# 117-hr-8353: Pay Victims Not Prisoners Act

117-hr-8353, Pay Victims Not Prisoners Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8353
- Congress: 117
- Title: Pay Victims Not Prisoners Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2022-07-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pay Victims Not Prisoners Act This bill prohibits payment of any amount of the 2021 recovery rebate to federal prisoners convicted of a crime or confined due to insanity or a finding that the prisoner is a sexually dangerous person or a sexual predator. The bill requires (1) the disclosure of certain prisoner tax return information to the Department of Justice for purposes of making restitution to crime victims, and (2) the payment of judgments issued against prisoners using rebate amounts.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8353 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8353)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8353 (as of 2025-11-18).