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| 101-s-3266 | 101 | s | 3266 | Crime Control Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-27 | 1990-11-29 | Became Public Law No: 101-647. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 1 | Crime Control Act of 1990 - Title I: International Money Laundering - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress periodically with respect to certain reporting requirements involving currency transactions, the manner in which U.S. agencies collect and use such reports to support investigations and prosecutions, and a summary of: (1) sanctions imposed for failure to comply with reporting requirements; (2) criminal indictments which resulted from investigations initiated by analysis of such reports; and (3) information regarding suspicious financial transactions provided voluntarily by financial institutions. Directs the Secretary to appoint an Electronic Scanning Task Force to: (1) study methods of printing on U.S. currency notes in denominations of $10 or more a serial number that may be read by electronic scanning; (2) make an assessment of the cost of implementing such scanning; and (3) make recommendations about the amount of time needed for implementation. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) authorize the Attorney General or the Secretary to transfer forfeited personal property (or the proceeds of the sale) to any foreign country which participated in the seizure or forfeiture of the property, if certain conditions are met; (2) include within the definition of "specified unlawful activity" with respect to money laundering, offenses under provisions relating to false statements by an employee of a financial institution and false statements in connection with loan and credit applications and to exclude offenses relating to bank fraud; and (3) modify the knowledge requirement with respect to international money laundering. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to allow Government investigators access to financial institution records without customer notification in connection with a criminal money laundering investigation. Revises the Federal money laundering statu… | 2022-12-13T13:56:36Z | |
| 101-hr-5928 | 101 | hr | 5928 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized sale, and the unauthorized manufacture or possession with entent to sell, of any identification document which, if completed with information concerning an individual, would describe the individual as legally authorized to deal in firearms. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-25 | 1990-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the unauthorized sale, and the unauthorized manufacture or possession with intent to sell, of any document which would identify such individual as legally authorized to deal in firearms. Sets forth penalties for violation of this Act. | 2021-07-01T14:58:31Z | |
| 101-hr-5862 | 101 | hr | 5862 | DNA Proficiency Testing Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-18 | 1990-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | H000797 | 1 | DNA Proficiency Testing Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants for acquiring equipment for a forensic laboratory if each State or unit of local government that acquires such equipment with grant funds certifies to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance that: (1) such equipment will be used to improve the quality of DNA analyses performed by such State or unit of local government; (2) DNA analyses performed at such laboratory will satisfy or exceed specified published guidelines; and (3) DNA analyses performed at such laboratory will undergo, at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days, proficiency testing in accordance with an approved DNA proficiency testing program and the results of such testing will be made available to the public without charge. Increases authorized appropriations. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the Director) to publish in the Federal Register advisory standards for testing the proficiency of forensic laboratories in conducting DNA analyses. Specifies that such standards shall: (1) state criteria to be applied to each procedure used by forensic laboratories to conduct DNA analyses; and (2) be revised periodically by the Director. Authorizes the Director to approve a DNA proficiency testing program offered by a private nonprofit organization if: (1) such program satisfies the then current published standards; and (2) such organization agrees to issue to each forensic laboratory that participates in such program a document certifying that such laboratory participated in such program and specifying the period during which such organization tested the proficiency of such laboratory to conduct DNA analyses. Requires the Director to withdraw approval of a DNA proficiency testing program if such program or organization ceases to satisfy the requirements specified in this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:28:44Z | |
| 101-hconres-384 | 101 | hconres | 384 | DNA Proficiency Testing Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-16 | 1990-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | H000797 | 0 | DNA Proficiency Testing Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants for acquiring equipment for a forensic laboratory if each State or unit of local government that acquires such equipment with grant funds certifies to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance that: (1) such equipment will be used to improve the quality of DNA analyses performed by such State or unit of local government; (2) DNA analyses performed at such laboratory will satisfy or exceed specified published guidelines; and (3) DNA analyses performed at such laboratory will undergo, at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days, proficiency testing in accordance with an approved DNA proficiency testing program and the results of such testing will be made available to the public without charge. Increases authorized appropriations. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the Director) to publish in the Federal Register advisory standards for testing the proficiency of forensic laboratories in conducting DNA analyses. Specifies that such standards shall: (1) state criteria to be applied to each procedure used by forensic laboratories to conduct DNA analyses; and (2) be revised periodically by the Director. Authorizes the Director to approve a DNA proficiency testing program offered by a private nonprofit organization if: (1) such program satisfies the then current published standards; and (2) such organization agrees to issue to each forensic laboratory that participates in such program a document certifying that such laboratory participated in such program and specifying the period during which such organization tested the proficiency of such laboratory to conduct analyses. Requires the Director to withdraw approval of a DNA proficiency testing program if such program or organization ceases to satisfy the requirements specified in this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:28:05Z | |
| 101-s-3197 | 101 | s | 3197 | A bill to amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum of jobs for Federal inmates. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-12 | 1990-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to require Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to enter an industry only if private firms in such industry have at the four-digit standard Industrial Classification Code level: (1) at least 15 production workers per million dollars of value added; (2) at least ten production workers per million dollars of shipments value; and (3) no more than $18,000 in production wages per production worker, as measured in 1987 dollars. Directs FPI, when considering alternative labor-intensive industries suitable for market entry or expansion, to first enter or expand market share in the industry in which capital investment will create the largest number of jobs for Federal prisoners. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-3177 | 101 | s | 3177 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to common carriers being operated by individuals under the influence of alcohol or drugs. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-10 | 1990-10-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to include among those subject to penalties of up to 15 years' imprisonment, fines, or both, for operation of a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs, individuals who operate or direct the operation of such carriers while having in their system: (1) a blood alcohol content of .02 percent or more; and (2) a quantity of alcohol or a controlled substance sufficient to impair the perception, mental processes, or motor functions of the average individual. Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to violations occurring before enactment of this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-3180 | 101 | s | 3180 | A bill to amend provisions of title 18, United States Code, relating to terms of imprisonment and supervised release following revocation of a term of supervised release. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-10 | 1990-10-27 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 2 | Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Authorizes the court to resentence a defendant who violates a condition of probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the term of probation. Directs the court to revoke supervised release and require the defendant to serve a term of imprisonment up to the maximum authorized if the defendant is found by the court to be in unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Authorizes the court to include a requirement that the defendant be placed on supervised release after imprisonment when a term of supervised release is revoked and the defendant is required to serve a term of imprisonment less than the maximum authorized. Specifies that the length of such a term of supervised release shall not exceed that authorized by statute for the offense of which the defendant was convicted, minus any term of imprisonment that was imposed upon revocation of supervised release. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5765 | 101 | hr | 5765 | Steven McDonald Public Safety Officers' Compensation Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-10-01 | 1990-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | M000117 | 0 | Steven McDonald Public Safety Officers' Compensation Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay a lump sum benefit of $100,000 to any public safety officer who has become permanently and totally disabled as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. Limits the aggregate amount of such benefits paid in any fiscal year to $5,000,000. Specifies that if the aggregate amount payable in a fiscal year would exceed such amount, the individual benefits paid in such fiscal year shall equal the result obtained by dividing $5,000,000 by the number of public safety officers to whom such a benefit is paid. Bars the payment of benefits under such Act with respect to: (1) the death of a public safety officer if a benefit is paid with respect to the disability of such officer; (2) the disability of such officer if a benefit is paid with respect to the death of such officer; and (3) personal injuries under other specified situations, such as where such officer was voluntarily intoxicated or was grossly negligent at the time of injury. Deletes from the definition of "firefighter" for purposes of benefit provisions the requirement that a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be "responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency." | 2025-08-26T17:28:19Z | |
| 101-hr-5752 | 101 | hr | 5752 | Steven McDonald Public Safety Officers' Compensation Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-28 | 1990-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | M000117 | 0 | Steven McDonald Public Safety Officers' Compensation Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay a lump sum benefit of $100,000 to any public safety officer who has become permanently and totally disabled as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. Bars the payment of benefits under such Act with respect to: (1) the death of a public safety officer if a benefit is paid with respect to the disability of such officer; (2) the disability of such officer if a benefit is paid with respect to the death of such officer; and (3) personal injuries under other specified situations, such as where such officer was voluntarily intoxicated or was grossly negligent at the time of injury. Deletes from the definition of "firefighter" for purposes of benefit provisions the requirement that a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be "responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency." | 2025-08-26T17:28:56Z | |
| 101-hr-5718 | 101 | hr | 5718 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt law enforcement programs from reduction under sequestration orders issued under that Act. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-26 | 1990-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 0 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the following law enforcement programs and agencies from sequestration orders: (1) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (2) Customs Service; (3) Drug Enforcement Administration; (4) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (5) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement; (6) Secret Service; (7) U.S. Attorneys; and (8) U.S. Marshals. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 101-hr-5670 | 101 | hr | 5670 | Antiterrorism Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-19 | 1990-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | F000059 | 18 | Antiterrorism Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a Federal cause of action for international terrorism that provides extraterritorial jurisdiction over terrorist acts abroad committed against U.S. nationals. Defines "international terrorism" to include activities that: (1) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are (or, if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any State, would be) a violation of Federal or State law; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence government policy by intimidation or coercion, or affect government conduct by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States or transcend national boundaries. Provides for recovery of threefold damages, plus the cost of the suit, including attorney's fees. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations. Provides that actions shall not be maintained under this Act: (1) against the United States, foreign States, and officers and employees thereof acting under color of legal authority; or (2) for injury or loss by reason of an act of war. | 2025-08-26T17:27:07Z | |
