Criminal Justice Information And Records
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Safe Campus Act of 2015 [HB-3403]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Safe Campus Act of 2015 This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish requirements with respect to sexual violence allegations at institutions of higher education (IHEs). An IHE that receives HEA funds, except a foreign institution, must provide support services to affected students and annual training to relevant personnel. If an IHE receives a sexual violence allegation and written consent to proceed from the alleged victim, then the IHE must report and refer the allegation to local law enforcement.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Sessions
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
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Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act [HB-3395]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's receiver or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number mark otherwise required. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit national instant criminal background check system records about a prospective firearm transferee from being destroyed until after 180 days after the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/28/2015
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To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee. [HB-3375]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee. This bill amends the federal criminal code to lengthen from 3 to 14 business days the submitted background check completion period that must elapse before a licensed gun dealer is permitted to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person whose background check remains incomplete.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/28/2015
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Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act [HB-3372]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force to review, report on, and make recommendations to reduce, federal regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs). ED must publish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Report; the President must submit a legislative proposal to implement its recommendations; and Congress must consider legislation to enact such recommendations under expedited procedures. Additionally,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Fudge
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
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Prevent Repeat Offenders Act of 2015 [HB-3358]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prevent Repeat Offenders Act of 2015 This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that: (1) any alien who is required to register under such Act is registered in the National Sex Offender Registry and is informed of the registration requirements under such Act before such alien may be released from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and (2) the release of such an alien is conditioned on such alien's registration in each jurisdiction required
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/08/2015
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Kids Before Cons Act [HB-3327]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Kids Before Cons Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit waiver authority of the Department of Education (ED) under the Experimental Sites Initiative. Specifically, it prohibits ED from waiving statutory provisions that ban Pell Grant eligibility and federal financial aid for incarcerated students (e.g., as part of an experimental initiative to allow incarcerated students to receive Pell Grants for postsecondary education opportunities). The legislation also prohibits ED from awarding funds
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
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Rapid DNA Act of 2016 [HB-320]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Rapid DNA Act of 2016 Amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require: the advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods appointed by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include members from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; such board to develop, and the Director to issue, standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies (i.e., booking stations, jails, prisons, detention centers, other law enforcement organizations and facilities outside of forensic laboratories) and operators in conducting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-893. on 12/23/2016
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Student Privacy Protection Act [HB-3157]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Student Privacy Protection Act Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to require educational agencies or institutions and state educational authorities to establish: (1) information security practices to protect students' education records and personally identifiable information, and (2) breach notification policies to notify parents of breaches or security violations. Expands the definition of "education records" to include student records that are: (1) maintained electronically or digitally; (2) accessible or collected
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Scott
Introduced In House on 07/22/2015
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Fair Chance for Youth Act of 2015 [HB-3156]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Fair Chance for Youth Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to expunge and seal certain youth criminal records. A youth is an individual who was arrested, prosecuted, or sentenced for a criminal offense committed at age 21 or younger. A youth may petition to expunge records related to: (1) a misdemeanor conviction, (2) a nonviolent felony drug conviction, (3) a conviction for any nonviolent offense committed prior to attaining age 18, or (4) an arrest or prosecution for a nonviolent offense that is disposed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/08/2015
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Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015 [HB-3151]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015 This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to publish annually and make publicly available a report that includes for each person arrested during the preceding year, and for whom a request was submitted to the Law Enforcement Support Center or any potential matches forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, the following information: the person's nationality and immigration status, and the offense for which the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/08/2015
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To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. [HB-3126]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from providing to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the name of any individual entitled to benefits, including any individual whose benefits are paid to a representative payee, unless a federal court has determined the individual
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/23/2015
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Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015 [HB-3125]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015 This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to submit a biannual report to Congress on the number of proposed firearm transfers where: (1) a licensed gun dealer submitted a background check through the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System (NICS), (2) NICS failed to respond to the licensed gun dealer within three business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completed the transfer. The FBI must also report on the procedures followed once the transferee is discovered
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/08/2015
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Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2015 [HB-3124]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual convicted of a qualifying marijuana-related offense, upon filing a petition for expungement and fulfilling all requirements of the sentence for such conviction, to obtain an order granting expungement of such conviction. Defines a "qualifying marijuana-related offense" as an offense against the United States in which the conduct constituting the offense: (1) was legal under the state law at the time of the offense, or (2) was the possession of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/08/2015
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Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3102]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Aerospace ]
[Crime ]
Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a risk-based, intelligence-driven model for the screening of airport employees based on level of employment-related access to Secure Identification Display Areas, Airport Operations Areas, or secure areas at U.S. airports. TSA shall conduct an aviation security risk-based review of certain federal disqualifying criminal offenses to determine their appropriateness
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 10/07/2015
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Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 [HB-3060]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require each covered program to prohibit child abuse and neglect and meet specified minimum standards. A "covered program" is a facility of a program operated by a public or private entity that, with respect to one or more children who are unrelated to the program owner or operator, purports to provide treatment or modify behaviors in a residential environment. HHS shall: (1) implement a review process for overseeing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-306]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015 Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, which shall require: the collection of data on all instances wherein deadly force was used; the data to include information on the characteristics of the officer and the person who was the target of deadly force (excluding personally identifiable information), the alleged criminal activity of such person, when and where the deadly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/05/2015
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Background Check Completion Act [HB-3051]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Background Check Completion Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to completion of a background check. (Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/29/2015
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act [HB-3047]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: subject individuals to criminal background checks for drug-related offenses as well as substance abuse screening, and deny TANF assistance for an individual who tests positive for a controlled substance. The Department of Health and Human Services is required to reduce by 15% of the state TANF grant if a state has substantially failed to condition benefits on passing drug testing or screening.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/17/2015
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Safer Communities Act of 2015 [HB-2994]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Safer Communities Act of 2015 This bill provides grants to expand mental health crisis assistance programs, to support comprehensive school mental health programs, and to enhance mental health and substance abuse needs of prison inmates. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to expand research on violence associated with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. It requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand the National Violent Death Reporting System to all 50 states and to research the causes, mechanisms,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/29/2015
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Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-2985]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 Directs the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury to report biannually to Congress on: (1) all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by their respective law enforcement agencies (i.e., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives); and (2) the amounts expended by each of such agencies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lynch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/29/2015