Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 [S.1738]
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose an additional penalty of $5,000 on any person or entity convicted of crimes relating to: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation and other abuse of children; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5) human smuggling in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Establishes in the Treasury the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund into which such penalties shall be deposited and which shall
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S.1738: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S8193-8197) on 11/19/2013
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act [S.1596]
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Requires states that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to: require criminal background checks for each school employee that include searches of the criminal registry or repository of the state in which the employee resides, the child abuse and neglect registries and databases of that state, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Sex Offender Registry; prohibit
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S.1596: Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/29/2013
Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013 [S.1094]
Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013 - Revises and reauthorizes programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Title I: College and Career Readiness for All Students - Part A: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged - (Sec. 1111) Revises the school improvement program under part A of title I of the ESEA. Maintains the requirement conditioning a state's receipt of funds under part A on its developing and implementing academic content and achievement standards and assessments that are applicable
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S.1094: Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Reported By Senator Harkin With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 113-113. Additional Views Filed. on 10/11/2013
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act [HB-624]
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the federal government to conduct cybersecurity activities to provide shared situational awareness enabling integrated operational actions to protect, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents. Defines "shared situational awareness" as an environment where cyber threat information is shared in real time between all designated federal cyber operations centers to provide actionable information about all known cyber threats. Directs the President, with respect to
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HB-624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 04/22/2013
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 [HB-5834]
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches. Prohibits a dwelling unit's Internet cost allowance from: (1) exceeding the lowest cost available in the area, and (2) including costs for cable or satellite television or for joint packages for Internet service together with cable or satellite television. Conditions Internet
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HB-5834: Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 12/10/2014
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act [HB-5628]
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except any federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing such a website.
HB-5628: Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 09/18/2014
Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014 [HB-4981]
Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of provisions governing mandatory restitution of victims of offenses involving sexual exploitation and other abuse of children to include medical services, physical and occupational therapy or rehabilitation, and lost income for the victim's lifetime, as well as any losses suffered by the victim from any sexual act or conduct in preparation for or during the production
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HB-4981: Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/21/2014
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4903]
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2015.Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security and executive management, (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, (3) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer, (5) intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities, and (6) the Office of the Inspector General.
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HB-4903: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. John Carter
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 113-481, By Mr. Carter. on 06/19/2014
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4660]
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2015 for: the International Trade Administration; the Bureau of Industry and Security; the Economic Development Administration; the Minority Business Development Agency; economic and statistical
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HB-4660: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Wolf
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S3836-3842; Tex on 06/19/2014
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4486]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2015 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments
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HB-4486: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. John Culberson
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 400. on 05/22/2014
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act [HB-4279]
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the establishment in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (formerly the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
HB-4279: United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/16/2014
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2013 [HB-3741]
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2013 - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of homicide-related offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes relating to aircraft hijacking, espionage and treason, and offenses punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Prohibits the sentencing to death or execution of any person for any violation of federal law after the enactment of this Act. Commutes death penalties imposed prior to the enactment of
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HB-3741: Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/27/2014
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts
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HB-3547: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Johnson
Became Public Law No: 113-76. on 01/17/2014
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014 [HB-3530]
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to authorize a limitation on obligations to be provided for the Crime Victims Fund for FY2016-FY2020. Specifies that except where such a limitation is made by a continuing resolution, if such a limitation is less than the amount specified for each of those years, all sums deposited in the fund in prior fiscal years shall become available for obligation. (Sec. 3) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize the Attorney
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HB-3530: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate. on 05/21/2014
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013 [HB-265]
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of the Treasury to report biannually to Congress on all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by the respective law enforcement agencies of such Departments (the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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HB-265: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lynch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/28/2013
To improve the response to and prevention of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces. [HB-2227]
Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) review practices of the military criminal investigative organizations regarding the investigation of alleged sex-related offenses involving members of the Armed Forces (members), and (2) develop a uniform policy regarding the use of case determinations to record the results of such investigations. Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to direct the Secretary to establish minimum standards for: (1) the qualifications necessary for members or civilian employees of the
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HB-2227: To improve the response to and prevention of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristi Noem
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/29/2013
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2216]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments
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HB-2216: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. John Culberson
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 102. on 06/27/2013
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act [HB-2083]
. Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Requires states that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to: require criminal background checks for each school employee that include searches of the criminal registry or repository of the state in which the employee resides, the child abuse and neglect registries and databases of that state, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Sex Offender Registry; prohibit
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HB-2083: Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/28/2013
Criminal Law - Misuse of Interactive Computer Service (Grace's Law) [SB-1052]
Prohibiting a person from using an interactive computer service to maliciously engage in a specified course of conduct that inflicts serious emotional distress on a minor or places a minor in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury under specified circumstances; and defining terms.
SB-1052: Criminal Law - Misuse of Interactive Computer Service (Grace's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Allan Kittleman
Hearing 4/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/06/2013