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Back the Blue Act of 2019
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Back the Blue Act of 2019 This bill establishes new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enforcement officer, or public safety officer. Additionally, the bill expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor, or firefighter or other first responder; broadens the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms; limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge; and limits the recovery of compensatory damages and prohibits the recovery of attorney's fees by an individual for a violation of rights that occurred as a result of (or in the course of) conduct that constitutes a felony or crime of violence. Finally, it directs the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies and nongovernmental organizations to promote trust and improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Justice in Policing Act (House)/JUSTICE Act (Senate); Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back at Blue" Act (H.R.5251; S.1480); issues related to COVID and law enforcement.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2888-2889)
Introduced in Senate
Bills with similar content found using semantic analysis.
Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Defense
S.4602 - STOP BLOCKING HOSPITALS ACT - SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.4424 - HOLDING RIOTERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT OF 2020 - SEN. KELLY LOEFFLER (R-GA) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.3453 - TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES - SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R 7138 - TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES - REP. CHIP ROY (R-TX-2) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary S.1480 - BACK THE BLUE ACT - SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R-TX) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.3662 - HOLDING THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFECTING AMERICANS ACT OF 2020 - SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AR) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R 6519 - HOLDING COMMUNIST PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFECTING AMERICAS ACT OF 2020 - REP. DAN CRENSHAW (R-TX-2) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.6386 - NO CHINA ACT - REP. MATT GAETZ (R-FL-1) STATUS: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation S.3386 - PROTECTING AMERICA FROM FOREIGN INVESTORS COMPROMISED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ACT OF 2020 - REP. DAN CRENSHAW (R-TX-2) STATUS: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Defense
S.4602 - STOP BLOCKING HOSPITALS ACT - SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.4424 - HOLDING RIOTERS ACCOUNTABLE ACT OF 2020 - SEN. KELLY LOEFFLER (R-GA) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.3453 - TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES - SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R 7138 - TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES - REP. CHIP ROY (R-TX-2) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary S.1480 - BACK THE BLUE ACT - SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R-TX) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.3662 - HOLDING THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFECTING AMERICANS ACT OF 2020 - SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AR) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R 6519 - HOLDING COMMUNIST PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFECTING AMERICAS ACT OF 2020 - REP. DAN CRENSHAW (R-TX-2) STATUS: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.6386 - NO CHINA ACT - REP. MATT GAETZ (R-FL-1) STATUS: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation S.3386 - PROTECTING AMERICA FROM FOREIGN INVESTORS COMPROMISED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ACT OF 2020 - REP. DAN CRENSHAW (R-TX-2) STATUS: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Justice in Policing Act (House)/JUSTICE Act (Senate); Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back at Blue" Act (H.R.5251; S.1480); issues related to COVID and law enforcement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Justice in Policing Act (House)/JUSTICE Act (Senate); Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back at Blue" Act (H.R.5251; S.1480); issues related to COVID and law enforcement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back at Blue" Act (H.R.5251; S.1480); issues related to COVID and law enforcement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 3735, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," legislation to require the Director of the FBI to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; entire bill. S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," legislation to require the Director of the FBI to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; entire bill. H.R. 5395, the "Back the Blue Act of 2019," legislation to revise Title 18, U.S. Code, to enhance protections for federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1480, the "Back the Blue Act of 2019," legislation to revise Title 18, U.S. Code, to enhance protections for federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 3201, the "Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act," legislation to extend the DEA's temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances; entire bill. H.R. 1156, the "LEOSA Reform Act," legislation to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 1325, the "Protect and Serve Act of 2019," legislation to amend Title 18, U.S. Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 954, the "POWER Act," legislation to provide grants to state, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 6008, the "TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act," legislation to direct DOJ to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders related to interacting with persons who have a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder, and to require the CDC to study and report on the incidence of TBI and PTSD in law enforcement; entire bill. Legislative proposal to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers (no bill introduced).
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back to Blue" Act (H.R.5251; S.1480).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Legislation H.R. XX (draft bill) - Investor Choice Act (Rep. Hank Johnson) H.J.Res.46 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019 H.R. 7 - Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 76 - Protect the Gig Economy Act H.R. 77 - Injunctive Authority Clarification Act H.R. 518 - Barring PPACA Supreme Court Cases from Citation Act H.R. 856 - Physician Pro Bono Care Act of 2019 H.R. 903 - Sunset Act of 2019 H.R. 1332 - Fair Care Act H.R. 1423 - FAIR Act H.R.1232 - Rescinding DHS' Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act H.R.1233 - Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act H.R.1234 - Preventing the Taking of Americans' Land to Build Trump's Wall Act H.R. 1500 - Consumers First Act H.R. 2749 - Restoring Justice for Workers Act H.R. 3656 - Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive Lawsuits Act H.R. 3668 - Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act H.R. 4099- ACCESS Act S.J.Res.10 - A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019 S. 92 - REINS Act S. 328 - Startup Act S. 1266 - Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act S. 1303- HUMANE Act S.1419 - Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019 S.1420 - SMART Act of 2019 S. 1480 - Back the Blue Act S. 1494 - Secure and Protect Act of 2019 S. 1976 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2396 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention Act Rulemakings Nominations Nomination of William Barr, U.S. Attorney General Nomination of Patrick Wyrick, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma Nomination of Eric Miller, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Nomination of Neomi Rao, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Nomination of Kenneth Lee, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Client expense: $146,341 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act; Social Security Fairness Act; funding of Justice Department grant programs and law enforcement issues in general; issues related to violence against law enforcement and first responders and the "Back to Blue" Act (S.1480).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1156, the "LEOSA Reform Act," legislation to amend Title 18, U.S. Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act of 2004, which allows qualified active and retired police officers to carry a concealed weapon in any jurisdiction in the United States; entire bill. Legislative proposals to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act of 2004, which allows qualified active and retired police officers to carry a concealed weapon in any jurisdiction in the United States (no bill introduced). H.R. 1325, the "Protect and Serve Act of 2019," legislation to amend Title 18, U.S. Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 2379, legislation to permanently reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program at the Department of Justice; entire bill. S. 1231, legislation to permanently reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program at the Department of Justice; entire bill. S. 954, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources (POWER) Act," legislation to provide grants to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1480, the "Back the Blue Act of 2019," legislation to revise Title 18, U.S. Code, to enhance protections for federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," legislation to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim as a public safety officer; entire bill. Legislative proposal to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program at the Department of Justice (no bill introduced). Nomination of Jeffrey Rosen to be Deputy Attorney General.
| Republican |
| NE |
| James Lankford | Republican | OK |
| John Barrasso | Republican | WY |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | GA |
| Marco Rubio | Republican | FL |
| Marsha Blackburn | Republican | TN |
| Pat Roberts | Republican | KS |
| Rob Portman | Republican | OH |
| Roy Blunt | Republican | MO |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT |
| Ted Cruz | Republican | TX |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office