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USCIS Act Use Spending for Congressional Immigration Supervision Act [HB-4791]
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USCIS Act Use Spending for Congressional Immigration Supervision Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that all deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account shall remain available to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (currently, the Department of Justice [DOJ]) for reimbursement of administrative expenses, to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to declare that certain foreign
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/01/2016
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Imported Assault Weapons Ban of 2016 [HB-4748]
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Imported Assault Weapons Ban of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/01/2016
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Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015 [HB-472]
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Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to: (1) any Bureau officer or employee employed in a prison that is not a minimum or low security prison who may respond to an emergency situation in such prison; and (2) such additional prison officers and employees as the Director deems appropriate, subject to specified requirements. Requires any such officer or employee to complete a training course before being issued such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/19/2015
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Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-471]
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Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Controlled Substances Act to define: (1) "factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety," for purposes of the Attorney General's determination of whether registering an applicant to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II is in the public interest, as factors that are relevant to and consistent with the findings of such Act; and (2) "imminent danger to the public health or safety," for purposes of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan A. Costello
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/22/2015
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WARN Act of 2016 Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Nonretaliation Act of 2016 [HB-4619]
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WARN Act of 2016 Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Nonretaliation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 governing the rights of a private person (declarant) who files a declaration of a violation giving rise to a federal action for civil penalties with respect to fraud crimes involving federally insured financial institutions. The bill revises the minimum and maximum percentage of a declarant's entitlement to share in the recovery by the United States from a judgment, order, or settlement that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 03/22/2016
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Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act [HB-4447]
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Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address heroin and opioid drug abuse. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. For DOJ, the bill provides funds for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs. For HHS, the
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Introduced In House on 02/03/2016
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Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act [HB-44]
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Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents. Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/02/2015
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Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2016 [HB-4356]
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Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to inspect or examine the inventory and records of a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ensure compliance with recordkeeping requirements not more than three times a year (currently, not more than once a year) without reasonable cause and a warrant. It authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 50 additional personnel to carry out the additional
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/03/2016
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Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2016 [HB-4316]
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Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to hire 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/03/2016
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Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2016 [HB-4315]
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Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2016 This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Social Security Administration to: (1) increase access to mental health care treatment and services, and (2) promote reporting of mental health information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/08/2016
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Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 [HB-4269]
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Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is: (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; or (4) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model. Additionally, the bill does not prohibit, with respect to a SAW or LCAFD: importation,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/15/2016
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Police Agency Investigation Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-4249]
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Police Agency Investigation Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to create within the Special Litigation Section of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Civil Rights Division an Office of Police Agency Investigations to investigate alleged patterns or practices of police conduct that violate constitutional rights. Additionally, it amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/15/2016
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [HB-4127]
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency; the National Security Agency; the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice; the Federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam B. Schiff
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 309. on 12/02/2015
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David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2015 David's Law [HB-41]
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David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2015 David's Law Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study the issue
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/22/2015
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Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015 [HB-3888]
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Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm without a valid license. It prohibits transferring or receiving a handgun or a semiautomatic firearm that can accept a detachable ammunition feeding device unless the recipient presents a valid, verified firearms license and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. It prescribes firearms transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. DOJ must establish and maintain a federal record
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 12/04/2015
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Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 [HB-3830]
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Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional tax of $100 on the sale of a firearm by a manufacturer, producer, or importer. Firearm purchases by federal, state, and local governments for law enforcement purposes are exempt from the additional tax. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust Fund at the Department of the Treasury. It transfers revenues from the additional tax into the trust fund to support the Community Mental Health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 11/23/2015
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Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act [HB-3802]
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Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to deem an application received on or after August 1, 2011, to exempt a projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition to be approved if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does not disapprove it within 60 days after the later of the date the application is received or the date of this bill's enactment. DOJ shall provide an applicant with detailed findings of fact and the reasons for disapproving an application.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 11/23/2015
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To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building". [HB-3801]
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To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building". This bill designates the federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia (commonly known as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building) as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 10/23/2015
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Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act [HB-368]
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Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person who is not a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to, or receiving a firearm from, another unlicensed person, except: (1) through a licensed dealer or a law enforcement agency, which shall conduct a background check through the national instant criminal background check system; and (2) after inspecting a permit that confirms that such background check has been conducted. Specifies exceptions, including for: (1) the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore E. Deutch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/05/2015
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Billy's Law Help Find the Missing Act [HB-3653]
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Billy's Law Help Find the Missing Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the National Institute of Justice, to maintain public databases, known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), of missing persons and unidentified remains. It requires DOJ to facilitate information sharing between the NamUs databases and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. DOJ must update the online data entry format to allow criminal justice agencies, medical examiners, and coroners to simultaneously submit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 11/03/2015