House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Epstein Crime Victims Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a crime victim to bring a civil action against the Government if the Government enters a plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement and fails to notify the victim, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4946.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 136, August 8, 2025, Page H3689):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4946, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.
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- H.R. 6677 (119th) Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
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- H.R. 6603 (119th) Our Parks Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.