,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #h1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,torres of ,new ,york introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 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 victim1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,epstein ,crime     
,victims ,act4  #b4 ,enforcement of     
crime victims rights ,section #cgga of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code is     
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#i71 by
 striking plea bargain or deferred      
prosecution agreement and inserting plea
 bargain1 deferred prosecution          
agreement1 or nonprosecution agreement2 
and  7#b7 in subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 in   
paragraph 7#f71 by striking ,nothing in 

this chapter and inserting ,except as   
provided in paragraph 7#g71 nothing in  
this chapter2 and  7,b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#g7 ,right of     
action in the case of failure to notify 
victim ,if the ,government enters a plea
 bargain or deferred prosecution        
agreement and fails to notify the victim
 in a timely manner1 as required under  
subsection 7a77#i71 the victim shall be 
permitted to bring an action in an      
appropriate district court of the       
,united ,states against the ,government 
to enforce any remaining applicable     
rights under subsection 7a74  4