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| 104-hr-4341 | 104 | hr | 4341 | Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-10-03 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding failure to pay legal child support obligations to create two new categories of felony offenses, subject to a two-year maximum prison term: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to evade a support obligation if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year or is greater than $5,000; and (2) willfully failing to pay a support obligation regarding a child residing in another State, if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than two years or is greater than $10,000. Specifies that the existence of a support obligation that was in effect for the time period charged in the indictment or information creates a rebuttable presumption that the obligor has the ability to pay such obligation for that period. Directs the court, upon a conviction, to order restitution in an amount equal to the total unpaid support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing. | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-hr-4342 | 104 | hr | 4342 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend certain statutes of limitation. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-10-03 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) allow an indictment or information for a Class A felony involving murder to be found at any time without limitation; and (2) prohibit (except under such provision) a person from being prosecuted, tried, or punished for a Class A felony that is a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within ten years after the commission of the offense. | 2019-11-15T21:33:17Z | |
| 104-hr-4331 | 104 | hr | 4331 | Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-30 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 0 | Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for specified activities relating to material: (1) constituting or containing child pornography, including knowingly possessing any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, or other material that contains three or more images of child pornography (and enhances penalties if the offender has a prior Federal or State conviction relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward, or for specified activities relating to child pornography (prior conviction)); and (2) depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, including knowingly mailing, or transporting or shipping in interstate or foreign commerce, including by computer, any visual depiction created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Revises the definition of "visual depiction" to include data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image. Defines "identifiable minor" to mean a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying such depiction and who is recognizable by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic (but proof of the actual identity of such minor is not required). Increases and expands the scope of penalties for sexual exploitation of children. Revises provisions regarding activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, including providing enhanced penalties for offenders having a prior conviction. Amends the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to authorize certain searches and seizures of work product materials and other documents if an offense involves the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography, or the sale or purchase of children.… | 2025-08-21T20:14:57Z | |
| 104-s-2163 | 104 | s | 2163 | Law Enforcement Officers Protection Amendment Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Law Enforcement Officers Protection Amendment Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that the Secretary of Treasury determines to be capable of penetrating body armor. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations based on standards to be developed for the uniform testing of projectiles to determine whether such projectiles are capable of penetrating National Institute of Justice Level II-A body armor. Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary and the Attorney General to develop and implement, and promulgate regulations for, performance standards for armor piercing ammunition. | 2025-08-21T20:15:47Z | |
| 104-s-2180 | 104 | s | 2180 | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 1 | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1996 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding failure to pay legal child support obligations to create two new categories of felony offenses, subject to a two-year maximum prison term: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to evade a support obligation if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year or is greater than $5,000; and (2) willfully failing to pay a support obligation regarding a child residing in another State, if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than two years or is greater than $10,000. Specifies that the existence of a support obligation that was in effect for the time period charged in the indictment or information creates a rebuttable presumption that the obligor has the ability to pay such obligation for that period. Directs the court, upon a conviction, to order restitution in an amount equal to the total unpaid support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing. | 2025-08-21T20:16:41Z | |
| 104-sjres-65 | 104 | sjres | 65 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Grants victims of crimes of violence and other crimes that the Congress and the States may define by law the right: (1) to notice of, and to not be excluded from, all public proceedings relating to the crime; (2) to be heard, if present, and to submit a statement at a public pre-trial or trial proceeding to determine a release from custody, an acceptance of a negotiated plea, or a sentence (grants such rights at a parole proceeding to the extent they are afforded to the convicted offender); (3) to notice of a release pursuant to a public or parole proceeding or an escape; (4) to a final disposition free from unreasonable delay; (5) to an order of restitution from the convicted offender; (6) to have the victim's safety considered in determining a release from custody; and (7) to notice of the rights established by this amendment. Grants the victim standing to assert such rights. Provides that nothing in this amendment shall provide grounds for: (1) the victim to challenge a charging decision or a conviction, to obtain a stay of trial, to compel a new trial, or to give rise to a claim for damages against the United States, a State, a political subdivision, or a public official; or (2) the accused or convicted offender to obtain any form of relief. Grants power to the Congress and the States to enforce this amendment within their respective jurisdictions by appropriate legislation, including the power to enact exceptions when required for compelling reasons of public safety. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hconres-231 | 104 | hconres | 231 | Condemning anti-semitic vandalism in Westchester County, New York. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 3 | Condemns acts of anti-Semitic vandalism in Westchester County, New York, and throughout the country. Commends community leaders and residents in Westchester County for their resolve in combating such acts. Urges the Attorney General to continue to investigate anti-Semitic vandalism in Westchester County. Calls on every State to adopt legislation modeled after Federal law that enhances criminal penalties for hate crimes. | 2025-01-02T17:32:43Z | |
| 104-hr-4286 | 104 | hr | 4286 | Car Find Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Car Find Act of 1996 - Amends the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish and publicize a toll-free telephone number for reporting stolen and abandoned vehicles; and (2) use such number to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, insurance carriers, and other appropriate persons. Authorizes the Attorney General to collect fees from insurance carriers and other appropriate persons to offset the costs of establishing and maintaining such number. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z | |
| 104-hr-4322 | 104 | hr | 4322 | Criminal Offender Anti-Drug Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Criminal Offender Anti-Drug Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require a State, to be eligible to receive a truth in sentencing incentive grant or a violent offender incarceration grant, to have a program of controlled substance testing and intervention for appropriate categories of convicted offenders during periods of incarceration and criminal justice supervision, consistent with guidelines issued by the Attorney General (controlled substance testing program). Authorizes the use of such grant funds for offender controlled substance testing programs. | 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z | |
| 104-hr-4326 | 104 | hr | 4326 | On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a penalty of up to $500 against any interactive computer service that releases to the public any private personally identifiable information of another person without that person's prior informed written consent. | 2025-08-21T20:15:19Z | |
| 104-hconres-227 | 104 | hconres | 227 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the technology program at the National Institue of Justice of the Department of Justice, should be designated as the national focal point for law enforcement technology programs. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schiff, Steven [R-NM-1] | NM | R | S000125 | 7 | Urges the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) technology program to: (1) ensure that Federal agencies are not duplicating one another's work; (2) develop a nationwide database to provide information on law enforcement equipment and technologies to State and local law enforcement agencies; (3) promote testing and evaluation of law enforcement equipment and technologies and make available a list of product failures and short-comings; (4) promote establishment of standards for such equipment and technologies; (5) maintain the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center system as the main clearinghouse for the research, development, testing, evaluation, and dissemination of law enforcement technologies and standards; and (6) develop a program to improve forensics technology and work with the Nation's crime labs. Calls for NIJ: (1) to be designated as the law enforcement partner in surplus Federal property and equipment transfer programs; (2) if working with the private sector, to be authorized to waive Government patent rights and assign exclusive use of a license; and (3) to be exempted from many of the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. | 2025-01-02T17:32:44Z | |
| 104-hr-4246 | 104 | hr | 4246 | To require a study by the United States Sentencing Commission of sentencing for drug offenses where domestic violence has been found to occur. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] | PA | R | F000332 | 0 | Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to report to the Congress concerning the effect of cocaine (both crack and powder) and other illicit drugs on domestic violence. Requires that the report include an analysis of the sentences imposed for offenses involving such drugs where domestic violence occurred and any recommendations for improving sentencing in such cases. | 2019-11-15T21:33:17Z | |
| 104-s-2137 | 104 | s | 2137 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make misuse of information received from the National Crime Information Center a criminal offense. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for obtaining information from the National Crime Information Center without authorization under law or for using information lawfully received for purposes not authorized by law. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-2138 | 104 | s | 2138 | A bill to clarify the standards for State sex offender registration programs under the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 0 | Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Act to direct the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs that require a person who is: (1) convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or of a sexually violent offense to register a current address; or (2) a sexually violent predator to register a current address unless such requirement is terminated under specified circumstances or pursuant to an assessment for purposes of a sentencing enhancement determination. Includes within the definition of "sexually violent predator" a person convicted of a sexually violent offense who has received an enhanced sentence based on a determination that the person is a serious danger to others due to a gravely abnormal mental condition. Revises Act registration provisions to require a State prison officer, or in the case of probation, the court: (1) if a person required to register is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation, to inform the person that he or she must report any change of residence address as provided by State law and comply with any registration requirement in the new State of residence; and (2) to forward the registration information to the agency responsible for registration under State law. Modifies Act requirements to: (1) require that State procedures provide for verification of address at least annually; (2) require that a change of address by a person required to register be reported to law enforcement authorities in the manner provided by State law; (3) require such person who moves to another State to report the change of address to the responsible agency in the State he or she is leaving and to comply with any registration requirement in the new State of residence; and (4) authorize the State or any agency authorized by the State to release relevant information necessary to protect the public, subject to specified limitations. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-2140 | 104 | s | 2140 | Safer Schools Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 3 | Safer Schools Act of 1996 - Amends the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to require States, as a condition for receipt of Federal funds, to have in effect a State law or regulation providing that evidence that a student brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local educational agencies in that State, obtained as a result of a search or seizure conducted on school premises, shall not be excluded in a school disciplinary proceeding on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution. | 2025-08-21T20:16:17Z | |
