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| 106-hr-5673 | 106 | hr | 5673 | Responsible Monitoring Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-12-15 | 2000-12-15 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C000116 | 0 | Responsible Monitoring Act of 2000 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers to shield from liability under Federal or State law an interactive computer service provider that primarily hosts the sale or offering for sale of goods and services by third parties, for taking in good faith any action to detect, remove, or disable access to any goods or services the sale or offering for sale of which the provider believes in good faith to be illegal. Requires such provider to remove or restrict access to goods or services it identifies as illegal. | 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z | |
| 106-hres-680 | 106 | hres | 680 | Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the request of Leonard Peltier for executive clemency. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-12-15 | 2000-12-15 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3] | SC | R | G000359 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House that Leonard Peltier's petition for executive clemency from consecutive life sentences for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents should be denied. | 2025-01-02T17:08:30Z | |
| 106-s-3276 | 106 | s | 3276 | A bill to make technical corrections to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 and certain amendments made by that Act. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-12-11 | 2000-12-15 | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11891) | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 1 | Amends the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for enhanced penalties for any offense involving fraud or misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or furnishing information to a consumer on (as under current law), or offering assistance in obtaining, financial assistance toward an education at an institution of higher education, such that those penalties are comparable to those provided for an offense involving fraud or misrepresentation (currently, comparable to the base offense level for misrepresentation) that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable, educational, religious, or political organization, or a government agency; and (2) expand the debts that are excluded from permissible exemptions of property from estates in bankruptcy to include a debt in connection with misrepresentation in providing, offering assistance in obtaining, or furnishing information to a consumer on, such financial assistance. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hr-5608 | 106 | hr | 5608 | Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-31 | 2000-11-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 - Directs a court, upon the conviction of an individual for a misdemeanor nonviolent drug offense under the Controlled Substances Act, to consider sentencing such individual to a term of probation or imprisonment that includes a condition or recommendation of participation in substance abuse treatment, including a rehabilitation program.Directs the Bureau of Prisons to maintain a rehabilitation program for such offenders sentenced to incarceration.Requires the Attorney General to study the racial impact of mandatory minimum sentences for controlled substance offenses, their effectiveness in reducing drug-related crime by nonviolent offenders, and the appropriateness of the use of such sentences on nonviolent offenders. | 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z | |
| 106-s-3264 | 106 | s | 3264 | Records Access Improvements Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-30 | 2000-11-14 | Star Print ordered on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Records Access Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reduce by ten percent each year, beginning with FY 2001, the total amount appropriated to each State from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund until its chief executive officer certifies to the Attorney General that at least 95 percent of the records of persons prohibited from access to firearms in that State have been and continue to be provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Includes as prohibited from firearms access persons who are: (1) adjudicated as mental defectives or committed; (2) under indictment for, or convicted of, a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year; (3) fugitives from justice; (4) unlawful users of or addicted to any controlled substance; (5) subject to a domestic violence court restraining order; or (6) convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. | 2025-08-20T14:20:46Z | |
| 106-s-3252 | 106 | s | 3252 | National Child Protection Improvement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11253-11254) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | National Child Protection Improvement Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to create a new title which may be cited as the National Child Protection Improvement Act.Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) a national center for volunteer and provider screening to serve qualified provider care entities requesting a nationwide background check on providers of care to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities; and (2) a National Volunteer Screening Task Force to oversee the work of the center and report on the progress of States in complying with provisions of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (the Act).Amends the Act to require national background check requests to be submitted to the National Center for Volunteer Screening, which shall conduct a search using the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or other appropriate criminal record check.Requires a model program to be established in each State and the District of Columbia providing grants to improve fingerprinting technology. | 2025-08-20T14:19:08Z | |
| 106-hr-5563 | 106 | hr | 5563 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 0 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 - Title I: Federal Reentry Demonstration Projects - Requires the: (1) Attorney General (AG) to establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to assist Federal prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community after their release; (2) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Director) to establish the Federal High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who have previously violated release terms; (3) Trustee of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to establish the District of Columbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving District parolees who would otherwise be released without confinement in a community corrections facility; (4) Director to establish the Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who are being released without confinement in a community corrections facility; and (5) AG to establish the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project to prepare Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the community.Title II: State Reentry Grant Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the AG to make grants to: (1) States, territories, and Indian tribes to establish adult reentry demonstration projects; (2) State and local courts, and entities having agreements with courts, to establish reentry courts; (3) States to establish juvenile offender reentry programs; and (4) conduct State reentry program research, development, and evaluation. | 2025-08-20T14:18:09Z | |
| 106-hr-5567 | 106 | hr | 5567 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 - Title I: Federal Reentry Demonstration Projects - Requires the: (1) Attorney General (AG) to establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to assist Federal prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community after their release; (2) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Director) to establish the Federal Remote Satellite Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who have previously violated release terms; (3) Trustee of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to establish the District of Columbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving District parolees who would otherwise be released without confinement in a community corrections facility; (4) Director to establish the Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who are being released without confinement in a community corrections facility; and (5) AG to establish the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project to prepare Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the community.Title II: State Reentry Grant Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the AG to make grants to: (1) States, territories, and Indian tribes to establish adult reentry demonstration projects; (2) State and local courts, and entities having agreements with courts, to establish reentry courts; (3) States to establish juvenile offender reentry programs; and (4) conduct State reentry program research, development, and evaluation. | 2025-08-20T14:17:00Z | |
| 106-hr-5500 | 106 | hr | 5500 | Justice for American Victims of Terrorism Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 5 | Justice for American Victims of Terrorism Act of 2000 - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Department of Justice an office to: (1) monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinians or individuals acting on behalf of Palestinian organizations; (2) collect and offer rewards for information against individuals alleged to have committed such acts; (3) negotiate with the Palestinian Authority or related entities to obtain financial compensation for U.S. nationals or their families injured or killed by such terrorist acts; (4) establish and implement alternative methods to apprehend, indict, prosecute, and convict individuals who commit such acts; (5) contact victims' families and provide updates on the progress to apprehend, indict, prosecute, and convict the individuals who commit such acts; and (6) provide for the permanent stationing of an appropriate number of U.S. officials in Israel, in territory administered by Israel and by the Palestinian Authority, and elsewhere. | 2025-08-20T14:17:32Z | |
| 106-hr-5513 | 106 | hr | 5513 | Video Voyeurism Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] | OH | R | O000163 | 0 | Video Voyeurism Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, the videotaping, photographing, filming, or recording by electronic means of any nonconsenting person in circumstances in which that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy: (1) if such person is nude, clad in undergarments, or in an exposed state of undress; or (2) under the person's clothing so as to expose private areas. Provides exceptions with respect to: (1) law enforcement officers pursuant to a lawful criminal investigation; or (2) correctional officials for security purposes or the investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person in custody. | 2025-08-20T14:18:02Z | |
| 106-s-3220 | 106 | s | 3220 | National Child Protection Amendments Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | National Child Protection Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to authorize a qualified entity designated by a State to contact an authorized State agency to obtain a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check of a provider of care to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. Requires each such check to be conducted pursuant to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.Directs the Attorney General to provide guidance to authorized agencies and qualified entities in making provider fitness determinations based upon criminal history information.Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized request or use of such information by a qualified entity. | 2025-08-20T14:16:54Z | |
| 106-s-3221 | 106 | s | 3221 | Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10802-10803) | Senate | Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] | NC | D | E000286 | 0 | Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to law enforcement agencies (agencies) that: (1) have in effect an administrative process or an existing procedure that complies with officer rights requirements; or (2) certify that they will establish, within two years, an administrative process that complies with such requirements.Requires that the administrative process require that an agency that investigates an officer for matters which could reasonably lead to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer, provide recourse for the officer that, at a minimum, includes: (1) access to any existing administrative process established by the employing agency prior to the imposition of any such disciplinary action; and (2) the right to a hearing before a fair and impartial board or hearing officer, the right to be represented by an attorney or other officer at such officer's expense, the right to confront any witness testifying against such officer, and the right to record all meetings.Specifies that nothing herein shall prevent the immediate suspension with pay of an officer: (1) whose continued presence on the job is considered to be a substantial and immediate threat to the welfare of the agency or the public; (2) who refuses to obey a direct order issued in conformance with the agency's written and disseminated rules and regulations; or (3) who is accused of committing an illegal act.Makes this Act inapplicable to an agency if the Attorney General determines that such agency has in effect an established civil service system, agency review board, grievance procedure, or personnel board which meets or exceeds the minimum standards set forth in this Act.Sets forth provisions regarding distribution of funds. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:15Z | |
| 106-hres-641 | 106 | hres | 641 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal Prison Industries, Inc., should immediately cease taking excess Federal computer equipment and selling such computer equipment and other excess Federal property in the commercial market. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries, Inc., should direct its Chief Operating Officer to immediately cease taking Federal computers and other equipment and selling it in the commercial market. | 2025-01-02T17:08:29Z | |
