. 1416: Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-07 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Plain summary

Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity 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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Official text

Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] · 67 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John B. Larson (D-CT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jim Costa (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and 7 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1416.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1416 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112