| 104-sconres-72 | 104 | sconres | 72 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should categorically disavow any intention of issuing a pardon to James or Susan McDougal or to Jim Guy Tucker. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] | AL | R | S000320 | 11 | Urges the President to categorically disavow any intention of issuing a presidential pardon to James or Susan McDougal or Jim Guy Tucker, and thereby affirm the principle that, in the U.S. justice system, no person is above the law. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-4193 | 104 | hr | 4193 | Grand Jury Fairness Reform Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Grand Jury Fairness Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to grant each witness before a grand jury impaneled before any district court the right to the presence and advice of counsel of the witness' own procurement during that witness' testimony. Makes it the duty of attorneys representing the United States to ensure that witnesses have been properly advised in a timely fashion of such right. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits of counsel's participation; (2) disclosure of proceedings by counsel; (3) representation of more than one witness; and (4) sanctions for violating such provisions. | 2025-08-21T20:15:15Z | |
| 104-hr-4208 | 104 | hr | 4208 | Gun Violence Control Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Cop-Killer Bullets Title II: Domestic Violence Gun Violence Control Act - Title I: Cop-Killer Bullets - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be capable of penetrating body armor. Requires the Secretary to determine whether a projectile is capable of penetrating body armor in accordance with regulations providing for uniform testing of such projectiles against Body Armor Exemplar standards for protection of law enforcement officers. Title II: Domestic Violence - Defines "crime involving domestic violence" as a crime of violence committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian (spouse) of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which such crime was committed. Prohibits persons under indictment for, or convicted in any court of, a crime involving domestic violence from: (1) selling or otherwise disposing of any firearm or ammunition to specified classes of individuals, such as drug addicts and illegal aliens; or (2) possessing or shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition; or (3) receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been so shipped or transported. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations providing for effective receipt and secure storage of firearms relinquished by or seized from such persons. Excludes persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence from administrative relief from certain firearm prohibitions. | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-hconres-218 | 104 | hconres | 218 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should categorically disavow any intention of issuing pardons to James or Susan McDougal or Jim Guy Tucker. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11574-11575) | House | Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] | AL | R | B000013 | 19 | Urges the President to categorically disavow any intention of issuing presidential pardons to James and Susan McDougal and Jim Guy Tucker, and thereby affirm the principle that in the American system, no one is above the law. | 2025-04-07T15:30:04Z | |
| 104-hr-4170 | 104 | hr | 4170 | Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6] | GA | R | G000225 | 26 | Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to direct the court to sentence a person convicted of bringing into the United States a proscribed quantity of a mixture or substance containing a controlled substance in an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts to life imprisonment without possibility of release (or, if the defendant has violated such provision on more than one occasion and if certain requirements under the Federal criminal code are met, to death). Makes conforming amendments to the code. | 2025-08-21T20:14:06Z | |
| 104-hr-4181 | 104 | hr | 4181 | To provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 0 | Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime to increase mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms under such circumstances. | 2019-11-15T21:33:16Z | |
| 104-s-2125 | 104 | s | 2125 | Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 1 | Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to direct the court to sentence a person convicted of bringing into the United States a proscribed quantity of a mixture or substance containing a controlled substance in an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts to life imprisonment without possibility of release (or, if the defendant has violated such provision on more than one occasion and if certain requirements under the Federal criminal code are met, to death). Makes conforming amendments to the code. | 2025-08-21T20:14:15Z | |
| 104-hr-4137 | 104 | hr | 4137 | Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-13 | Became Public Law No: 104-305. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 34 | Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to impose penalties of up to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine for violating CSA provisions by distributing a controlled substance to an individual without that individual's knowledge, with intent to commit a crime of violence (including rape) against such individual. Enhances penalties for certain activities involving flunitrazepam under: (1) the CSA, including manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute specified quantities of flunitrazepam (and increases penalties for unlawful simple possession of flunitrazepam); and (2) the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, including possessing, manufacturing, and distributing for purposes of unlawful importation of such quantities. Directs: (1) the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend, as appropriate, the sentencing guidelines for offenses involving flunitrazepam and to ensure that such guidelines reflect the serious nature of such offenses; and (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, in consultation with other Federal and State agencies as appropriate, to conduct a study on the appropriateness of rescheduling flunitrazepam as a Schedule I controlled substance. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to create educational materials regarding the use of controlled substances in the furtherance of rapes and sexual assaults for dissemination to police departments throughout the United States. | 2025-04-07T15:23:04Z | |
| 104-hr-4140 | 104 | hr | 4140 | Rural Law Enforcement Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] | ME | D | B000081 | 0 | Rural Law Enforcement Act of 1996 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to establish the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Establishes an advisory board and requires the Attorney General to appoint an Executive Director of the Center to prepare and submit a periodic report to the advisory board and the University. Sets forth the Director's functions, including providing for: (1) the support of rural law enforcement agencies with technical assistance and practical and focused research; (2) education and training for rural law enforcement managers and personnel; (3) grants and contracts to carry out this Act; (4) the establishment and continuation of a clearinghouse and information center on criminal justice and rural law enforcement; (5) consulting assistance and service to Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies with respect to crime in rural areas; and (6) evaluation programs that study the effectiveness of new approaches employed to improve rural law enforcement systems. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act as a separate line item in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act. | 2025-08-21T20:15:02Z | |
| 104-s-2101 | 104 | s | 2101 | Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-20 | 1996-10-03 | Became Public Law No: 104-238. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 11 | Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide educational assistance to the dependents of civilian Federal law enforcement officers who are killed or are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty. Authorizes the Attorney General to discontinue such assistance upon finding that the recipient fails to maintain satisfactory progress. Authorizes retroactive assistance to each eligible dependent of a Federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty on or after May 1, 1992. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-07T15:23:03Z | |
| 104-hr-4121 | 104 | hr | 4121 | Child Hostage Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-19 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Child Hostage Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties upon any person who, having custody or control over a child (under age 18), knowingly, and with reckless disregard for the child's safety, keeps that child in a situation in which such child could be endangered during a Federal law enforcement action. | 2025-08-21T20:15:47Z | |
| 104-hr-4123 | 104 | hr | 4123 | Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-19 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 0 | Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for specified activities relating to material: (1) constituting or containing child pornography, including knowingly possessing any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, or other material that contains three or more images of child pornography (and enhances penalties if the offender has a prior Federal or State conviction relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward, or for specified activities relating to child pornography (prior conviction)); and (2) depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, including knowingly mailing, or transporting or shipping in interstate or foreign commerce, including by computer, any visual depiction created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Revises the definition of "visual depiction" to include data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image. Defines "identifiable minor" to mean a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying such depiction and who is recognizable by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic (but proof of the actual identity of such minor is not required). Increases and expands the scope of penalties for sexual exploitation of children. Revises provisions regarding activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, including providing enhanced penalties for offenders having a prior conviction. Amends the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to authorize certain searches and seizures of work product materials and other documents if an offense involves the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography, or the sale or purchase of children. Amber… | 2025-08-21T20:16:38Z | |
| 104-hr-4111 | 104 | hr | 4111 | Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-18 | 1996-10-04 | For Further Action See S.2101. | House | Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | S001040 | 10 | Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide educational assistance to the dependents of civilian Federal law enforcement officers who are killed or are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty. Authorizes the Attorney General to discontinue such assistance upon finding that the recipient fails to maintain satisfactory progress. Authorizes retroactive assistance to each eligible dependent of a Federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty on or after May 1, 1992. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:14:15Z | |