| 106-s-3206 | 106 | s | 3206 | Victims of Rape Health Protection Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-13 | 2000-10-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 0 | Victims of Rape Health Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reduce by ten percent the funds available to a State under the drug control grant program unless such State demonstrates that in its laws or regulations with respect to a defendant against whom a rape charge is brought, such State requires that: (1) the defendant be tested for HIV if the nature of the crime would have placed the victim at risk of HIV and the victim requests such a test; (2) the defendant be so tested within 48 hours after the information or indictment is presented or 48 hours after the test request, and that the test results be made immediately available to the victim; and (3) the defendant undergo any appropriate follow-up tests and that those test results be made immediately available to the victim.Allows funds reduced for noncompliance with such requirements to be redistributed to complying States. | 2025-08-20T14:20:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5462 | 106 | hr | 5462 | Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] | WI | R | G000545 | 0 | Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for placing sexually explicit photographs of a person on the Internet, with intent to embarrass or cause emotional distress to that person, without that person's permission. | 2025-08-20T14:18:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5472 | 106 | hr | 5472 | Safer Guns for Safer Communities Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] | CA | D | T000057 | 35 | Safer Guns for Safer Communities Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide up to 50 grants to eligible States and units of local government for up to three years for the purchase of firearms from a licensed importer or manufacturer which is in compliance with certain handgun standards outlined under this Act, including that such handguns: (1) have certain lock and safety devices; (2) have passed certain performance tests; (3) do not accept large capacity ammunition feeding devices; (4) contain certain packaging warnings; (5) are part of an inventory tracking plan; (6) are included in quarterly reporting of handgun sales to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF); and (7) are not marketed to minors under 18 years of age.Prohibits a law enforcement agency from disposing of a firearm except by destroying it or transferring it to another law enforcement agency. Requires the disposing agency to notify the ATF with certain handgun identifying information.Directs the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effect of the grant program in reducing gun-related crime in participating jurisdictions. | 2025-08-20T14:18:44Z | |
| 106-s-3191 | 106 | s | 3191 | Drug Court Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10415-10416) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Drug Court Act of 2000 - Authorizes ten Federal district courts, as selected by the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ), to establish drug courts in high crime districts that will: (1) expedite the criminal justice process for eligible offenders until they are declared ineligible or selected for inclusion in a drug court program; and (2) maintain jurisdiction over the offenders' cases before, during, and after participation in the program. Directs that each Federal drug court enter into an agreement that will allow all eligible offenders, in exchange for payment for the cost, to participate in a State's drug court program for substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation. Subjects each such agreement to Office approval. Provides that, except as specified, rules governing drug courts will be promulgated separately by each participating Federal district court, with the advice of the Office, subject to DOJ approval.Excludes as an "eligible offender" a person who: (1) is accused of violent criminal offenses; (2) is not accused of drug, drug-related, or drug-motivated offenses; (3) has previously been convicted of a Federal or State violent felony offense; or (4) for any other reason within the court's discretion does not meet all requirements of the applicable drug court.Sets forth provisions regarding offender eligibility requirements, the handling of ineligible offenders, requirements for drug program participants, identification of drug program participants, participant fitness examination, eligibility hearings, judicial discretion regarding eligibility, drug court responsibilities, disciplinary sanctions, drug court records, and administrative fees.Requires that each program provide all participating offenders with a personalized program, including required elements of treatment, supervision, rehabilitation, education, and job skills training. | 2025-08-20T14:20:45Z | |
| 106-s-3192 | 106 | s | 3192 | Police Gun Buyback Assistance Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10417) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Police Gun Buyback Assistance Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to assist eligible States or units of local government in: (1) purchasing new firearms without transferring decommissioned firearms to any person; and (2) destroying decommissioned firearms. | 2025-08-20T14:20:38Z | |
| 106-s-3202 | 106 | s | 3202 | Dangerous Biological Agent and Toxin Control Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10421-10424) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Dangerous Biological Agent and Toxin Control Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make unlawful: (1) the possession of any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system not reasonably justified by a prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purpose; (2) the handling of such an agent, toxin, or system in a manner that grossly deviates from accepted norms; and (3) the communication of false information concerning the existence of such prohibited activities. Requires a person to report the possession and transfer of select biological agents. Provides: (1) criminal and civil penalties; and (2) authorized waivers with respect to persons possessing select agents in the course of employment. Protects all information provided from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:42Z | |
| 106-s-3205 | 106 | s | 3205 | Counterterrorism Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-12 | 2000-12-04 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 1 | Counterterrorism Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should: (1) continue to take strong actions to investigate the unprovoked attack on the U.S.S. Cole and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice; and (2) take appropriate actions to protect all other U.S. armed forces abroad from terrorist attack.Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should keep Syria and Iran on the list of countries who sponsor terrorism until they have met certain conditions.Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to report to Congress on the findings of the National Commission on Terrorism about the recruitment of terrorist informants.Directs the Attorney General to review the legal authority of various Federal agencies (including the Department of Defense) to respond to, and to prevent, pre-empt, detect, and interdict, catastrophic terrorist attacks. Directs the President to establish a comprehensive program of long-term research and development (R&D) relating to science and technology necessary to prevent, pre-empt, detect, interdict, and respond to such attacks.Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) the dissemination of law enforcement information to the intelligence community by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (2) disclosure by Federal law enforcement agencies of intelligence information obtained by the interception of communications.Directs the President to establish a joint task force to develop and implement a broad approach toward discouraging the fundraising activities of international terrorist organizations.Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on the means of improving U.S. controls of biological pathogens and equipment necessary to develop, produce, or deliver biological weapons. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-s-3188 | 106 | s | 3188 | Cyber Security Enhancement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 0 | Cyber Security Enhancement Act - Prohibits critical infrastructure information, records relating to such information, and information on critical infrastructure protection derived from such information or records that are submitted voluntarily by a non-Federal source to a critical infrastructure protection office or program from being made available under the Freedom of Information Act, if the person submitting such information or records expressly so requests. Allows the withdrawal of such a request at any time. Protects such information or records for five years after their submission and allows an extension for an additional five years.Makes the antitrust laws inapplicable to conduct: (1) facilitating responses intended to correct or avoid a cyber security related problem; or (2) communicating or disclosing information to help correct or avoid the effects of such a problem.Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) increase the maximum terms of imprisonment for fraud and related activities in connection with the use of computers; and (2) authorize the use of subpoenas in cases involving cyber crime.Requires a plan to encourage: (1) the standardization of Federal, State, and local law enforcement requests to Internet service providers and other entities for electronic information and records used to investigate computer crimes; and (2) such providers to prevent or impede the use of false Internet protocol addresses as a means of access to Internet servers. | 2025-08-20T14:19:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5429 | 106 | hr | 5429 | Researchers and Farmers Freedom From Terrorism Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 0 | Researchers and Farmers Freedom From Terrorism Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) remove the requirement that physical disruption to the functioning of an animal enterprise must be intentional in order to be criminal; (2) increase the possible term of imprisonment for such disruption from one to five years; and (3) make it unlawful for anyone to maliciously damage or destroy by means of fire or explosives any building, vehicle, or property used by an animal enterprise.Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of crime and terrorism committed against or directed at: (1) any animal enterprise; (2) any commercial activity because of a perceived impact of such activity on the environment; or (3) any person because of such person's connection with or support of such an enterprise or activity. | 2025-08-20T14:17:57Z | |
| 106-hr-5433 | 106 | hr | 5433 | Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense if such individual has: (1) never been convicted of a violent misdemeanor or felony; (2) remained free from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for at least one year; (3) obtained a high school diploma or completed a high school equivalency program; and (4) completed at least one year of community service.Authorizes the Department of Justice to release an expunged record to Federal or State law enforcement agencies and U.S. attorneys and district attorneys for limited purposes.Requires the restoration of expunged records of individuals subsequently convicted of any misdemeanor or felony in any U.S. court. | 2025-08-20T14:19:54Z | |
| 106-hr-5393 | 106 | hr | 5393 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a criminal penalty for the unauthorized placement of a writing with a consumer product, and for other purposes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 1 | Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for the placement of a writing (a representation or communication) with a consumer product without the consent of the product manufacturer, retailer, or authorized distributor. | 2025-01-02T17:15:11Z | |
| 106-s-3162 | 106 | s | 3162 | Secure Our Schools Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Secure Our Schools Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to provide improved security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) permissible uses of funds (including for locks, lighting, and security assessments and training), preferential consideration, matching funds, equitable geographical distribution of funds, and limits on administrative costs; and (2) application and reporting requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:18:44Z | |
| 106-s-3168 | 106 | s | 3168 | Sexual Assault Prosecution Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9950) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Sexual Assault Prosecution Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to remove any statute of limitations on indictments for sexual offenses.Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a plan to grant voluntary awards to States to facilitate deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis of all casework evidence of unsolved crimes, with the objective of effectively expediting the analysis of all casework evidence of unsolved crimes in an efficient and effective manner and to provide for the entry of DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Indexing System.Directs the FBI to develop criteria for the granting of awards including the applying State's: (1) number of unsolved crimes awaiting DNA analysis; and (2) development of a comprehensive plan to collect and analyze DNA evidence.Sets forth provisions regarding the granting of awards and award conditions. | 2025-08-20T14:18:09Z | |