| 101-hr-5635 | 101 | hr | 5635 | To provide a penalty for increasing oil prices within 30 days after a declaration of war, the onset of military police action, or a major oil spill. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-17 | 1990-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | H000547 | 2 | Establishes penalties for increasing the price charged for crude oil or a refined petroleum product within 30 days after a declaration of war, the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities (or into situations where involvement in hostilities appears imminent), or receipt of a notification of an oil spill by a Federal agency under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, unless the price increase is justified by the actual cost of such crude oil or product to the person who increased the price. Requires a notification of a declaration of war, the introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities, or the receipt of notification of an oil spill to be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible after the occurrence of such event. | 2021-07-01T14:55:38Z | |
| 101-hr-5636 | 101 | hr | 5636 | To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of receiving formula grants that States have in effect a law requiring certain sex offenders to be tested, at the request and for the benefit of the victim, for the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-17 | 1990-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M000195 | 0 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to penalize a State ten percent of the amounts of its Justice System Improvement formula grants if it does not have in effect a law requiring sex offenders to be tested, at the request of the victim, for the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and requiring disclosure of the test results to the defendant and the victim of the sexual act. | 2021-07-01T14:55:38Z | |
| 101-hr-5618 | 101 | hr | 5618 | To amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum number of jobs for Federal inmates. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-13 | 1990-09-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | N000015 | 4 | Amends the Federal criminal code to require Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to enter an industry only if private firms in such industry have at the four-digit standard Industrial Classification Code level: (1) at least 15 production workers per million dollars of value added; (2) at least ten production workers per million dollars of shipments value; and (3) no more than $18,000 in production wages per production worker, as measured in 1987 dollars. Directs FPI, when considering alternative labor-intensive industries suitable for market entry or expansion, to first enter or expand market share in the industry in which capital investment will create the largest number of jobs for Federal prisoners. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 101-sjres-363 | 101 | sjres | 363 | A joint resolution to designate the week of October 22 through October 28, 1990, as the "International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-09-13 | 1990-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 13 | Designates October 22 through 28, 1990, as International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5468 | 101 | hr | 5468 | Violence Against Women Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-08-03 | 1990-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] | CA | D | B000711 | 68 | Violence Against Women Act of 1990 - Title I: Safe Streets for Women - Safe Streets for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes - Amends Federal law to require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to create or amend guidelines to provide for: (1) up to twice the term of imprisonment or fine for violation, after the first conviction, of Federal laws relating to sexual abuse or similar laws of any State or foreign country; and (2) specified minimum terms of imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and abusive sexual contact. Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the penalties for sexual abuse of a minor or ward and for abusive sexual contact. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines or amend existing guidelines to incorporate the increase in maximum penalties for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, and sexual abuse of a minor or award. Requires that a court order restitution for violations of such Federal sexual abuse laws. Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crime Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to areas of high intensity crime against women. Requires that the grants be used for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for the more widespread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by States and their subdivisions, for purposes outlined in this Act and to reduce the rate of violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director, in addition to the grants under this subtitle, to direct any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement, to use its authorities and resources in support of State and local assistance efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Safety for Women in Public Transit and Public Parks -… | 2025-08-26T17:25:57Z | |
| 101-hr-5525 | 101 | hr | 5525 | To amend the Controlled Substance Act to limit the retention of seized assets by the Attorney General for adminstrative expenses. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-08-03 | 1990-08-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-30] | NY | D | S000480 | 0 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Attorney General, in determining the equitable share of proceeds for a State or local law enforcement agency from a drug-related asset seizure, from retaining more than ten percent of the total proceeds to cover administrative expenses. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 101-s-2985 | 101 | s | 2985 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to limit the retention of seized assets by the Attorney General for administrative expenses. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-08-03 | 1990-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 2 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Attorney General, in determining the equitable share of proceeds for a State or local law enforcement agency from a drug-related asset seizure, from retaining more than ten percent of the total proceeds to cover administrative expenses. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5378 | 101 | hr | 5378 | To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase for fiscal year 1991 the share of Federal funds provided under subpart 1 of part E of such title. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-26 | 1990-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] | LA | R | B000072 | 6 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the share of Federal funds for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program for FY 1991. | 2021-07-01T14:53:42Z | |
| 101-hr-5368 | 101 | hr | 5368 | Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-25 | 1990-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] | OH | R | O000163 | 16 | Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 - Requires all Federal law enforcement agency officers and employees to make their best efforts to accord victims of crime with the right to: (1) be treated with fairness and respect for the victim's dignity and privacy; (2) be protected from their accused offenders; (3) notification of court proceedings; (4) attend public court proceedings related to the offense under certain conditions; (5) confer with the Government attorney assigned to the case; (6) restitution; and (7) information about the conviction, sentencing, imprisonment, and release of the offender. Directs Federal law enforcement agency heads to designate the persons responsible for identifying the victims of a crime and providing certain services to such victims such as: (1) informing them where to receive medical care and counseling; (2) arranging protection from an offender; and (3) keeping the victim informed of developments during the investigation and prosecution of the crime and after the trial such as the arrest of a suspected offender or an escape of a convicted offender. Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding orders of restitution. Requires Federal courts to order convicted criminals to pay restitution to cover the full amount of the victim's losses without consideration of the economic circumstances of the offender or the fact that a victim has received or is entitled to receive compensation with respect to a loss from other sources. (Currently orders of restitution are discretionary.) Authorizes Federal courts to order restitution for any person who, as shown by a preponderance of the evidence, was harmed physically, emotionally, or pecuniarily by the unlawful conduct of the defendant during the crime. Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to prevent orders of restitution from being discharged as a result of bankruptcy. | 2025-08-26T17:29:00Z | |
| 101-hr-5371 | 101 | hr | 5371 | Independent Counsel Sunset Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-25 | 1990-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-18] | MI | R | B000890 | 19 | Independent Counsel Sunset Act of 1990 - Provides for the automatic termination of an office of independent counsel two years after appointment. Provides for extensions of such appointments for periods of up to one year. | 2025-08-26T17:26:38Z | |
| 101-hr-5330 | 101 | hr | 5330 | Equity for Victims Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-20 | 1990-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 3 | Equity for Victims Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize courts to: (1) order restitution in any criminal case, to the extent agreed to by the parties in a plea agreement under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; and (2) refer any issue arising in connection with a proposed order of restitution to a magistrate or special master for proposed findings of fact and recommendations as to disposition, subject to a de novo determination of the issue by the court. Specifies that the victim of a criminal offense, for purposes of restitution, includes any person harmed by the defendant's criminal conduct. | 2025-08-26T17:29:15Z | |
| 101-hjres-627 | 101 | hjres | 627 | Designating Labor Day weekend, September 1 through September 3, 1990, as "National Drive for Life Weekend". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-19 | 1990-08-15 | Became Public Law No: 101-373. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 215 | Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 1, 1990, as National Drive for Life Weekend. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-sres-310 | 101 | sres | 310 | A resolution stating that the Senate urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of Government officials in the savings and loan scandal. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-19 | 1990-07-19 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of Government officials in the savings and loan scandal. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5298 | 101 | hr | 5298 | Housing Fraud Prosecution Encouragement Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-18 | 1990-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-12] | CA | R | C000100 | 0 | Housing Fraud Prosecution Encouragement Act of 1990 - Extends by ten years the statute of limitations applicable to any criminal offense: (1) which was committed by an officer or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) between 1981 and 1988; (2) which was related to HUD activities; and (3) for which such limitations have not expired on the date of the enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:24:19Z | |
| 101-hr-5299 | 101 | hr | 5299 | To establish the Drug Paraphernalia Law Enforcement Fund for education and training of State and local prosecutors and law enforcement personnel to enhance enforcement of criminal laws relating to drug paraphernalia. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-18 | 1990-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-21] | CA | R | G000021 | 11 | Establishes the Drug Paraphernalia Law Enforcement Fund within the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants from the Fund to State agencies for education and training of State and local prosecutors and law enforcement personnel with respect to analysis, planning, policy development, and program development to enhance enforcement of criminal laws relating to drug paraphernalia; and (2) prescribe regulations for allocating total grant amounts among applicants, for determining the program requirements for such grants, and requiring grant recipients to report to the Attorney General on the grant activities. | 2021-07-01T14:52:29Z | |
