Criminal - Legislation
- Bill Sent To President: H.R.1195 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
April 30, 2008: Cleared for White House.
(April 28, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.534 A resolution designating the month of May 2008 as "National ...
A resolution designating the month of May 2008 as "National Drug Court Month".
(April 26, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.537 A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and ...
A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers.
(April 26, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.1149 Expressing support for the designation of April 2008 as National ...
Expressing support for the designation of April 2008 as National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month, and supporting efforts to devote new resources to research the causes of the disease, environmental and otherwise, along with treatments and workforce strategies to support individuals with sarcoidosis.
(April 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2917 Syria Accountability and Liberation Act
A bill to strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.
(April 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.77 A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ...
A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month 2008.
(April 19, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.550 A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the ...
A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
April 18, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-201.
(April 16, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2892 Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act of 2008
A bill to promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has authorized the use of military force.
(April 16, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.330 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault ...
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
(April 15, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.518 A resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as ...
A resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".
(April 14, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.1109 Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and ...
Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe.
(April 13, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.1097 Expressing support for the designation of the month of April 2008, ...
Expressing support for the designation of the month of April 2008, as National Child Abuse Prevention Month to provide attention to the tragic circumstances that face some of our Nation's children on a daily basis and to underscore our commitment to preventing child abuse and neglect so that all children can live in safety and security.
(April 8, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5735 Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and ...
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.
April 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-199.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.507 A resolution supporting the mission and goals of National Crime ...
A resolution supporting the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights week in order to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5719 Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes.
(April 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist ...
To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
(April 1, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2767 A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of ...
A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(March 11, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
(March 8, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
(March 5, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.445 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the assassination ...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the assassination of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, and the political crisis in Pakistan.
(February 5, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
January 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-180.
(January 6, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.660 Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.
January 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-177.
(January 5, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: S.888 Genocide Accountability Act of 2007
A bill to amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.
December 21, 2007: Signed by President.
(December 19, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.406 A resolution urging the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ...
A resolution urging the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to overturn the sentence of the "Girl of Qatif".
(December 12, 2007) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.1429 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.
December 12, 2007: Signed by President.
(December 10, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.396 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the hanging of ...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the hanging of nooses should be thoroughly investigated by Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities and that any criminal violations should be vigorously prosecuted.
(December 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2398 Stop Outsourcing Security Act
A bill to phase out the use of private military contractors.
(November 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2360 Student Protection Act
A bill to develop a national system of oversight of States for sexual misconduct in the elementary and secondary school system.
(November 13, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.826 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the ...
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for the purpose of intimidation and which under certain circumstances can be a criminal act that should be thoroughly investigated by Federal law enforcement authorities and that any criminal violations should be vigorously prosecuted.
(November 12, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4156 Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
(November 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.372 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the declaration ...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan.
(November 6, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2317 Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007
A bill to amend titles 17 and 18, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to strengthen and harmonize the protection of intellectual property, and for other purposes.
(November 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4102 Stop Outsourcing Security Act
To phase out the use of private military contractors.
(November 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2304 Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and ...
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.
(November 3, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2294 Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act
A bill to strengthen immigration enforcement and border security and for other purposes.
(October 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2243 Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007
A bill to strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes.
(October 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2237 Violence Against Children Act of 2007
A bill to fight crime.
(October 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3915 Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.
(October 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2213 Cyber-Crime Act of 2007
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cyber-crime, and for other purposes.
(October 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3887 Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.
(October 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3867 Small Business Contracting Program Improvements Act
To update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
(October 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3845 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2007
To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
(October 14, 2007) - Bill Enacted: S.1612 International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act
An original bill to amend the penalty provisions in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes.
October 16, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-96.
(October 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2168 Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft.
(October 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3791 Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act of 2007
To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes.
(October 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.231 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the ...
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should submit to the Government of Iraq a draft bilateral status-of-forces agreement.
(October 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2147 Security Contractor Accountability Act of 2007
A bill to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
(October 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2141 Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.
(October 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2137 Methamphetamine Kingpin Elimination Act of 2007
A bill to eliminate methamphetamine kingpins.
(October 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2135 Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2007
A bill to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other purposes.
(October 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.333 A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent ...
A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
(September 24, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2088 NSL Reform Act of 2007
A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes.
(September 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.218 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding United States ...
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding United States immigration and border security laws.
(September 22, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2084 Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007
An original bill to promote school safety, improved law enforcement, and for other purposes.
(September 19, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3578 Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act
To safeguard the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement, and for other purposes.
(September 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3547 Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act
To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.
(September 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3531 Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the interior enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
(September 12, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2035 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(September 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3494 Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2007
To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
(September 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3480 Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes.
(September 4, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3462 Prosecutorial Tools Improvement Act of 2007
To improve the tools available to prosecute certain violent crimes, and for other purposes.
(August 2, 2007) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007
To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
August 03, 2007: Signed by President.
(August 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3395 Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.
(August 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3436 To provide for greater judicial discretion in sentencing for certain ...
To provide for greater judicial discretion in sentencing for certain firearms offenses committed in exceptional circumstances.
(August 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3411 Juvenile Crime Reduction Act
To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other purposes.
(August 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3409 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization of 2008
To create the conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes.
