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From: "Crapo News Release (Crapo)" newsclips at crapo.senate.gov
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:11:02 -0700
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Subject: CRAPO APPLAUDS VOCA FUND PRESERVATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT:    Susan Wheeler (202)
224-5150
June 28, 2007                                           Laura Thurston
Goodroe      (202) 224-7500
 
		CRAPO APPLAUDS VOCA FUND PRESERVATION
	Senate appropriations committee keeps Crime Victims Fund intact
 
Washington, DC - In a show of support for victims of crime today, the
Senate Appropriations Committee refused to institute a proposed
rescission of the Crime Victims Fund in the Fiscal Year appropriations
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science according to Idaho
Senator Mike Crapo.  Crapo, who, for three years, has led efforts in the
Senate to keep the Fund out of the General Treasury, applauded the
members of the Appropriations Committee for their commitment to victims
of crime.  

"I am extremely pleased that the Senate Appropriations Committee closed
the loop in the Senate effort to preserve critical funding for victims
of crime that my colleagues and I began on the Budget Committee earlier
this year," said Crapo.  "I'm proud to be part of an effort to keep
non-taxpayer dollars out of the general fund and used where Congress
intended when it passed the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) over 20 years
ago.  The Crime Victims Fund provides direct compensation to crime
victims and helps fund dozens of programs in Idaho that help victims of
crime recover.  VOCA funds account for about $2 million annually of
Idaho's assistance to crime victims.  The money, collected from fines
and forfeitures in federal court, is not taxpayer dollars, and neither
the Administration nor Congress has the right to take that money away
from those rightfully entitled to it by law-those victimized by
criminals."

The Victims of Crime Act was enacted in 1984.  It set up a fund into
which fines and forfeitures assessed in federal court would be deposited
one year and distributed to victims of crime the next, in the form of
direct compensation and through grants for programs that provide
services to crime victims.  The grants for programs can be issued for
one to four years, depending on the discretion of the state agency
responsible for the granting.  For the past three years, the
Administration has proposed a rescission of the Fund, effectively moving
it to the General Fund and making future fund distributions subject to
appropriations.   

To directly link to this news release, please use the following address:
http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=278046

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