| 101-hr-5301 | 101 | hr | 5301 | Airborne Drug Trafficking Deterrence Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-18 | 1990-10-02 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Coughlin, Lawrence [R-PA-13] | PA | R | C000807 | 15 | Airborne Drug Trafficking Deterrence Act - Sets forth the interdiction procedures to be followed by the commander of a drug interdiction aircraft when he or she reasonably believes that an aircraft is transporting illegal drugs into the United States. Requires such commander to notify higher authorities in the Coast Guard and then use all available means of communication to order the aircraft to land. Authorizes the firing of a warning signal across the nose of the intercepted aircraft after: (1) such aircraft has been observed dropping cargo which has been recovered, if it is feasible to do so, and found to contain a controlled substance; (2) such aircraft changes its course away from the continental United States and remains under constant surveillance; (3) continuing efforts to communicate with the aircraft prove futile and the commander reasonably believes that the aircraft recognizes the drug interdiction aircraft's identity, presence, and intent; and (4) use of the warning signal is approved in advance by higher authority. Authorizes the commander to shoot the aircraft down as a national security threat if: (1) at least two warning signals have been fired and it is reasonable to believe that they have been recognized and understood by the occupants of the intercepted aircraft; (2) the cargo has been recovered and identified as a controlled substance; (3) such aircraft fails to obey further communications; and (4) a higher authority has approved the use of force in advance. Directs the Coast Guard to coordinate such interdiction efforts with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Prohibits the use of warning signals or force: (1) over or within 12 miles of U.S. land area or in the airspace of a foreign country unless the foreign government authorizes the United States to use force; (2) if the commander reasonably believes that such signal or force would harm an innocent person; or (3) the intercepted aircraft is flying towards the United States. Requires that drug interdiction aircraft be equipped with a… | 2025-08-26T17:25:12Z | |
| 101-hr-5302 | 101 | hr | 5302 | To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require for each fiscal year that States notify local units of government of the availability of nondiscretionary funds under such title and allow local units of government to apply for such funds during a period of not less than 60 days. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-18 | 1990-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] | OK | R | E000077 | 9 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require, for each fiscal year, that States notify local units of government that they may apply to the State for part of nondiscretionary funds provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice. Allows local units to apply for such funds during a period of not less than 60 days. | 2021-07-01T14:52:30Z | |
| 101-s-2872 | 101 | s | 2872 | National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-18 | 1990-07-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 5 | National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes the National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. | 2025-08-26T17:26:28Z | |
| 101-hr-5288 | 101 | hr | 5288 | National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-17 | 1990-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-30] | NY | D | S000480 | 26 | National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes the National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. | 2025-08-26T17:24:25Z | |
| 101-hr-5293 | 101 | hr | 5293 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-17 | 1990-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 0 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1990 - Title I: International Efforts to Reduce Illegal Drug Production and Drug Trafficking - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Governments of Canada and Mexico for the establishment of a North American Narcotics Council which would explore ways and means of facilitating the exchange of information (both in antinarcotics efforts and in substance abuse reduction and education programs), increasing cooperation in antinarcotics efforts, and improving efforts to supply assistance to source and trafficking countries, and reducing through other areas and programs the demand and supply of illicit narcotics and psychotropic substances. Requires the President to submit to the Congress, for each fiscal year in which the United States participates in the Council, a budget request to cover the expenses of such participation. Sets forth provisions for the appointment of a permanent U.S. representative and congressional advisors to the Council, provisions for termination of such Council, and reporting requirements. Requires the President, with respect to each year after 1989, to determine whether: (1) there was a reduction in the quantity of illicit coca produced or in illicit coca activities in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru; and (2) any reduction is attributable to the implementation of social or economic alternatives in such countries. Authorizes the President, if an affirmative determination with respect to such a country is made and the Congress enacts a law approving it, to apply special trade treatment to articles that: (1) are products of such country; and (2) are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption in U.S. customs territory in the year following the year such determination was made. Specifies that if the granting of such special trade treatment would violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, provisions of this Act shall be inapplicable until the President obtains a waiver of the provisi… | 2025-08-26T17:25:36Z | |
| 101-hr-5269 | 101 | hr | 5269 | Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-13 | 1990-10-25 | By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 5 | Title I: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires the Government, for any offense punishable by death, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea, of its intention to seek the death penalty and of the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits information to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury. Specifies mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the information and aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Includes as threshold aggravating factors for homicide that the defendant: (1) intentionally killed the victim; (2) intentionally inflicted serious bodily injury which resulted in the death of the victim; (3) intentionally participated in an act, contemplating that the life of a person would be taken, and the victim died as a direct result of the act; (4) attempted to kill the President of the United States; or (5) intentionally engaged in an act constituting reckless disregard for human life, knowing that the act created a grave risk of death to someone other than the participants, and the victim died as a direct result of the act. Sets forth special aggravating factors with respect to the crimes of treason, espionage, homicide, and attempted murder of the President. States that no person who was less than 17 years of age at the time of the offense may be sentenced to death. Prohibits the execution of mentally retarded perso… | 2025-08-26T17:25:53Z | |
| 101-hjres-619 | 101 | hjres | 619 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the death penalty. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-11 | 1990-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the imposition of the death penalty. | 2021-07-01T13:20:50Z | |
| 101-hr-5244 | 101 | hr | 5244 | Rural Law Enforcement Drug Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-07-11 | 1990-07-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] | MD | D | D000593 | 29 | Rural Law Enforcement Drug Act of 1990 - Makes funds available from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to the Attorney General for the Rural Law Enforcement Drug Grant Program. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants of up to $50,000 each to rural law enforcement agencies in rural counties where the population does not exceed 25,000 for: (1) conduct of training programs for law enforcement officers; (2) acquisition of vehicles and communications and other equipment; (3) special prevention and education programs for children; and (4) other programs that will reduce drug use in the county. Requires the Attorney General to prescribe criteria for the allocation of grant amounts among applicants and to prescribe program requirements for such grants. Requires reports to the Attorney General describing grant activities. | 2025-08-26T17:24:41Z | |
| 101-hr-5222 | 101 | hr | 5222 | Restitution Enhancement and Personal Accountability Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-28 | 1990-07-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 6 | Restitution Enhancement and Personal Accountability Act of 1990 - Title I: Expansion and Improvement in Administration of Restitution Orders - Amends the Federal criminal code to order criminal defendants to pay, as part of appropriate restitution expenses, prosecution and incarceration expenses as well as the cost of services provided to defendants as part of a drug or alcohol rehabilitation or job training or life skills program. Gives the sentencing court discretion to consider the financial needs of the defendant's dependents in the issuance of an order of restitution. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate rules and regulations for procedures to ensure that crime victims: (1) receive maximum appropriate restitution for injury or loss sustained as the result of a criminal act; and (2) receive proper and full notice as to the filing of charges against a suspected offender and the right to be heard by the sentencing court before the acceptance of a plea agreement disposing of the case. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and such other departments and agencies as designated by the Attorney General to incorporate into training programs for officers and employees assistance in the performance of their duties in connection with restitution. Requires the heads of such agencies to report to the Director of the Office of Victims Assistance of DOJ on agency success in identifying and notifying crime victims, including any officer and employee training and incentives program. Title II: Incentive Grants for Establishment of Restitution Centers - Requires DOJ to make grants to States for the establishment of programs for the placement of nonviolent offenders in restitution centers, which would: (1) provide such offenders the opportunity to earn adequate resources to compensate their crime victims; and (2) place such offenders in an environment conducive to their rehabilitation. Authorizes a State correctional agency or department to appl… | 2025-08-26T17:26:40Z | |
| 101-s-2823 | 101 | s | 2823 | Financial Institutions' Crimes Asset Recovery Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-28 | 1990-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Financial Institutions' Crimes Asset Recovery Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe procedures for the commencement of a civil action for specified fraud and other violations affecting insured depository institutions. Sets forth the rights to the parties to qui tam actions. Declares that no court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under certain circumstances by a private person against: (1) a Member of Congress; (2) a member of the judiciary; or (3) a senior executive branch official. Sets forth employee protection provisions for discrimination related to employee participation in a civil action under this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General or a Federal banking regulatory agency to retain private counsel in an action brought under this Act. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to provide that the remedy granted an employee of a federally insured depository institution or credit union may include twice the amount of back pay plus interest and compensation for special damages sustained as a result of discrimination in retaliation for such employee's reporting of banking law violations. | 2025-08-26T17:27:04Z | |
| 101-s-2785 | 101 | s | 2785 | A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide a lump sum payment to public safety officers who become totally and permanently disabled as a result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-26 | 1990-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 3 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide a lump sum payment of $100,000 (adjusted to reflect the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index) to public safety officers (law enforcement officers and fire fighters) who become permanently and totally disabled as a result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty. Prohibits the payment of both a lump sum disability payment and a lump sum death benefit. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2786 | 101 | s | 2786 | Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-26 | 1990-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 24 | Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 - Title I: Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum imprisonment penalty for specified bank fraud and embezzlement crimes from 20 to 30 years. Prescribes monetary penalties and up to life imprisonment for engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise. Deems a person to be engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise if such person: (1) violates specified criminal code provisions; (2) violates laws in concert with at least three persons with respect to whom such person occupies a supervisory position; and (3) receives at least $5,000,000 in gross receipts during a 24-month period. Includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicate offenses relating to: (1) the receipt of gifts or commissions for procuring loans; (2) financial institution embezzlement; and (3) fraud and false statements. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide that in major bank crime cases where the offender derives more than $1,000,000 from the offense, such offender shall be assigned an offense level that is: (1) four times greater than the level that would have been assigned if the offense had not been committed under such circumstances; and (2) at least 24. Title II: Broadening Investigative Authority in Bank Crime Cases - Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the production of documents relevant to specified bank crimes. Permits the Secret Service to arrest persons violating specified provisions with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Requires the Secret Service to exercise such jurisdiction through the Financial Institutions Crime Strike Forces. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in connection with specified bank fraud and bribery offenses. Removes from the list of offenses for which suc… | 2025-08-26T17:24:54Z | |
