Criminal - Legislation
- Bill Enacted: H.R.4120 Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes.
October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-358.
(October 6, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes.
October 08, 2008: Signed by President.
(October 6, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.3068 Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007
To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a felony.
October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-356.
(October 6, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: S.2982 Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act
A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.
October 08, 2008: Signed by President.
(October 6, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption, and for other purposes.
October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-351.
(October 5, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.6045 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012.
October 07, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 5, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.1199 Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007
To extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.
October 07, 2008: Signed by President.
(October 5, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.
October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-344.
(October 5, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.6083 To authorize funding to conduct a national training program ...
To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.
October 07, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 5, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.3480 Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes.
October 06, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 4, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: S.3641 A bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law ...
A bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
October 06, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 4, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: S.3001 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
An original bill
October 06, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 4, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.2095 Clean Railroads Act of 2007
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
October 06, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 4, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.2786 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination ...
To reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native Americans.
October 03, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 1, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: S.2304 Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction ...
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.
October 03, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 1, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
October 03, 2008: Cleared for White House.
(October 1, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.2135 Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008
A bill to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other purposes.
October 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-340.
(October 1, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.2638 Disaster Relief and Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
September 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-329.
(September 28, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6947 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(September 16, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6853 Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008
A bill to establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for other purposes.
(September 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.642 A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent ...
A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
(July 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3378 Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2008
A bill to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes.
(July 29, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008
A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.
July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-296.
(July 28, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.631 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate has ...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate has lost confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen L. Johnson, that the Administrator should resign his position immediately, and that the Department of Justice should open an investigation into the veracity of his congressional testimony regarding the California waiver decision and pursue any prosecutorial action the Department determines to be warranted.
(July 27, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3351 Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008
A bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony for operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage.
(July 26, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.626 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme ...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child.
(July 23, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3313 Victims of Polygamy Assistance Act of 2008
A bill to establish a Federal Polygamy Task Force, to authorize assistance for victims of polygamy, and for other purposes.
(July 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3297 Advancing America's Priorities Act
A bill to advance America's priorities.
(July 20, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.6304 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
July 10, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-261.
(July 8, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist ...
To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
July 01, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-257.
(June 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.96 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ...
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child.
(June 24, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6358 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008
To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
(June 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6350 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008
To extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.
(June 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6344 Responsive Government Act of 2008
To provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.
(June 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3181 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(June 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6307 Fostering Connections to Success Act
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school, and for other purposes.
(June 17, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6295 Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
To enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage.
(June 16, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3155 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008
A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
(June 16, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6167 Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children.
(June 1, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3014 Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children.
(May 11, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.82 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.
(May 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.83 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.
(May 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2996 Foreign Intelligence and Information Commission Act
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
(May 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2979 A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a ...
A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
(May 4, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2912 Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2008
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic animals.
(April 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5862 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of ...
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of crime victims' rights in open court in criminal cases.
(April 20, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.80 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the penalty of death.
(April 14, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5768 CFTC Improvement Act of 2008
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide the Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority over off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions, and for other purposes.
(April 8, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.
April 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-199.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2800 Employment Access for Recidivism Reduction Nationwide
A bill to increase the incentives for employers to hire qualified ex-felons by enhancing the effectiveness of the work opportunity tax credit, to reduce the backlog of applications pending certification under the work opportunity tax credit program, to enhance the effectiveness of the Federal bonding program, to enhance the effectiveness of the Federal bonding program, and to authorize a pilot program for employment-focused re-entry projects.
(March 31, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2788 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act
A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.
(March 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
(March 8, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2738 Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2008
A bill to identify and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the United States and for other purposes.
(March 8, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
(March 5, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2717 Effective Immigration Enforcement Partnerships Act of 2008
A bill to provide for enhanced Federal enforcement of, and State and local assistance in the enforcement of, the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
(March 3, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2587 SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2008
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or 2 or more misdemeanors.
(January 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2588 Ensure Timely SCAAP Reimbursement Act
A bill to require that funds awarded to States and political subdivisions for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program be distributed not later than 120 days after the last day of the annual application period..
