Top Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child safety, Child welfare, Children, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Indian children, Indian law enforcement, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Pregnant women, Prisoners, Territories (U.S.), Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S93) Bill TextA bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Indian Tribes Methamphetamine Reduction Grants Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm such eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child safety, Child welfare, Children, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Indian children, Indian law enforcement, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Pregnant women, Prisoners, Territories (U.S.), Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S452) Bill TextA bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 1/11/2007--Introduced. Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm that eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug addiction, Drug testing, Drugs and women, Drugs and youth, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Health counseling, Health policy, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicine, Mental health services, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Minority health, Mortality, Parent and child, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rural affairs, Rural health, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 1/11/2007--Introduced. Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to include: (1) parenting women substance abuse treatment (including treatment for addiction to methamphetamine); and (2) outpatient treatment services. Requires that such treatment programs be accessible to pregnant and parenting women in health disparity populations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide treatment for methamphetamine addiction to pregnant and parenting women.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child safety, Child welfare, Children, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Indian children, Indian law enforcement, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Pregnant women, Prisoners, Territories (U.S.), Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85. Bill TextTo amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 3/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 21, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm that eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.
Also tagged in: Alcoholism, Community service (Punishment), Court records, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Criminal procedure, District courts, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Educational tests, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Employee selection, Ex-offenders, Federal law enforcement officers, Fines (Penalties), Firearms, Firearms control, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification of criminals, Information leaking, Labor, Law, Law enforcement officers, Licenses, Parole, Personnel records, Police, Probation, Prosecution, Public records, Secondary education, Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Latest Action: 07/27/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1644) Bill TextTo permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2007 - 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 offense and has never been convicted of a nonviolent offense other than the one for which expungement is sought; (2) fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court in which conviction was obtained; (3) remained free from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for a minimum of one year and has been rehabilitated, to the court's satisfaction, if so required by the terms of supervised release; (4) obtained a high school diploma or completed a high school equivalency program; and (5) completed at least one year of community service.Authorizes an individual convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Advice and consent of the Senate, Aged, Alcoholism, Alternative dispute resolution, Animals, Armed forces, Arms control, Arms control agreements, Arms control verification, Arms sales, Block grants, Budgets, Cabinet officers, Child abuse, Child health, Child welfare, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Commemorations, Communications, Community organization, Community policing, Conferences, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation of natural resources, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal justice, Cultural relations, Curricula, Defense policy, Democracy, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Dispute settlement, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Economic research, Education, Elder abuse, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Embargo, Employee rights, Employee training, Energy, Energy research, Environmental protection, Ethics, Ethnic relations, Exchange of persons programs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family violence, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Federal employees, Federal officials, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Firearms control, Foreign aid, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Freedom of the press, Gangs, Government employees, Government information, Government publications, Government publicity, Hate crimes, Health policy, Higher education, Homosexuality, Human rights, Humanities, Inspectors general, Intergovernmental relations, International affairs, International finance, Internet, Job training, Labor, Law, Mediation, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, National security, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Nonviolence, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear weapons tests, Peace, Peace Corps, Peace negotiations, Peace treaties, Peacekeeping forces, Police-community relations, Politics and government, Presidential appointments, Protection of animals, Public health, Punishment, Religion, Religious liberty, Research and development, School security, Science policy, Secondary education, Service academies, Service learning, Space activities, Space warfare, Special days, State and local government, Storage, Summit diplomacy, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Transportation research, United Nations, Victims of crimes, Violence, Violence in mass media, War relief, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons systems, Women
