COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
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H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 8989 (Salazar, R-FL) the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; H.R. 9390 (Johnson, R-SD) the Supporting Opportunities to Build Everyday Responsibility (SOBER) Act, which would expand a grant program for 24/7 sobriety programs; H.R. 9641/S. 5060 (Schultz, D-FL) the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program for three years; H.R. 9576 (Phillips, D-MN), the Pathways to Policing Act, which would provide $50 million a year to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to operate a nationwide marketing and recruitment campaign; H.R. 9660 (Neguse, D-CO) the Samaritan Efforts to Ensure Key Health Emergency and Life-saving Protection Act (SEEK HELP) Act, which would close gaps in Good Samaritan laws by ensuring that people cannot be prosecuted for drug possession when they seek medical assistance after witnessing or experiencing an overdose; H.R. 9871 (Larsen, D-WA) the End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act, which would invest and expand in multiple anti-drug task forces in the U.S. Department of Justice to improve cooperation and collaboration between departments to combat the fentanyl epidemic; H.R. 9910 (Spanberger, D-VA) the Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard & Reserves Act, which would increase the paid leave available for Federal law enforcement and correctional officers in the National Guard from 15 to 36 days per fiscal year; H.R. 9928 (Malliotakis, R-NY) the U.S. Park Police Modernization Act, which would restructure the service timeline for Park Police officers by reducing the number and time between pay grade steps; H.R. 9929 (Miller-Meeks, R-IA) the Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act, which would establish a grant program that would provide funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals, where applicable, to mental healthcare providers for those corrections officers who are struggling with their mental health; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four. S. 4569 (Cantwel,l D-WA), the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; S. 4970 (Ossoff, D-GA), the Female Officers Ballistic Protection Act, which would ensure that women in law enforcement have improved ballistic body armor; S. 5056 (Grassley, R-IA), the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which will add a Schedule A to the existing five schedules of the Controlled Substances Act, allowing synthetic analogues to be prohibited; S. 5062 (Blackburn, R-TN), the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which would require the OIG to conduct reviews and analysis into cases of sexual harassment and assault, report those findings to Congress, and subsequently have corrective rules promulgated by the U.S. Attorney General; S. 5128 (Casey, D-PA), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; S. 5270 (Kelly-AZ), the HIDTA Enhancement Act, which would increase the HIDTA programs budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs that would enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;
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2024 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 8989 (Salazar, R-FL) the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; H.R. 9390 (Johnson, R-SD) the Supporting Opportunities to Build Everyday Responsibility (SOBER) Act, which would expand a grant program for 24/7 sobriety programs; H.R. 9641/S. 5060 (Schultz, D-FL) the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program for three years; H.R. 9576 (Phillips, D-MN), the Pathways to Policing Act, which would provide $50 million a year to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to operate a nationwide marketing and recruitment campaign; H.R. 9660 (Neguse, D-CO) the Samaritan Efforts to Ensure Key Health Emergency and Life-saving Protection Act (SEEK HELP) Act, which would close gaps in Good Samaritan laws by ensuring that people cannot be prosecuted for drug possession when they seek medical assistance after witnessing or experiencing an overdose; H.R. 9871 (Larsen, D-WA) the End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act, which would invest and expand in multiple anti-drug task forces in the U.S. Department of Justice to improve cooperation and collaboration between departments to combat the fentanyl epidemic; H.R. 9910 (Spanberger, D-VA) the Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard & Reserves Act, which would increase the paid leave available for Federal law enforcement and correctional officers in the National Guard from 15 to 36 days per fiscal year; H.R. 9928 (Malliotakis, R-NY) the U.S. Park Police Modernization Act, which would restructure the service timeline for Park Police officers by reducing the number and time between pay grade steps; H.R. 9929 (Miller-Meeks, R-IA) the Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act, which would establish a grant program that would provide funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals, where applicable, to mental healthcare providers for those corrections officers who are struggling with their mental health; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four. S. 4569 (Cantwel,l D-WA), the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; S. 4970 (Ossoff, D-GA), the Female Officers Ballistic Protection Act, which would ensure that women in law enforcement have improved ballistic body armor; S. 5056 (Grassley, R-IA), the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which will add a Schedule A to the existing five schedules of the Controlled Substances Act, allowing synthetic analogues to be prohibited; S. 5062 (Blackburn, R-TN), the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which would require the OIG to conduct reviews and analysis into cases of sexual harassment and assault, report those findings to Congress, and subsequently have corrective rules promulgated by the U.S. Attorney General; S. 5128 (Casey, D-PA), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; S. 5270 (Kelly-AZ), the HIDTA Enhancement Act, which would increase the HIDTA programs budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs that would enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;
Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Comment on 2024-2025 US Sentencing Commission priorities Comment on DCRA program collection Comment on proposed rescheduling of marijuana Community-based hate crime prevention funding - legislation under consideration with Rep. Meng's office Concerns about S.1306, COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023 Concerns about White House public safety agenda EO 14074 Policing Executive Order H.R. 8525 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Implementation of Public Law No: 113-242 the Death in Custody Reporting Act Improving hate crime data collection and reporting, Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (H.R.7648) Oppose H.R. 8205, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act Oppose S.412, the SHIELD Act of 2023 Public Law No. 117-12 Oppose Extending Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Support Abolishing Mandatory Minimums / Sentencing Reform
