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CATCH Traffickers Act of 2015 Coordinated Assistance To Catch Human Traffickers Act of 2015 [HB-63]
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[Children and Youth ]
CATCH Traffickers Act of 2015 Coordinated Assistance To Catch Human Traffickers Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and maintain a database to serve as a central location for information from law enforcement agency investigations relating to human trafficking. Requires: (1) the head of a law enforcement agency conducting such an investigation to ensure that information the Secretary determines to be appropriate is entered into the database, and (2) the Attorney General to reduce by 20% the amount of a grant under
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Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-59]
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Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during the previous three fiscal years, funded an amount that on average was greater than 18% of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws; and
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Mental Health Training Enhancement for First Responders Act of 2016 [HB-5864]
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[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Mental Health Training Enhancement for First Responders Act of 2016
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SMART Guns Act of 2016 [HB-5863]
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[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
SMART Guns Act of 2016 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify requirements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Specifically, a firearm purchased with JAG funds must, to the extent practicable, be a SMART gun. The term "SMART gun" means a firearm that includes a safety feature to prevent an unauthorized person from using such firearm.
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Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act [HB-5859]
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[National Security ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a grant program for emergency response providers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the most likely terrorist attack scenarios, including active shooters against major metropolitan areas. DHS shall provide to eligible applicants: (1) unclassified information on such scenarios, and (2) information on training and exercises best practices. Recipients may use grants to conduct
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Secure the Northern Triangle Act [HB-5850]
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[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Secure the Northern Triangle Act
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Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016 [HB-5846]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016
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Detain and Deport Act [HB-5826]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
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Detain and Deport Act This bill provides that a state or political subdivision that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice providing that it not comply with any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detainer ordering it to temporarily hold an alien in its custody so that the alien may be taken into federal custody or to transport the alien for transfer to federal custody shall not be eligible to receive any law enforcement or DHS grant. A state or political subdivision acting in compliance with such a DHS detainer shall be considered to be
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Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act [HB-5825]
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Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that a person or agency shall (currently, may) not prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity from undertaking any of the following law enforcement activities (current law refers to information activities) regarding an individual's immigration status: notifying the federal government regarding the presence of inadmissible and deportable aliens who are encountered by state or local law enforcement
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Back the Blue Act of 2016 [HB-5809]
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[Criminal Justice ]
Back the Blue Act of 2016
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SAFER TRANSIT Act Securing America's Facilities, Equipment and Rail: Taking Responsibility for American National Security in Transit Act [HB-5794]
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[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
SAFER TRANSIT Act Securing America's Facilities, Equipment and Rail: Taking Responsibility for American National Security in Transit Act
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Securing Our Schools Act of 2016 [HB-5787]
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[Law Enforcement ]
Securing Our Schools Act of 2016
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To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for research, training, and acquiring non-lethal force methods. [HB-5753]
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To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for research, training, and acquiring non-lethal force methods. This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish the Office of Non-Lethal Technologies and Techniques to coordinate, develop, and refine non-lethal technologies and techniques. It authorizes the office to award matching grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to purchase non-lethal force technologies and to promote and train officers in the use of non-lethal technologies,
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Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5694]
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[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish guidelines for states to design and implement elder abuse registries. DOJ may award state grants to establish and operate such registries. Additionally, DOJ must establish and maintain a national database that contains information from state elder abuse registries.
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Urban Progress Act of 2016 [HB-5671]
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[Housing ]
Urban Progress Act of 2016
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Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act [HB-5655]
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[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act
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Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act [HB-5654]
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Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act This bill prohibits a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision that has a statute, policy, or practice in effect that prohibits or restricts: (1) information sharing about an individual's immigration status, or (2) compliance with a lawfully issued detainer request or notification of release request. A state or political subdivision that complies
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Shift Back to Society Act of 2016 [HB-5644]
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Shift Back to Society Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for less than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the
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Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016 [HB-5643]
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[Disaster Relief ]
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Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and make available to state, local, tribal, territorial, and nongovernmental partners guidance to assist in the development of emergency action and response plans for active shooter and mass casualty incidents. Such guidance may relate to the development of: a strategy for properly responding to such incidents, a plan for establishing a unified command, a schedule for regular testing
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Counterterrorism Enhancement Act of 2016 [HB-5642]
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Counterterrorism Enhancement Act of 2016