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act - Establishes a Department of Peace and Nonviolence, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the mission of the Department, including to: (1) hold peace as an organizing principle; (2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights; and (3) develop policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict. Establishes in the Department the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace and Nonviolence, which shall provide assistance and make recommendations to the Secretary and the President concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution. Transfers to the Department [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug addiction, Drug testing, Drugs and women, Drugs and youth, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Health counseling, Health policy, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicine, Mental health services, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Minority health, Mortality, Parent and child, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rural affairs, Rural health, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3192-3193) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to include: (1) parenting women substance abuse treatment (including treatment for addiction to methamphetamine); and (2) outpatient treatment services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide treatment for methamphetamine addiction to pregnant and parenting women.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to assist local jails and detention [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Adult education, Authorization, Budgets, Children, Community policing, Community-based corrections, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug traffic, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Families, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to law enforcement, Firearms, Gangs, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Housing, Income tax, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Law, Limitation of actions, Literacy programs, Low-income housing, Mentoring, Murder, National service, Nonprofit organizations, Organized crime, Parent and child, Parole, Performance measurement, Police, Police training, Prisoners, Prosecution, Public housing, Recidivists, Recruiting of employees, School-age child care, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Social services, Student loan funds, Surveys, Tax credits, Taxation, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Victims of crimes, Violence, Welfare, Witnesses, Youth violence
Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3757-3758) Bill TextA bill to fight criminal gangs. 3/26/2007--Introduced. Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes programs for combating criminal gangs, including after-school programs, programs for safe and drug-free schools and communities, gang resistance education and training programs, and adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects.Establishes or increases funding for criminal gang-related programs, including: (1) demonstration grants to public and private entities for innovative approaches to combat gang activity; (2) programs that target certain at-risk youth and juvenile offenders ages 11 to 19; (3) state studies of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations; (4) substance abuse treatment; (5) mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations; (6) transition training for incarcerated youth offenders; (7) gang activity policing grants; (8) grants to prosecutors and law enforcement officials to combat violent [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Aged, Alcoholism, Budgets, Business, Case management, Child welfare, Children, Community-based corrections, Compensatory education, Congressional reporting requirements, Corrections, Courts of special jurisdiction, Criminal justice, Criminology, Data banks, Department of Justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug therapy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employment, Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Families, Family services, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Halfway houses, Health policy, Heroin, Identification devices, Income tax, Indian law enforcement, Indians, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health services, Mentoring, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Parent and child, Parents, Parole, Performance measurement, Prison alternatives, Prisoners, Public contracts, Recidivists, Social services, Tax credits, Taxation, Technical education, Technology, Vocational education, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Recidivism Reduction and Second Chance Act of 2007 or the Second Chance Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects to provide expanded services to offenders and their families for reentry into society.Directs the Attorney General to award grants for: (1) state and local reentry courts; (2) Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Forces; (3) pharmacological drug treatment services to incarcerated offenders; (4) technology career training for offenders; and (5) mentoring services for reintegrating offenders into the community.Amends the Higher Education Amendments [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Child welfare, Children, Correctional institutions, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs and women, Drugs and youth, Education, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to housing, Governmental investigations, Health education, Health policy, Higher education, Homeless, Housing, Infants, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Methamphetamine, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, School health programs, Telecommunication, Telephone, Welfare, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5948-5949) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to provide methamphetamine prevention and treatement services. 5/10/2007--Introduced. Treatment and Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (the Administrator), to award grants to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women. Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to provide recovery support services for parents and families transitioning out of treatment. Requires the Secretary, jointly with the Attorney General, to assist local jails and detention facilities in providing substance abuse treatment services as alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenses. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [...] show full description
|
Latest Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Alaska, Armed forces, Authorization, Black colleges, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Citizenship education, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Community development, Compensatory education, Computer literacy, Conferences, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation directors, Corporation for National and Community Service, Cost effectiveness, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Curricula, Defense economics, Depressed areas, Disaster relief, Dropouts, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Environmental protection, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal-territorial relations, Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Foster home care, Foundations, Gifts, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government service contracts, Graduate education, Grandparents, Grievance procedures, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, History, Housing, Indian education, Indians, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Law, Leadership, Learning, Literacy programs, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Mental illness, Mentoring, Military base closures, Minorities, Minority education, National service, Nonprofit organizations, Northern Mariana Islands, Older workers, Parent and child, Parental consent, Parents, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public health, Recidivists, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Salaries, Scholarships, School-age child care, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, State and local government, Student employment, Student loan funds, Summer employment, Technical education, Technology, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Travel costs, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Volunteer workers, Wages, Welfare, Youth services