| 106-hres-605 | 106 | hres | 605 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that communities should implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-24 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] | NM | R | W000789 | 13 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Amber Plan (a partnership between law enforcement agencies and media officials which assists law enforcement, parents, and local communities to respond immediately to the most serious child abduction cases) is a powerful tool in fighting child abductions and should be used across the United States. | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-s-3130 | 106 | s | 3130 | Criminal Justice Integrity and Law Enforcement Assistance Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 28 | Criminal Justice Integrity and Law Enforcement Assistance Act - Title I: Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Federal Court - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize an individual imprisoned for conviction of a criminal offense to make a motion for the performance of forensic DNA testing on evidence that was: (1) secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in such conviction; and (2) not subject to the DNA testing requested because the testing technology was not available at the time of trial. Provides an exception when there is no reasonable possibility that such testing will produce exculpatory evidence. Prohibits the destruction of biological material during the 30-month period authorized for such testing.Title II: Convicted Offender DNA Index System - Convicted Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the: (1) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop and implement a plan to assist eligible States in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted offenders and to pay for such analyses, in order to eliminate the backlog of convicted offender DNA samples awaiting analysis in State or local forensic laboratory storage; and (2) Attorney General to develop and implement a plan to assist eligible States in performing DNA analyses of crime scene evidence in casework for which there are no suspects, in order to eliminate that backlog.Requires the FBI Director to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of crime scene evidence awaiting DNA analysis in FBI forensic laboratory storage. Authorizes the Director to expand the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS) to include information on missing persons.Provides for the DNA identification of Federal, District of Columbia, and military felony offenders. | 2025-08-20T14:17:35Z | |
| 106-hr-5312 | 106 | hr | 5312 | Protecting Our Children From Drugs Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-18 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 4 | Protecting Our Children From Drugs Act of 2000 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase mandatory minimum penalties for: (1) using minors to distribute drugs; (2) distributing drugs to minors; and (3) drug trafficking in or near a school or other protected location. | 2025-08-20T14:21:09Z | |
| 106-hr-5325 | 106 | hr | 5325 | Torture Prevention and Accountability Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Torture Prevention and Accountability Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) apply the prohibition against acts of torture to torture committed within the United States; and (2) delete the death penalty for torture resulting in death. | 2025-08-20T14:21:09Z | |
| 106-hr-5326 | 106 | hr | 5326 | Common Sense Drug Policy Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Common Sense Drug Policy Act of 2000 - Title I: Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution - Prohibits commencement of a Federal prosecution for a drug offense involving an amount less than the minimum for an offense under the Controlled Substances Act or, in the case of cocaine, involving an amount less than 500 grams.Amends the Controlled Substances Act to repeal certain minimum sentencing periods for covered offenses.Title II: Protection of Women in Prisons - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require each State to provide to the Attorney General (AG) certain assurances that it has in effect certain policies and procedures designed to increase the protection of women in prisons and to address the victimization of women inmates.Title III: Increased Funding for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse in Federal Prison System - Requires the AG to carry out a program for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse among individuals who are in Federal penal or correctional institutions or in criminal custody, with special consideration for those within 12 months of completing their sentences.Title IV: Prosecutorial Data Collection - Requires the AG to establish a requirement, binding on each Federal prosecutor, that the race, ethnicity, and gender of each person charged with a Federal criminal offense prosecuted by the Department of Justice, and each victim thereof, be reported to the AG at each stage of the prosecution. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide an identical requirement with respect to State prosecutions.Title V: Clean Start - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to outline eligibility requirements for expungement of a covered offense. | 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z | |
| 106-s-3124 | 106 | s | 3124 | Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2000 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local prosecutors for the purpose of developing, implementing, or expanding drug treatment alternative to prison programs under which eligible offenders, as an alternative to incarceration, shall be sentenced to or placed with a licensed, long term, drug free residential substance abuse treatment provider.Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of grant funds, the Federal cost share (75 percent), program and application requirements, geographic distribution of grant awards, reports, and evaluations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:10Z | |
| 106-hr-5298 | 106 | hr | 5298 | Anti-Gang Violence Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23] | CA | R | G000021 | 0 | Anti-Gang Violence Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it unlawful for any person to recruit another to participate as a member in certain criminal street gang activities; and (2) provide criminal penalties for violations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5299 | 106 | hr | 5299 | Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] | WI | R | G000545 | 0 | Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a task force to investigate and prosecute the creation and distribution of false identification documents.(Sec. 3) Amends the False Identification Crime Control Act of 1982 to prohibit knowingly: (1) possessing with intent to use or transfer unlawfully an identification document (currently, five or more identification documents) or a false identification document; and (2) producing or transferring a document-making implement or false identification document. Sets penalties for violations.Makes such Act applicable in cases where the production, transfer, possession, or use prohibited is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce (current law), including making a document available by electronic means.(Sec. 4) Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code prohibiting the mailing of private identification documents without a disclaimer noting that the documents are not Government documents. | 2025-08-20T14:20:06Z | |
| 106-hr-5236 | 106 | hr | 5236 | Federal Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 1 | Federal Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 - Title I: Moratorium on the Federal Death Penalty - Prohibits the Federal Government from carrying out the death penalty until Congress considers the final findings and recommendations of the Commission on the Federal Death Penalty and enacts legislation repealing this provision and implementing or rejecting the guidelines and procedures recommended by the Commission.Title II: Commission on the Federal Death Penalty - Establishes the Commission on the Federal Death Penalty.Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct a thorough study of all matters relating to the administration of the death penalty to determine whether it comports with constitutional principles and requirements of fairness, justice, equality, and due process; and (2) establish guidelines and procedures for the administration of the death penalty which ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially in accordance with due process, minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed, and ensure that the death penalty is not administered in a racially discriminatory manner. | 2025-08-20T14:17:23Z | |
| 106-hr-5237 | 106 | hr | 5237 | National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 1 | National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 - Title I: Moratorium on the Death Penalty - Prohibits the Federal Government and any State from carrying out the death penalty until Congress considers the final findings and recommendations of the National Commission on the Death Penalty and enacts legislation repealing this provision and implementing or rejecting the guidelines and procedures recommended by the Commission.Title II: National Commission on the Federal Death Penalty - Establishes the National Commission on the Federal Death Penalty.(Sec. 202) Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct a thorough study of all matters relating to the administration of the death penalty to determine whether it comports with constitutional principles and requirements of fairness, justice, equality, and due process; and (2) establish guidelines and procedures for the administration of the death penalty which ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially in accordance with due process, minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed, and ensure that the death penalty is not administered in a racially discriminatory manner. Sets forth requirements regarding submission of a preliminary and a final report. | 2025-08-20T14:21:23Z | |
| 106-s-3094 | 106 | s | 3094 | Public Officials Protection Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Public Officials Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) intimidating, corruptly or by force, a Federal official or otherwise obstructing or impeding the performance of such official's duties; and (2) filing in any public record, or in any private record which is generally available to the public, any frivolous lien, encumbrance, or other document that attempts to create a cloud on the title of any property belonging to such an official with intent to intimidate, obstruct, or impede, or to retaliate against such official in or on account of the performance of such official's duties. Sets penalties for violations.(Sec. 3) Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the court to assess an additional penalty for filing a frivolous civil action against an officer of the United States or of any agency of a State or political subdivision thereof with intent to intimidate or obstruct, or to retaliate against, such officer.(Sec. 4) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified attempts to interfere with the performance of a State officer's duties (similar to those involving Federal officers under this Act) where: (1) the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of the offense; (2) any offender travels in or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of the offense; or (3) the offense obstructs, delays, or otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce or would have done so. Sets penalties for violations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:09Z | |
| 106-hr-5218 | 106 | hr | 5218 | Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Safer America For Everyone's Children (SAFE Children) Act - Title I: Safe Communities - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to units of local governments that have in effect specified gun buyback programs, school violence initiatives, and activities to meet the child care needs of parents during non-school hours.Title II: Safe States - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to States that have in effect laws which: (1) impose criminal penalties on a person under age 21 who purchases a handgun in the State; (2) require each licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer of firearms to sell a secure gun storage or safety device with each firearm sold; and (3) create a public-private partnership to support organizations and units of local governments that promote safe schools and gun safety.Title III: Federal Firearms Laws - Subtitle A: Ban on Importation of Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices - Juvenile Assault Weapon Loophole Closure Act - Bans the importation of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Defines such devices to cover those manufactured before the enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.Subtitle B: Community Protection Act - Community Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize qualified government agency law enforcement officers carrying an official badge and photographic identification to carry a concealed firearm, notwithstanding State or local laws.Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to supersede or limit the laws of any State that: (1) permit private persons or entities to prohibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms on their property; or (2) prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on any State or local government property, installation, building, base, or park.Sets forth similar provisions authorizing qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms notwithstanding State or local laws.Title IV: School Psychological Counseling - Authorizes the Secretary of the Tr… | 2025-08-20T14:19:11Z | |
