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Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 [HB-5046]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to state, local, and tribal governments to provide opioid abuse services, including: enhancing collaboration between criminal justice and substance abuse agencies; developing, implementing, or expanding programs to prevent, treat, or respond to opioid abuse; training first responders to administer opioid overdose reversal drugs; and investigating unlawful opioid
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/16/2016
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Main Street Jobs and Opportunity Act of 2016 [HB-4936]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Main Street Jobs and Opportunity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption, with adjustments for inflation. The Paperwork Reduction Act is amended to direct federal agency heads not to impose civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small businesses unless specified criteria are met. The Department of Labor shall study the effects of occupational licensing requirements to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Walberg
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/17/2016
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Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016 [HB-4771]
[Healthcare ]
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Franks
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/22/2016
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State Secrets Protection Act [HB-4767]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Defense ]
State Secrets Protection Act This bill declares that the government has a privilege to refuse to give information and to prevent any person from giving information in civil actions in federal or state courts only if the government shows that public disclosure of the information that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or the diplomatic relations of the United States. Courts must take steps, which may include in camera and ex parte hearings and other security procedures, to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/01/2016
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Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 [HB-4646]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received, and had time to review, the documents.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/01/2016
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Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4457]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions. The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 02/29/2016
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District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act [HB-4419]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to revise the financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia judges. The revisions establish new dollar thresholds and requirements for reporting to the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure the financial interests of the judges and specified family members with respect to: income; dividends, rents, interest, and capital gains; liabilities; gifts; real and personal property; honoraria; expense
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Became Public Law No: 114-257. on 12/14/2016
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Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2015 [HB-4282]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2015 This bill defines "prevailing party" for purposes of determining the meaning of provisions in federal laws, federal regulations, or any judicial or administrative rules that provide for recovery of attorney's fees to include a party whose pursuit of a nonfrivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. The bill prohibits this Act from altering special eligibility criteria: (1) established
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/15/2016
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Police Agency Investigation Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-4249]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
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 Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/15/2016
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District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2015 [HB-4051]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2015 This bill removes exceptions to residency requirements for federal district court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals serving in the District of Columbia. Under the bill: (1) federal district court judges serving in the District of Columbia must reside in the District of Columbia or one of the districts for which they are appointed; and (2) U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals appointed for the District of Columbia, and U.S. marshals for the Superior Court of the District of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 11/17/2015
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To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram. [HB-3833]
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[International ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram. This bill requires: the Department of State and the Department of Defense to develop jointly and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help Nigeria, members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko Haram, and relevant partners to counter Boko Haram, and to assist Nigeria and its neighbors to address legitimate grievances of vulnerable populations in areas affected by Boko Haram; and the Director of National Intelligence to assess the willingness and capability
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/22/2016
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Eyes on the Courts Act of 2015 [HB-3723]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Eyes on the Courts Act of 2015 This bill requires the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court, including the Supreme Court, to permit court proceedings to be photographed, electronically recorded, broadcasted, televised, or streamed on the Internet to or for the public, unless the judge determines, upon a motion of a party or the judge, that it would constitute a violation of the due process rights of a party or is not in the interests of justice. The Judicial Conference may promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 11/03/2015
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Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act [HB-368]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
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 Deutch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/05/2015
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Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 [HB-3624]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends procedures under which federal courts determine whether a case that was removed from a state court to a federal court on the basis of a diversity of citizenship among the parties may be remanded back to state court upon a motion opposed on fraudulent joinder grounds that: (1) one or more defendants are citizens of the same state as one or more plaintiffs, or (2) one or more defendants properly joined and served are citizens of the state in which the action was brought. Joinder of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Buck
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/29/2016
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Congress Leads by Example Act of 2015 [HB-3528]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
Congress Leads by Example Act of 2015 This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to grant the Office of Compliance (OOC) subpoena authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) for inspections and investigations in offices covered by the CAA (Congressional offices and committees, the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the OOC) and in the Government
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. [HB-3436]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that action to be against the child's best interests. States that such discretion shall not apply
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/28/2015
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Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 [HB-3411]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to revise an eligibility condition for a state to receive a grant under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program and a waiver of the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program. Specifically, it directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a four-year state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/28/2015
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To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes. [HB-3052]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes. This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from deciding any issue on the authority of foreign law, except to the extent that the Constitution or an Act of Congress requires the consideration of that foreign law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Babin
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 12/15/2015
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2995]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs in the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies. Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including: Salaries and Expenses, the Office of Terrorism
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ander Crenshaw
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-194, By Mr. Crenshaw. on 07/09/2015
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Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2015 [HB-2986]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2015 Amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant. (Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.) Applies the amendment retroactively to any such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lynch
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/29/2015