| 104-hr-4095 | 104 | hr | 4095 | National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-17 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] | VA | R | G000289 | 0 | National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Sets penalties with respect to anyone who having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, obtains specified restricted information or data, and, with reason to believe that such information could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, or transmits it to any person not entitled to receive it (or causes or attempts such communication) or willfully retains it and fails to deliver it to the U.S. officer or employee entitled to receive it. Sets penalties for: (1) intentionally accessing a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access and thereby obtaining information from any U.S. department or agency, or from any protected computer if the conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication; (2) intentionally accessing, without authorization, any computer of a U.S. department or agency that is exclusively for use by or for the U.S. Government or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, that is used by or for the U.S. Government if such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer; (3) knowingly and with intent to defraud, accessing a protected computer without authorization, or exceeding authorized access, and furthering the intended fraud and obtaining anything of value, unless the object of the fraud and the thing obtained consists only of the use of the computer and the value of such use is not more than $5,000 in any one-year period; (4) knowingly causing the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and, as a result, intentionally causing damage without authorization to a protected computer, intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage, or intentionally accessing a protected computer without auth… | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hr-4097 | 104 | hr | 4097 | Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-17 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase penalties for sexual exploitation of children. Expands the prohibition against such exploitation to provide that if the offender has two or more prior convictions under Federal or State law relating to the sexual exploitation of children, such person shall be fined and imprisoned not less than 30 years nor more than life. Revises provisions regarding activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors to: (1) provide specified penalties for anyone who knowingly possesses any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other material which contains three or more visual depictions that meet specified requirements; and (2) increase penalties for, and the scope of the prohibition regarding, such activities. | 2025-08-21T20:15:46Z | |
| 104-s-2082 | 104 | s | 2082 | 100 Percent Truth in Sentencing Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 1 | 100 Percent Truth in Sentencing Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate credit toward service of sentence for satisfactory behavior ("good time" credits) for prisoners serving a sentence of more than one year for a crime of violence. | 2025-08-21T20:16:20Z | |
| 104-s-2084 | 104 | s | 2084 | Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1996 - Authorizes an association of employers of private security officers to submit fingerprints or other methods of positive identification to the Attorney General on behalf of any applicant for a State license or certificate or registration as a private security officer or employer of such officers. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) exchange identification and criminal history records with State governmental agencies for licensing and employment purposes; and (2) prescribe regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act, including measures relating to the security, confidentiality, accuracy, use, and dissemination of information and audits and recordkeeping. Sets forth reporting requirements. Expresses the sense of the Congress that each State should participate in the background check system established by this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:15:10Z | |
| 104-hr-4055 | 104 | hr | 4055 | Juvenile Crime Avoidance and Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-11 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Juvenile Proceedings Title II: Grant Program for at Risk Juveniles Juvenile Crime Avoidance and Prevention Act of 1996 - Title I: Federal Juvenile Proceedings - Amends the Federal criminal code to require an appropriate Federal authority (designated by the Attorney General), before any decision is made to proceed against a juvenile as a juvenile or as an adult, or to refer the juvenile to State authorities, to perform an initial intake screening to determine whether that juvenile is an at risk juvenile. Requires a juvenile who is determined to be at risk and who is proceeded against as a juvenile to be referred to a youth development specialist. Provides that if a juvenile is referred to State authorities for further proceedings or transferred for prosecution as an adult, the results of the screening shall be made available to those authorities or to the entity to which the juvenile is so transferred. Requires the screening body to determine that a juvenile is at risk if it determines that the juvenile is likely to exhibit recidivist or increasingly violent crimes, based on specified factors. Limits the use of such determination. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the qualifications and duties of the youth development specialist, including determining a course of action for the juvenile that will avoid continued criminal activity and monitoring the juvenile's progress through the court system; and (2) data collection and dissemination by the Attorney General. Title II: Grant Program for At Risk Juveniles - Directs the Attorney General to award: (1) grants to an entity that has implemented specified at risk juvenile screening programs and youth development specialist referral services; and (2) not more than $10,000 each year for each juvenile that receives services to an entity that meets the requirements of this title. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligibility; and (2) permissible uses of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations. Specifies that funds… | 2025-08-21T20:16:52Z | |
| 104-hr-4044 | 104 | hr | 4044 | Safe and Responsible Handgun Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-10 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 4 | Safe and Responsible Handgun Act of 1996 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to establish guidelines for the establishment by each State of a Handgun Roster Board; and (2) each Board to publish a roster of types of handguns which may be lawfully manufactured, sold, owned, possessed, or used (manufactured) in the State and any terms, conditions, or circumstances under which such handgun types may be manufactured and to transmit a copy of the roster to each licensed dealer in the State who is not prohibited by State law from dealing in handguns. Sets forth factors to be considered in deciding whether to include a handgun type on the roster, including concealability, safety features, and detectability by standard security equipment used at airports or courthouses. Requires States to have in effect such laws as necessary to prohibit the manufacture, sale, ownership, possession, and use of: (1) any handgun which is of a type not specified on the roster; and (2) any handgun which is of a type specified on the roster, except under such terms and conditions as the Board may specify. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) penalties for the unlawful manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of a handgun; (2) State compliance; and (3) ineligibility of States not in compliance for formula grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Directs the Secretary to establish an Independent Study Group to devise an effective national firearms injury reporting system. | 2025-08-21T20:16:29Z | |
| 104-s-2062 | 104 | s | 2062 | Juvenile Justice Modernization Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-10 | 1996-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reform of Existing Programs Title II: Incentive Grants for Accountability-Based Reforms Title III: General Provisions Juvenile Justice Modernization Act of 1996 - Title I: Reform of Existing Programs - Revises Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974: (1) findings to specify that juvenile delinquency requires action by Federal, State, and local governments (currently, the Federal Government); and (2) purposes to include assisting State and local governments in promoting public safety by improving the openness of the juvenile justice system, encouraging the identification of violent and hard-core juveniles and transferring them into adult criminal court jurisdiction, and providing resources to States to build or expand juvenile detention facilities. (Sec. 103) Replaces the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention with an Office of Youth Violence Reduction (the Office), headed by an Administrator. Eliminates presidential appointment of the Administrator. Renames the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as the Coordinating Council on Youth Violence Reduction. (Sec. 104) Requires the Administrator to submit to the President, specified congressional leaders, and the Governor of each State a report containing: (1) a detailed summary and analysis of the most recent data available regarding the rate at which juveniles are taken into custody, the numbers of juveniles taken into custody, repeat offenders, juveniles using weapons, and juvenile and adult victims, and trends; (2) descriptions of activities funded, State compliance with State plan requirements of the Act, and exemplary programs and practices; and (3) a summary of specified programs and activities for which assistance is provided, an evaluation of each such program and activity, and a determination of the feasibility and advisability of replacing such program and activity in other locations. (Sec. 105) Authorizes: (1) specified initiatives, including i… | 2025-08-21T20:15:53Z | |
| 104-hr-4038 | 104 | hr | 4038 | To approve a previously disapproved amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines relating to criminal sentences for cocaine offenses. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-09 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Approves amendment number 5 of the "Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary," submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to the Congress on May 1, 1995 (a previously disapproved amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines relating to equalization of crack and cocaine powder quantities for trafficking and possession offenses). | 2019-11-15T21:33:16Z | |
| 104-s-2050 | 104 | s | 2050 | Recovering Addict Protection Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-09-03 | 1996-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Recovering Addict Protection Act of 1996 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines or amend existing guidelines to provide an enhanced penalty for distribution of a controlled substance to a recovering narcotics addict. | 2025-08-21T20:17:12Z | |
| 104-hr-3953 | 104 | hr | 3953 | Aviation Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-03 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Aviation Security Title II: Antiterrorism Aviation Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1996 - Title I: Aviation Security - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) facilitate the interim deployment of commercially available explosive detection devices that will significantly enhance aviation security; (2) require that an employment investigation, including a criminal history record check in specified cases, be conducted for individuals who will be responsible for screening passengers or property and their supervisors; and (3) provide for the periodic audit of criminal history record checks. Requires employment standards for air carrier and airport security personnel to include performance standards for airport and airline security personnel, including counter personnel, and guidelines for encouraging the retention of security personnel responsible for passengers and cargo. Direct the FAA, the Secretary of Transportation, the intelligence community, and the law enforcement community to continue to assist air carriers in developing computer-assisted passenger profiling programs. (Sec. 106) Permits the use of airport improvement project grant funds and passenger facility fees to expand and enhance air transportation security programs and other activities at airports to ensure the safety and security of passengers and others involved in air travel. (Sec. 107) Requires the Administrator to review: (1) FAA oversight of inspections of shipments of mail and cargo by domestic and foreign air carriers; (2) the need for additional security measures with respect to such inspections; and (3) the adequacy of inspection and screening of cargo on passenger air carriers. Directs the President to submit relevant legislative proposals to the Congress. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assure that FBI agents assigned to an area where there are high- risk airports carry out periodic threat and vulnerability assessments of… | 2025-08-21T20:14:42Z | |
| 104-hr-3960 | 104 | hr | 3960 | Antiterrorism Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 5 | Antiterrorism Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1996 - Modifies wiretapping provisions under the Federal criminal code to make certain requirements to obtain an order authorizing the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication inapplicable where: (1) the applicant shows that the subject had the intent to thwart interception or that the subject's actions and conduct would have the effect of thwarting interception from a specified facility; and (2) the judge finds that such showing has been adequately made. Grants authority for the use of: (1) emergency wiretaps in cases involving an act of terrorism; and (2) pen registers and trap and trace devices in foreign counterintelligence investigations. Adds specified terrorist offenses as predicates under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Authorizes interceptions with respect to specified terrorism-related offenses, such as violations relating to the murder of foreign officials or providing material support to terrorists. Modifies wiretap provisions to provide that, whenever an order authorizing an interception is entered, the order shall require the attorney for the Government to file a report with the judge who issued the order showing what progress has been made toward achieving the authorized objective and the need for continued interception. Requires such report to be made 15 days after the interception has begun. Revises the Antiterrorism Act of 1996 to make an exception to the sovereign immunity of a foreign state if certain conditions are met or if neither the claimant nor the victims were U.S. nationals when the act upon which the claim is based occurred. Makes technical corrections to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. | 2025-08-21T20:16:10Z | |
