Law Enforcement Administration And Funding

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Ethan's Law [HB-2867] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Reverse Mass Incarceration Act of 2019 [S.1557] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizes a grant program for states to implement evidence-based programs designed to reduce crime rates and incarcerations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/21/2019

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Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act [HB-2843] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, authorizes federal restrictions on the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2839] [International ] [Budget and Spending ] [Trade ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations, and International Commissions. The bill provides appropriations for Related Agencies and Related Programs, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 116-78, By Mrs. Lowey. on 05/20/2019

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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2839] [International ] [Budget and Spending ] [Trade ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations, and International Commissions. The bill provides appropriations for Related Agencies and Related Programs, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 116-78, By Mrs. Lowey. on 05/20/2019

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Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act [S.1552] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, authorizes federal restrictions on the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/20/2019

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Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2019 [HB-2849] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Allows a law enforcement officer who is employed by the Department of the Treasury to carry a service weapon home and store it in his or her residence while off duty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Introduced In House on 05/20/2019

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DUE PROCESS Act of 2019 Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2019 [HB-2835] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reform certain forfeiture procedures, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2019 [HB-2836] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes the Department of State to enter into bilateral agreements with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to assist such countries in addressing violence against women and children. Such agreements shall establish a plan to achieve certain objectives, such as (1) identifying areas of the highest incidence of violence against women and children, (2) evaluating victims' access to justice and the ability of the justice system to hold perpetrators accountable, and (3) identifying measurable goals to deter crimes against women (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 05/17/2019

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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019 [S.1519] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Mental Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/16/2019

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Jake Laird Act of 2019 [HB-2786] [Crime ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states to implement laws that authorize a law enforcement officer to seize firearms from a person if there is probable cause to believe the person is dangerous.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Lifesaving Gear for Police Act [S.1537] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress. Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy. Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 05/16/2019

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Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Security Act of 2019 [HB-2765] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Generally requires federal agencies to offer to sell to individuals who are current or former law enforcement officers functional firearms that would otherwise be destroyed.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act [HB-2741] [Infrastructure ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Climate Change ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Reauthorizes a variety of programs and creates new programs for infrastructure development, including communication, drinking water, energy, or health care infrastructure. The bill provides support for communication infrastructure, such as funding to expand broadband internet access, or implement next generation 9-1-1 systems. In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund through FY2024 and provides support for drinking water infrastructure, including support to: (1) remove and replace sources of lead in drinking water; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 06/04/2019

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Back the Blue Act of 2019 [S.1480] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/15/2019

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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2740] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Defense ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [International ] [Education ] [Water ] [Human Services ] [Military ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa DeLauro Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. on 10/31/2019

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Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2019 [HB-2698] [Crime ] [Mental Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ]
Directs the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice to award grants to law enforcement agencies for behavioral health crisis response training.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019

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Savanna’s Act [HB-2733] [Crime ] [Grants ] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing or murdered Native Americans. The bill requires DOJ to provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases; develop and implement a strategy to educate the public on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System; conduct specific outreach to tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations regarding the ability to publicly enter information (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-508, Part I. on 09/16/2020

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Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019 [S.1439] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Safety ]
Addresses (1) several aspects of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD); (2) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing); and (3) maritime security. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine; promotes transparency and traceability in the seafood supply chain; promotes the use of technology to combat IUU fishing; establishes an interagency working group on maritime security, IUU fishing, and seafood fraud; and establishes a sub-working group to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Ordered To Be Reported With Amendments Favorably. on 05/15/2019

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A bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes. [S.1470] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [National Security ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Expands a Department of Justice (DOJ) program for compensating states and localities for costs related to the incarceration of certain aliens. Currently, the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) requires DOJ to compensate state and localities for the costs for incarcerating an undocumented criminal alien. The bill expands SCAAP to require DOJ to provide compensation for incarcerating aliens whose immigration status cannot be definitively identified. The bill also expands the definition of an "undocumented criminal alien" to include qualifying (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/14/2019

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