Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019
Legislative Progress
Introduced
January 24, 2019
Latest Action
December 30, 2019
Primary Sponsor
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratic(NY)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
96pct
340d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits. Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following: grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
Discussions regarding implementation of P.L.116-136, CARES Act (Title I. Keeping American Workers Paid and Employed Act, Sec.1102 Paycheck Protection Program) Monitored S.4117, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act Monitored H.R.777, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act Monitored draft COVID-19 pandemic proposals
Became Public Law No: 116-104.
Became Public Law No: 116-104.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7084)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7084)
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Small Business
Discussions regarding implementation of P.L.116-136, CARES Act (Title I. Keeping American Workers Paid and Employed Act, Sec.1102 Paycheck Protection Program) H.R.6800, The Heroes Act (Division A, Title III. Financial Services and General Government) Monitored S.4117, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act Monitored H.R.777, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act Monitored H.R.8265, To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to establish a program for second draw loans and make other modifications to the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes. Monitored draft COVID-19 pandemic proposals
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Lobbied House and Senate in favor of H.R. 777 Debbie Smith Act Reauthorization of 2019 Lobbied Senate against H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 Lobbied House and Senate against the STATES Act, H.R.2093/S.1028
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777) Senate CJS Appropriations Bill (S.3072) House CJS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3055)
Client expense: $21,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777/ H.Res. 634) VAWA (H.R.1585) Fix loophole in child pornography law (H.R. 2873) SAFE Act (H.R. 1468) Sexual Assault Data Collection Bill S. 1413 End Network Abuse Act "Fairness for Survivors Act" rape kit funding act HR 3558
Client expense: $21,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777) Senate CJS Appropriations Bill (S.3072) House CJS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3055)
Client expense: $21,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777/ H.Res. 634) VAWA (H.R.1585) Fix loophole in child pornography law (H.R. 2873) SAFE Act (H.R. 1468) Sexual Assault Data Collection Bill S. 1413 End Network Abuse Act "Fairness for Survivors Act" rape kit funding act HR 3558
Client expense: $21,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer; H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates; H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force; H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners; H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress; H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 777/S. 820, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program; H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management; H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities; H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 1325, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death; H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP); H.R. 1387, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana; H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; H.R. 1866, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training; H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness; H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program; H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; H.R. 3735, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security; H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis; H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program; S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes; S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; and S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances.
2019 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777/ H.Res. 634) VAWA (H.R.1585) Fix loophole in child pornography law (H.R. 2873) SAFE Act (H.R. 1468) Sexual Assault Data Collection Bill S. 1413 End Network Abuse Act "Fairness for Survivors Act" rape kit funding act HR 3558
Client expense: $22,100 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777) Senate CJS Appropriations Bill (S.3072) House CJS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3055)
Client expense: $22,100 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777) Senate CJS Appropriations Bill (S.3072) House CJS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3055)
Client expense: $19,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act Appropriation Bill (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777) Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Resolution introduced in April 2019 (Resolutions in senate and house); VAWA (H.R.1585) Fix loophole in child pornography law (H.R. 2873) SAFE Act (H.R. 1468) Sexual Assault Data Collection Bill
Client expense: $19,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act reauthorization and appropriations (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777)
Client expense: $21,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Act reauthorization and appropriations (Senate bill S.820/House H.R.777)
Client expense: $21,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 1 (Roll no. 584). (text: CR H8404)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 1 (Roll no. 584).(text: CR H8404)
HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8442-8443)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 777.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8403-8409)
Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| January 24, 2019 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
| Republican |
| OH |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Garret Graves | Republican | LA |
| Glenn Grothman | Republican | WI |
| Guy Reschenthaler | Republican | PA |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | CA |
| Jenniffer González-Colón | Republican | PR |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | NY |
| Ken Calvert | Republican | CA |
| Kenny Marchant | Republican | TX |
| Lois Frankel | Democratic | FL |
| Mark Meadows | Republican | NC |
| Matt Gaetz | Republican | FL |
| Rick Larsen | Democratic | WA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Steve King | Republican | IA |
| Ted Lieu | Democratic | CA |
| Van Taylor | Republican | TX |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | CA |
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office