| 104-hr-3983 | 104 | hr | 3983 | Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Practices Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 0 | Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Practices Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person offering to perform any act or render any service in connection with the placement of a child for adoption from knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact or from making or using any false document. Defines "material facts, documents, and representations" to include: (1) information about the political or legal conditions and circumstances in any country in which the legal proceedings of the adoption are to take place that may affect the adoption process; and (2) information released by the U.S. Department of State in the form of travel notices and other advisories regarding the adoption process in any such country. Sets penalties for violations. Prohibits knowingly soliciting or receiving money or anything of value for placing any child for adoption under circumstances that require such child to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce, with exceptions. Sets penalties for violations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be civil remedies for victims of fraudulent adoption practices. | 2025-08-21T20:15:22Z | |
| 104-hr-3988 | 104 | hr | 3988 | To provide for mandatory prison terms for possessing, brandishing, or discharging a firearm or destructive device during a Federal crime that is a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 12 | Revises Federal criminal code provisions to set mandatory prison terms for possessing, brandishing, or discharging a firearm or destructive device during a Federal crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. Establishes penalties for second or subsequent convictions. Bars the court from imposing probationary sentences or concurrent terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of such violations. | 2025-01-02T17:39:06Z | |
| 104-s-2040 | 104 | s | 2040 | Drug-Induced Rape Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | Drug-Induced Rape Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to prescribe penalties of 20 years' imprisonment and a fine for distributing a controlled substance to an individual without that person's knowledge with intent to rape such individual. Enhances penalties for certain activities involving flunitrazepam under: (1) the CSA, including manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute specified quantities of flunitrazepam; and (2) the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, including possessing, manufacturing, and distributing flunitrazepam for purposes of unlawful importation. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Sentencing Guidelines so that one dosage unit of flunitrazepam shall be equivalent to one gram of marihuana for determining the offense level under the Drug Quantity Table. | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hconres-206 | 104 | hconres | 206 | Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-01 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 44 | Calls for aggressive prosecution by the Department of Justice of perpetrators of armed conspiracies against the Government and of the illegal possession of firearms, explosives, or any substances or devices of destruction. | 2025-01-02T17:32:43Z | |
| 104-s-2010 | 104 | s | 2010 | Community Protection Initiative of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 7 | Community Protection Initiative of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers carrying appropriate written identification from State and local laws prohibiting the carrying of a concealed firearm. | 2025-08-21T20:16:28Z | |
| 104-s-2006 | 104 | s | 2006 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-31 | 1996-09-19 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that, with respect to the prohibition against taking a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from another by force and violence or by intimidation with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, "serious bodily harm" shall include any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate prohibitions against aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault. | 2025-08-21T20:15:53Z | |
| 104-s-2007 | 104 | s | 2007 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-31 | 1996-09-19 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 8 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that, with respect to the prohibition against taking a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from another by force and violence or by intimidation with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, "serious bodily harm" shall include any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate prohibitions against aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault. | 2025-08-21T20:15:58Z | |
| 104-s-2002 | 104 | s | 2002 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-30 | 1996-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for using or threatening to use force against any Federal officer or agency and seizing or detaining a child in order to evade arrest or obstruct justice. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-2003 | 104 | s | 2003 | Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-30 | 1996-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 0 | Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 with respect to State reciprocity of weapons licenses issued to armored car company crew members. Limits initial licenses and license renewals to periods not to exceed two years. Requires crew members to: (1) have met all other applicable requirements to act as an armored car crew member in the State in which such member is primarily employed by such company; and (2) receive continuing weapons safety and marksmanship training in order to get a weapons license renewed. | 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z | |
| 104-s-1996 | 104 | s | 1996 | A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-26 | 1996-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of local crime prevention block grants for voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally-appropriate home visitor systems that provide parenting education that focuses on parenting skills, child development and health, and support services for new parents to prevent or decrease the risk of child abuse. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-3901 | 104 | hr | 3901 | Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-25 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] | CA | R | C000059 | 71 | Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1996 - Sets penalties for vandalism and theft at national cemeteries. | 2025-08-21T20:15:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3905 | 104 | hr | 3905 | Drug-Induced Rape Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-25 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 32 | Drug-Induced Rape Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to prescribe penalties of 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to $2 million for an individual or $10 million otherwise for distributing a controlled substance to a person without that person's knowledge with intent to rape such person. Prohibits the court from placing on probation or suspending the sentence of anyone sentenced under such provision. Enhances penalties for certain activities involving flunitrazepam under: (1) the CSA, including manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute specified quantities of flunitrazepam; and (2) the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, including possessing, manufacturing, and distributing for purposes of unlawful importation of such quantities. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Sentencing Guidelines so that one dosage unit of flunitrazepam shall be equivalent to one gram of marihuana for determining the offense level under the Drug Quantity Table. | 2025-08-21T20:14:08Z | |
| 104-s-1991 | 104 | s | 1991 | Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Control Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-25 | 1996-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act Title II: The State and Local Court Assistance Program Act Subtitle A: Juvenile Gun Courts Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Courts Subtitle C: Flexibility in Prison Grants Title III: The Gun-Free Children Amendments Act Subtitle A: Gun Free School Zones Amendment Subtitle B: Enhanced Prosecution and Punishment of Armed Dangerous Felons Title IV: The Keeping Kids Drug-Free Act Subtitle A: Penalty Enhancements Subtitle B: Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Control Act of 1996 - Title I: Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act - Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act of 1995 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding juveniles to require that a juvenile alleged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency be surrendered to State authorities or proceeded against in Federal court as a juvenile or tried as an adult. Sets guidelines for proceeding against a juvenile in Federal court as a juvenile and as an adult. (Sec. 103) Modifies provisions regarding: (1) custody prior to appearance before a magistrate to provide that whenever a juvenile is taken into custody, the arresting officer shall immediately advise such juvenile of the juvenile's rights and promptly take reasonable steps to notify the juvenile's parents, guardian, or custodian; (2) detention prior to disposition to direct that a juvenile be detained in such suitable place as the Attorney General may designate, with preference to a location within, or a reasonable distance of, the district in which the juvenile is being prosecuted; and (3) dispositional hearings to direct the court, upon finding a juvenile to be a delinquent, to hold a dispositional hearing no later than 40 court days after such finding (and directs that a predisposition report be prepared by the probation office… | 2025-08-21T20:14:28Z | |
| 104-s-1984 | 104 | s | 1984 | Alu-O'Hara Public Safety Officers Health Benefits Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-24 | 1996-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 3 | Alu-O'Hara Public Safety Officers Health Benefits Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a ten percent reduction in Federal assistance to a State under the justice system improvement grant program unless public safety officers who are separated from service as a result of injuries sustained in the line of duty continue to receive at least the same level of health insurance benefits. | 2025-08-21T20:14:38Z | |
| 104-s-1985 | 104 | s | 1985 | Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-24 | 1996-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to apply prohibitions and penalties for aggravated sexual abuse of a person under age 12 and for sexual abuse of a person between the ages of 12 and 16 to any person who: (1) crosses a State line with intent to engage in a sexual act with such minor; or (2) knowingly engages, or attempts to engage, in such an act in interstate or foreign commerce. Directs that a defendant previously convicted of another Federal offense of sexual abuse or aggravated sexual abuse of a minor or of a State offense that would have been such an offense had it occurred in a Federal prison be sentenced to life imprisonment, unless the death penalty is imposed. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) to require a State, in order that funds available under the drug control and system improvement grant program under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 are not reduced by ten percent, to have in effect a law which requires a court to sentence a defendant in a State prosecution who is convicted of an offense that would have been aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse of a minor if it occurred in a Federal prison, and who has previously been convicted for such an offense, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Revises VCCLEA provisions under subtitle A of title XVII (the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act) to direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation to maintain a separate data base for information submitted to it under such Act, to make such data base accessible to appropriate State law enforcement officials, and to inform appropriate local law enforcement officials when a person changes registration to that locality. | 2025-08-21T20:16:09Z | |
