Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims’ Rights Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5506 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5506 To strengthen the rights of crime victims, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2025 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To strengthen the rights of crime victims, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims' Rights Act''. SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in section 3771-- (A) in subsection (a)-- (i) by striking ``A crime victim'' and inserting ``Upon the suspected or alleged commission of a Federal or District of Columbia offense, a crime victim''; (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Government in the case'' and inserting ``Government, including the right to confer about any agreement that could resolve the case or investigation, plea bargain, plea offer or agreement, pretrial diversion offer or agreement, or voluntary dismissal is presented to the court or is otherwise formally executed''; (iii) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows: ``(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner of any plea bargain, plea offer or agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, or other agreement that resolves the case or investigation, pretrial diversion agreement, or the referral of a criminal investigation to another Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement entity.''; and (iv) in paragraph (10), by striking ``contact information for the Office of the Victims' Rights