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Solitary Confinement Reform Act [S.719]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes standards for the use of solitary confinement at federal prisons. It generally limits the use of solitary confinement to situations that meet certain criteria, including confinement for the briefest term and the least restrictive conditions practicable. It also limits the use of solitary confinement for certain categories of inmates, including pregnant women and individuals with serious mental illness. The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to do the following: establish a transitional process for inmates in solitary confinement,
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Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act [S.712]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishes various entities and procedures to address the wrongful detainment of U.S. nationals abroad.The President shall appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The envoy's duties shall include leading diplomatic engagement on U.S. hostage policy and coordinating diplomatic engagements in support of hostage recovery efforts. The President shall establish an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which shall assess and track all hostage cases of U.S. nationals and coordinate agency efforts to safely recover hostages. The President
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-1585]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2024 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
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Marijuana Justice Act of 2019 [HB-1456]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: reduces federal funds for a state that has not legalized marijuana and has a disproportionate arrest rate or a disproportionate incarceration rate for marijuana offenses, directs federal courts to expunge convictions for marijuana
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Marijuana Justice Act of 2019 [S.597]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: reduces federal funds for a state that has not legalized marijuana and has a disproportionate arrest rate or a disproportionate incarceration rate for marijuana offenses, directs federal courts to expunge convictions for marijuana
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Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019 [S.572]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
Provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The bill includes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps
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Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 [S.549]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political
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Medicaid Reentry Act [HB-1329]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Allows Medicaid payment for medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.
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Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019 [HB-1345]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits. Any SSI benefits payable to such an individual (1) must be withheld until the individual is no longer in custody; and (2) if the individual dies while in custody, shall be paid to the individual's estate.
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Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019 [S.505]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disabilities ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Modifies the detention authority of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits detention or imprisonment based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of an individual. A protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.
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Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019 [HB-1288]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disabilities ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Modifies the detention authority of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits detention or imprisonment based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of an individual. A protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.
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21 to Buy Act [HB-1262]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Generally prohibits a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector from selling or transferring a shotgun or rifle to an individual who is under 21 years of age.
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Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 [HB-1275]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political
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Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 [S.387]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
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Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2019 [S.210]
[Crime ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Safety ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Revises public safety programs and services for Native American communities and modifies provisions related to Native American youth and juvenile justice. Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); the BIA and the Indian Health Service (IHS) to enter a memorandum of agreement to make the IHS responsible for medical
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. [HR-111]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2019 [HB-1111]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes a Department of Peacebuilding in the executive branch, dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, and the study and promotion of conditions conducive to both domestic and international peace and a culture of peace. The mission of the department includes the cultivation of peace and peacebuilding as a strategic national policy objective and development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful conflict resolution, and structured conflict mediation. The department
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Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 [HB-1076]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
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North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act [HB-925]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY2024.
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Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2019 [HB-893]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Bureau of Prisons, as part of reentry planning procedures, to provide prisoners with information on voting rights for convicted felons and, for the state in which a prison will reside upon release, voting registration or application forms.