| 106-s-3083 | 106 | s | 3083 | Enhancement of Privacy and Public Safety in Cyberspace Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8859-8862) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Enhancement of Privacy and Public Safety in Cyberspace Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to mandate a fine, imprisonment of up to ten years, or both, if an offense or attempted offense in connection with computers would or could cause: (1) loss to one or more persons during any one year period of at least $5,000; (2) modification or impairment of medical examination, diagnosis, or care; (3) physical injury to any individual; (4) a threat to public health or safety; or (5) damage affecting a computer system used by or for a government entity in furtherance of the administration of justice, national defense, or national security.Includes as a conviction for another offense, with respect to the investigative authority of the U.S. Secret Service, conviction for a crime punishable for more than one year which involves unauthorized access to a computer.Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make punishable under the Federal criminal code the intent to cause the unavailability of a communication device or interactive computer service, to cause damage to a protected computer, or to cause other persons to initiate such activities.Makes it unlawful to intercept or access a wire or electronic communication configured to be readily accessible to the general public. Prohibits using evidence of unauthorized intercepted communications.Provides: (1) increased protections from unlawful access to electronically stored communications; and (2) requirements for governmental access to such information.Revises generally the authority for installing and using pen registers and trap and trade devices. | 2025-08-20T14:21:16Z | |
| 106-hr-5194 | 106 | hr | 5194 | No Guns For Violent Perpetrators Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-18 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 13 | No Guns for Violent Perpetrators Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the shipment, transportation, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by an individual who has committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would be a violent felony if committed by an adult. | 2025-08-20T14:17:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5188 | 106 | hr | 5188 | Audrey Nerenberg Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] | FL | D | T000253 | 0 | Audrey Nerenberg Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of "child" under such Act an individual whose mental capacity is less than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority. | 2025-08-20T14:18:37Z | |
| 106-hr-5190 | 106 | hr | 5190 | Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-14 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] | FL | D | W000314 | 0 | See summary of: H.R. 5154 | 2025-08-20T14:17:21Z | |
| 106-s-3045 | 106 | s | 3045 | Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-14 | 2000-12-21 | Became Public Law No: 106-561. | Senate | Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] | AL | R | S001141 | 32 | Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grants to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes.Provides that if any grant amount is used for such purposes, the State application must include a certification that, as of the date of enactment, the State has established: (1) a forensic science laboratory or system that employs one or more full-time scientists whose principal duties are the examination of physical evidence for law enforcement agencies in criminal matters and who provided testimony with respect to such physical evidence, employs generally accepted practices and procedures, and is accredited by the Laboratory Accreditation Board of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors or the National Association of Medical Examiners or will use a portion of the grant amount to prepare and apply for such accreditation within two years of the date on which a grant is initially awarded; or (2) a medical examiner's office that employs generally accepted practices and procedures, and is, or within two years will be, accredited.Establishes a forensic sciences improvement grant program. Directs the Attorney General to award such grants if specified conditions are met. Requires a State, to request a grant, to submit to the Attorney General: (1) a certification that the State has developed a consolidated State plan for forensic science laboratories operated by the State or by other units of local government within the State and a specific description of the manner in which the grant will be used to carry out that plan; (2) a certification that any forensic science laboratory system, medical examiner's office, or coroner's office in the State, including any laboratory operated by a unit of local government within the State, that will receive any portion of the grant amount uses generally accepted… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-s-3048 | 106 | s | 3048 | Federal Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-14 | 2000-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 2 | Federal Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000 - Title I: Moratorium on the Federal Death Penalty - Prohibits the Federal Government from carrying out the death penalty until Congress considers the final findings and recommendations of the Commission on the Federal Death Penalty and enacts legislation repealing this provision and implementing or rejecting the guidelines and procedures recommended by the Commission.Title II: Commission on the Federal Death Penalty - Establishes the Commission on the Federal Death Penalty.Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct a thorough study of all matters relating to the administration of the death penalty to determine whether it comports with constitutional principles and requirements of fairness, justice, equality, and due process; and (2) establish guidelines and procedures for the administration of the death penalty which ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially in accordance with due process, minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed, and ensure that the death penalty is not administered in a racially discriminatory manner. | 2025-08-20T14:19:23Z | |
| 106-s-3043 | 106 | s | 3043 | Gun Parts Trafficking Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-13 | 2000-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8505) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Gun Parts Trafficking Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) include within a prohibition against the shipment or transportation of firearms any parts or combinations thereof that when assembled on a frame or receiver would constitute a firearm; (2) make it unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer to manufacture or assemble a firearm; and (3) increase from $50 to $500 the fee for a license to manufacture firearms.Amends the National Firearms Act to revise generally the prohibition against the possession or transfer of certain combinations of machine gun replacement parts. | 2025-08-20T14:18:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5148 | 106 | hr | 5148 | Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 2 | Gun Ballistics Safety Act of 2000 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to: (1) establish a National Firearms Ballistics Database; (2) prescribe the type of ballistics information required by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to be provided to the Database; (3) ensure that the information in the Database is made available upon request to any law enforcement agency or officer; and (4) notify each licensed manufacturer and the chief law enforcement officer of each State upon establishment of the Database.Amends the Brady Act to require that firearms manufacturers provide ballistics information to the Database within 30 days after manufacturing a firearm. Sets penalties for violations, including license revocation. | 2025-08-20T14:18:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5154 | 106 | hr | 5154 | Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-12 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 4 | Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act - Declares it is the purpose of this Act to ensure that defects in motor vehicles or replacement equipment in foreign countries are quickly, accurately, and truthfully reported to the Secretary of Transportation in cases in which: (1) motor vehicles or replacement equipment are manufactured for export to the United States; or (2) such vehicles or equipment are manufactured in the United States using a manufacturing process that is the same as, or similar to, the manufacturing process used in the foreign country, with the result that U.S. manufactured motor vehicles or replacement equipment may also be defective.Amends Federal transportation law to require a manufacturer, not later than 48 hours after determining, or learning that a government of a foreign country has determined, that a foreign motor vehicle product contains a defect that could be related to motor vehicle safety, to report such determination to the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth similar requirements with respect to the reporting of possible defects in such vehicle or equipment that have resulted in a significant number of serious injuries or fatalities in a foreign country. Sets forth both criminal and civil penalties for manufacturers of foreign motor vehicle products who falsify information with respect to, or otherwise violate, the reporting requirements contained in this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:26Z | |
| 106-hr-5158 | 106 | hr | 5158 | Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-12 | 2000-10-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8790) | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 7 | Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2000 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense. Makes this provision applicable to an individual convicted of a criminal offense upon the unconditional release of that individual from incarceration and the completion of sentence for that offense, including parole.Authorizes the Attorney General, in a civil action, to obtain such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy a violation of this Act. Creates a private right of action, subject to specified requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:21:10Z | |
| 106-hr-5161 | 106 | hr | 5161 | People's Republic of China and U.S. Election Investigation Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 8 | People's Republic of China and U.S. Election Investigation Act of 2000 - Directs the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to undertake a comprehensive investigation of the actions taken by: (1) officials from the People's Republic of China in connection with the 1996 presidential election to determine if such actions were illegal; and (2) high ranking officers of the Federal government in connection with financial contributions made by officials from the People's Republic of China in connection with such election to determine if such actions violated any Federal law. | 2025-08-20T14:18:01Z | |
| 106-s-3014 | 106 | s | 3014 | A bill to amend title 18 of the US Code to penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-15 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8625-8626) | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Provides criminal penalties for introducing into interstate commerce, in gross deviation from a reasonable standard of care: (1) a product known to be defective which causes the death of another; or (2) a defective product which causes serious bodily injury to another. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-s-3009 | 106 | s | 3009 | Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] | AR | R | H001015 | 16 | Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 2000 - Directs the Attorney General to annually make a grant to the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement if the Center's Executive Director certifies in writing that the Center: (1) is incorporated in accordance with applicable State laws; (2) is in compliance with its by-laws; (3) will use amounts made available in accordance with requirements of this Act; and (4) will not support any political party or candidate for elected or appointed office.Requires the Center to use such funds to develop an education and training program for rural law enforcement agencies for specified purposes, including: (1) the development and delivery of management education and training for employees of such agencies; and (2) the delivery of assistance (in a consulting capacity) to criminal justice agencies in the development and coordination of programs, training, and research relating to crime in rural areas.Permits the Center to use such funds to enhance that education and training program through specified means, including: (1) educational opportunities for rural law enforcement agencies; and (2) coordination with institutions of higher education to encourage programs of study at those institutions for employees of such agencies. | 2025-08-20T14:20:33Z | |
