S. 4549 · 117th Congress · Senate

Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced
Jul 19, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2022

This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.

Action Timeline

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  1. JUL 19, 2022IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JUL 19, 2022IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

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Judiciary Committee

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Referred: Jul 19, 2022

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