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1560-1561) Bill TextTo reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 3/10/2008--Introduced. Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NSCA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise the programs under such Acts and reauthorize appropriations for such programs through FY2012. Revises under NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service (Learn and Serve programs); (2) National Service Trust programs (AmeriCorps); (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing matching grants to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, College costs, Community service (Punishment), Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Education, Educational vouchers, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Federal aid to law enforcement, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Social services, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Youth employment, Youth services
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require: (1) information on the number of juveniles released from prison and their living arrangements upon release in the annual report of the Administrator of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office; (2) states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) research and evaluation on outcomes for juvenile offenders who have been released from custody and reintegrated into communities. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states to establish programs to identify juveniles likely to be released before attaining age 25 and to help such juveniles attain self-sufficiency; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alcoholism, Budgets, Cocaine, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Crack (Drug), Criminal justice, Criminal liability, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Executive departments, Exports, Federal aid to law enforcement, Fines (Penalties), Firearms, Imports, Law, Mandatory sentences, Prosecution, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Trade, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Violence, Weapons
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) required for the imposition of mandatory minimum prison terms for crack cocaine trafficking to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.Eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum prison term for first-time possession of crack cocaine. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend, if appropriate, its sentencing guidelines for trafficking in a controlled substance to reflect the use of a dangerous weapon or violence in such crime and the culpability and the role of the defendant in such crime, taking into account certain aggravating and mitigating [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, College costs, Community service (Punishment), Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Education, Educational vouchers, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Federal aid to law enforcement, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Social services, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Youth employment, Youth services
Latest Action: 12/11/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 12/11/2007--Introduced. First Step Forward Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require information on the number of juveniles (under age 21) released from prison and their living arrangements upon release in the annual report of the Administrator of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office; (2) require states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) require research and evaluation on outcomes for juvenile offenders who have been released from custody and reintegrated into communities. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states to establish programs to identify juveniles likely to be released before attaining age 21 and to help such juveniles [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Higher education, Job training, Labor, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health services, Prison labor, Secondary education, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Vocational education
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, and for other purposes. 12/5/2007--Introduced. Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year to receive credit beyond time already served for up to 60 days each year, in addition to any credit received for satisfactory behavior, for earning a certificate of completion in, or for participating in or teaching, a designated program that benefits prisoners or the Bureau of Prisons, including specified educational and vocational, treatment, and work and developmental programs.Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to establish the number of days of credit a prisoner may be awarded considering the difficulty, time required, responsibility expected, [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Authorization, Budgets, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Education, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Indian courts, Indian law enforcement, Juvenile delinquency, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health services, Mental illness, Minorities, Parole, Police training, Pretrial procedure, Prison alternatives, Prisoners, Probation, School security, State and local government, State courts, Students, Suicide
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes. 4/1/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the grant program for adult and juvenile collaboration for access to adequate mental health treatment and to extend such funding through FY2014. Directs the Attorney General to give priority to grant applications that promote effective strategies to identify and treat mentally-ill offenders and that meet other criteria.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Authorization, Budgets, Case management, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corrections, Counseling, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Families, Family services, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Health policy, Higher education, Homeless, Housing, Indian courts, Indian law enforcement, Juvenile delinquency, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Mental health services, Mental illness, Minorities, Parole, Police training, Pretrial procedure, Prison alternatives, Prisoners, Probation, School security, Social services, State and local government, State courts, Students, Suicide, Welfare, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes. 1/23/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the grant program for adult and juvenile collaboration for access to adequate mental health treatment and to extend such funding through FY2014. Directs the Attorney General to give priority to grant applications that promote effective strategies to identify and treat mentally-ill offenders and meet other criteria.