| 106-s-3012 | 106 | s | 3012 | Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8113) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act - Declares it is the purpose of this Act to ensure that defects in motor vehicles or replacement equipment in foreign countries are quickly, accurately, and truthfully reported to the Secretary of Transportation in cases in which: (1) motor vehicles or replacement equipment are manufactured for export to the United States; or (2) such vehicles or equipment are manufactured in the United States using a manufacturing process that is the same as, or similar to, the manufacturing process used in the foreign country, with the result that U.S. manufactured motor vehicles or replacement equipment may also be defective.Amends Federal transportation law to require a manufacturer, not later than 48 hours after determining, or learning that a government of a foreign country has determined, that a foreign motor vehicle product contains a defect that could be related to motor vehicle safety, to report such determination to the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth similar requirements with respect to the reporting of possible defects in such vehicle or equipment that have resulted in a significant number of serious injuries or fatalities in a foreign country. Sets forth both criminal and civil penalties for manufacturers of foreign motor vehicle products who falsify information with respect to, or otherwise violate, the reporting requirements contained in this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:20:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4987 | 106 | hr | 4987 | Digital Privacy Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-06 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] | GA | R | B000169 | 3 | Digital Privacy Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require, within 30 days after the expiration, extension, or denial of a court order approving a disclosure of stored electronic communications, the issuing or denying judge to report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts regarding such order.Requires the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on the number and kind of warrants and subpoenas applied for by law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice under provisions governing Government access to stored wire and electronic communications and transactional records.(Sec. 3) Extends the prohibition against the use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications to intercepted electronic communication.(Sec. 4) Revises provisions regarding the issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device to direct the court to issue such an order if factual evidence reasonably indicates that a crime has been, is being, or will be committed and information likely to be obtained is relevant to an investigation of that crime.(Sec. 5) Extends the protection of a warrant requirement to electronic communications stored by electronic communications services for one year or less.(Sec. 6) Permits: (1) a governmental entity to require disclosure by a provider of mobile electronic information generated by and disclosing the current physical location of a subscriber's equipment only if such entity obtains a court order issued upon a finding that there is probable cause to believe that the equipment has been used, is being used, or is about to be used to commit a felony offense; or (2) a provider of mobile electronic communication service to provide to a governmental entity such information with the consent of the subscriber or the user of the equipment concerned. | 2025-08-20T14:19:16Z | |
| 106-hr-4999 | 106 | hr | 4999 | Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-20 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 1 | Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act of 2000 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay to qualifying local governments specified sums for reducing crime and improving public safety, including for: (1) hiring, training, and employing on a continuing basis new, additional law enforcement officers and support personnel; (2) paying overtime to increase the number of hours worked by presently employed officers and support personnel; (3) procuring equipment, technology, and other material directly related to basic law enforcement functions; (4) enhancing security measures in and around schools and any other facility or location which is considered by the unit of local government to have a special risk for incidents of crime; (5) establishing crime prevention programs that may involve, though not exclusively, law enforcement officials and that are intended to discourage, disrupt, or interfere with the commission of criminal activity; (6) establishing or supporting drug courts; (7) establishing early intervention and prevention programs for juveniles to reduce or eliminate crime; (8) enhancing the adjudication process of cases involving violent offenders, including violent juvenile offenders; (9) enhancing programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 drug control and system improvement grant program; (10) establishing cooperative task forces between adjoining local governments to work cooperatively to prevent and combat criminal activity, particularly criminal activity that is exacerbated by drug- or gang-related involvement; and (11) establishing a multijurisdictional task force, particularly in rural areas, composed of law enforcement officials representing local governments, that works with Federal law enforcement officials to prevent and control crime.Prohibits a local government from expending any of the funds provided under this Act to purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire tanks or armored personnel carriers, fixed wing aircraft, limousines, real … | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hr-5000 | 106 | hr | 5000 | Criminal Justice Integrity and Law Enforcement Assistance Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 0 | Criminal Justice Integrity and Law Enforcement Assistance Act - Title I: Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Federal Court - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize an individual imprisoned for conviction of a criminal offense to make a motion for the performance of forensic DNA testing on evidence that was: (1) secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in such conviction; and (2) not subject to the DNA testing requested. Provides an exception when there is no reasonable possibility that such testing will produce exculpatory evidence. Prohibits the destruction of biological material during the 30-month period authorized for such testing.Title II: Convicted Offender DNA Index System - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States to carry out, for inclusion in the Combined DNA System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), DNA analyses of samples from convicted individuals and from crime scenes, including samples that relate to crimes for which there are no suspects.Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the appropriate probation officer, to collect DNA samples from individuals who are or have been convicted of murder, an offense relating to sexual abuse, kidnapping, burglary, or conspiracy to commit any of such crimes, and to furnish such samples to the FBI for analysis and inclusion within CODIS. Provides FBI collection procedures for individuals convicted of such crimes in the District of Columbia. Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to collect such samples from individuals convicted of certain felony or sexual offenses while serving in the military, for analysis by the Secretary of Defense and inclusion within CODIS.Requires the expungement of records for individuals whose convictions are overturned as a result of such DNA analysis. | 2025-08-20T14:18:30Z | |
| 106-hr-5018 | 106 | hr | 5018 | Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-10-04 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562. | House | Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | C000107 | 5 | Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code prohibition against the use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications to also exclude from use in evidence at trial electronic communications including such communications (such as e-mail) that lie in storage with an electronic communications service obtained in violation of Federal law. Permits the use of such communications against those who illegally obtained them.(Sec. 3) Requires the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Administrative Office to report annually regarding requests to disclose the contents of stored electronic communications.(Sec. 4) Raises the standard for the Government's access, under code provisions regarding pen registers and trap and trace devices, to transactional information regarding a person's communications by requiring that a court find that "specific and articulable facts reasonably indicate that a crime has been, is being, or will be committed, and information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant to the investigation of that crime."(Sec. 5) Increases the civil penalties that may be applied to those who illegally intercept electronic communications by raising the daily damages for each violation from $100 a day to $500 a day.(Sec. 6) Specifies that 90-day extensions of a delay of notification to those whose stored electronic communications are disclosed may be granted by the court if the court determines that there is reason to believe that notification of the existence of the court order or subpoena may have an adverse result (current law authorizes certification by a "governmental entity" subject to specified requirements).(Sec. 7) Prohibits a provider of mobile electronic communication service from providing to a governmental entity information generated by, and disclosing the current physical location of, a subscriber's equipment unless such entity obtains a court order issued upon a finding that t… | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-hr-5020 | 106 | hr | 5020 | Comprehensive Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 1 | Comprehensive Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Federal criminal code regarding the unauthorized transmission of wagering information to: (1) include all forms of communication (currently limited to wire communication); (2) include transmissions within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, as well as outside transmissions originating from or received in the United States; and (3) require any person or entity (currently only a common carrier) notified that its communication facility is being used for transmitting bets or wagers to immediately disallow such use.Exempts an interactive computer service from liability for: (1) the use of its facilities or services by another person to engage in Internet gambling; or (2) content provided by another person that advertises or promotes an unauthorized gambling activity. | 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z | |
| 106-s-2991 | 106 | s | 2991 | Just Punishment for Cyberstalkers Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 0 | Just Punishment for Cyberstalkers Act of 2000 - Revises stalking provisions of the Federal criminal code to prohibit a person: (1) from traveling across a State line or within the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to injure or harass another person and place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to the person or a member of his or her immediate family; or (2) with the intent to kill or injure a person in another State or to put such person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury, from using or causing another to use the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to the person, a member of his or her immediate family, or a spouse or intimate partner. | 2025-08-20T14:20:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4980 | 106 | hr | 4980 | Scientific Certainty in Sentencing Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-26 | 2000-08-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 0 | Scientific Certainty in Sentencing Act of 2000 - Provides for: (1) the performance of post- conviction forensic DNA testing of prisoners where the technology for such testing was not available at the time of the applicant's trial or at the time of any earlier test; and (2) the preservation of any biological material relating to the trial of a defendant throughout the defendant's incarceration pursuant to conviction. | 2025-08-20T14:18:15Z | |
| 106-s-2924 | 106 | s | 2924 | Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-26 | 2000-12-28 | Became Public Law No: 106-578. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 3 | Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000 - Requires the Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury to establish a coordinating committee to ensure that the creation and distribution of false identification documents is vigorously investigated and prosecuted. Requires reports to the congressional judiciary committees during the two-year term of the coordinating committee.Amends the False Identification Crime Control Act of 1982 to prohibit the transfer of a false identification document by electronic means, including on a template or computer file or disc.Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code prohibiting the mailing of private identification documents without a disclaimer noting that such documents are not Government- produced. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-s-2927 | 106 | s | 2927 | Public Safety Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7667-7668) | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 0 | Public Safety Act - Requires an applicant under the violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program to provide assurances to the Attorney General that if selected to receive funds, such applicant shall not contract with a private contractor or vendor to provide core correctional services related to the transportation or the incarceration of an inmate.Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution (except for nonprofit community correctional confinement such as halfway houses) confining any person convicted of offenses against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local government employees; and (2) the transportation, housing, safeguarding, protection, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by such employees. | 2025-08-20T14:19:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4954 | 106 | hr | 4954 | Justice Through Assured Knowledge and Enforcement Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-25 | 2000-08-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] | MO | D | M000316 | 7 | Justice through Assured Knowledge and Enforcement Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for pre-release records check programs carried out by States. Requires that such a program: (1) prohibit a law enforcement agency from releasing a person from custody, or transferring a person into the custody of another such agency, unless that agency first carries out a pre-release records check; (2) prohibit that agency from releasing or transferring a person with an unresolved warrant or charge unless that agency first notifies the law enforcement agency initiating that warrant or charge that the person is in custody, provides such agency with a reasonable opportunity to resolve that warrant or charge, and notifies the law enforcement agency to which the person is to be transferred of such warrant or charge; and (3) subject an official responsible for violating such prohibitions to administrative discipline.Prohibits a State that fails to implement such a program from receiving ten percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to the State under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and requires such funds to be reallocated to States that comply. | 2025-08-20T14:20:11Z | |
