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Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-3249]
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Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program within the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs to foster and improve existing partnerships to create safer neighborhoods through sustained reductions in crimes committed by criminal street gangs and transnational organized crime groups.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Became Public Law No: 115-185. on 06/18/2018
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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 [S.1504]
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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 This bill directs the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish a report on state safe harbor laws, including: (1) the impact of state safe harbor laws on victims of trafficking, and (2) best practices and recommendations on the development and implementation of effective state safe harbor laws. The bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to modify requirements with respect to the allocation of trafficking victim services grant funds
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/29/2017
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SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act [HB-6]
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SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act TITLE I--MEDICAID PROVISIONS TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS (Sec. 1001) The bill prohibits termination of Medicaid eligibility for juveniles who are inmates of public institutions. (Sec. 1003) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish a demonstration project to increase provider treatment capacity for substance-use disorders. (Sec. 1004) State Medicaid programs must establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Became Public Law No: 115-271. on 10/24/2018
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-2899]
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2017 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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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/13/2018
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DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act [HB-2825]
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DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act DIVISION A--HOMELAND SECURITY TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Subtitle A--Headquarters Operations (Sec. 1101) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to define "homeland security enterprise" as any relevant governmental or nongovernmental entity involved in homeland security, including a federal, state, or local government official, private sector representative,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
By Senator Johnson From Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-351. on 11/13/2018
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Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017 [HB-1517]
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Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017 This bill requires a state that receives a Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs grant to report annually certain information with respect to the following categories of offenses: (1) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of more than one year; (2) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of one year or less, including misdemeanors, traffic, and municipal violations; and (3) acts of juvenile delinquency punishable by a term of detention. A state must report, for each offense
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2017
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Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 [S.534]
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Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to extend the duty to report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, to certain adults who are authorized to interact with minor or amateur athletes at a facility under the jurisdiction of a national governing body. A national governing body is an amateur sports organization that is recognized by the International Olympic Committee. An individual who is required, but fails, to report suspected child sex
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 115-126. (txt | Pdf) on 02/14/2018
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Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017 [HB-1111]
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Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017 This bill establishes a Department of Peacebuilding in the executive branch, to be headed by a Secretary of Peacebuilding, dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, and the study and promotion of conditions conducive to both domestic and international peace and a culture of peace. The bill sets forth the mission of the department, which includes the cultivation of peace and peacebuilding as a strategic national policy objective and development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/16/2017
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Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-1188]
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Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to: reauthorize through FY2022 the Sex Offender Management Assistance program; reauthorize through FY2022 the activities of the U.S. Marshals Service to locate and apprehend sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements; reduce from 25 years to 15 years the required registration period for certain juvenile delinquent sex offenders who maintain a clean record; allow a state, Indian tribe, or territory to exempt from disclosure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/23/2017
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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 [HB-968]
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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense. The bill authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/09/2017
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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 [S.328]
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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense. It authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/07/2017
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MERCY Act Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 [S.329]
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MERCY Act Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of harm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/07/2017
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MERCY Act Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 [HB-901]
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MERCY Act Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of harm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/09/2017
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COPS Improvements Act of 2017 [S.318]
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COPS Improvements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to codify the establishment of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice (DOJ). It revises and reauthorizes through FY2022 the Community Oriented and Policing Services program. The bill expands the purpose areas of the existing program with respect to community policing and crime prevention grants. Additionally, it establishes three new programs. The bill: (1) directs DOJ to administer a troops-to-cops program
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/06/2017
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Community Parks Revitalization Act [HB-343]
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Community Parks Revitalization Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a community revitalization program of federal grants to eligible local governments located within standard metropolitan statistical areas for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation and recreation programming, and recovery action programs. HUD may designate local governments not located in standard metropolitan statistical areas to receive such grants under a partial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Albio Sires
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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A bill to make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief. [S.52]
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A bill to make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief. This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "criminal gang." An alien who is or was a member of a criminal gang, or who participated in gang activity knowing that such participation will promote the gang's illegal activity, shall be inadmissible and deportable. The Department of Homeland Security may designate a group or association as a criminal gang. Detention shall be mandatory for anyone found inadmissible
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/05/2017
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Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017 [HB-253]
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Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017 This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) regarding, among other matters: (1) mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services and in-home parenting skill-based programs, (2) foster care maintenance payments for children with parents in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse, and (3) payments for evidence-based kinship navigator programs. Part B of title IV (Child and Family Services)
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 01/13/2017
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HIRE Vets Act Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-244]
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HIRE Vets Act Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division of this bill refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 6) Provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Became Public Law No: 115-31. (txt | Pdf) on 05/05/2017
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RAISE Act of 2017 Reforming Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act of 2017 [HB-65]
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RAISE Act of 2017 Reforming Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent youth offenses if the mandatory minimum is unjust to the youth and not necessary to protect public safety. The term "youth" means an individual prosecuted or sentenced for a criminal offense committed at age 21 or younger. The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to release early, subject to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/12/2017
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Effective and Humane Treatment of Youth Act of 2017 Kalief's Law [HB-47]
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Effective and Humane Treatment of Youth Act of 2017 Kalief's Law This legislation amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) program for FY2018-FY2022. It requires a state or local government that receives JABG funding to implement policies that, with respect to youth: (1) provide a right to speedy trial; (2) provide a right to timely bail consideration; and (3) restrict solitary confinement. The term "youth" means an individual who is 21 years of age or younger. Additionally,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/12/2017