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.1409-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, First Amendment, online speech. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, trans healthcare. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband, broadband subsidies. S.4-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1-Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Baby bonds. S.1541-Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. S.1306-COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing reform. S.516-Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor. S.518-Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor. S.508-Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor. S.517-Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor. S.2770-Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4213-Kids Off Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.4136-A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations-Issues Lobbied: Tax-exempt organizations tax status, material support for terrorism. S.4443-Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: Expansion of ECSP definition. S.3388-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023 -Issues Lobbied: Mental health crisis response. S.140-Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, criminalization. S.4226-Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. S.1401-Federal Prison Oversight Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison conditions, oversight. S.993-Combatting Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug policy reform. S.3522-Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. S.3548- CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, re-entry. S.4569-Take It Down Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.51-Washington, D.C. Admission Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.4292-SAVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.4928-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, election funding. S.4795-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: US Census funding. S. 4638-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, ESCP definition. S. Res. 828-A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. S. 1031-EACH Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. S. 2646-HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Healthcare, immigration, reproductive freedom. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. S. 4681-Enhanced Oversight and Accountability in Screening Act-Issues Lobbied: Watchlisting. S. 1912-ARTICLE ONE Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S. 3361-Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 5214- Foster Care Placement Transparency Act-Issues Lobbied: womens rights, family policing. S. 2226-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Access to gender affirming care. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.9027-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders. H.R. 15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5636-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5601-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.815-Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing reform. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing for profit. H.R.6943-No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas and Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6881-AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.6886-Transparent Automated Governance Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.7520-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.7534-Verifying Kids Online Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Baby bonds. H.R.6451-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Mental health crisis response, community safety. H.R.6985-BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Re-entry. H.R.7530-D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.7187-Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.8752-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.8774-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, systemic equality, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.8771-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, systemic equality. H.R.8070-Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: ESCP definition, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.8580-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, systemic equality. H.R.8772-Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders. H.R.8773-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, riders. H.R.8818-American Privacy Rights Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8038-21st Century Peace Through Strength Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. H.R.4250-Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, journalists rights. H.R.7890-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8152-Remote Access Security Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8315-Enhancing National Frameworks for Overseas Restriction of Critical Exports Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.6408-To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations-Issues Lobbied: Tax-exempt organizations tax status, material support for terrorism, First Amendment, due process. H.R.8282-Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act-Issues Lobbied: ICC sanctions. H.R.9029-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, hidden foster care data collection, riders. H.R.2952-Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of free speech, due process. H.R.5266-Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. H.R.6185-Bivens Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.8525-George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.743-Protect and Serve Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.6929-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband, broadband subsidies. H.R.14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.1165-American Data Privacy Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Consumer privacy, civil rights. H.R.9028-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Riders, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, systemic equality. H.R.2203-Homeland Security Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Family separation, immigration. H.R. 4791-Free Speech Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R. 6592-Fight Book Bans Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R. 51-Washington, D.C. Admission Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R. 8281 - SAVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R. 9494-Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, riders. H.R. 8997-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, riders. H.R. 9026-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: US Census funding. H.J. Res. 165- Providing for Congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance- Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, womens rights. H.R. 1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R. 89980-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2025-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, riders, reproductive rights, systemic equality. H. Res. 1448-Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. H.R. 561-EACH Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. H.R. 5008-HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Healthcare, immigration, reproductive freedom. