CHAPTER 266
HJR 20 – FINAL VERSION
2010 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 20
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to maintain the crime victims fund established in the Victims of Crimes Act and to continue to fully fund federal contributions to state and local victim services organizations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 15
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This joint resolution urges Congress to maintain the crime victims fund created in the Victims of Crime Act and continue to provide funding to state and local victim services organizations in New Hampshire.
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04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to maintain the crime victims fund established in the Victims of Crimes Act and to continue to fully fund federal contributions to state and local victim services organizations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
Whereas, more than 33 million Americans are victims of crime each year suffering emotional, physical, psychological, and financial harm as a result of crime; and
Whereas, victim assistance and compensation programs across the country provide vital and supportive services for victims that help individuals, families, and communities cope with the effect of crime; and
Whereas, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, passed by Congress in 1984, affirmed a national commitment to helping victims rebuild their lives by establishing the crime victims fund, a major source of funding for services and compensation to victims of crime throughout the United States; and
Whereas, the fund comprises fines and penalties levied on offenders and affirms the principle that those who commit crimes should be held accountable for their actions; and
Whereas, the crime victims fund provides support to states for victim assistance and victim compensation programs, as well as support for federal victims of crime, child abuse prosecution, emergency reserve to assist victims of terrorism, and training and technical assistance for the victim services field; and
Whereas, victim compensation programs pay for medical and counseling costs, funeral bills, crime-scene cleanup, and lost wages for victims of crime; and
Whereas, the general court recognizes the Victims of Crime Act as a major bedrock of support for victim services and reaffirms our nation’s commitment to addressing the needs of victims of crime; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That Congress is urged to maintain the crime victims fund established in the Victims of Crime Act of 1989; and
That Congress is urged to continue to provide funding to state and local victim services organizations in New Hampshire; and
That the clerk of the house of representatives send copies of this resolution to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the New Hampshire congressional delegation.
Approved: July 6, 2010