| 104-sres-282 | 104 | sres | 282 | A resolution to designate October 10, 1996, as the "Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-24 | 1996-08-02 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 83 | Designates October 10, 1996, as the Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-3876 | 104 | hr | 3876 | Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-23 | 1996-09-12 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 422. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 Title II: Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Title III: Amendments to the Missing Children's Assistance Act Title IV: Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Title V: General Provisions Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 - Modifies the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) include a finding that weapons offenses and homicides are the two fastest growing violent crimes committed by juveniles; (2) include as a purpose to support State and local programs that prevent juvenile involvement in delinquent activities; and (3) define "violent crime" as murder or non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, or robbery, or aggravated assault committed with the use of a firearm. (Sec. 104) Redesignates the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as the Office of Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention. (Sec. 105) Modifies provisions of the Act regarding: (1) concentration of Federal effort to repeal the requirement that each Federal agency administering a Federal juvenile delinquency program submit annually a juvenile delinquency development statement; and (2) an annual report to require that such report include an evaluation of programs funded and their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of juvenile crime, particularly violent crimes. (Sec. 106) Eliminates: (1) the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and (2) certain allocations of funds to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (Sec. 109) Modifies Act requirements regarding State plans. Provides that the advisory group shall consist of the State attorney general or such other State official who has primary responsibility for overseeing the enforcement of State criminal laws. Requires St… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-s-1980 | 104 | s | 1980 | Concealed Weapons Prohibition Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Concealed Weapons Prohibition Act of 1996 - Prohibits a person from carrying a handgun on his or her person in public. Sets forth exceptions where a person is authorized to carry a handgun: (1) under Federal law; (2) under a State law that grants an exemption based on an individualized determination and a review of credible evidence that the person should be allowed to carry a handgun because of compelling circumstances; or (3) under a State law that provides an exemption for any person who is a law enforcement or retired law enforcement official, a duly authorized private security officer, a person whose employment involves the transport of substantial amounts of cash or other valuables, or anyone the Attorney General determines should be allowed to carry a handgun because of compelling circumstances warranting an exception, pursuant to regulations that the Attorney General may promulgate. | 2025-08-21T20:14:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3833 | 104 | hr | 3833 | To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-17 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] | WA | D | D000327 | 0 | Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of local crime prevention block grants for voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally-appropriate home visitor systems that provide parenting education that focuses on parenting skills, child development and health, and support services for new parents to prevent or decrease the risk of child abuse. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3838 | 104 | hr | 3838 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in the State, and to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-17 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 5 | Amends the Federal criminal code to establish a national standard for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Authorizes a person who has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one State and who is not prohibited from carrying a firearm under Federal law to carry a concealed firearm (that has been transported in interstate commerce) in another State in accordance with the restrictions of that State (if any) or as specified under this Act. Exempts qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns. | 2025-04-07T15:30:22Z | |
| 104-hr-3825 | 104 | hr | 3825 | To establish Federal, State, and local programs for the investigation, reporting, and prevention of bias crimes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-16 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Directs the Attorney General to appoint in the Department of Justice a National Director of Bias Crime. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) examine the needs of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in training officers for the investigation and reporting of bias crimes; (2) recommend to the Attorney General policy options for the enhancement of bias crime interdiction and prevention; (3) develop a national curriculum to be taught as a preventative measure at elementary and secondary schools throughout the country; (4) coordinate technical assistance provided to State and local law enforcement agencies related to bias crime; and (5) coordinate assistance to victims of bias crime. Requires training programs established by the Director to include: (1) recognition of basic elements of bias crimes and proper initial response procedures; (2) instruction on how to comply with Federal reporting requirements under the National Hate Crimes Statistics Act; (3) notification of law enforcement officials regarding the history and growth of organized bias groups in the United States; and (4) methods to develop preventative education curricula for local schools and community youth groups and methods to cope with the trauma experienced by victims of bias crime. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:38:52Z | |
| 104-s-1952 | 104 | s | 1952 | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-12 | 1996-09-16 | By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 104-369. Additional views filed. | Senate | Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] | TN | R | T000457 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 Title II: Amendments in Other Law Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 - Revises the findings, purposes, and policy of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (the Act). Declares it to be congressional policy to provide the necessary resources, leadership, and coordination to take certain actions, such as to develop and implement effective methods of preventing and reducing youth violence and to encourage parental involvement in treatment and alternative disposition programs. (Sec. 102) Replaces the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention with an Office of Youth Violence Reduction, headed by an Administrator. Modifies provisions regarding State plans to require a State, to be eligible to receive formula grants under the Act, to take specified steps, such as: (1) ensuring that not less than 75 percent of certain funds made available to the State are used for prevention and non-incarcerative intervention and for other specified purposes; and (2) addressing prevention efforts to reduce the proportion of minority juveniles detained or confined in secure detention facilities, jails, and lockups. Revises the Act to: (1) make the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention a part of the Office of Justice Programs, supervised and directed by a Director of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (2) direct the Institute to make grants and enter into contracts to evaluate programs established and funded with State formula grants, research and demonstration projects funded by the National Institute of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, and discretionary funding of the Office of Youth Violence Reduction; and (3) authorize appropriations. (Sec. 103) Authorizes appropriations for the Runaway and Ho… | 2025-08-21T20:16:38Z | |
| 104-s-1945 | 104 | s | 1945 | A bill to broaden the scope of certain firearms offenses. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to impose mandatory minimum sentences upon persons who, during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, have firearms in close proximity to illegal drugs or drug proceeds, in close proximity at the time of their arrest, or in close proximity at the point of sale of illegal drugs. (Current law limits such sentences to those using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to such crimes.) | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-1946 | 104 | s | 1946 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to insert a general provision for criminal attempt. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that a person is guilty of an offense if, acting with the state of mind otherwise required for the commission of a crime, that person intentionally engages in conduct that, if successful, would constitute or result in the offense. Sets forth provisions regarding affirmative defenses (voluntary abandonment of criminal effort under specified circumstances), preclusion of specified defenses (impossibility, or that the crime attempted was completed), proof, grading of the offense, and Federal jurisdiction. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-1947 | 104 | s | 1947 | Clone Pager Authorization Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Clone Pager Authorization Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the use of a clone pager (defined as a device that is programmed identically to any numeric digital display paging device and that allows the user to receive messages at the same time as the user of the paging device). Modifies provisions regarding the use of pen registers and trap and trace devices to cover the use of clone pagers. Authorizes a Federal court, upon the request of an attorney for the Government or an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to acquire and use a clone pager, to order a provider of a paging service or other person to furnish to such investigative or law enforcement officer all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the programming and use of such pager unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the paging services provided. | 2025-08-21T20:15:14Z | |
| 104-s-1948 | 104 | s | 1948 | A bill to amend section 2241 of Title 18, United States Code, to provide for federal jurisdiction over sexual predators. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Amends the Federal criminal code to require that a person convicted of aggravated sexual abuse after a previous conviction of a State or Federal sexual abuse offense be sentenced to life imprisonment if the abusive conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and: (1) that conduct is in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) the person crossed a State line with intent to engage in such conduct; or (3) the person engaging in that conduct thereafter travels in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to avoid prosecution or giving testimony. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hconres-196 | 104 | hconres | 196 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that each State should enact legislation regarding notification procedures necessary when a sexually violent offender is released. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-10 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 12 | Requires each State to establish an Advisory Board for Risk Assessment which shall comply with the requirements and guidelines regarding notification and release of sexually violent offenders established for a State board under the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act and under this Act. Directs: (1) the Chief Executive Officer of each State (CEO) to develop guidelines and procedures for use by the Board to assess the risk of a repeat offense by such an offender and the threat posed to the public safety; and (2) any State or local correctional facility, hospital, or institution to forward relevant information pertaining to a sex offender to be discharged, paroled, or released to the Board for review prior to the release (and provides for the confidentiality of records so provided, with exceptions). Requires the Board: (1) prior to the discharge, to make a confidential recommendation to the sentencing court as to whether such offender warrants the designation of sexually violent predator; and (2) to use the guidelines established to recommend to the sentencing court one of three levels of notification. Directs the sentencing court to: (1) make a determination of whether an offender is a sex offender or a sexually violent predator before the release of such offender; (2) make a determination regarding the level of notification after receiving a tier recommendation from the Board; and (3) upon the reversal of a conviction of a sexual offense, order the expungement of any records required to be kept pursuant to this Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) petitions for relief from the duty to register; (2) penalties for misuse of registration information; (3) juvenile offenders; (4) official immunity from liability; and (5) exclusion of the victim's identity from public access or dissemination. Requires: (1) each CEO to establish reasonable notification requirements; and (2) the department required to coordinate the sex offender registration program to compile… | 2025-01-02T17:32:43Z | |