(January 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5178 Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008
To enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning.
(January 27, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2543 Child Custody Protection Act
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
(January 20, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.660 Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.
January 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-177.
(January 5, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.888 Genocide Accountability Act of 2007
A bill to amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.
December 21, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-151.
(December 19, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2495 Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2007
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures.
(December 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4545 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
(December 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2451 First Step Forward Act of 2007
A bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning.
(December 9, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4302 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading in open ...
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading in open court in criminal cases of crime victims' rights.
(December 4, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4283 Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, and for other purposes.
(December 3, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4111 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2007
To address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(November 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4110 Preservation of Assets for Restitution Act of 2007
To amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for other purposes.
(November 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3992 Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization ...
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.
(October 28, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3990 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act
To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.
(October 27, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2237 Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007
A bill to fight crime.
(October 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3922 Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act
To expand and improve Federal gang prevention programs.
(October 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3850 Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering ...
To improve the collection and use of data related to crimes of child exploitation, and for other purposes.
(October 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3835 To restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections ...
To restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.
(October 13, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2141 Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.
(October 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3547 Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act
To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.
(September 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2035 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(September 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1749 Crime Victims' Rights Rules Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide adequate protection to the rights of crime victims, and for other purposes.
(June 27, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1711 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
(June 25, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1685 Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007
A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factors relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender.
(June 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2804 To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries ...
To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court.
(June 19, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2710 To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review ...
To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants.
(June 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2435 Equal Protection for All Workers Act
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.
(May 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1430 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act
A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.
(May 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2347 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007
A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, companies that sell arms to the Government of Iran, and financial institutions that extend $20,000,000 or more in credit to the Government of Iran for 45 days or more, and for other purposes.
(May 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2286 Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures.
(May 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2128 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007
To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
(May 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1267 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(April 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2102 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(April 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1914 Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure the death penalty for terrorists, and for other purposes.
(April 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1767 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
(March 27, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1012 Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
(March 26, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.973 Preservation of Assets for Restitution Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for other purposes.
(March 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1141 Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2007
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1148 Safe Food Act of 2007
To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1168 Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act of 2007
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.654 Safe Food Act of 2007
A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
(February 13, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
(January 28, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.256 Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007
To prevent children's access to firearms.
(January 3, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.110 Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2007
A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.
(January 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.149 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2007
A bill to address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(January 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6374 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006
To address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(December 3, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.4055 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006
A bill to address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(November 13, 2006) - Bill Signed by President: S.3930 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
October 17, 2006: Signed by President.
(October 15, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6166 Military Commissions Act of 2006
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 23, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3929 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes.
(September 20, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3901 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
An original bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 12, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6054 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 10, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3861 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes.
(September 4, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5681 Authorization bill FY2007, Coast Guard
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
(June 24, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.771 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that ...
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals who commit acts of sexual violence against minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
(April 4, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.2012 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other purposes.
(November 13, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4272 Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States, and for other purposes.
(November 7, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3165 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for ...
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.
(June 28, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2621 Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2005
To clarify that bail bond sureties and bounty hunters are subject to both civil and criminal liability for violations of Federal rights under existing Federal civil rights law, and for other purposes.
(May 23, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2620 No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards ...
To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, and for other purposes.
(May 23, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2515 To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health ...
To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2011.
(May 17, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.954 Firearms Fairness and Security Act
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court, and for other purposes.
(April 26, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1931 Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.
(April 25, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1528 Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment ...
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking, and for other purposes.
(April 4, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.629 Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005
A bill to amend chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, relating to protecting against attacks on railroads and other mass transportation systems.
(March 13, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.289 A bill to authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental ...
A bill to authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2011.
(February 1, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.88 Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2005
A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.
(January 22, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.246 Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2005
To prevent children's access to firearms.
(January 4, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.52 Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005
To amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect rail and mass transportation, and for other purposes.
(January 2, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.173 Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act of 2005
To prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports.
(January 2, 2005)