| 101-sjres-337 | 101 | sjres | 337 | A joint resolution designating Labor Day weekend, September 1 through 3, 1990, as "National Drive for Life Weekend". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-21 | 1990-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 18 | Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 1, 1990, as National Drive for Life Weekend. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5098 | 101 | hr | 5098 | Savings and Loan Accountability and Management Reform Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-20 | 1990-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | E000031 | 45 | Savings and Loan Accountability and Management Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Secret Service, concurrent with any other Federal law enforcement agency, to investigate financial institutions, bank and loan officers, loan transactions, and related employees and activities in connection with financial institution crimes. | 2025-08-26T17:29:27Z | |
| 101-hr-5101 | 101 | hr | 5101 | To establish a Financial Services Crime Division in the Department of Justice. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-20 | 1990-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 32 | Establishes the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (AAG). Requires the AAG to be responsible for ensuring that all investigations and prosecutions are coordinated within DOJ to: (1) provide the greatest use of civil proceedings and forfeitures to attack the financial resources of those who have committed fraud or engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry; and (2) ensure that adequate resources are made available in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud and other criminal activity in the industry. Establishes the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Division. Designates all field offices established by the Attorney General for purposes of this Act as the Financial Services Crime Division Strike Forces. Requires the Division to coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crime in the financial services industry. Requires semiannual Division reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2021-07-01T14:44:47Z | |
| 101-s-2763 | 101 | s | 2763 | Savings and Loan Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-20 | 1990-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Savings and Loan Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to empower the Attorney General to seize the assets of defendants involved in financial institution fraud cases until their outcome has been decided. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to provide that, in any action brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, or the National Credit Union Administration involving a scheme to defraud affecting a financial institution, injunctive relief may be granted in conformity with the principles that govern the granting of such relief from threatened loss or damage in other cases. Authorizes the granting of a preliminary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in cases in which an immediate danger of significant loss or damage is shown before a final determination. Authorizes private persons to bring a civil action for relief against those alleged to have defrauded a financial institution, except in limited circumstances. | 2025-08-26T17:26:31Z | |
| 101-s-2754 | 101 | s | 2754 | Violence Against Women Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-19 | 1990-10-19 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1007. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 27 | Violence Against Women Act of 1990 - Title I: Safe Streets for Women - Safe States for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes - Amends Federal law to require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to create or amend guidelines to provide for: (1) up to twice the term of imprisonment or fine for violation, after the first conviction, of Federal laws relating to sexual abuse or similar laws of any State or foreign country; and (2) specified minimum or increased maximum terms of imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor or ward, and abusive sexual contact. Increases the maximum terms for sexual abuse of a minor or ward and for abusive sexual contact. Requires that a court order restitution for violations of such Federal sexual abuse laws. Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crime Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to areas of high intensity crime against women. Requires that the grants be used for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for the more widespread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by States and their subdivisions, to be used for the same purposes as the high intensity area grants and to reduce the the rate of violent crimes against women. Prohibits any State or other grantee from being entitled to funds under this title unless the State incurs the full cost of forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault. Sets forth requirements regarding testing, at the request of the victim of a sexual act, of the convicted defendant for infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Authorizes the Director, in addition to the grants under this subtitle, to direct any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement,… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2756 | 101 | s | 2756 | National Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-19 | 1990-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 1 | National Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to implement the NCIC 2000 project, a project developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at upgrading the technological capabilities of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in order to meet the needs of U.S. law enforcement agencies into the next century. Requires a congressional report by the Director of the FBI concerning project implementation and fund uses. | 2025-08-26T17:27:08Z | |
| 101-s-2748 | 101 | s | 2748 | Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-18 | 1990-07-17 | Committee on Banking. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 3037 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) specifically include electronic means for the acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligations or other securities of the United States within proscriptions against counterfeiting and forgery; and (2) set penalties for the unauthorized possession of distinctive paper (defined to include any distinctive medium of which currency is made) or distinctive counterfeit deterrent (including any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, or other feature or device which the Secretary of the Treasury designates as being of value in preventing the counterfeiting of U.S. obligations or other securities). States that provisions permitting the reproduction of illustrations of obligations or other securities do not permit such reproduction by or through electronic means. | 2025-08-26T17:24:13Z | |
| 101-hr-5044 | 101 | hr | 5044 | To establish a Financial Services Crime Division in the Department of Justice. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-14 | 1990-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [D-CO-3] | CO | D | C000077 | 13 | Establishes the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (AAG). Requires the AAG to be responsible for ensuring that all investigations and prosecutions are coordinated within DOJ to: (1) provide the greatest use of civil proceedings and forfeitures to attack the financial resources of those who have committed fraud or engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry; and (2) ensure that adequate resources are made available in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud and other criminal activity in the industry. Establishes the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Division. Designates all field offices established by the Attorney General for purposes of this Act as the Financial Services Crime Division Strike Forces. Requires the Division to coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crime in the financial services industry. Requires semiannual Division reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2021-07-01T14:44:28Z | |
| 101-s-2746 | 101 | s | 2746 | Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-14 | 1990-06-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] | NC | D | S000055 | 0 | Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take action to increase the investigation and prosecution of savings association criminal misconduct; (2) take increased action to recover or obtain restitution for losses incurred as a result of savings association fraud or embezzlement; and (3) make quarterly reports to certain congressional committees on the status of savings association criminal investigations and prosecutions and the progress in recovering amounts lost to fraud and embezzlement. | 2025-08-26T17:26:45Z | |
| 101-hr-5024 | 101 | hr | 5024 | Miscellaneous Firearms Reforms Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-13 | 1990-06-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Coughlin, Lawrence [R-PA-13] | PA | R | C000807 | 0 | Miscellaneous Firearms Reforms Act of 1990 - Title I: Domestic Assembly of Nonimportable Firearms - Amends the Federal criminal code to define "semiautomatic rifle" as any repeating rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge. Prohibits the assembly of any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun identical to one prohibited from importation as not readily adaptable to sporting purposes, except for: (1) assembly for sale or distribution by a licensed manufacturer to any Federal, State, or local government entity; (2) assembly operations by a licensed manufacturer that were taking place in the United States before May 15, 1989; (3) assembly for export; and (4) assembly for testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Title II: Prohibited Gun Clips and Magazines - Defines "an ammunition feeding device (AFD)" as a detachable magazine, feed strip, or similar device which has a capacity of, or can be readily converted to accept, more than 15 rounds of ammunition, with an exception. Prohibits the importation, manufacture, transfer, or possession of an AFD except: (1) for sale or distribution to a Federal, State, or local government entity; (2) with respect to a device lawfully possessed before enactment of this Act; or (3) any manufacture for exportation. Provides for fines and up to ten years imprisonment, or both, for violations. Requires the Secretary to maintain a central registry of all AFDs transferred after the effective date of this Act (known as the National Ammunition Feeding Device Registry) which, after such transfer, are not in the possession or under the control of the United States. Requires such registry to include: (1) identification of the device; (2) date of registration; (3) identification and address of the person entitled to possess the device; and (4) such other information as required by the Secretary. Sets forth requ… | 2025-08-26T17:24:29Z | |
| 101-s-2730 | 101 | s | 2730 | A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a 5 percent reduction in certain assistance under that Act to a law enforcement agency unless such agency has in effect a binding enforcement officers bill of rights. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-13 | 1990-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a five percent reduction in certain assistance under such Act for any law enforcement agency which fails to have in effect a law enforcement officer's bill of rights providing for: (1) investigations for alleged malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of official duty; (2) the representation of law enforcement officers on police complaint review boards; (3) opportunities for a hearing; (4) summary punishment and emergency suspension; (5) the recovery of damages for civil suits brought for violations of these rights; (6) notice of disciplinary actions to be taken against such officers; and (7) a prohibition against retaliation for exercising rights. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2721 | 101 | s | 2721 | A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to give the Secret Service jurisdiction to assist in investigating certain financial crimes arising from the savings and loan crisis. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-08 | 1990-06-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 1 | Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Secret Service, concurrent with any other Federal law enforcement agency, to investigate financial institutions, bank and loan officers, loan transactions, and related employees and activities in connection with financial institution crimes. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 101-hr-4990 | 101 | hr | 4990 | Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-07 | 1990-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 108 | Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take action to increase the investigation and prosecution of savings association criminal misconduct; (2) take increased action to recover or obtain restitution for losses incurred as a result of savings association fraud or embezzlement; and (3) make quarterly reports to certain congressional committees on the status of savings association criminal investigations and prosecutions and the progress in recovering amounts lost to fraud and embezzlement. | 2025-08-26T17:28:42Z | |