| 104-hr-3776 | 104 | hr | 3776 | Prison Work and Victim Restitution Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-10 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1] | NV | R | E000194 | 17 | Prison Work and Victim Restitution Act of 1996 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require convicted inmates confined in Federal prisons, jails, and other detention facilities to engage in: (1) work for no fewer than 50 hours weekly; and (2) job-training and educational and life skills preparation study. Allows nonprofit entities to utilize the services of prisoners if opportunities otherwise provided by law for inmates to work are insufficient to meet such requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) make prisoners available to for-profit American entities either located in a foreign country or considering moving to a foreign country because of high domestic labor costs, subject to specified requirements; and (2) provide incentives to such entities, such as the use of space and facilities in Federal prisons at a free or reduced rate. Directs the Attorney General to make rules governing the provision of services by inmates to such nonprofit and for-profit entities. Establishes in the Treasury a Fund into which shall be placed all proceeds and wages from prison labor. Directs that such Fund be used: (1) to offset the costs of prisoner incarceration (one third); (2) for victim restitution (one third); (3) for payment into the individual prisoner's account to be paid upon his or her release (one tenth); and (4) for payments to States with prison work requirements that are substantially the same as Federal requirements for programs to benefit the dependents of prisoners. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exclude prisoners from the term "employee" for purposes of such Acts. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that Federal prisoners: (1) are subject to regular and random testing for drugs and illegal substances; (2) do not engage in specified activities, such as smoking, viewing pornographic materials, or sexual activity; and (3) do not possess microwave ovens, hot plates, toaster overs, televisions, or VCRs. Repeals the limitation… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3778 | 104 | hr | 3778 | To provide grants to the States for drug testing projects when individuals are arrested and during the pretrial period. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-07-10 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 7 | Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants for States and local governments to develop, implement, or continue a drug testing project when individuals are arrested and during the pretrial period and after post-conviction release. Sets forth State and local application requirements. Requires a State, to be eligible to receive funds, to develop or maintain programs of urinalysis or similar drug testing of individuals upon arrest and on a regular basis pending trial for the purpose of making pretrial detention decisions. Provides for the allocation and distribution of funds. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of total project costs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:38:51Z | |
| 104-hr-3736 | 104 | hr | 3736 | Crime Does Not Pay Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-27 | 1996-07-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 83 | Crime Does Not Pay Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit community development block grants to a State or locality that permits recovery of damages for an injury suffered by a person committing a felony. | 2025-08-21T20:14:05Z | |
| 104-hr-3745 | 104 | hr | 3745 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Corrections Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-27 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3] | KS | R | M000684 | 36 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Corrections Act of 1996 - Modifies Federal criminal code provisions regarding the purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments to require each Federal department and agency to offer to purchase prison-made products in accordance with this Act. Specifies that: (1) when a procurement activity of a Federal department or agency has a requirement for a specific product that is authorized to be offered for sale by Federal Prison Industries (FPI) and is listed in the FPI catalog of products, the procurement activity shall solicit an offer from FPI; and (2) a contract award shall be made using competitive procedures in accordance with the specifications and evaluation factors specified in the solicitation, and may be made to FPI if the contracting officer for the procurement activity determines that the prison-made product to be furnished will meet the requirements of the procurement activity, timely performance of the contract can be reasonably expected, and the contract price does not exceed a current market price as established by the competition. Establishes provisions regarding: (1) contract performance by FPI; (2) finality of the contracting officer's decision; (3) reporting of purchases by Federal departments or agencies from FPI to the Federal Procurement Data System; and (4) publication and maintenance by FPI of a catalog of products and services that it is authorized to offer for sale. Sets forth provisions regarding proposed revisions to the Government-wide Federal Acquisition Regulation, publication of final regulations, and public participation in the process. | 2025-08-21T20:14:56Z | |
| 104-s-1919 | 104 | s | 1919 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the use of an imported controlled substance (including flunitrazepam) to commit a felony, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose penalties upon any person who, in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of a felony under Federal or State law, administers or causes to be administered to any person without his or her consent an imported controlled substance, including flunitrazepam. Directs the United States Attorney to coordinate the prosecution of any defendant charged with such an offense with State and local law enforcement agencies. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-3723 | 104 | hr | 3723 | Economic Espionage Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-26 | 1996-10-11 | Became Public Law No: 104-294. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Protection of Trade Secrets Title II: National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 Title III: Transfer of Persons Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity Title IV: Establishment of Boys and Girls Clubs Title V: Use of Certain Technology to Facilitate Criminal Conduct Title VI: Technical and Minor Amendments Economic Espionage Act of 1996 - Title I: Protection of Trade Secrets - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe penalties to be imposed on any person or organization that knowingly commits one of the following offenses, either intending or knowing that it will benefit any foreign government, instrumentality, or agent, or intending to convert a trade secret to the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner with the knowledge that the offense will injure the owner: (1) stealing or otherwise fraudulently obtaining a trade secret; (2) copying or conveying a trade secret without authorization; (3) receiving, buying, or possessing a trade secret, knowing it has been obtained or converted without authorization; or (4) attempting or conspiring to commit such an offense. Sets forth provisions regarding criminal forfeiture, civil proceedings to enjoin violations, conduct outside the United States, and non-preemption of other remedies under Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law. Directs: (1) the court to preserve the confidentiality of trade secrets; and (2) the Attorney General to report to the Congress on the amounts received and distributed from fines for offenses under this title deposited in the Crime Victims Fund. (Sec. 102) Permits the Attorney General to authorize an application for, and a Federal judge to grant, an order authorizing interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, in cases involving protection of trade secrets. Title II: National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and rela… | 2025-04-07T15:30:22Z | |
| 104-s-1908 | 104 | s | 1908 | Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-26 | 1996-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 4 | Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified activities relating to personal information about a child (defined as a person under age 16), including knowingly: (1) selling such information (by a list broker) without the consent of a parent of that child, knowing that such information pertains to a child; (2) using prison inmate labor for data processing of personal information about children; and (3) distributing or receiving any such information, knowing or having reason to believe that the information will be used to abuse or physically harm the child. Authorizes civil actions by children or their parents with respect to whom a violation of this Act occurs. Directs the court to award a prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs. | 2025-08-21T20:15:34Z | |
| 104-hr-3698 | 104 | hr | 3698 | To reduce violent crime by juvenile offenders. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-20 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act Title II: The State and Local Court Assistance Program Act Subtitle A: Juvenile Gun Courts Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Courts Subtitle C: Flexibility in Prison Grants Title III: The Gun-Free Children Amendments Act Subtitle A: Gun Free School Zones Amendment Subtitle B: Enhanced Prosecution and Punishment of Armed Dangerous Felons Title IV: The Keeping Kids Drug-Free Act Subtitle A: Penalty Enhancements Subtitle B: Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Control Act of 1996 - Title I: Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act - Enhanced Prosecution of Dangerous Juvenile Offenders Act of 1996 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding juveniles to require that a juvenile alleged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency be surrendered to State authorities or proceeded against in Federal court as a juvenile or tried as an adult. Sets guidelines for proceeding against a juvenile in Federal court as a juvenile and as an adult. (Sec. 103) Modifies provisions regarding: (1) custody prior to appearance before a magistrate to provide that whenever a juvenile is taken into custody, the arresting officer shall immediately advise such juvenile of the juvenile's rights and promptly take reasonable steps to notify the juvenile's parents, guardian, or custodian; (2) detention prior to disposition to direct that a juvenile be detained in such suitable place as the Attorney General may designate, with preference to a location within, or a reasonable distance of, the district in which the juvenile is being prosecuted; and (3) dispositional hearings to direct the court, upon finding a juvenile to be a delinquent, to hold a dispositional hearing no later than 40 court days after such finding (and directs that a predisposition report be prepared by the probation office… | 2025-01-02T17:38:49Z | |
| 104-hr-3676 | 104 | hr | 3676 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-19 | 1996-10-01 | Became Public Law No: 104-217. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | Carjacking Correction Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that for purposes of the prohibition against taking a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from another by force and violence or by intimidation with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, "serious bodily harm" shall include any conduct that would violate provisions of the code regarding aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse if it occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. | 2025-04-07T15:30:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3680 | 104 | hr | 3680 | War Crimes Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-19 | 1996-08-21 | Became Public Law No: 104-192. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 18 | War Crimes Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that anyone, whether inside or outside the United States, who commits a grave breach of the Geneva conventions, where the person who commits such breach or the victim of such breach is a member of the U.S. armed forces or a U.S. national, shall be fined or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, or, if death results to the victim, be subject to the death penalty. | 2025-04-07T15:28:21Z | |
| 104-s-1890 | 104 | s | 1890 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-19 | 1996-06-19 | Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 43 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 - Makes Federal criminal code prohibitions against, and penalties for, damaging religious property or obstructing any person's free exercise of religious beliefs applicable where: (1) the property is damaged because of its racial or ethnic character; and (2) the offense is in, or affects, interstate commerce. (Currently such provisions apply only where: (1) the property is damaged because of its religious character; (2) the defendant, in committing the offense, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the loss exceeds $10,000.) Prohibits intentionally defacing, damaging, or destroying religious real property (or attempting to do so) because of the race, color, religious, or ethnic characteristics of any individual associated with such property. Increases penalties for violations of such provisions where bodily injury results or where such acts include the use, or attempted or threatened use, of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire. Includes within the definition of "religious property" fixtures or religious objects contained within a place of religious worship. Sets a seven-year statute of limitation for the prosecution, trial, or punishment of a person for any noncapital offense under such provisions. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to use up to $5 million of the credit subsidy provided under the General and Special Risk Insurance Fund for guaranteed loans to financial institutions in connection with loans made to assist certain tax exempt religious or other organizations that have been damaged by arson or terrorism. Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of the Treasury and Justice, including the Community Relations Service, to increase personnel to investigate, prevent, and respond to potential violations of this Act and Federal explosives prohibitions. Reauthorizes the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Commends those individuals… | 2025-08-21T20:16:16Z | |
