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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase prison terms or impose mandatory minimum prison terms for: (1) manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large amounts of heroin, marihuana, or methamphetamine; (2) importing or exporting such drugs; (3) manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on federal property; (4) using hazardous substances on federal land in connection with illegal drug activities; (5) possessing a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; (6) committing a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (7) engaging in a dangerous drug [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo 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. 4/9/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 11, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here, with changes reflecting enrollment corrections.)Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or the Second Chance Act of 2007 - (Sec. 5) Requires the Attorney General, not later than January 31 of each year, to submit all reports required by this Act during the preceding year to the Judiciary Committees of Congress.Title I: Amendments Related To The Omnibus Crime Control And Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Subtitle A: Improvements to Existing Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe [...] 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, 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, Rehabilitation of criminals, 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
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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
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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: 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, 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, Rehabilitation of criminals, 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, 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, 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, Rehabilitation of criminals, Social services, Tax credits, Taxation, Technical education, Technology, Vocational education, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo 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. 4/9/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 11, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here, with changes reflecting enrollment corrections.)Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or the Second Chance Act of 2007 - (Sec. 5) Requires the Attorney General, not later than January 31 of each year, to submit all reports required by this Act during the preceding year to the Judiciary Committees of Congress.Title I: Amendments Related To The Omnibus Crime Control And Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Subtitle A: Improvements to Existing Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Assault, Capital punishment, Chemicals, Child welfare, Children, Colleges, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Drugs and youth, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental protection, Exports, Fines (Penalties), Hazardous substances, Higher education, Homicide, Housing, Imports, Job training, Jurisdiction, Kidnapping, Life imprisonment, Mandatory sentences, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Murder, Natural resources, Organized crime, Playgrounds, Poisons, Pregnant women, Public housing, Public lands, Rape, Recidivists, Recreation centers, School buildings, School security, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Smuggling, Sports, Swimming pools, Trade, Violence, Vocational education, Water pollution, Women
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase prison terms or impose mandatory minimum prison terms for: (1) manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large amounts of heroin, marihuana, or methamphetamine; (2) importing or exporting such drugs; (3) manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on federal property; (4) using hazardous substances on federal land in connection with illegal drug activities; (5) possessing a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; (6) committing a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (7) engaging in a dangerous drug [...] show full description
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