Top Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Arms control, Arms control agreements, Arms control negotiations, Classified defense information, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Energy, Foreign policy, Government information, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Intelligence activities, International affairs, International cooperation, Negotiations, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear terrorism, Nuclear weapons, Official secrets, Radiation, Treaties, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, and for other purposes. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) pursue bilateral and multilateral agreements to establish an international framework for determining the source of any confiscated nuclear material or weapon, as well as the source of any detonated weapon and the nuclear material used in such a weapon; (2) develop protocols for the dissemination of sensitive information relating to nuclear materials and samples of controlled nuclear materials to the extent required by such agreements; and (3) develop expedited protocols for the dissemination of sensitive information needed to publicly identify the source of a nuclear detonation.Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include within the mission of the Domestic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Forensic medicine, Government employees, Indian law enforcement, Indians, Laboratories, Law, Local employees, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Recruiting of employees, Science policy, State and local government, State employees
Latest Action: 08/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic laboratories. 7/24/2007--Introduced. State and Local Criminal Forensic Laboratory Enhancement Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to establish new criminal forensic laboratories or expand or improve existing laboratories and to hire and train new forensic laboratory professionals; and (2) give priority in awarding such grants to agencies in jurisdictions with the largest backlogs of criminal forensic examinations.
Also tagged in: Authorization, Budgets, Child sexual abuse, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Correctional personnel, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, DNA, Employee training, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Forensic medicine, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Homicide, Identification devices, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Job training, Judicial officers, Laboratories, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Missing persons, Murder, Police training, Prisoners, Prosecution, Rape, Research and development, Science policy, Security measures, Sex crimes, State and local government, Technology, Women
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. 7/14/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) require state and local governments to implement a process for the collection of DNA samples from all felons in their prisons for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) allow use of grant funds for DNA analyses of samples from missing or unidentified persons; and (3) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for such Act for FY2010-FY2014. (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that as a result of the DNA analysis backlog violent crimes remain unsolved and wrongfully convicted individuals have not been determined to be innocent. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Attorney General [...] show full description
|
Latest Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Authorization, Budgets, Child sexual abuse, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Correctional personnel, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, DNA, Employee training, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Forensic medicine, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Homicide, Identification devices, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Job training, Judicial officers, Laboratories, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Missing persons, Murder, Police training, Prisoners, Prosecution, Rape, Research and development, Science policy, Security measures, Sex crimes, State and local government, Technology, Women
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. 7/14/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) require state and local governments to implement a process for the collection of DNA samples from all felons in their prisons for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) allow use of grant funds for DNA analyses of samples from missing or unidentified persons; and (3) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for such Act for FY2010-FY2014. (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that as a result of the DNA analysis backlog violent crimes remain unsolved and wrongfully convicted individuals have not been determined to be innocent. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Attorney General [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Forensic medicine, Government employees, Indian law enforcement, Indians, Laboratories, Law, Local employees, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Recruiting of employees, Science policy, State and local government, State employees
Latest Action: 08/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic laboratories. 7/24/2007--Introduced. State and Local Criminal Forensic Laboratory Enhancement Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to establish new criminal forensic laboratories or expand or improve existing laboratories and to hire and train new forensic laboratory professionals; and (2) give priority in awarding such grants to agencies in jurisdictions with the largest backlogs of criminal forensic examinations.
Also tagged in: Arms control, Arms control agreements, Arms control negotiations, Classified defense information, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Energy, Foreign policy, Government information, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Intelligence activities, International affairs, International cooperation, Negotiations, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear terrorism, Nuclear weapons, Official secrets, Radiation, Treaties, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, and for other purposes. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) pursue bilateral and multilateral agreements to establish an international framework for determining the source of any confiscated nuclear material or weapon, as well as the source of any detonated weapon and the nuclear material used in such a weapon; (2) develop protocols for the dissemination of sensitive information relating to nuclear materials and samples of controlled nuclear materials to the extent required by such agreements; and (3) develop expedited protocols for the dissemination of sensitive information needed to publicly identify the source of a nuclear detonation.Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include within the mission of the Domestic [...] show full description
|