| 106-s-2911 | 106 | s | 2911 | Violent Sexual Offender Parental Notification Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-25 | 2000-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Violent Sexual Offender Parental Notification Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require a State or State-authorized agency to: (1) notify community members or organizations vulnerable to a sexually violent offender who has registered under such Act of relevant information regarding that person; (2) make such information available to the public, free of charge, on an Internet web site; and (3) not release the identity of the victim of the offense that required such registration.Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement a program awarding grants to each State to offset the costs of complying with such requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:16:56Z | |
| 106-hr-4936 | 106 | hr | 4936 | Megan's Law Improvement Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-24 | 2000-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 1 | Megan's Law Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1974 to increase the penalty imposed on a sexually violent offender who fails to register or report under a sexual offender program of such Act. | 2025-08-20T14:18:57Z | |
| 106-s-2908 | 106 | s | 2908 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-24 | 2000-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7478-7482) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 - Title I: Federal Reentry Demonstration Projects - Requires the: (1) Attorney General (AG) to establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to assist Federal prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community after their release; (2) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Director) to establish the Federal High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who have previously violated release terms; (3) Trustee of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to establish the District of Columbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving District parolees who would otherwise be released without confinement in a community corrections facility; (4) Director to establish the Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who are being released without confinement in a community corrections facility; and (5) AG to establish the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project to prepare Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the community.Title II: State Reentry Grant Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the AG to make grants to: (1) States, territories, and Indian tribes to establish adult reentry demonstration projects; (2) State and local courts, and entities having agreements with courts, to establish reentry courts; (3) States to establish juvenile offender reentry programs; and (4) conduct State reentry program research, development, and evaluation.Title III: Substance Abuse Treatment in Federal Prisons Reauthorization - Reauthorizes through FY 2001 a program of substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons.Title IV: Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Reauthorization - Reauthorizes through FY 2006 a program for residential substa… | 2025-08-20T14:21:08Z | |
| 106-hr-4915 | 106 | hr | 4915 | Handgun Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-20 | 2000-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 12 | Handgun Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000 - Title I: Licensing - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit persons other than a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector (licensee) from possessing a handgun unless such person has been issued a handgun license under this Act or pursuant to a certified State handgun licensing and record of sale system.Title II: Record of Sale or Transfer - Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized sale or transfer of a handgun. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and maintain a Federal handgun record of sale system.Title III: Additional Prohibitions - Provides additional prohibitions on the: (1) unauthorized sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun to any person other than a licensee, with an exception; (2) failure to maintain or permit inspection of records; (3) failure to report loss or theft of a firearm; and (4) failure to provide notice of a licensee change of address.Outlines provisions for the prevention of child access to firearms and their ammunition.Title IV: Enforcement - Provides criminal penalties for violations of requirements under this Act.Title V: Firearm Injury Information and Research - Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse, conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearms-related deaths and injuries, and collect and maintain current production and sales figures for each licensed firearm manufacturer.Title VI: Effect on State Law - Authorizes the Secretary to certify State handgun licensing and record of sale systems.Title VII: Relationship to Other Law - Subordinates provisions of this Act to provisions of the Arms Export Control Act.Title VIII: Inapplicability - Makes this Act inapplicable to official conduct of Federal or State governmental authorities.Title IX: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective one year after enactment. | 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z | |
| 106-hres-561 | 106 | hres | 561 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should focus appropriate attention on the issue of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime by delivering speeches, convening meetings, and directing his Administration to make reducing crime an important priority. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-20 | 2000-07-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 81 | See summary of: H.Res. 270 | 2025-01-02T17:08:30Z | |
| 106-hr-4888 | 106 | hr | 4888 | Innocent Child Protection Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-19 | 2000-09-05 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 782. | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] | FL | R | R000435 | 22 | Innocent Children Protection Act of 2000 - Makes it unlawful for any U.S. authority to carry out a sentence of death on a woman while she carries a child in utero. | 2025-08-20T14:20:00Z | |
| 106-hr-4876 | 106 | hr | 4876 | Pocket Rocket Elimination Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-18 | 2000-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5] | IL | D | B000518 | 0 | Pocket Rocket Elimination Act of 2000 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the possession or transfer of a handgun that is capable of holding two or more rounds of ammunition and that is less than seven and a half inches long. Makes this prohibition inapplicable to the possession or transfer of a handgun by: (1) a person who has had title to the handgun continuously since before the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) a law enforcement officer while acting as authorized in the line of duty. Sets penalties for violations. | 2025-08-20T14:21:19Z | |
| 106-hr-4848 | 106 | hr | 4848 | Violence Against Women Office Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | F000257 | 144 | Violence Against Women Office Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Violence Against Women Office, headed by a Director.Specifies the duties of the Director, including serving as special counsel to the Attorney General on the subject of, and carrying out DOJ functions under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and on matters relating to, violence against women. | 2025-08-20T14:21:30Z | |
| 106-s-2859 | 106 | s | 2859 | DNA Testing Availability Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | DNA Testing Availability Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a plan to grant voluntary awards to States to facilitate deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis of all casework evidence of unsolved crimes with the objective of expediting such analysis in an efficient and effective manner and to providing for the entry of DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS).Requires that States receiving awards: (1) require that each laboratory performing DNA analysis satisfy quality assurance standards and utilize state-of-the-art DNA testing methods; (2) ensure that each DNA sample collected and analyzed be made available only to criminal justice agencies for law enforcement purposes, in judicial proceedings if otherwise admissible, to a criminal defendant who shall have access to samples and analyses performed in connection with any case in which such defendant is charged, or for a population statistics database for identification research and protocol development purposes, if personally identifiable information is removed, or for quality control purposes; and (3) match 15 percent of the award. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 3) Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize any person convicted of a crime by a Federal court, at any time, to petition the court for forensic DNA testing of biological material in the possession or control of the Government or the court that relates to the conviction. Directs the court, after considering the petition and any Government response, to order testing if it finds that: (1) a reasonable probability exists that the petitioner would not have been prosecuted or convicted if exculpatory results had been obtained through DNA testing; (2) the evidence the petitioner seeks to have tested is still in such a condition that DNA testing may be conducted; (3) the evidence was never previously subjected to DNA testing or was not subjected to the testing now requested which can resolve an issue; and (4) the petition has been filed for the … | 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z | |
| 106-hr-4826 | 106 | hr | 4826 | Lobbying With Appropriated Funds Reform Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 1 | Lobbying With Appropriated Funds Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against lobbying with appropriated moneys to cover: (1) lobbying of any legislative or quasi-legislative body or of any official of any government; (2) lobbying related to ratification and policy resolution; and (3) activities intended or designed to influence, favor, or opposed any ballot measure, initiative, or referendum. Subjects anyone (currently, only officers or employees of the United States) who violates or attempts to violate prohibitions against lobbying with appropriated moneys to specified penalties. | 2025-08-20T14:17:37Z | |
| 106-hr-4827 | 106 | hr | 4827 | Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-12 | 2000-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 106-547. | House | Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] | CA | R | H000789 | 19 | Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States, or any secure area of an airport; and (2) the transfer or receipt, in interstate or foreign commerce, of a counterfeit police badge, or of a genuine police badge to an individual not authorized to possess it. Makes it a defense to a prosecution under this Act that the badge is used, or intended to be used, exclusively as a memento or in a collection or exhibit, for decorative purposes, for a dramatic presentation, or for any other recreational purpose.Sets penalties of: (1) a fine, imprisonment for not more five years, or both, if the offense is committed with the intent to commit a felony; or (2) a fine, imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in any other case. | 2025-04-07T13:43:53Z | |
| 106-s-2850 | 106 | s | 2850 | Community Oriented Policing Services Against Drugs Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6574-6575) | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 0 | Community Oriented Policing Services Against Drugs Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to: (1) local law enforcement agencies in eligible communities for programs, projects, and activities to hire additional community policing officers and civilian personnel to aggressively investigate drug-related crimes and for overtime pay for existing law enforcement officers for community policing efforts with respect to drug-related crimes; and (2) State and local prosecutors' offices and prosecution programs in eligible communities that augment community policing programs to assist in the aggressive prosecution of drug-related crimes.Sets forth criteria for: (1) identifying eligible communities, such as the extent to which illegal drug-related activities in the community have an adverse impact on other communities; and (2) utilization of information from national data sources, including data relating to the number of arrests for drug possession or sale and for drug-related crime, and the number of arrestees testing positive for illegal drug use, in the community.Authorizes the Attorney General to set aside 20 percent of award grants to applicants located in eligible communities with a population of less than. | 2025-08-20T14:19:18Z | |
| 106-hr-4802 | 106 | hr | 4802 | To clarify Congressional intent regarding the relationship between State and Federal law governing controlled substances. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-29 | 2000-08-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4] | IN | R | S001143 | 13 | Declares any State or local law authorizing the use, growing, manufacture, distribution, or importation of marijuana or any controlled substance which differs from the provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to be null and void. | 2025-01-02T17:14:36Z | |
| 106-s-2830 | 106 | s | 2830 | Miranda Reaffirmation Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-29 | 2000-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6140) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Miranda Reaffirmation Act of 2000 - Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code providing that: (1) a confession shall be admissible in any criminal prosecution brought by the United States or by the District of Columbia if it is given voluntarily; and (2) the trial judge, in determining the issue of voluntariness, shall take into consideration all circumstances surrounding the confession. | 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z | |
