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Subject: Recently introduced legislation...
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Legislation of Interest
Introduced During the Two Week Period of 7 - 18 May 2001
Bill Introduced Monday, 5/7/2001:
H.R. 1744 (Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J.)
Bill Purpose: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty.
(NOTE: S. 899 is the companion bill introduced by Sen. Biden on 5/16/2001.)
Bills Introduced Tuesday, 5/8/2001:
S. 840 (Sponsor: Sen Biden Jr., Joseph R.)
Short Title: Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws.
S. 842 (Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D.)
Short Title: Public Safety Act
Bill Purpose: To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments.
(NOTE: Also introduced 5/8/2001, the companion bill, H.R. 1764. Introduced by Rep. Strickland.)
S. 843 (Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara)
Short Title: Treatment on Demand Assistance Act
Bill Purpose: To provide assistance to States to expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse.
H.R. 1747 (Sponsor: Rep Kelly, Sue W.)
Bill Purpose: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest.
H.R. 1762 (Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron)
Short Title: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.
H.R. 1764 (Sponsor: Rep Strickland, Ted)
Short Title: Public Safety Act
Bill Purpose: To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments.
(NOTE: Also introduced 5/8/2001, the companion bill, S. 842. Introduced by Sen. Feingold.)
Bills Introduced Wednesday, 5/9/2001:
S. 848 (Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne)
Short Title: Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of social security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse.
S. 851 (Sponsor: Sen Thompson, Fred)
Short Title: Citizens' Privacy Commission Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To establish a commission to conduct a study of government privacy practices.
H.R. 1775 (Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton)
Short Title: Anti-Gang Violence Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense of solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity.
H.R. 1778 (Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila)
Short Title: Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
H.R. 1784 (Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A.)
Short Title: Women's Health Office Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To establish an Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Bills Introduced Thursday, 5/10/2001:
S. 862 (Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne)
Short Title: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
S. 864 (Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J.)
Short Title: Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who commit acts of torture, extrajudicial killings, or other specified atrocities abroad are inadmissible and removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having responsibilities under that Act with respect to all alien participants in war crimes, genocide, and the commission of acts of torture and extrajudicial killings abroad.
S. 866 (Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry M.)
Short Title: National Media Campaign to Prevent Underage Drinking Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking in the United States.
H.R. 1812 (Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert)
Short Title: School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act
Bill Purpose: To develop programs that enhance school safety for our children.
H.R. 1822 (Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark)
Short Title: YMCA Teen Action Agenda Enhancement Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To improve academic and social outcomes for teenage youth.
Bills Introduced Friday, 5/11/2001: None; the Senate and House did not meet.
Bills Introduced Monday, 5/14/2001: None of interest to OJP.
Bills Introduced Tuesday, 5/15/2001:
S. 881 (Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G.)
Short Title: Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to provide for consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty.
(NOTE: H.R. 1727, companion bill to S. 881, was passed by the House on 5/15/2001.)
S. 886 (Sponsor: Sen Wellstone, Paul D.)
Short Title: Katie's Law
Bill Purpose: To establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund.
S. 887 (Sponsor: Sen Wellstone, Paul D.)
Short Title: Torture Victims Relief Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture.
S. 890 (Sponsor: Sen McCain, John)
Short Title: Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at events that provide a venue for the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms, and to provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement.
H.R. 1841 (Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob)
Short Title: Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act
Bill Purpose: To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
H.R. 1847 (Sponsor: Rep Grucci, Felix J., Jr.)
Short Title: Hands Off Our Kids Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To require the Attorney General to identify organizations that recruit juveniles to participate in violent and illegal activities related to the environment or to animal rights; and to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide assistance to States to carry out activities to prevent the participation of juveniles in such activities.
Bills Introduced Wednesday, 5/16/2001:
S. 899 (Sponsor: Sen Biden Jr., Joseph R.)
Short Title: Frances Collender and Michael J. Dunman Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvement Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty.
(NOTE: H.R. 1744 is the companion bill introduced by Rep. Kennedy on 5/7/2001.)
H.R. 1869 (Sponsor: Rep Frost, Martin)
Short Title: Amy Robinson Memorial Act
Bill Purpose: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require an employer to notify the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of violence.
H.R. 1875 (Sponsor: Rep Hutchinson, Asa)
Bill Purpose: To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding the legal assistance for victims of violence grant program to include legal assistance for victims of dating violence.
H.R. 1877 (Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L.)
Short Title: Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications.
Bills Introduced Thursday, 5/17/2001:
S. 906 (Sponsor: Sen Enzi, Michael B.)
Short Title: Instant Check Gun Tax Repeal and Gun Owner Privacy Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To provide for protection of gun owner privacy and ownership rights.
S. 908 (Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam)
Short Title: Congressional Responsibility Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To require Congress and the President to fulfill their Constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws.
H.R. 1896 (Sponsor: Rep Dooley, Calvin M.)
Short Title: Treatment on Demand Assistance Act
Bill Purpose: To provide assistance to States to expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse.
H.R. 1900 (Sponsor: Rep Greenwood, James C.)
Short Title: Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide quality prevention programs and accountability programs relating to juvenile delinquency.
H.R. 1907 (Sponsor: Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes)
Short Title: Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways.
H.R. 1909 (Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B.)
Short Title: Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a grant program to promote joint activities among Federal, State, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies.
H.R. 1916 (Sponsor: Rep Wamp, Zach)
Short Title: 21st Century Media Responsibility Act of 2001
Bill Purpose: To provide for the establishment, use, and enforcement of a consistent and comprehensive system for labeling violent content in audio and visual media products.
Larry R. Meachum, Director
Corrections Program Office
Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
810 Seventh St. NW
Washington, DC 20531
(202) 307-3914
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