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes and tribal organizations for training programs [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Americans in foreign countries, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Arrest, Assault, Attorney-client privilege, Birth control, Case management, Child abuse, Child safety, Children, Civil liberties, Communications, Compensation for victims of crime, Conferences, Confidential communications, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Criminology, Curricula, Day care, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Disciplining of employees, DNA, Drug abuse, Education, Evidence (Law), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family violence, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal officials, Fringe benefits, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publications, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grievance procedures, Group counseling, Health policy, Higher education, Homicide, Housing, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification devices, Informers, Injunctions, Inspectors general, Job training, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Law enforcement officers, Legal fees, Legal services, Medical care, Medical education, Medical personnel, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Mental health services, Military and naval offenses, Military dependents, Military hospitals, Military law, Military medicine, Military pay, Military promotions, Military training, Military transportation, Misconduct in office, Nonprofit organizations, Nurses, Occupational therapy, Officer personnel, Paramedical personnel, Physical therapy, Physician-patient privilege, Police, Politics and government, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Pregnancy, Promotions, Prosecution, Psychiatrists, Public contracts, Public service advertising, Rape, Rape victims, Recruiting of employees, Relocation, Reproduction, Right of privacy, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sex crimes, Sex offenders, Sexual harassment, Sexually transmitted diseases, Shelters for the homeless, Social life and customs, Social services, Stalking, State and local government, State laws, Suicide, Surveys, Telecommunication, Telephone, Transportation, Travel costs, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care, Victims of crimes, Whistle blowing, Witnesses, Women, Women's shelters
Latest Action: 12/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes. 10/29/2007--Introduced. Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) an Office of the Victims' Advocate to facilitate access to services for victims of domestic or family violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the military. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Office, to require DOD policies for victim assistance, family advocacy, and equal opportunity programs to provide for a victims' advocates program within each military department. Authorizes the Secretary to award contracts to: (1) support DOD crisis intervention services for victims of such violence; and (2) provide training [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administration of justice, Administrative procedure, Aged, Annuities, Assault weapons, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Caregivers, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child pornography, Children, Civil service retirement, Cocaine, Communications, Community organization, Community policing, Community service (Punishment), Community-based corrections, Compensation for victims of crime, Computer crimes, Computer software, Conspiracy, Copyright, Counterfeiting, Counterterrorism, Crack (Drug), Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Customs administration, Day care, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Disabled, DNA, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drug addiction, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Drugs, Drugs and youth, Electronic commerce, Electronic surveillance, Elementary and secondary education, Employee training, Equipment and supplies, Evidence (Law), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Exhibitions, Extortion, Extradition, Family courts, Family violence, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal law enforcement officers, Fines (Penalties), Firearms, Firearms control, Foreign policy, Forensic medicine, Forfeiture, Fraud, Gangs, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Group homes, Heroin, Housing, Housing subsidies, Humanities, Identification of criminals, Immigration, Indian courts, Indian law enforcement, Infants, Informers, Intellectual property, International affairs, Internet, Job training, Jurisdiction, Juvenile delinquency, Kidnapping, Law, Legal aid, Legal fees, Limitation of actions, Medical care, Medical tests, Medicine, Mental illness, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Motion pictures, Murder, Nurses, Organized crime, Parole, Pensions, Pharmacies, Polygraphs, Postal service, Preschool education, Prison alternatives, Prison violence, Prisoners, Probation, Prosecution, Public prosecutors, Rape, Recidivists, Recruiting of employees, School security, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, September 11, 2001, Sex crimes, State and local government, State courts, Technology, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Trade, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Victims of crimes, Violence, Witnesses, Women
Latest Action: 10/25/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13451-13452) Bill TextA bill to fight crime. 10/25/2007--Introduced. Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, and other federal laws to establish and reauthorize programs to prevent and control crime. Reauthorizes and expands the program for community-oriented policing services (COPS program). Authorizes the hiring of an additional 1,000 agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in FY2008-FY2012. Authorizes the hiring of additional Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.Establishes a National Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice to study the role of law enforcement after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for: (1) early Head [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, Communications, Conferences, Crime prevention, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Gangs, Government information, Government publicity, Homicide, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Mentoring, Police training, Prosecution, Social services, State and local government, Technology, Violence, Witnesses, Youth services
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo expand and improve Federal gang prevention programs. 10/22/2007--Introduced. Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate and provide assistance to high-intensity gang activity areas in specified states and localities; (2) make grants to develop community-based programs for gang members and high-risk youth; (3) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; (4) expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams; and (5) make grants for demonstration projects to carry out innovative approaches to combat gang activity.Directs the Attorney General to establish a National Gang Activity Database to provide information to law enforcement agencies about criminal street gangs.Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a National Gang Research, Evaluation, and Policy Institute to implement programs [...] show full description
|
|
Track Legislation
Latest News
Searching for articles...
|