| 101-s-2712 | 101 | s | 2712 | A bill to establish a Financial Services Crime Division in the Department of Justice. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-07 | 1990-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 27 | Establishes the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (AAG). Requires the AAG to be responsible for ensuring that all investigations and prosecutions are coordinated within DOJ to: (1) provide the greatest use of civil proceedings and forfeitures to attack the financial resources of those who have committed fraud or engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry; and (2) ensure that adequate resources are made available in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud and other criminal activity in the industry. Establishes the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Division. Designates all field offices established by the Attorney General for purposes of this Act as the Financial Services Crime Division Strike Forces. Requires the Division to coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crime in the financial services industry. Requires semiannual Division reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hres-407 | 101 | hres | 407 | That the House of Representatives urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of government officials in the Savings and Loan scandal. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-06-06 | 1990-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Smith, Peter [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | S000601 | 227 | Urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of Government officials in the savings and loan scandal. | 2021-07-01T13:16:43Z | |
| 101-s-2695 | 101 | s | 2695 | Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-24 | 1990-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1990 - Title I: International Efforts to Reduce Illegal Drug Production and Drug Trafficking - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Governments of Canada and Mexico for the establishment of a North American Narcotics Council to explore ways and means of facilitating the exchange of information in anti-narcotics efforts and in substance abuse reduction and education programs, increasing cooperation in anti-narcotics efforts, and improving efforts to supply assistance to source and trafficking countries and to explore other areas and programs necessary to reduce the demand and supply of illicit narcotics and psychotropic substances; and (2) submit to the Congress, for each fiscal year in which the United States participates in the Council, a budget request to cover the expenses of such participation. Sets forth provisions for the appointment of a permanent U.S. representative to the Council, congressional advisors provisions for termination of such Council, and reporting requirements. Requires the President, with respect to each year after 1989, to determine whether: (1) there was a reduction in the quantity of illicit coca produced or in illicit coca activities in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru; and (2) any reduction is attributable to the implementation of social or economic alternatives in such countries. Authorizes the President, if an affirmative determination with respect to such a country is made and the Congress enacts a law approving it, to apply special trade treatment to articles that: (1) are products of such country; and (2) are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption in U.S. customs territory in the year following the year such determination was made. Specifies that if the granting of such special trade treatment would violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, provisions of this Act shall be inapplicable until the President obtains a waiver of the provision which is the b… | 2025-08-26T17:26:12Z | |
| 101-hr-4883 | 101 | hr | 4883 | To amend section 922 of Title 18, United States Code, to require that firearms dealers call a national hotline for a background check before transfer of firearm, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-22 | 1990-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] | MI | R | S000143 | 0 | Makes it unlawful, after the establishment of a national hotline under this Act, for a licensed firearms dealer who knows of the existence of such hotline to transfer any firearm to a person if the dealer has not: (1) contacted the hotline; and (2) been informed that the receipt or possession of the firearm by the person will not violate any Federal, State, or local law. Provides license forfeiture as a penalty for violation of such provision. Directs the Attorney General to take steps to increase the reliability, accuracy, and availability of national criminal history data necessary to establish an instantaneous national hotline which any licensed dealer may contact to determine whether receipt or possession of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate any Federal, State, or local law. Requires the Attorney General to develop computer software, procure computer hardware, and employ personnel necessary to implement the hotline. Requires State cooperation in providing accurate data for the establishment of the hotline. Prohibits the hotline from providing any information unless the person inquiring is a licensed firearms dealer and gives appropriate identifying information of the individual attempting to purchase or possess the firearm. Requires each State to have accurate, reliable, and available State criminal data history for such hotline in order not to have Federal highway funding withheld. Outlines first and subsequent year highway funding withholding procedures for noncompliance with such requirement, as well as provisions for the permanent loss of funds withheld for a certain period of time. Allows funds whose withholding deadline has not elapsed to be reapportioned to the appropriate State after compliance with such requirement. Gives States without automated criminal data history records and with limited automated criminal data history records priority in receiving grant money made available for such automation. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 101-s-2650 | 101 | s | 2650 | National Drug Control Strategy Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-17 | 1990-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | National Drug Control Strategy Act of 1990 - Title I: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (Omnibus Act) to authorize appropriations for the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program and for improving the effectiveness of the court process by expanding prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources and implementing court delay reduction programs. Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Attorney General to make grants to eligible community coalitions to implement comprehensive long-term strategies for substance abuse prevention, assess existing programs, identify and solicit funding sources, develop priorities, and coordinate substance abuse services and activities. Requires coalitions to encourage voluntary participation and community involvement and submit annual reports to the Attorney General. Limits each grant to $250,000. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug Days - Requires the Attorney General to direct the U.S. attorneys to establish a program with State and local prosecutors: (1) whereby cases involving persons arrested on a designated day each month for felony drug offenses are presented to a Federal grand jury and, if indicted, are prosecuted in Federal court; and (2) aimed at using Federal law to seize and forfeit the automobiles of persons who use such vehicles in the commission of drug-related offenses. Subtitle C: Federal Law Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Courts, U.S. Attorneys, defender services, U.S. Marshals, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Internal Revenue Service. Directs the President to appoint 20 additional district judges to be allocated based on the recommendations of the Judicial Conference of the United States to areas with heavy drug-related caseloads. Subtitle D: Rural Drug Enfo… | 2025-08-26T17:29:00Z | |
| 101-hconres-330 | 101 | hconres | 330 | To express the sense of the Congress that the States should make every effort to adopt a Victims of Crime Bill of Rights. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] | IL | R | M000692 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should make efforts to adopt the goals of the Victims of Crime Bill of Rights. Sets forth the Victims of Crime Bill of Rights, which includes provisions concerning: (1) treatment of victims of crime and protection from the accused during the criminal justice process; (2) advisory roles for victims in decisions involving prosecutorial discretion and the early release status of the person convicted of the crime; (3) comprehensive reform of the exclusionary rule; (4) the victim's right that the accused will be tried expeditiously and the right to be present at all proceedings related to the offense, except where the victim's testimony would be prejudiced by hearing other testimony; (5) the victim's right to information about conviction, sentencing, and imprisonment of the person who committed the crime; and (6) compensation to the victim for damage resulting from the crime. | 2021-07-01T13:14:12Z | |
| 101-hr-4830 | 101 | hr | 4830 | Police Protection Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | F000059 | 6 | Police Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to promulgate regulations to establish mandatory Federal standards and test protocols for body armor in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, law enforcement organizations and associations, and representatives of major manufacturers of body armor to ensure that law enforcement officers are protected by effective body armor. Establishes NIJ Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor standard number 0101.03 as the interim standard for the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of body armor until the Federal standards are established. Requires manufacturers of body armor subject to the Federal standards to: (1) submit representative samples of body armor on a periodic basis to NIJ to be tested for compliance with the Federal standards; and (2) affix labels to body armor manufactured in compliance with such standards. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for manufacturing, offering for sale, or distributing in commerce any body armor not complying with the interim standard or mandatory Federal standards. Directs the General Accounting Office to complete a study of all body armor standards and test protocols for body armor for submission to NIJ and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. | 2025-08-26T17:24:13Z | |
| 101-s-2639 | 101 | s | 2639 | Police Protection Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 11 | Police Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to promulgate regulations to establish mandatory Federal standards and test protocols for body armor in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, law enforcement organizations and associations, and representatives of major manufacturers of body armor to ensure that law enforcement officers are protected by effective body armor. Establishes NIJ Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor standard number 0101.03 as the interim standard for the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of body armor until the Federal standards are established. Requires manufacturers of body armor subject to the Federal standards to: (1) submit representative samples of body armor on a periodic basis to NIJ to be tested for compliance with the Federal standards; and (2) affix labels to body armor manufactured in compliance with such standards. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for manufacturing, offering for sale, or distributing in commerce any body armor not complying with the interim standard or mandatory Federal standards. Directs the General Accounting Office to complete a study of all body armor standards and test protocols for body armor for submission to NIJ and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. | 2025-08-26T17:25:14Z | |
| 101-sconres-130 | 101 | sconres | 130 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the States should make every effort to adopt a Victims of Crime Bill of Rights. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-16 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Calls for States to adopt as goals of a Victims of Crime Bill of Rights to: (1) treat victims with compassion and respect, and protect them from the accused, throughout the criminal justice process; (2) require the person convicted of the crime to provide at least partial compensation to the victim for damages resulting from the crime; (3) grant victims the right to reasonable assurance that the accused will be tried in an expeditious manner, the right to be present at all proceedings related to the offense, except under certain circumstances, and the right to information about the conviction, sentencing, and imprisonment of the person who committed the crime; (4) give victims a statutorily-designated advisory role in decisions involving prosecutorial discretion and in deciding the early release status of the person convicted; (5) reform the exclusionary rule; and (6) ensure that victims will never be forced to endure again the consequences of the original crime. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4820 | 101 | hr | 4820 | Anti-Drug and Crime Initiatives Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-15 | 1990-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. | House | Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] | MI | R | S000143 | 0 | Anti-Drug and Crime Initiatives Act of 1990 - Sets forth guidelines for the interdiction of airborne drug traffickers, including the use of force. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) exclude from applicability of the prohibition against training police forces of foreign governments the provision of assistance to civilian law enforcement forces engaging in activities directed against illicit narcotic production or trafficking; and (2) specify conditions for a presidential certification of narcotics control compliance with respect to a country which is a major illicit drug producing country because of its coca production. Provides funding for eradicating illicit coca. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to appoint a commander for each Anti-Drug Joint Task Force to coordinate drug interdiction activities. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend the sentencing guidelines to assure a minimum of ten years' imprisonment for: (1) serious violent crimes against a person who has attained age 65; and (2) offenses involving the sexual abuse or exploitation, or kidnapping, of a person under age 18. Amends the Federal criminal code to set a minimum sentence of ten years' imprisonment for rape. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase penalties for certain drug offenses involving children, including distribution to minors, distribution near schools, and employing children in distribution activities. Establishes mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms violations, including the possession or discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-related felony. Increases penalties for possession of contraband in prison. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires the Government, for any offense punishable by death, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea, that it intends to seek the death penalty and the aggravating factors u… | 2025-08-26T17:29:01Z | |