| 106-hr-4778 | 106 | hr | 4778 | Victims of Stalkers Equality Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-28 | 2000-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Kuykendall, Steven T. [R-CA-36] | CA | R | K000357 | 4 | Victims of Stalkers Equality Act of 2000 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to, and the receipt of a firearm or ammunition by, a person subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an individual or engaging in other conduct that would place an individual in reasonable fear of bodily injury (currently, such prohibition applies to a person subject to restraining order on conduct toward an intimate partner or child of such person). | 2025-08-20T14:18:05Z | |
| 106-hr-4779 | 106 | hr | 4779 | To allow certain donations of property and services to the Bureau of Prisons. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-28 | 2000-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] | MO | D | M000316 | 2 | Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the Prison Card Program from a non-profit entity which has operated such program in the past, despite the fact that such entity furnishes services under contract to the Bureau relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. | 2025-01-02T17:14:34Z | |
| 106-s-2783 | 106 | s | 2783 | 21st Century Law Enforcement and Public Safety Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-26 | 2000-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | 21st Century Law Enforcement and Public Safety Act - Title I: Supporting Local Law Enforcement and Promoting Crime-Fighting Technologies - Expands the purpose of the COPS (public safety and community policing) program to increase the number of prosecutors as well as police. Authorizes grants for underserved rural areas of less than 25,000 people. Supports the creation or expansion of community-based justice programs. Extends the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act.Integrated Information Technology Assistance Act of 2000 - Authorizes grants and technical assistance to, or contracts with, public agencies, Indian tribal governments, private entities, and international agencies for the development, implementation, and improvement of justice information systems to achieve greater integration and improved information sharing among criminal justice agencies.Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to expand the Combined DNA Identification System to include information from missing persons and criminal offenses and acts of juvenile delinquency committed under Federal law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the District of Columbia Code.Title II: Breaking the Cycle of Drugs and Violence - Subtitle A: Zero Tolerance Drug Supervision - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants for programs that support: (1) developing and implementing comprehensive drug testing policies and practices with regard to criminal justice populations; and (2) establishing appropriate interventions to illegal drug use for offender populations. Reestablishes drug courts.Subtitle B: Anti-Drug Provisions - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold funds from any State that has not enacted and is not enforcing a law that considers as intoxicated a driver with an alcohol concentration level of 0.08 percent or greater.Drug-Free Teenage Drivers Act - Directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a demonstration program in several States to provide drug testing for all teenaged appli… | 2025-08-20T14:17:30Z | |
| 106-s-2787 | 106 | s | 2787 | Violence Against Women Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-26 | 2000-07-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 74 | Violence Against Women Act of 2000 - Title I: Strengthening Law Enforcement to Reduce Violence Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General (AG) to make grants to provide technical assistance and equipment to police departments, prosecutors, courts, and tribal jurisdictions to facilitate the widespread enforcement of protection orders.Revises provisions of the Federal criminal code governing the full faith and credit of protection orders.Designates State, local, and Indian tribal courts as eligible grantees under the program to combat violent crimes against women.Reauthorizes through FY 2005 various programs which address violence against women, including domestic violence and stalking offenses.Title II: Strengthening Services to Victims of Violence - Authorizes the AG to award grants to increase the availability of legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault.Reauthorizes through FY 2005 various grants and programs under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.Title III: Limiting the Effects of Violence on Children - Authorizes the AG to make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribal governments for the provision of supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children by and between parents in situations involving domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault. Reauthorizes through FY 2005 runaway and homeless youth grants and programs for victims of child abuse.Title IV: Strengthening Education and Training to Combat Violence Against Women - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for model programs of education and training in appropriate responses to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.Title V: Battered Immigrant Women - Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain protections to battered immigrant women.Title VI: Extension of Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund - Extends… | 2025-08-20T14:19:05Z | |
| 106-s-2780 | 106 | s | 2780 | Emergency Methamphetamine Response Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-23 | 2000-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Emergency Methamphetamine Response Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Attorney General: (1) acting through the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to reimburse States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other public entities, and multi- jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof, for expenses incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories which may present a danger to public health or the environment; and (2) to hire up to five additional DEA personnel to administer this Act.Directs the Attorney General to make specified unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for FY 2000 available to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001. | 2025-08-20T14:18:56Z | |
| 106-s-2769 | 106 | s | 2769 | NICS Partnership Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-22 | 2000-06-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5667) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 10 | NICS Partnership Act of 2000 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice to directly reimburse States for the reasonable costs necessary to serve as points of contact for access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.Directs the Attorney General to submit to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees a report on the appropriate formula for such reimbursement. | 2025-08-20T14:20:03Z | |
| 106-hconres-359 | 106 | hconres | 359 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the carrying of firearms into places of worship or educational and scholastic settings should be prohibited. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-21 | 2000-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the carrying of firearms into places of worship or educational and scholastic settings should be prohibited. | 2025-01-02T17:07:43Z | |
| 106-hr-4710 | 106 | hr | 4710 | Illegal Pornography Prosecution Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-21 | 2000-07-26 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Largent, Steve [R-OK-1] | OK | R | L000096 | 30 | Illegal Pornography Prosecution Act of 2000 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice for FY 2001 to be used by the Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, for the hiring and training of staff, travel, and other necessary expenses to prosecute obscenity cases. | 2025-08-20T14:16:49Z | |
| 106-s-2761 | 106 | s | 2761 | Capturing Criminals Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-21 | 2000-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5557-5558) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Capturing Criminals Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Attorney General to establish Fugitive Apprehension Task Forces, which shall consist of Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities in designated regions of the United States and be coordinated by the Director of the United States Marshals Service, to locate and apprehend fugitives. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Attorney General, in any investigation with respect to the apprehension of a fugitive (defined as a person who has been accused or convicted of committing a felony under Federal or State law and who undertakes specified acts, such as fleeing or escaping from lawful Federal or State custody), to subpoena witnesses for the production of any records relevant to discerning the fugitive's whereabouts. Sets forth provisions governing the jurisdiction, service, enforcement, and notice of, noncompliance with, and the time for response to such a subpoena, as well as the rights of a subpoena recipient and nondisclosure requirements..Directs: (1) the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to issue guidelines governing the issuance of such subpoenas, including a requirement that they be issued only after review and approval of senior supervisory personnel within the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury; and (2) the Attorney General to report each January to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on the number of administrative subpoenas issued under this section, on whether each matter involved a fugitive from Federal or State charges, and on the agency issuing the subpoena and imposing the charges.(Sec. 4) Directs the Attorney General to complete a study on the use of administrative subpoena power by executive branch agencies or entities and to report the findings to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. | 2025-08-20T14:21:05Z | |
| 106-hr-4695 | 106 | hr | 4695 | Money Laundering Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-20 | 2000-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 1 | Money Laundering Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code (the code) to provide that, for purposes of proving a violation of provisions involving an illegal money transmitting business, it shall be sufficient for the Government to prove that the defendant knew that the business lacked a license required by State law, failed to comply with money transmitting business registration requirements, or both, but it shall not be necessary to show that the defendant knew that the operation of such business without a license or registration was an offense punishable as a felony or misdemeanor.(Sec. 4) Grants the district courts jurisdiction over any foreign person that commits an offense under civil money laundering provisions involving a financial transaction that occurs in the United States, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes the court to issue a pretrial restraining order or take any other action necessary to ensure that any bank account or other property held by the defendant in the United States is available to satisfy a judgment under such provisions.(Sec. 5) Includes a foreign bank within the definition of "financial institution" for purposes of money laundering provisions.(Sec. 6) Expands the definition of "specified unlawful activity" to cover certain listed offenses, including, with respect to a financial transaction occurring in the United States, an offense against a foreign nation involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) bribery of a public official; (3) smuggling or export control violations involving munitions listed in the United States Munitions List or technologies with military applications; and (4) an offense under which the United States would be obligated by a multilateral treaty either to extradite the alleged offender or to submit the case for prosecution if the offender were found within U.S. territory. Includes within such activity an offense relating to firearms trafficking, computer fraud and abuse, any felony violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, fraud in the… | 2025-08-20T14:17:57Z | |
| 106-hr-4689 | 106 | hr | 4689 | Medical Records Seizure Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-15 | 2000-06-15 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 9 | Medical Records Seizure Act of 2000 - Requires any Federal authority seizing medical records from an active medical practice (including a hospital), to provide the complete information contained in those records to that practice not later than 48 hours after the seizure occurs. Permits a civil action by any person aggrieved by failure of a Federal authority to provide such information. | 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z | |
| 106-hconres-353 | 106 | hconres | 353 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that a national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders should be promptly convened to develop a multifaceted action plan to deter acts of violence, especially domestic violence and sexual assault. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-14 | 2000-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 14 | Expresses the sense of Congress that a national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders should be convened promptly to develop a multifaceted action plan to deter acts of violence, especially domestic violence and sexual assault. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-s-2715 | 106 | s | 2715 | Ballistic Fingerprints Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-13 | 2000-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5028) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Ballistic Fingerprints Act of 2000 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require a licensed firearms manufacturer to include with a handgun that is shipped or transported to a licensed dealer a sealed container holding: (1) a projectile discharged from that handgun and a shell casing of such projectile; and (2) information that identifies the handgun, projectile, or shell casing as may be required by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires such dealer to: (1) notify the Secretary regarding whether a manufacturer complies with such requirements; and (2) transfer the sealed container to the Secretary when the handgun is sold or transferred.Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a computer database of all information identifying each projectile, shell casing, and other information included in a transferred sealed container. | 2025-08-20T14:19:45Z | |
