Also tagged in: Airline employees, Armed forces, Auditing, Authorization, Budgets, Central Intelligence Agency, Chief financial officers, Civil liberties, Civil service retirement, Classified defense information, Coast guard, Communications, Confidential funding (Federal budgets), Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Counterintelligence, Covert operations, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Crisis management, Defense policy, Delegation of powers, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Detention of persons, Director of National Intelligence, Drug abuse, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Drug law enforcement, Education, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal employees, Federal officials, Finance, Financial statements, Foreign policy, Gifts, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government travel, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Human rights, Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, Intelligence community staff, Intelligence officers, Intelligence services, International affairs, Job training, Language and languages, Management information systems, Military intelligence, Missile warheads, Nuclear security measures, Pensions, Performance measurement, Personnel management, Photography, Politics and government, Public contracts, Reconnaissance satellites, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Right of privacy, Salaries, Scholarships, Science policy, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Space activities, Strategic forces, Suspects' rights, Technology, Terrorism, Torture, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Transportation safety, Undercover operations, United Nations, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Rockefeller. With written report No. 110-333. Additional and Minority views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 5/8/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Title I: Budget and Personnel Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/17/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 5/5/2008--Introduced. Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (11) National Reconnaissance Office; (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and (13) Department of Homeland Security.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Anarchism, Armed forces, Citizenship, Communications, Congress and foreign policy, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Constitution, Constitutional law, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Criminal justice, Criminal procedure, Defense policy, Detention of persons, Due process of law, Electronic surveillance, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Habeas corpus, Imprisonment, Injunctions, Intelligence activities, International affairs, Journalism, Kidnapping, Law, National security, Parties to actions, Police questioning, Politics and government, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Prosecution, Reporters and reporting, Rule of law, Terrorism, Torture, War and emergency powers, War crimes, Warrants (Law)
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers. 10/15/2007--Introduced. American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 - Repeals the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Authorizes the President to establish military commissions for the trial of war crimes only in places of active hostilities against the United States where an immediate trial is necessary to preserve fresh evidence or to prevent local anarchy. Prohibits the President from detaining any individual indefinitely as an unlawful enemy combatant absent proof by substantial evidence that the individual has directly engaged in active hostilities against the United States. Prohibits the detention of any U.S. citizen as an unlawful enemy combatant. Entitles any individual detained as an enemy combatant by the United States to petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Prohibits any civilian or military tribunal of the United [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Auditing, Bank records, Civil liberties, Computer crimes, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer credit, Consumers, Counterintelligence, Credit bureaus, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Justice, Employee training, Espionage, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal preemption, Federal Trade Commission, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Identification devices, Identity theft, Independent regulatory commissions, Injunctions, Intelligence activities, Job training, Law, National security, Organized crime, Parties to actions, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, Risk, Secret service, Sentencing guidelines, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. With written report No. 110-70. Additional views filed. Bill TextA bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. 5/23/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Enhancing Punishment For Identity Theft And Other Violations Of Data Privacy and Security - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to add intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to the definition of racketeering activity. (Sec. 102) Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for intentionally and willfully concealing a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information that causes economic damage to one or more persons. Defines "sensitive personally identifiable information"[...] show full description
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, Labor, Law, Law enforcement officers, Licenses, Parole, Personnel records, Police, Probation, Prosecution, Public records, Rehabilitation of criminals, 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
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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 20. Bill TextAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 1/24/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Appellate courts, Armed forces, Budgets, Classified defense information, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional witnesses, Defense policy, Disciplining of employees, Dismissal of employees, Due process of law, Employee rights, Evidence (Law), Executive orders, Federal employees, Government attorneys, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, Judicial review, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Legal fees, Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, Parties to actions, Personnel management, Politics and government, Presidents, Promotions, Security clearances, Security measures, Waste in government spending, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 12/17/2007 - Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. Bill TextA bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes. 12/17/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act - Includes as a protected disclosure by a federal employee: (1) any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure; and (2) any disclosure of information required to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct evidence [...] show full description
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