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First Step Act of 2018 [S.3747]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
First Step Act of 2018
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Acquitted Conduct Reform Act of 2018 [S.4]
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Acquitted Conduct Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a federal court from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing. Acquitted conduct means acts for which a person was criminally charged and adjudicated not guilty after trial or acts underlying dismissed criminal charges.
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 [S.3635]
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[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: revise and reauthorize grant programs for offender reentry demonstration projects; family-based substance abuse treatment; and evaluating and improving educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and repeal grant programs for offender reentry courts and drug treatment alternatives to incarceration. Additionally, the legislation amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to: rename, revise, and reauthorize grant programs
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PLANT Act of 2018 Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2018 [HB-7018]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
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PLANT Act of 2018 Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2018
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Calling on the Government of Burma to release Burmese journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sentenced to seven years imprisonment after investigating attacks against civilians by Burma's military and security forces, and for other purposes. [HR-1091]
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Calling on the Government of Burma to release Burmese journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sentenced to seven years imprisonment after investigating attacks against civilians by Burma's military and security forces, and for other purposes. Condemns the attacks against civilians by Burma's military and security forces. Considers the actions by the Burmese military against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine State in 2017 to be genocide. Calls on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint to pardon Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and other journalists
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Calling on Burma's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to release two jailed journalists reporting on violence inflicted upon that nation's Rohingya population. [HR-1057]
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[International ]
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Calling on Burma's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to release two jailed journalists reporting on violence inflicted upon that nation's Rohingya population. Condemns all efforts to suppress information regarding the oppression and violence inflicted upon Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya civilians. Calls on the leader of Burma's civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi, to release the jailed journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
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Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 [S.3336]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018
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Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 [S.3279]
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[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
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Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 This bill amends the Revised Statutes to prohibit any person, within 60 days before an election, from communicating, causing to be communicated, or producing for communication certain information on voting, if the person: (1) knows such information to be materially false, and (2) has the intent to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote in an election.The bill also prohibits false statements regarding public endorsements and hindering, interfering with,
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Expressing the sense of Congress that the President does not have the authority under the Constitution to grant himself reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States. [HCR-132]
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Expressing the sense of Congress that the President does not have the authority under the Constitution to grant himself reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President does not have constitutional authority to grant himself a pardon or reprieve for offenses against the United States.
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International Cybercrime Prevention Act [S.3288]
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[International ]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Data Privacy ]
International Cybercrime Prevention Act
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A resolution protecting American democracy. [SR-582]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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A resolution protecting American democracy. Expresses acceptance of the U.S. intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in elections in the United States and in other democracies. Demands that specified sanctions against Russia be implemented. Declares that the President must cooperate with Special Counsel Mueller's investigation.
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Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act [HB-6134]
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[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
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Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2018 [HB-6075]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2018
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Smarter Sentencing Act of 2017 [S.1933]
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Smarter Sentencing Act of 2017
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To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for enhanced penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, and for other purposes. [HB-6057]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
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To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for enhanced penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, and for other purposes.
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the President's use of the pardon power under article II, section 2 of the Constitution. [HR-928]
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the President's use of the pardon power under article II, section 2 of the Constitution. Requests the President and directs the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, correspondence, or other communication in their possession, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to: any pardon issued
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Expressing disapproval of any act of the President to grant to himself or any member of his family, including those related solely by marriage, a reprieve or pardon for an offense against the United States. [HR-523]
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[Ethics ]
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Expressing disapproval of any act of the President to grant to himself or any member of his family, including those related solely by marriage, a reprieve or pardon for an offense against the United States. Disapproves of an act by the President to grant to himself or any family member a reprieve, pardon, or commutation of a sentence for an offense against the United States.
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STATES Act Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act [HB-6043]
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STATES Act Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act
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STATES Act Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act [S.3032]
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STATES Act Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act
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Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2017 [S.1854]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2017