United States Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005

H.R. 13, the “Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act,” authorizes additional funding to increase training for State and local law enforcement in, and to cover the costs of complying with Federal regulations governing, the clean-up and disposal of meth labs; improve services for drug-endangered children; and expand the Methamphetamine/Drug Hot Spots program to include personnel and equipment for enforcement, prosecution, and lab clean-up; H.R. 94, the “Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act,” would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 104, the “Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act,” would provide the families of deceased law enforcement officers with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 253, the “Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act,” would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 314/S.103, the “Combat Meth Act,” would provide additional funds to train State and local law enforcement in the investigation of methamphetamine offenses, expand the Methamphetamine/Drug Hot Spots program to include personnel and equipment for enforcement, prosecution, and lab clean-up, establish grant programs for services to drug-endangered children, and limit access to pseudoephedrine, the primary ingredient in meth production; H.R. 798, the “Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005,” legislation to establish a research program to develop voluntary guidelines for the remediation of former methamphetamine labs, enhance the research on the residual effects of meth labs on first responders and others, and support research into new methamphetamine detection technologies and the development of field test kits; H.R. 970/S. 155, the “Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act,” is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 1122/S. 564, the “Safe Intersections Act of 2005,” would criminalize the unauthorized sale or use of traffic signal preemption devices; H.R. 1279, the “Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act,” aims to reduce criminal gang activity by providing for increased assistance in certain designated “high intensity interstate gang activity areas” to build multijurisdictional efforts targeting criminal street gangs using Federal funds; H.R. 1710, the “Internet Police Protection Act,” would create a new Federal criminal offense prohibiting persons from making available on the Internet restricted personal information concerning judges, law enforcement and other public safety officers, jurors, witnesses or other officers in any United States Court; H.R. 1751, the “Secure Access to Justice and Court Protection Act,” which would increase the penalties for threats and violence against law enforcement officers, judges, and courtroom personnel, including the application of the death penalty, and also impose time limits and substantive limits on Federal courts’ review of habeas corpus petitions challenging a State court conviction for killing a law enforcement officer, judge, or other public safety officer; H.R. 1758, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 2363, the “Peace Officer Justice Act,” would make the murder of a law enforcement officer and subsequent flight to a foreign nation a Federal crime punishable by death or life imprisonment; H.R. 2601, the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007" H.R. 2942, the “Sexual Predator Sentencing Act,” would raise the mandatory minimum sentences for first-time sex offenders and increase the penalty for criminals convicted of a second sexual offense to life; H.R. 3020/S. 1368, the “United States Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act,” which would extend the auhtority of the U.S. Parole Commission for an additional three years H. Con. Res. 85, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty; S. 122, the “Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act,” would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 344, legislation to link together the offenses and sentencing enhancements under Federal law for criminals who sell drugs to individuals under the age of 21, who sell or manufacture drugs in or near schools and colleges, or who employ children under 18 years of age in drug operations; S. 945, the “PROTECTION Act,” would reauthorize the successful COPS program through 2011 to hire and retain police officers, pay overtime and reimburse officers pursuing college and advance degrees to enhance their job skills as well as providing Federal money for new technology; Legislation which would repeal the sixteen (16) sunset provisions on crtain sections of the USA PATRIOT Act.