| 106-hr-4640 | 106 | hr | 4640 | DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-12 | 2000-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 106-546. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 10 | DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States: (1) to carry out, for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analyses of samples taken from individuals convicted of a qualifying State offense and from crime scenes; and (2) increase the capacity of laboratories owned by the State or by units of local government to carry out DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes.Sets forth provisions regarding State eligibility criteria for grants, including assurances of State implementation of a comprehensive plan for the expeditious DNA analysis of samples and a certification that each DNA analysis carried out under the plan shall be maintained pursuant to privacy requirements under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA).Directs that: (1) a State that proposes to allocate certain grant amounts use allocated sums to conduct or facilitate DNA analyses of those samples that relate to crimes in connection with which there are no suspects; and (2) the plan require that, with an exception, each DNA analysis be carried out in a laboratory that satisfies quality assurance standards and is operated by the State or a unit of local government within the State, or by a private entity pursuant to a contract with the State or local governmental unit.Requires the Director of the FBI to maintain and make available to States a description of quality assurance protocols and practices to assure the quality of a forensic laboratory. States that a laboratory satisfies quality assurance standards if it satisfies specified quality control requirements under the VCCLEA. Authorizes: (1) grants to be made in the form of a voucher for laboratory services which may be redeemed at a laboratory operated by a private entity approved by the Attorney General that satisfies quality assurance standards; and (2) the Attorney General to make payments to such a laboratory for the analy… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-hr-4632 | 106 | hr | 4632 | Ari's Law | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 4 | Ari's Law - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of "firearm" to include the barrel, stock, and any part of the action of any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. | 2025-08-20T14:21:32Z | |
| 106-s-2710 | 106 | s | 2710 | International Parental Kidnapping Grandparents' Right Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] | TN | R | T000457 | 1 | International Parental Kidnapping Grandparents' Rights Act of 2000 - Amends the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 to expand coverage of the Act to include removal of, or retaining, a child (who has been in the United States) outside the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of grandparental rights. Defines "grandparental rights" to mean, with respect to a child, visiting rights granted to a grandparent, whether arising by operation of law, court order, or legally binding agreement of the parties.Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant acted within (current law) and is in compliance with the provisions of a valid court order granting the defendant legal custody or visitation rights that was obtained pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. | 2025-08-20T14:18:30Z | |
| 106-hconres-347 | 106 | hconres | 347 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need to pass legislation to increase penalties on perpetrators of hate crimes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-07 | 2000-09-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508) | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 21 | Declares that Congress: (1) needs to pass legislation that amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for persons who commit acts of violence against other persons because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person; (2) condemns the culture of hate and the hate groups that foster such violent acts; (3) commends the communities throughout our Nation that are united in condemning such acts of hate in their neighborhoods, and the efforts of Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials; (4) reaffirms its commitment to a society that fully respects and protects all people. | 2025-01-02T17:07:43Z | |
| 106-s-2690 | 106 | s | 2690 | Innocence Protection Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-07 | 2000-07-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7819-7820) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 14 | See summary of: S. 2073 | 2025-08-20T14:17:16Z | |
| 106-sconres-120 | 106 | sconres | 120 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass legislation to increase penalties on perpetrators of hate crimes. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-06-07 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4694) | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 2 | Declares that Congress: (1) needs to pass legislation to set penalties for persons who commit acts of violence against other persons because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person; (2) condemns the culture of hate and the hate groups that foster such violent acts; (3) commends the communities throughout our Nation that are united in condemning such acts of hate in their neighborhoods, and the efforts of Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials; (4) reaffirms its commitment to a society that fully respects and protects all people. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hconres-338 | 106 | hconres | 338 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the link between violence against animals and violence against humans and urging greater emphasis upon identifying and treating individuals who are guilty of violence against animals, which is a crime in its own right in all 50 States, in order to prevent violence against humans and urging research to increase understanding of the connection between cruelty to animals and violence against humans. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 21 | Recognizes that individuals who abuse animals are more likely to commit more serious violent crimes against humans.Urges: (1) social workers, teachers, mental health professionals, and others to be aware of the connection between animal cruelty and human violence and to evaluate carefully and monitor closely individuals who have a history of abusing animals; (2) appropriate Federal agencies to encourage and support research to increase the understanding of the connection between cruelty to animals and violence against humans; (3) Federal agencies which are undertaking research on violent crime and its causes to incorporate examination of the link between violence against animals and violence against humans; and (4) local law enforcement officials to treat cases of animal cruelty seriously.Commends the work of local animal control officials and humane investigators who enforce laws against animal abuse. Urges them to work more closely with local law enforcement personnel to identify and prevent potential violence against humans. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 106-hr-4544 | 106 | hr | 4544 | Federalization of Crimes Uniform Standards Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 0 | Federalization of Crimes Uniform Standards Act of 2000 - Establishes the Commission to Review the Federal Criminal Code.(Sec. 4) Specifies that it shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure containing a provision that would increase the law enforcement responsibilities of the Federal Government, unless that measure is accompanied by a Federal law enforcement impact statement.(Sec. 5) Directs the Commission, for each such measure that is provided to the Commission by a Member of Congress or a congressional committee, to promptly: (1) prepare a Federal law enforcement impact statement with respect to that measure; and (2) provide the statement to that Member or committee. Requires a Federal law enforcement impact statement, for each provision of that measure that would increase the law enforcement responsibility of the Government, to contain the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Commission as to the extent to which: (1) that increase in responsibilities would occur only as to core Federal responsibilities; (2) the efforts of States are inadequate to address the purposes to be served by that provision; and (3) the burdens imposed on the Federal court system with respect to that provision could be accommodated within the existing capacity, resources, and structure of that system. | 2025-08-20T14:19:14Z | |
| 106-hr-4550 | 106 | hr | 4550 | Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] | GA | R | B000169 | 9 | Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to law enforcement agencies (agencies) that: (1) have in effect an administrative process or an existing procedure that complies with officer rights requirements; or (2) certify that they will establish, within two years, an administrative process that complies with such requirements.Requires that the administrative process require that an agency that investigates an officer for matters which could reasonably lead to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer, provide recourse for the officer that, at a minimum, includes: (1) access to any existing administrative process established by the employing agency prior to the imposition of any such disciplinary action; and (2) the right to a hearing before a fair and impartial board or hearing officer, the right to be represented by an attorney or other officer at such officer's expense, the right to confront any witness testifying against such officer, and the right to record all meetings.Specifies that nothing herein shall prevent the immediate suspension with pay of an officer: (1) whose continued presence on the job is considered to be a substantial and immediate threat to the welfare of the agency or the public; (2) who refuses to obey a direct order issued in conformance with the agency's written and disseminated rules and regulations; or (3) who is accused of committing an illegal act.Makes this Act inapplicable to an agency if the Attorney General determines that such agency has in effect an established civil service system, agency review board, grievance procedure, or personnel board which meets or exceeds the minimum standards set forth in this Act.Sets forth provisions regarding distribution of funds. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4553 | 106 | hr | 4553 | Club Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] | IL | R | B001232 | 22 | Club Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines regarding any offense relating to the manufacture, importation, or exportation of, or trafficking in, 3-4 methylenedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA, or Ecstasy), 3-4 methylenedioxy amphetamine, 3-4 methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine, paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMA), or any other controlled substance that is marketed as a club drug and that has either a chemical structure substantially similar to, or an effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to or greater than that of, MDMA or PMA. Directs the Commission: (1) to review and amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties comparable to the base offense levels for offenses involving any methamphetamine mixture; and (2) to ensure that the Federal sentencing guidelines reflect the need for aggressive law enforcement action regarding offenses involving such controlled substances and the dangers associated with unlawful activity involving such substances.(Sec. 4) Sets forth similar provisions with respect to offenses relating to the manufacture, importation, or exportation of, or trafficking in, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and its salts (GHB), or the List I chemical gamma-butyrolactone.(Sec. 5) Directs the Commission to promulgate amendments under this Act as soon as practicable after this Act's enactment date in accordance with a procedure set forth in the Sentencing Act of 1987 (emergency guidelines promulgation authority), as though the authority under that Act had not expired.(Sec. 6) Amends the CSA to prohibit any person from teaching, demonstrating, or distributing information pertaining to the manufacture of: (1) a controlled substance with the intent that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a crime; or (2) a controlled substance to any person knowing that such person intends to use the teaching,… | 2025-08-20T14:18:48Z | |
| 106-hr-4559 | 106 | hr | 4559 | Community Protection From Firearms' Giveaways Act | Crime and Law Enforcement | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 14 | Community Protection From Firearms' Giveaways Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit an individual who is not a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm won in a lottery to the winner unless: (1) a licensed dealer contacts the national instant criminal background check system; (2) the system provides the licensee with a unique identification number, or five business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted the system and the system has not notified the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by the winner would violate the Act; and (3) the individual and the licensee have verified the identity of the winner by examining a valid identification document containing the winner's photograph. | 2025-08-20T14:20:21Z |
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