| 101-hr-4795 | 101 | hr | 4795 | Federal Contract Crimes Sentencing Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-10 | 1990-10-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 40 | Federal Contract Crimes Sentencing Act of 1990 - Mandates debarment of a contractor from Government contracting for at least five years upon a second conviction for fraud or other felonious activity involving a Government contract or subcontract within a ten-year period, except when debarment would be harmful to the national security. | 2025-08-26T17:25:45Z | |
| 101-hr-4763 | 101 | hr | 4763 | Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-09 | 1990-05-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | F000235 | 28 | Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to replace language with respect to the designation of high intensity drug trafficking areas with provisions authorizing the President to declare a State or part of a State to be a drug emergency area. Requires requests for such a declaration to be made, in writing, by the Governor or chief executive officer of any affected State or local government and forwarded to the President through the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Allows cities, counties, or States to submit a joint request. Requires requests to be based on a written finding that the emergency is of such severity and magnitude that it is beyond the capability of the State or local government to respond and Federal assistance is necessary. Prohibits the President from limiting declarations made under this Act to highly-populated centers of drug trafficking, drug use, or drug-related violence. Requires the President to consider applications from governments of less populated areas. Requires each Governor or chief executive officer, as part of such requests and as a prerequisite to such assistance, to: (1) take appropriate action under State or local law to respond to the crisis and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources which have been or will be committed to alleviating the emergency; (2) certify that State and local government obligations and expenditures will comply with all applicable cost-sharing requirements; and (3) submit a detailed plan outlining the requesting government's short- and long-term plans to respond to the emergency. Requires the Director to review requests submitted and forward the application to the President, along with a recommendation. Authorizes the President to make grants to State or local governments of up to $50,000,000 for any single emergency. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs necessary to implement the short- and long-term plan. Limits the duration of assistance to a d… | 2025-08-26T17:27:32Z | |
| 101-hr-4781 | 101 | hr | 4781 | To assure the continued involvement of State, county and local governments in the War on Drugs. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-09 | 1990-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to maintain at 75 percent the Federal share of funds under FY 1991 grants to State and local governments for drug control and criminal justice system improvement programs. | 2021-07-01T14:40:50Z | |
| 101-hr-4743 | 101 | hr | 4743 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-08 | 1990-05-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 29 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to publish and update biannually a catalog of all specific products and services it offers for sale. Requires a buying activity of a Federal department, agency, or institution (entity) which has a requirement for a product or service listed in the catalog to solicit offers from FPI and other offerors, unless its requirements can be met by a delivery order for such specific product pursuant to a Federal Supply Schedule contract of the General Services Administration (GSA) or other indefinite delivery or indefinite quantity contract. Authorizes the Attorney General to direct that the buying activity withdraw the solicitation and consider awarding the contract to FPI using noncompetitive negotiation procedures if the Attorney General has determined that: (1) an award cannot reasonably be expected to be made to FPI on a competitive basis; (2) FPI has not captured more than a reasonable share of the market among Federal entities for the specific product or products as of October 1, 1991; and (3) it is necessary to use noncompetitive procedures to prevent a significant decline in the number of inmates who are working in the prison workshop which manufactures the specific product to be purchased or to enable FPI to diversify into labor-intensive manufacture of a new specific product approved by the FPI board of directors. Sets forth procedures with respect to notification of solicitation withdrawal, price arbitration by the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (currently, by a board consisting of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Administrator of General Services, and the President, or their representatives), and resolicitation of bids (where noncompetitive negotiations with FPI are terminated following arbitration). Requires: (1) each Federal entity to report to the GSA its acquisitions of products and services from FPI; and (2) FPI to annually… | 2025-08-26T17:28:07Z | |
| 101-sjres-309 | 101 | sjres | 309 | A joint resolution designating the month of October 1990 as "Crime Prevention Month". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-08 | 1990-09-20 | Became Public Law No: 101-389. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 54 | Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4737 | 101 | hr | 4737 | Habeas Corpus Revision Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-07 | 1990-06-27 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Habeas Corpus Revision Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise provisions governing habeas corpus procedures, particularly in capital cases. Establishes a one-year statute of limitations for the filing of an application for habeas corpus relief from a sentence of death. Prescribes periods during which such time requirement shall be tolled, including any period during which the applicant is not represented by counsel. Provides for dismissal of an application for failure to comply with such time requirement, except where the waiver of such requirement is warranted by exceptional circumstances. Specifies requirements for stays of execution and for the consideration of second or successive applications for a writ of habeas corpus in capital cases. Grants an applicant under sentence of death the right to appeal the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding without a certificate of probable cause, except after denial of a second application. Requires each habeas corpus claim to be governed by the law existing on the date the court considers the claim. Specifies circumstances under which the court may decline to apply a new rule representing a sharp break from precedent that positively changes the law from governing at the time the claimant's sentence became final. Specifies circumstances under which a habeas corpus applicant shall be deemed to have defaulted for failing to raise a claim in State proceedings. Requires any State in which capital punishment may be imposed to: (1) provide legal services to indigents who have been charged with capital offenses or who seek appellate, collateral, or Supreme Court review of a death sentence; and (2) establish an appointing authority to recruit, train, appoint, and evaluate attorneys for capital clients. Specifies standards for qualifications and performance for the lead counsel and co-counsel at the trial or sentencing stage and at the appellate, collateral, or certiorari stage. Provides for payment of appointed attorneys from the private bar and for relief… | 2025-08-26T17:26:28Z | |
| 101-s-2568 | 101 | s | 2568 | Counter-Narcotics Technology Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-03 | 1990-05-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 12 | Counter-Narcotics Technology Act of 1990 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish within the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center, to operate under the general authority of the Deputy Director for Supply, ONDCP, to serve as the central counter-narcotics enforcement research and development organization of the U.S. Government. Requires that there be at the head of the Center the Chief Scientist of Counter-Narcotics Technology. Requires, beginning with the FY 1992 budget, that the Director of National Drug Control Policy submit a separate appropriations request for expenses relating to all Federal agencies for counter-narcotics enforcement research and development programs. Establishes a national counter-narcotics technology account. Requires such appropriations to be made to the account for the Director to make reimbursements to the involved agencies. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:24:37Z | |
| 101-s-2561 | 101 | s | 2561 | Precursor Chemical Regulation Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-02 | 1990-05-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 9 | Precursor Chemical Regulation Act of 1990 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise and expand the list of precursor chemicals, including transferring to such list hydriodic acid from the list of essential chemicals. Revises the definition of "regulated transaction" to include transfers of any amount of an essential listed precursor chemical, with exceptions. Requires each regulated person to report to the Attorney General on any regulated transaction involving any quantity of a listed essential chemical. Directs the Attorney General to cooperate with State authorities by providing information regarding regulated transaction in such chemicals that might be useful in the administration of State laws relating to precursor chemicals, controlled substances, and other illegal drugs. Makes it unlawful for any person to engage in a regulated transaction involving a listed precursor chemical or to manufacture, distribute, import, or export such a chemical without a license required under such Act. Requires the Attorney General to establish a program requiring licenses for regulated persons and regulated transactions involving listed precursor chemicals where such requirement will contribute to achievement of the purposes of such Act and to criminal drug law enforcement. Provides for fines and imprisonment of not more than four years for violations of the licensing requirement. Requires the Attorney General to provide for the audit and control of listed precursor chemical inventories of persons possessing a license under this Act. Prohibits a person possessing a listed chemical with the intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from such manufacture other than as required by regulations issued under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Provides for assessment of costs (of initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and of restoring property damaged by exposure to a listed chemical) and imprisonment for violation o… | 2025-08-26T17:24:51Z | |
| 101-hr-4688 | 101 | hr | 4688 | Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-01 | 1990-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 21 | Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Title I: Child Abuse Offense - Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines or amend existing guidelines to provide that a defendant convicted of a sexual offense or crime of violence in which the victim was under age 14 shall receive a sentence at an offense level two levels higher than that which obtains when no victim was under age 14. Title II: Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Cases - Authorizes the Administrator of the Office for Victims of Crime to make grants to develop and implement multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs. Enumerates program criteria, including requirements identifying an appropriate site for counseling child victims of sexual and serious physical abuse and neglect, referring cases to the appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours, minimizing the number of interviews the child victim must attend, and assigning volunteers or staff advocates to each child's family. Directs the Administrator to make grants to national organizations to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in State or Federal courts for the purpose of improving the quality of investigation and criminal prosecution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Title III: Court Appointed Special Advocate Program - Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to expand the court-appointed special advocate program. Requires the Administrator to establish criteria to be used in evaluating grant applications, which shall include a program providing screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special advocates. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Title IV: Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners - Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and training to judicial personnel and attorneys to improve the judicial system's handling of c… | 2025-08-26T17:26:46Z | |
