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Protecting Sensitive Locations Act [HB-1011]
[Immigration ]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances or if written prior approval has been obtained from certain officials. Sensitive locations include health care facilities; schools and school bus stops; places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims; places that provide disaster or emergency services; places of worship; courthouses and lawyers' offices; and public assistance offices. The prohibition shall apply to Department of
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North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act [HB-925]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY2024.
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School Resource Officer Act of 2019 [HB-916]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes through FY2023 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modifies it: to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and to specify that at least 30% of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.
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Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 [HB-886]
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[Crime ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Directs the Department of Justice to establish a Veterans Treatment Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance for state, local, and tribal governments to develop and maintain veterans treatment courts.
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Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act [HB-836]
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[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program—the Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program—to train law enforcement officers and other professionals to identify and assist victims of child exploitation and human trafficking.
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NICS Review Act of 2019 [HB-821]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction. Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.
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Combating the Heroin Epidemic Through Forensic Drug Testing Act of 2019 [HB-817]
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[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award state grants to address the use, sale, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and associated synthetic drugs.
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Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-777]
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[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits. Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following: grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.
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Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 [HB-748]
[Healthcare ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Pensions ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Science ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Defense ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Inflation ]
[Investments ]
[Poverty ]
[Social Security ]
[Climate Change ]
Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. DIVISION A--KEEPING WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, AND ECONOMIC STABILIZATION This division establishes the Paycheck Protection Program to provide eight weeks of cash flow assistance to small businesses through federally guaranteed loans to employers who maintain their payroll. Such assistance shall be to cover costs such as payroll, paid sick leave,
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Protecting Our Communities and Rights Act of 2019 [HB-744]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes grants for states to implement extreme risk protection order laws (also known as red flag laws). An extreme risk protection order law permits a state court to issue an order that prohibits an individual from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. Additionally, persons subject to extreme risk protection orders constitute a new category of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition).
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Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2019 [HB-687]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a statutory framework for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States.
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Buyback Our Safety Act [HB-659]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
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Abby Honold Act [HB-600]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
Directs the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to make competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and victim services organizations to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches in responding to and investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
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Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act [HB-574]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
Amends rules for the treatment of unaccompanied alien children and asylum-seeking families, and for detaining and removal of various types of aliens. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to return an inadmissible unaccompanied child to the child's country of nationality or last habitual residence, where currently DHS has discretion to do so. Interviews with unaccompanied alien children shall be conducted by those with specialized training for interviewing child trafficking victims. Before placing an alien child with an individual,
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Combat Online Predators Act [HB-570]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increases the maximum prison term for a stalking offense, if the victim is under 18 years of age.
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Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2019 [HB-568]
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[Public Safety ]
Establishes a new reporting requirement for a state that receives a grant through the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice. Specifically, a state must report certain information with respect to the legal representation of defendants in prosecutions for offenses in the following categories: (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
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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2019 [HB-507]
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[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Sets forth provisions intended to help assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States and improve support for victims of trafficking and service providers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must work with federal entities and other stakeholders to do the following: establish a working group to improve the collection and analysis of data on the incidence of trafficking, report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking, and survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking and
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CARE Act Certainty, Assistance, and Relief for Everyone Act [HB-505]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Reauthorizes through FY2024 the grant program that provides training and services to end violence against women with disabilities.
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FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2017 [HB-495]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement within the Department of Homeland Security to report annually on its activities.
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Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019 [HB-494]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
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[Public Safety ]
(Sec. 2) revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program. It subjects JABG grants to accountability measures. The Office of Inspector General in the Department of Justice (DOJ) must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. Additionally, DOJ must identify and report on duplicative grant awards. (Sec. 3) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for activities carried out with JABG funds.