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Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act [HB-4090] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Public Safety ]
Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish the Fentanyl and Heroin Inter-Agency Task Force: (1) to coordinate federal efforts to identify, target, and dismantle organizations that traffic fentanyl or heroin; (2) to identify sources of fentanyl and heroin production and distribution; and (3) to provide best practices, updated information, and support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 11/01/2017

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Employee Rights Act [S.1774] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Employee Rights Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/07/2017

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Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act [HB-3697] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien: (1) inadmissible if a consular officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the Department of Justice (DOJ) knows or has reason to believe that such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities; and (2) deportable if such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang, or has participated in criminal gang activities knowing that such activities will promote illegal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/18/2017

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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 [S.1761] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Defense ] [Military ]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr By Senator Burr From Select Committee On Intelligence Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-151. Additional And Minority Views Filed. on 09/07/2017

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Building America's Trust Act [S.1757] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Agriculture ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Building America's Trust Act This bill provides for strengthening the barriers along the U.S. land and maritime borders to deter illegal activity, including through U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement enhancements and personnel increases and National Guard use. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) establish a National Border Security Advisory Committee; (2) submit a southern border threat analysis; (3) implement the Border Security Deployment Program; (4) establish a biometric exit data system; (5) reestablish the Secure Communities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 208. on 09/05/2017

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Border Security for America Act of 2017 [HB-3548] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Agriculture ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Border Security for America Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) achieve situational awareness and operational control of the southern border and develop infrastructure and technology to deter illegal border activity in high traffic areas, (2) deploy additional capabilities to specified border sectors, (3) submit a plan for using independent verification resources for border security technology, (4) establish a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (5) implement the Border Security Deployment Program, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 471. on 03/23/2018

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Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 [HB-3436] [National Security ] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Trade ] [Public Safety ]
Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a southwest border threat analysis that includes an assessment of: terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States through the southwest border or seeking to exploit security vulnerabilities along such border; improvements needed at and between ports of entry to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States; gaps in law, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 08/29/2017

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Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017 [HB-3329] [Finance ] [International ] [National Security ]
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 07/20/2017

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Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018 [S.1595] [International ] [National Security ] [Crime ]
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018 This bill amends the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose specified sanctions on: (1) foreign persons that knowingly assist in or provide support for fund raising or recruitment activities for Hizballah; (2) agencies of foreign governments that provide Hizballah with financial support, arms, or other assistance; and (3) Hizballah by reason of its narcotics trafficking and significant transnational criminal activities. The bill prescribes reporting requirements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Became Public Law No: 115-272. on 10/25/2018

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Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-3249] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
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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Iran and Hizballah Western Hemisphere Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-3118] [International ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Iran and Hizballah Western Hemisphere Prevention Act of 2017 This bill declares it to be U.S. policy to prevent further penetration of Iran and Hizballah into the Western Hemisphere and to prioritize diplomatic efforts to engage countries in the hemisphere to disrupt and degrade Hizballah's illicit networks operating in the region. The Department of State shall submit a strategy to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt and degrade Hizballah's illicit networks in the hemisphere. The President shall instruct the State Department to prioritize (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Middle East And North Africa. on 09/05/2017

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Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 [HB-2803] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 This bill sets forth a variety of measures to address the prevention and punishment of human trafficking and to assist trafficking victims. Included among these are provisions concerning: restitution for victims; funding of investigations of offenses relating to sexual abuse of children; grants to states and localities and other entities for victim service assistance; training of health, victim service, and federal law enforcement personnel, including through the use of a victim screening protocol by the Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/12/2017

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Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 [S.1311] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 This bill sets forth a variety of measures to address the prevention and punishment of human trafficking and to assist trafficking victims. Included among these are provisions concerning: restitution for victims; funding of investigations of offenses relating to sexual abuse of children; grants to states and localities and other entities for victim service assistance; training of health, victim service, and federal law enforcement personnel, including through the use of a victim screening protocol by the Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Signed By President. on 12/21/2018

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act [HB-2751] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security; (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Clay Higgins Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/12/2017

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Employee Rights Act [HB-2723] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Employee Rights Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Hearings Held By The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions Prior To Referral. on 06/14/2017

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Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1199] [Crime ] [National Security ] [Immigration ] [International ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), before establishing a Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) unit, to apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration specified factors, including: whether the area in which the BEST unit would be established is significantly impacted by threats posed by transnational criminal organizations; the extent to which the unit would advance DHS's homeland and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With Amendments. With Written Report No. 115-179. on 10/30/2017

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Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2017 [S.1185] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3043-3044) on 05/18/2017

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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China. [SR-83] [International ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [National Security ] [Healthcare ]
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: the use of illicit fentanyl in the United States and the resulting overdose deaths are a public health crisis; the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States, especially by transnational criminal organizations, is a problem that requires close cooperation between the U.S. government and the governments of Mexico and China; and all three such countries have (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S1848-1849) on 03/15/2017

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A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities. [S.415] [Immigration ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities. This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States." Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/16/2017

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