| 101-s-2545 | 101 | s | 2545 | Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-05-01 | 1990-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 2 | Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Assimilative Crimes Statute to require the imposition of a Federal penalty (if not already imposed by a State) of one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine in addition to any term of imprisonment under State law for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol if a non-driving minor was present in the vehicle at the time of the offense. Amends the common carrier provisions of the Federal criminal code to increase the penalty for operating a common carrier under the influence of drugs or alcohol if a non-driving minor is present in the vehicle by up to one year's imprisonment and an additional $1,000 fine. | 2025-08-26T17:26:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4658 | 101 | hr | 4658 | Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-26 | 1990-10-05 | For Further Action See H.R.5269. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 3 | Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) establish penalties for physical trainers or advisers who endeavor to persuade or induce individuals to possess or use anabolic steroids; (2) add anabolic steroids as a schedule III substance under such Act; and (3) define "anabolic steroid" as any drug or hormonal substance that promotes muscle growth in a manner pharmacologically similar to testosterone, including specified substances. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to apply penalties currently applicable to the distribution of anabolic steroids to the distribution of human growth hormones. | 2025-08-26T17:25:56Z | |
| 101-hr-4666 | 101 | hr | 4666 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide standards and procedures for the United States Marshals Service to use in designating court districts that need additional private facilities for the pretrial detention of Federal prisoners and to provide certain standards for entities providing such facilities. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-26 | 1990-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Schiff, Steven [R-NM-1] | NM | R | S000125 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to require the U.S. Marshals Service, before entering into a contract with a private entity for the detention of Federal prisoners, to: (1) designate districts that need additional private detention facilities based on the number of Federal detainees in the district and the availability of Federal, State, and local government detention facilities; and (2) provide for public comment on the proposed contract. Requires that, in order to be eligible for such a contract, a private entity: (1) be located in a district designated as needing additional Federal detention facilities; (2) meet the standards of the American Correctional Association; (3) comply with all applicable State and local laws and regulations; (4) have approved fire, security, escape, and riot plans; and (5) comply with any other regulations that the Marshals Service deems appropriate. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 101-hr-4671 | 101 | hr | 4671 | Criminal Street Gang Enforcement Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-26 | 1990-05-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34] | CA | D | T000316 | 0 | Criminal Street Gang Enforcement Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for participating in a street gang with knowledge that its members engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity. Establishes penalties, in addition to the punishment otherwise provided by law, for the commission of a felony crime of violence for any criminal street gang. Provides that juvenile gang violent offenders may be tried as adults. | 2025-08-26T17:28:23Z | |
| 101-hjres-557 | 101 | hjres | 557 | Designating the month of October 1990 as "Crime Prevention Month". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-25 | 1990-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] | NC | D | P000523 | 243 | Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-4618 | 101 | hr | 4618 | Racial Justice Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-25 | 1990-07-12 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] | MI | D | C000714 | 18 | Racial Justice Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal judicial code to make it unlawful to impose or execute sentences of death under color of State or Federal law in a racially discriminatory pattern. Prohibits a person from being put to death in the execution of a sentence imposed pursuant to any law if that person's death sentence furthers a racially discriminatory pattern. Provides that ordinary methods of statistical proof shall suffice to establish a racially discriminatory pattern. States that it shall not be necessary to show discriminatory motive, intent, or purpose on the part of any individual or institution. Establishes the requirements for a prima facie showing that a racially discriminatory pattern exists. States that a State or Federal entity may rebut a prima facie showing by establishing by clear and convincing evidence that identifiable nonracial factors explain the racial disparities constituting the pattern. Requires any State or Federal entity that provides for the imposition of the death penalty to collect and maintain pertinent data on the charging, disposition, and sentencing patterns for all cases of death-eligible crimes. Provides for the appointment of counsel for all indigent clients (and the furnishing of investigative and other services) for habeas corpus actions arising under this Act. Provides that no State court determination on the merits of a factual issue pertinent to a claim under this Act shall be presumed to be correct unless: (1) the State has collected and maintained the necessary death penalty data; and (2) the determination was made in a court proceeding where the defendant was afforded his rights required under this Act. States that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect the lawfulness of any sentence of death that does not violate this Act. States that the failure to raise such a claim before the enactment of this Act shall not bar future claims. | 2025-08-26T17:24:36Z | |
| 101-hr-4622 | 101 | hr | 4622 | Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-25 | 1990-05-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | G000511 | 6 | Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new part, to be cited as the Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act, directing the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to establish a comprehensive drug treatment program in Federal prisons. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States to establish drug treatment programs in State prisons and for juvenile criminal offenders. Requires a State, as a part of its application for such a grant, to submit plans for establishing such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to enable plan preparation. Allows the Director to award a grant under these provisions to a State without an application and plan if the State has begun implementing a plan for demonstration prison or juvenile criminal offenders drug treatment programs under specified provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the Attorney General and the appropriate State law enforcement official from permitting the early release of inmates convicted of drug offenses unless the inmates have successfully completed a program of treatment or after care under this Act. Sets forth early release requirements. | 2025-08-26T17:29:21Z | |
| 101-s-2519 | 101 | s | 2519 | A bill to require the U.S. Marshalls Service to designate court districts that need additional private entities for the detention of Federal prisoners and to provide certain standards for such entities. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-25 | 1990-05-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to designate districts that need additional support from private detention entities based on the number of detainees in the district and the availability of Federal, State, and local government detention facilities. Requires, in order to be eligible for a contract for the housing, care, and security of persons held in custody of the U.S. Marshal and for funding, that such an entity: (1) be located in a district designated as needing additional Federal detention facilities; (2) meet the standards of the American Correctional Association; (3) comply with all applicable State and local laws and regulations; (4) have approved fire, security, escape, and riot plans; and (5) comply with any other regulations that the Marshals Service deems appropriate. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2520 | 101 | s | 2520 | Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-25 | 1990-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 7 | Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new part, to be cited as the Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Program for Prisons Act, directing the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to establish a comprehensive drug treatment program in Federal prisons. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, to: (1) award grants to States to establish drug treatment programs in State prisons; and (2) award grants to States to establish drug treatment programs for juvenile criminal offenders. Requires a State, as part of its application for such grant, to submit plans for establishing such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to enable plan preparation. Allows the Director to award a grant under these provisions to a State without an application and plan if the State has begun implementing a plan for demonstration prison or juvenile criminal offenders drug treatment programs under specified provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth criteria for treatment programs supported by grants under this Act. Prohibits the Attorney General and the appropriate State law enforcement official from permitting the early release of inmates convicted of drug offenses unless the inmates have successfully completed a program of treatment or after care under this Act. Sets forth early release requirements. | 2025-08-26T17:28:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4589 | 101 | hr | 4589 | To require that the death penalty be imposed on individuals convicted of certain crimes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-24 | 1990-05-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-38] | CA | R | D000435 | 17 | Subjects to execution persons who, within the District of Columbia: (1) commit first degree murder; (2) murder a law enforcement officer while such officer is engaged in official duties or because of the status of an individual as an officer; or (3) engage in conduct during the course of a continuing criminal enterprise and thereby knowingly cause an individual's death. Directs the Government to notify the defendant a reasonable amount of time before trial or the court's acceptance of a guilty plea of its intent to seek the death penalty. Requires that, once a guilty verdict is rendered, a separate sentencing hearing be held at which there must be a unanimous finding that, in addition to murder, specified aggravating factors, such as a previous murder conviction, commission of the murder for money, or torture of the victim, exist which outweigh specified mitigating factors and justify execution. Requires that the jury be notified that regardless of its findings it is never required to impose the death sentence and that it may not consider the race, color, religious beliefs, national origin or sex of the defendant or victim in passing sentence. Prohibits the execution of minors, the mentally retarded, or certain mentally disabled individuals. Authorizes a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a capital crime. Sets forth death sentence appeal rights. Affords indigent defendants charged with a capital crime the benefit of an experienced criminal attorney until the execution of judgment. Prohibits correctional employees from being forced to participate in an execution that is against their moral or religious convictions. | 2021-07-01T14:38:08Z | |
| 101-s-2481 | 101 | s | 2481 | Anti-Child Pornography Possession Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-20 | 1990-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Anti-Child Pornography Possession Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession or viewing of visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving minors if such depictions have been or will be transported in interstate or foreign commerce. | 2025-08-26T17:27:51Z | |
| 101-sjres-296 | 101 | sjres | 296 | A joint resolution designating August 7, 1990, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-20 | 1990-08-10 | Became Public Law No: 101-361. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 53 | Designates August 7, 1990, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2465 | 101 | s | 2465 | Antiterrorism Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-19 | 1990-09-25 | Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 16 | Antiterrorism Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to define the term "international terrorism" to include activities that: (1) involve violent acts that are a violation of Federal or State laws, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur primarily outside U.S. territorial jurisdiction or transcend national boundaries. Authorizes any U.S. national injured in his person, property, or business by reason of an act of international terrorism to bring a civil action in U.S. district court and recover treble damages and the cost of the suit, including attorney's fees. Specifies that a final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the United States in certain classes of criminal proceedings (such as those involving the murder of a foreign official, kidnapping, hostage taking, killing of a U.S. national, or an aircraft piracy-related offense) or in favor of any foreign state in a criminal proceeding to the extent that such judgment or decree may be accorded full faith and credit under U.S. law shall stop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in a subsequent civil proceeding under this Act. Sets forth provisions with respect to jurisdiction and venue for and limitation of, such civil actions. Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State in any case in which damages are sought for injuries sustained from terrorist acts or any other violation of international law which was perpetrated or aided by such State or any official or employee acting within the scope of his office or employment. | 2025-08-26T17:25:57Z | |