(August 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1984 Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act
A bill to strengthen immigration enforcement and border security and for other purposes.
(July 31, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1907 Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.
(July 29, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3187 Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.
(July 24, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.572 Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender ...
Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender registries for background checks.
(July 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3156 Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007
To control violent crime.
(July 22, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1860 Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007
A bill to control violent crime.
(July 22, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3130 Enhanced Methamphetamine Treatment Grants Assistance Act of 2007
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to provide for enhanced comprehensive methamphetamine treatment services.
(July 21, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3093 Science Appropriations Act, 2008
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
(July 17, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3064 Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security ...
To suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary workload relief critical to the successful reorganization of the immigration and naturalization functions of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that the screening and monitoring of arriving immigrants and nonimmigrants, and the deterrence of entry and settlement by illegal or unauthorized aliens, is sufficient to maintain the integrity of the sovereign borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
(July 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2954 Stop the Misuse of ITINs Act of 2007
To strengthen enforcement of immigration laws, and gain operational control over the borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
(July 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1749 Crime Victims' Rights Rules Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide adequate protection to the rights of crime victims, and for other purposes.
(June 27, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1711 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
(June 25, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2857 GIVE Act
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
(June 24, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1685 Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007
A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factors relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender.
(June 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2804 To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries ...
To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court.
(June 19, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1642 Higher Education Amendments of 2007
A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
(June 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1626 Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007
A bill to amend title XIV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.
(June 12, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2710 To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review ...
To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants.
(June 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2647 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Services Improvement Act ...
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles.
(June 9, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2435 Equal Protection for All Workers Act
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.
(May 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1430 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act
A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.
(May 15, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2347 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007
A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, companies that sell arms to the Government of Iran, and financial institutions that extend $20,000,000 or more in credit to the Government of Iran for 45 days or more, and for other purposes.
(May 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2286 Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures.
(May 8, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2128 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007
To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
(May 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1267 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(April 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2102 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
(April 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1914 Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure the death penalty for terrorists, and for other purposes.
(April 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1767 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
(March 27, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.1012 Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
(March 26, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.973 Preservation of Assets for Restitution Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for other purposes.
(March 20, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1449 Peremptory Challenge Act of 2007
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for reassignment of certain Federal cases upon request of a party.
(March 7, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1415 Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007
To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights.
(March 6, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1148 Safe Food Act of 2007
To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1168 Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act of 2007
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1141 Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2007
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
(February 14, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.654 Safe Food Act of 2007
A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
(February 13, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.576 Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007
A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights.
(February 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.880 Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, and for other purposes.
(February 5, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.851 Death Penalty Reform Act of 2007
To modify the law with respect to the death penalty, and for other purposes.
(February 4, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.845 Criminal Restitution Improvement Act of 2007
To improve and consolidate the law relating to restitution in criminal cases.
(February 4, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
(January 28, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.256 Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007
To prevent children's access to firearms.
(January 3, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.110 Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2007
A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.
(January 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.149 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2007
A bill to address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(January 2, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6374 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006
To address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(December 3, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.4055 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006
A bill to address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.
(November 13, 2006) - Bill Signed by President: S.3930 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
October 17, 2006: Signed by President.
(October 15, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6166 Military Commissions Act of 2006
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 23, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3929 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes.
(September 20, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3901 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
An original bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 12, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6054 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
(September 10, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.3861 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill
A bill to facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes.
(September 4, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5681 Authorization bill FY2007, Coast Guard
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
(June 24, 2006) - Bill Introduced: H.Res.771 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that ...
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals who commit acts of sexual violence against minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
(April 4, 2006) - Bill Introduced: S.2012 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other purposes.
(November 13, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4272 Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States, and for other purposes.
(November 7, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3165 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for ...
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.
(June 28, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2620 No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards ...
To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, and for other purposes.
(May 23, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2621 Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2005
To clarify that bail bond sureties and bounty hunters are subject to both civil and criminal liability for violations of Federal rights under existing Federal civil rights law, and for other purposes.
(May 23, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.1086 Jacob Wetterling, Megan Nicole Kanka, and Pam Lychner Sex Offender ...
A bill to improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or sex offenses.
(May 17, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2515 To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health ...
To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2011.
(May 17, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2423 Jacob Wetterling, Megan Nicole Kanka, and Pam Lychner Sex Offender ...
To improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or sex offenses.
(May 16, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.2088 Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2005
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
(May 2, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.954 Firearms Fairness and Security Act
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court, and for other purposes.
(April 26, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1931 Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.
(April 25, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1651 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
(April 12, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1528 Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment ...
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking, and for other purposes.
(April 4, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.629 Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005
A bill to amend chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, relating to protecting against attacks on railroads and other mass transportation systems.
(March 13, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.289 A bill to authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental ...
A bill to authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2011.
(February 1, 2005) - Bill Introduced: S.88 Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2005
A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.
(January 22, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.246 Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2005
To prevent children's access to firearms.
(January 4, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.173 Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act of 2005
To prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports.
(January 2, 2005) - Bill Introduced: H.R.52 Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005
To amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect rail and mass transportation, and for other purposes.
(January 2, 2005)