| 104-s-1884 | 104 | s | 1884 | A bill to provide a penalty of not less than 10 years imprisonment without release for damage by arson to houses of worship. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-18 | 1996-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] | TX | R | G000365 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the penalty for intentionally damaging religious real property or obstructing any person's enjoyment of the free exercise of religious beliefs where such an act results in bodily injury or includes the use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire to not less than (currently, not more than) ten years' imprisonment. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-sres-265 | 104 | sres | 265 | A resolution relating to church burnings. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-18 | 1996-06-18 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6384-6386) | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 36 | Condemns arson and other acts of desecration against churches and other houses of worship as being totally inconsistent with fundamental American values. Expresses the Senate's belief that investigation and prosecution of those who are responsible for fires at such entities, and especially any incidents of arson whose purpose is to divide communities or to intimidate any Americans, should be a high national priority. | 2025-04-07T15:23:12Z | |
| 104-hconres-186 | 104 | hconres | 186 | Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to recent church burnings. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 103 | Condemns the burning of African-American churches. Sends condolences to affected individuals. Supports the activities of local law enforcement officials, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Treasury in investigating these incidents. Urges: (1) the United States Attorney General and local prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty available under law to punish the perpetrators; and (2) the President to make the fullest possible use of all available law enforcement resources to bring the culprits to justice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) attacks on places of worship because of the race, color, denomination, or ethnicity of the congregation undermine fundamental American ideals; (2) these fires appear to be hate crimes and implicitly interfere with the First Amendment and other civil rights of the victims; (3) the arson of a place of worship is repulsive to us as a society; and (4) it is important that the Congress enact legislation to ensure that Federal law enforcement has the necessary tools to punish and deter such acts. Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to work within their own communities to prevent arson against African-American or any other house of worship; and (2) the American people to use June 16th as a day of prayer concerning these tragedies. | 2025-01-02T17:32:43Z | |
| 104-hconres-187 | 104 | hconres | 187 | Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to recent church burnings. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-20 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 106 | Condemns the burning of African-American churches. Sends condolences to affected individuals. Supports the activities of local law enforcement officials, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Treasury in investigating these incidents. Urges: (1) the United States Attorney General and local prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty available under law to punish the perpetrators; and (2) the President to make the fullest possible use of all available law enforcement resources to bring the culprits to justice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) attacks on places of worship because of the race, color, denomination, or ethnicity of the congregation undermine fundamental American ideals; (2) these fires appear to be hate crimes and implicitly interfere with the First Amendment and other civil rights of the victims; (3) the arson of a place of worship is repulsive to us as a society; and (4) it is important that the Congress enact legislation to ensure that Federal law enforcement has the necessary tools to punish and deter such acts. Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to work within their own communities to prevent arson against African-American or any other house of worship; and (2) American citizens to observe a national week of prayer beginning June 16, and ending June 23, 1996, in their places of worship. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-3647 | 104 | hr | 3647 | Bruce M. Bryan Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 15 | Bruce M. Bryan Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a police or fire department chaplain within the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of death benefit provisions. | 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3652 | 104 | hr | 3652 | Junk Gun Violence Protection Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2] | RI | D | R000122 | 20 | Junk Gun Violence Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a junk gun that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Defines a "junk gun" as any firearm that does not meet specified criteria for authorization by the Secretary of the Treasury for importation into the United States. Makes such provision inapplicable to: (1) the possession or transfer of any junk gun otherwise lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of this Act's enactment; (2) any firearm or replica of a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperative; (3) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement officer employed by such an entity for law enforcement purposes (whether on or off duty); or (4) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a junk gun by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3655 | 104 | hr | 3655 | Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Tate, Randy [R-WA-9] | WA | R | T000048 | 0 | Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require each Federal facility for the confinement of persons convicted of offenses against the United States, insofar as practical, to observe the standards for prisoner living space and other prison conditions that are established by recognized prison accreditation agencies. Permits such facilities to fail to meet any such standards when, in the judgment of prison officials, overcrowding, financial strain, prison size, absence of on-site facilities, or other circumstances make it necessary to do so. Sets forth specific standards that each Federal prison shall observe with respect to: (1) manual labor (requires prisoners to spend a minimum of ten hours per day, six days a week, doing manual labor); (2) chain gangs; (3) nutrition; (4) exercise; (5) limits on media; and (6) amenities. | 2025-08-21T20:14:59Z | |
| 104-s-1872 | 104 | s | 1872 | A bill to amend section 922(x)(5) of title 18, United States Code, relating to the prohibition of possession of a handgun by a minor, to change the definition of minor from under 18 years of age to under 21 years of age. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of juvenile to mean a person who is less than 21 (currently, 18) years of age, for purposes of prohibitions against: (1) the sale, delivery, or other transfer of a handgun or handgun ammunition to a juvenile; and (2) possession of a handgun or handgun ammunition by a juvenile. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-sres-263 | 104 | sres | 263 | A resolution relating to church burning. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-18 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 17 | Condemns arson against churches and declares that the investigation and prosecution of those who are responsible, especially for any incidents of arson the purpose of which is to divide communities or to intimidate Americans, should be a high national priority. Commends the President for pledging to devote all Federal resources necessary to bring to justice those responsible. Calls for all investigations of fires at churches which are of suspicious origin to be conducted in a sensitive manner that reflects the special character of churches and the role they play in American communities. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-1866 | 104 | s | 1866 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-12 | 1996-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 - Makes Federal criminal code prohibitions against, and penalties for, damaging religious property or obstructing any person's free exercise of religious beliefs applicable where: (1) the property is damaged because of its racial or ethnic character; and (2) the offense is in, or affects, interstate commerce. (Currently such provisions apply only where: (1) the property is damaged because of its religious character; (2) the defendant, in committing the offense, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the loss exceeds $10,000.) | 2025-08-21T20:14:02Z | |
| 104-hconres-183 | 104 | hconres | 183 | Condemning the recent rash of arson against African-American churches across the United States, pledging to assist law enforcement authorities in apprehending the persons responsible for such acts of arson, supporting bipartisan legislation which would facilitate the prosecution of arsonists and create more severe penalties for arson against houses of worship, and encouraging the people of the United States to work in their communities to prevent future acts of arson against African-American churches. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-11 | 1996-06-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6189) | House | Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | C000494 | 121 | Condemns the rash of arson against African-American churches across the United States during the past 18 months. Pledges to take steps to assist law enforcement authorities in apprehending the persons responsible. Supports the bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Conyers and Hyde to facilitate the prosecution of, and increase penalties against, arsonists who target houses of worship. Encourages the people of the United States to work within their own communities to prevent arson against African-American houses of worship. | 2025-01-02T17:32:43Z | |
| 104-s-1853 | 104 | s | 1853 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 12 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 - Makes Federal criminal code prohibitions against, and penalties for, damaging religious property or obstructing any person's free exercise of religious beliefs applicable where: (1) the offense is in, or affects, interstate commerce; and (2) the loss exceeds $5,000. (Currently such provisions apply only where: (1) the defendant, in committing the offense, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) the loss exceeds $10,000.) | 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z | |
| 104-s-1854 | 104 | s | 1854 | Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Reform Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 7 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996 Title II: Federal Gang Violence Act of 1996 Title III: Federal Youth Violence Control Act of 1996 Title IV: Federal Youth Violence Prevention Act of 1996 Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996 - Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions to require that a juvenile age 13 or older who is alleged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony, be tried as an adult if: (1) the offense charged is a crime of violence or a specified drug offense; (2) the juvenile previously has been found guilty of three prior felonies committed on different occasions under Federal or State law, or other conditions apply; or (3) the appropriate U.S. Attorney finds a substantial Federal interest to warrant the exercise of Federal jurisdiction. Directs that offenses tried in U.S. district court under this Act be open to the public, with exceptions. Grants the U.S. Attorney, in making determinations concerning juvenile prosecution, complete access to prior Federal juvenile records. (Sec. 104) Lowers the minimum age at which a defendant may be sentenced to death from age 18 to 16. Adds aggravating factors for imposition of the death penalty. (Sec. 107) Subjects a juvenile tried as an adult to code provisions regarding detention, speedy trial, and restitution for adults. (Sec. 110) Authorizes: (1) the release of juvenile records to meet inquiries from an educational institution to ensure public safety and security; and (2) the Attorney General to seek injunctions to protect the safe public enjoyment of Federal lands. (Sec. 111) Repeals provisions regarding: (1) foregoing prosecution and surrendering minors to State authorities; and (2) the Advisory Corrections Council. (Sec. 112) Prohibits the exclusion of evidence in Federal court on the ground that: (1) the search or seizure violated the Fourth A… | 2025-08-21T20:15:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3565 | 104 | hr | 3565 | Violent Youth Predator Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-04 | 1996-08-02 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 21 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Prosecution of Serious Violent Juveniles Title II: Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Armed Violent Predators Title III: Armed Violent Youth Predator Apprehension Directive Title IV: Block Grants and Incentive Grants for Accountability-Based Reforms Violent Youth Predator Act of 1996 - Title I: Federal Prosecution of Serious Violent Juveniles - Modifies Federal criminal code provisions to require that a juvenile alleged to have committed an offense against the United States or an act of juvenile delinquency be surrendered to State authorities or be proceeded against in Federal court as a juvenile or tried as an adult. Sets guidelines for proceeding against a juvenile in Federal court as a juvenile and as an adult. (Sec. 102) Modifies provisions regarding: (1) custody prior to appearance before a magistrate to provide that whenever a juvenile is taken into custody, the arresting officer shall immediately advise such juvenile of the juvenile's rights and promptly take reasonable steps to notify the juvenile's parents, guardian, or custodian (and directs that the juvenile be taken before a judicial officer without unreasonable delay); and (2) detention prior to disposition to direct that a juvenile be detained in such suitable place as the Attorney General may designate, with preference for a location within, or a reasonable distance of, the district in which the juvenile is being prosecuted (and sets forth provisions regarding the place and conditions of detention). (Sec. 105) Extends from 30 to 45 days the period during which an alleged delinquent who is in detention pending trial must be brought to trial. (Sec. 106) Modifies provisions regarding dispositional hearings to direct the court, upon finding a juvenile to be a juvenile delinquent, to hold a hearing concerning the appropriate disposition of the juvenile no later than 40 court days (currently, 20) after such finding. Directs that: (1) a predisposition report be prep… | 2025-08-21T20:14:20Z | |