| 101-s-2476 | 101 | s | 2476 | Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-19 | 1990-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 2 | Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or computer system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the computer system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period or modifies or impairs the medical care of one or more individuals. Makes such offense punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison. Sets forth parallel provisions with respect to recklessly transmitting a destructive computer program or code. Makes such offense a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and imprisonment for up to one year. Creates a civil cause of action for compensatory or injunctive relief for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act. Limits damages to economic damages, except for medical records violations. Sets a statute of limitations of two years from the date of the act complained of, or from the date of discovery of the damage. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress annually during the first three years following the date of enactment of this Act concerning prosecutions under this Act. Repeals provisions which exclude automated typewriters and typesetters, portable hand held calculators, and similar devices from the definition of "computer." Modifies the prohibition against accessing a Government computer where such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer to cover only actions that "adversely" affect such use. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4554 | 101 | hr | 4554 | Money Laundering Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-18 | 1990-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Washington, Craig A. [D-TX-18] | TX | D | W000177 | 0 | Money Laundering Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for life imprisonment for any officer or employee of a depository institution who knowingly conducts a financial transaction designed to conceal the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of the proceeds of a criminal violation of the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. | 2025-08-26T17:29:31Z | |
| 101-sjres-286 | 101 | sjres | 286 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning May 6, 1990, as "National Correctional Officers Week". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-05 | 1990-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 23 | Designates the week beginning May 6, 1990, as National Correctional Officers Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-sjres-288 | 101 | sjres | 288 | A joint resolution designating January 6, 1991, through January 12, 1991, as "National Law Enforcement Training Week". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-05 | 1990-08-02 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 58 | Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hjres-547 | 101 | hjres | 547 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to safeguard crime victims' rights. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] | FL | R | R000435 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Grants a victim of a State or Federal offense (including the next of kin of a deceased homicide victim) the right to be informed, to be present, and to be heard, when relevant, at all crucial stages of the prosecution, except to the extent that the constitutional rights of the accused are infringed. | 2021-07-01T13:20:28Z | |
| 101-s-2365 | 101 | s | 2365 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit advertisements intended to promote or facilitate the distribution or transfer of a Schedule I controlled substance. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-29 | 1990-03-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 6 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit published advertisements intended to promote or facilitate the distribution or transfer of a Schedule I controlled substance. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4407 | 101 | hr | 4407 | National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-28 | 1990-10-25 | Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1021. | House | Rep. Erdreich, Ben [D-AL-6] | AL | D | E000201 | 18 | National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice. Directs the Attorney General to publish an annual summary of such reports. Requires States reporting under this Act to: (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child or unidentified person report; (2) provide that each such report and all necessary and available information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and made available to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse or other designated agency within the State; and (3) require the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the NCIC to verify and update such record with any additional information (including, where available, medical and dental records), to institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures, and to maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases. | 2021-07-01T14:36:25Z | |
| 101-s-2321 | 101 | s | 2321 | Guarantee of Free Access to Medical Facilities Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-22 | 1990-03-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 2 | Guarantee of Free Access to Medical Facilities Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a felony to intentionally prevent an individual from entering or exiting a medical facility. | 2025-08-26T17:28:21Z | |
| 101-s-2329 | 101 | s | 2329 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to the protection of officers and employees of the United States. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-22 | 1990-03-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for anyone who causes, attempts, or threatens serious bodily harm to certain officers and employees of the United States. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4340 | 101 | hr | 4340 | Telephone Privacy Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-21 | 1990-09-19 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 3 | Telephone Privacy Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to permit the use of caller identification systems (i.e., devices which allow the recipient of a telephone call to determine individually identifying information about the caller or the originating number) if the provider enables the telephone call originator to block receipt of the identifying information. Authorizes civil suits against providers who provide caller identification systems to call recipients without providing blocking capability to call originators. | 2025-08-26T17:28:02Z | |
| 101-hr-4346 | 101 | hr | 4346 | Assault Weapon Export Control Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-21 | 1990-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 10 | Assault Weapon Export Control Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the export of a machine gun or semiautomatic assault weapon, with exceptions for U.S. departments or agencies and for foreign governments not engaging in gross human rights violations or supporting international terrorism. Sets penalties for violations of this Act. Defines "semiautomatic assault weapon" as a semiautomatic firearm which is not generally recognized as particularly suitable for, or readily adaptable to, sporting purposes considering specified characteristics. | 2025-08-26T17:26:58Z | |
| 101-s-2313 | 101 | s | 2313 | Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-21 | 1990-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 19 | Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to replace language with respect to the designation of high intensity drug trafficking areas with provisions authorizing the President to declare a State or part of a State to be a drug emergency area. Requires requests for such a declaration to be made, in writing, by the Governor or chief executive officer of any affected State or local government and forwarded to the President through the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Allows cities, counties, or States to submit a joint request. Requires requests to be based on a written finding that the emergency is of such severity and magnitude that Federal assistance is necessary to ensure an effective response. Prohibits the President from limiting declarations made under this Act to highly-populated centers of drug trafficking, drug use, or drug-related violence. Requires the President to consider applications from governments of less populated areas where the magnitude and severity of such activities are beyond the capability of the State or local government to respond. Requires Governors or chief executive officers, as part of such requests and as a prerequisite to such assistance, to: (1) take appropriate action under State or local law to respond to the crisis and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources which have been or will be committed to alleviating the emergency; (2) certify that State and local government obligations and expenditures will comply with all applicable cost-sharing requirements; and (3) submit a detailed plan outlining the State or local government's short- and long-term plans to respond to the emergency. Requires the Director to review requests submitted and forward the application to the President, along with a recommendation. Authorizes the President to make grants to State or local governments of up to $50,000,000 for any single emergency. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs necessary to im… | 2025-08-26T17:28:55Z | |
| 101-s-2317 | 101 | s | 2317 | National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-21 | 1990-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 4 | National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the collection of such reports and to publish an annual summary. Requires each State reporting under this Act to: (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child report; (2) provide that all information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and forwarded to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) or other designated agency within the State; (3) require the Clearinghouse or designated agency to notify all other law enforcement agencies in the State, verify and update the original entry made into the State law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks, and institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures; and (4) maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases. Specifies that any State not complying with such reporting requirements shall be denied grants, cooperative agreements, or other assistance authorized by the Missing Children's Assistance Act. | 2025-08-26T17:24:31Z | |
| 101-hjres-523 | 101 | hjres | 523 | Designating August 12 through 18, 1990, as "National Parents of Murdered Children Week". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-20 | 1990-04-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 34 | Designates the week of August 12 through August 18, 1990, as National Parents of Murdered Children Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-4313 | 101 | hr | 4313 | Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-20 | 1990-03-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 0 | Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) specifically include electronic means for the acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligations or other securities of the United States within proscriptions against counterfeiting and forgery; and (2) set penalties for the unauthorized possession of distinctive paper (defined to include any distinctive medium of which currency is made) or distinctive counterfeit deterrent (including any ink, water, seal, security thread, or other feature or device which the Secretary of the Treasury designates as being of value in preventing the counterfeiting of U.S. obligations or other securities). States that provisions permitting the reproduction of illustrations of obligations or other securities do not permit such reproduction by or through electronic means. | 2025-08-26T17:28:36Z | |
| 101-hr-4296 | 101 | hr | 4296 | To amend section 1503 of title 18, United States Code, relating to protecting officers and jurors from threats or force, to extend protections against threats to jurors after they have been discharged of their duties. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-19 | 1990-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties on anyone who threatens a juror or his property on account of the juror's verdict or participation as a juror. | 2021-07-01T14:27:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4297 | 101 | hr | 4297 | Innovative Boot Camp Prison Act of 1990 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1990-03-19 | 1990-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 8 | Innovative Boot Camp Prison Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grants to States to carry out projects that demonstrate innovative alternatives to the imprisonment of individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses. Includes boot camp prisons as such alternatives, in conjunction with drug treatment, literacy education, vocational education, and job training programs. Makes drug testing and treatment mandatory for drug offenders. Sets forth: (1) application procedures and requirements for grants; and (2) procedures for review of applications. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:28:00Z |
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