| 104-hr-3571 | 104 | hr | 3571 | Religious Communication Sanctity Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-04 | 1996-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 24 | Religious Communication Sanctity Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties upon persons who, under color of governmental authority, surreptitiously listen to or record any communication that is privileged because of its religious character. Authorizes any person aggrieved by a violation consisting of the recording of a communication to obtain, in a civil action, the prompt destruction of that recording and any copies or transcripts made from such recording. | 2025-08-21T20:14:28Z | |
| 104-hr-3525 | 104 | hr | 3525 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-23 | 1996-07-03 | Became Public Law No: 104-155. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 94 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 - Makes Federal criminal code prohibitions against, and penalties for, damaging religious property or obstructing any person's free exercise of religious beliefs applicable where the offense is in, or affects, interstate commerce. (Currently such provisions apply only where: (1) the defendant, in committing the offense, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) the loss exceeds $10,000.) Prohibits intentionally defacing, damaging, or destroying religious real property (or attempting to do so) because of the race, color, or ethnic characteristics of any individual associated with such property. Increases penalties for violations of such provisions where bodily injury to any person, including a public safety officer, results or where such acts include the use, or attempted or threatened use, of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire. Includes within the definition of "religious real property" fixtures or religious objects contained within a place of religious worship. Sets a seven-year statute of limitations for the prosecution, trial, or punishment of a person for any noncapital offense under such provisions. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make guaranteed loans to financial institutions in connection with loans made to assist certain tax exempt religious or other organizations that have been damaged by arson or terrorism. Authorizes the Secretary to use for such loan guarantees up to $5 million of the amounts made available for FY 1996 for the credit subsidy provided under the General Insurance Fund and the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to include as "compensable crimes" under such Act crimes under this Act where victims suffer death or personal injury. Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of the Treasury and Justice, including the Community Relations Service, to increase personnel to inves… | 2025-04-07T15:28:05Z | |
| 104-hr-3526 | 104 | hr | 3526 | Computer Gambling Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Computer Gambling Prevention Act of 1996 - Modifies Federal criminal code provisions regarding the transmission of wagering information (wagering provisions) to set penalties for anyone engaged in betting or wagering who knowingly uses a wire or electronic communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets, wagers, or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers or for the transmission of such a communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to: (1) review the deterrent effect of existing guidelines applicable to the wagering provisions and report to the Congress; and (2) amend or promulgate guidelines to ensure that individuals convicted under such provisions are imprisoned for not less than one year. Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress that includes: (1) an analysis of the problems associated with enforcing the wagering provisions; (2) recommendations for the best use of the resources of the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to enforce such provisions; and (3) an estimate of the amount of activity and money being used to gamble on the Internet. | 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z | |
| 104-s-1797 | 104 | s | 1797 | A bill to revise the requirements for procurement of products of Federal Prison Industries to meet needs of Federal agencies, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-23 | 1996-10-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12283-12284) | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 5 | Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the requirements for procurement of products of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Directs a Federal agency which has a requirement for a specific product listed in the current edition of the FPI catalog to: (1) provide a copy of the notice required under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to FPI at least 15 days before the issuance of a solicitation of offers for procurement of such product; (2) use competitive procedures (with exceptions); and (3) consider a timely offer from FPI for award in accordance with the specifications and evaluation factors specified in the solicitation. Requires the agency to: (1) negotiate a contract with FPI for a product on a non-competitive basis if the Attorney General determines it is unreasonable to expect that FPI would be selected on a competitive basis and it is necessary to award the contract to FPI to maintain work opportunities that are essential to the safety and effective administration of the penal facility at which the contract would be performed or to permit diversification into the manufacture of a new product that has been approved for sale by the FPI board of directors; and (2) award the contract to FPI if the contracting officer determines that FPI can meet the agency's requirements with respect to the product in a timely manner, at a fair and reasonable price. Directs FPI, to the extent practicable, to concentrate any effort to produce a new product or to expand significantly the production of an existing product on products that are otherwise produced with non-U.S. labor. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-3508 | 104 | hr | 3508 | Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-22 | 1996-09-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 48 | Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified activities relating to personal information about a child (defined as a person under age 16), including knowingly: (1) selling such information (by a list broker) without the written consent of a parent of that child; (2) using prison inmate labor for data processing of personal information about children; and (3) distributing or receiving any such information, knowing or having reason to believe that the information will be used to abuse or physically harm the child. Authorizes civil actions by children with respect to whom a violation of this Act occurs. Directs the court to award a prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee as a part of the costs. | 2025-08-21T20:16:51Z | |
| 104-s-1790 | 104 | s | 1790 | Enhanced Marihuana Penalty Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | Enhanced Marihuana Penalty Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to lower the threshold amount of marihuana required to trigger specified penalties under such Acts. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to reflect the amendments made by this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:15:52Z | |
| 104-hr-3494 | 104 | hr | 3494 | Violent and Hard-Core Juvenile Offender Reform Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-20 | 1996-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | C000107 | 2 | Violent and Hard-Core Juvenile Offender Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to include among the: (1) findings of such Act that emphasis should be placed on identifying violent and hard-core juvenile offenders who should be prosecuted as adults; and (2) purposes of such Act to assist State and local governments in protecting public safety by identifying violent and hard-core juvenile offenders and transferring them from the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system to that of adult criminal court. Defines "serious habitual offender" for purposes of such Act. Requires that State plans (to receive formula grants): (1) require that not less than 75 percent of the funds available to the State be used for purposes including the establishment of serious habitual offender comprehensive action programs; (2) provide for the establishment and maintenance of an effective juvenile justice system that requires the prosecution of juveniles 14 years of age and older as adults in criminal court, rather than in juvenile delinquency proceedings, for specified offenses; (3) provide that a State will ensure that whenever a juvenile is adjudicated in a juvenile proceeding to have engaged in conduct constituting such an offense, a record relating to the adjudication is kept and made available, the juvenile is fingerprinted and photographed, and certain information is transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (4) provide that the State will ensure that if any juvenile has been adjudicated to be delinquent on two or more separate occasions based on conduct that would be a felony if committed by an adult, the record of the second and all subsequent adjudications shall be kept and made available to the public to the same extent as an adult conviction is open to the public. Requires that serious habitual offender comprehensive action programs be multidisciplinary interagency case management and information sharing systems. (Sec. 4) Requires the U.S. Senten… | 2025-08-21T20:14:24Z | |
| 104-hr-3488 | 104 | hr | 3488 | One Handgun-A-Month and Gun Trafficking Violence Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-16 | 1996-05-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | One Handgun-A-Month and Gun Trafficking Violence Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any licensed firearms dealer: (1) during any 30-day period, from selling two or more handguns to an unlicensed individual; or (2) from selling a handgun to an unlicensed individual who purchased a handgun during the 30-day period ending on the date of the sale. Provides that such prohibitions to not apply to an exchange of one handgun for another. Prohibits an unlicensed individual from purchasing two or more handguns during any 30-day period. Provides for imprisonment for up to ten years (currently, one year) for a licensed dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector who knowingly makes any false statement in connection with required firearms records. | 2025-08-21T20:15:45Z | |
| 104-hr-3490 | 104 | hr | 3490 | Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-05-16 | 1996-05-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Tate, Randy [R-WA-9] | WA | R | T000048 | 0 | Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require each Federal facility for the confinement of persons convicted of offenses against the United States, insofar as practical, to observe the standards for prisoner living space and other prison conditions that are established by recognized prison accreditation agencies. Permits such facilities to fail to meet any such standards when, in the judgment of prison officials, overcrowding, financial strain, prison size, absence of on-site facilities, or other circumstances make it necessary to do so. Sets forth specific standards that each Federal prison shall observe with respect to: (1) manual labor (requires prisoners to spend a minimum of ten hours per day, six days a week, doing manual labor); (2) chain gangs; (3) nutrition; (4) exercise; (5) limits on the media; and (6) amenities. | 2025-08-21T20:15:56Z |
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