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Abortion, reproductive freedom. H.R. 9495-Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act-Issues Lobbied: Tax-exempt organizations tax status, material support for terrorism. H.R. 9456-Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Farmland purchases. H.R. 1398-Protect Americas Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Reinstating the China Initiative. H.R. 8512-Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: Expansion of ECSP definition. H.R. 3988-ARTICLE ONE Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. H.R. 7891-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, First Amendment, online speech. H.R. 9244-NO BAN Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. H.R. 3724- Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: DEI, higher education. H.R. 7683-Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act-Issues Lobbied: DEI, higher education. H.R. 4790- Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: ESG investments. H.R. 5339- Roll back ESG To Increase Retirement Earnings Act-Issues Lobbied: ESG investments. H.R. 7841-Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R. 8205-Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail. Legislation with No Bill Number: Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. Additional legislation not yet introduced-patenting of genes and gene research legislation, free speech, speech on campuses, student surveillance, legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs - First Amendment protections, draft legislation on artificial intelligence and implementation of EO on artificial intelligence - speech, privacy, nondiscrimination, TikTok ban - national security, privacy and free speech, affordable connectivity program, broadband subsidies, voting rights, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, immigration and asylum reform, avoidable deaths in ICE detention, messaging research and recommendations on immigration and border policy; criminal legal reform scenario planning; alternate border bills; introduction of Native American Voting Rights Act, Voter Empowerment Act, voting rights, proposed legislation on access to reproductive healthcare information, training for abortion are providers, public education regarding reproductive healthcare, contraceptive care, access to medication abortion, protection of reproductive health care data and privacy, protection of abortion rights and access, AI Civil Rights Act - algorithmic justice, car privacy, general age verification and privacy, Senate rules reform. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, CBP policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, Operation Lone Star, letter regarding immigrant access to reproductive care, USCIS 2024 006 IFR -Securing the Border rulemaking - immigration, Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border - order and interim regulation suspending asylum processing of people who enter between ports of entry; Agency-Customs and Border Protection-Issues Lobbied: Migrant property dispossession, CBP personal property guidance and responding to CBPs new directive on migrants personal property by pushing for additional improvement/clarification. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border - order and interim regulation suspending asylum processing of people who enter between ports of entry, LGBTQ+ rights. Office of the Pardon Attorney-categorical clemency. Agency-EOP and White House Office-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border - order and interim regulation suspending asylum processing of people who enter between ports of entry, executive order to provide immigration relief to long-term undocumented immigrants, migrant deaths while in ICE detention, TikTok ban- national security, free speech, and privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, draft legislation on artificial intelligence and implementation of EO on artificial intelligence - speech, privacy, nondiscrimination, revenge porn and deepfakes; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and PUMP for Nursing Act implementation, executive clemency. Agency -Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-Migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-Office of Science and Technology Policy-Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice. Agency- U.S. Trade Representative-U.S. commitments at WTO, open internet. Agency-National Security Council- National Security memo on uses of AI, privacy. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: draft legislation on artificial intelligence and implementation of EO on artificial intelligence - speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-CMS-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights. Agency-Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, comprehensive care for transgender veterans. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs - First Amendment protections, DEI and higher education. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: ESG investments, use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice. Agency-NIST-Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice; supply chains and digital trade Agency-TSA-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. Agency-BOP-Issues Lobbied: BOP Docket No. BOP-1171-P Comments to Proposed Rule: Inmate Discipline Program: Disciplinary Segregation and Prohibited Act Code Changes - criminalization of free speech, prison conditions. Agency-U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-Issues Lobbied: ESG investments. Agency-Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-Issues Lobbied: Affordable Connectivity Act and funding for broadband subsidy, prison profiteering. Agency-Transportation-Issues Lobbied: Implementation of P.L. 118-63, womens rights. Agency-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-Issues Lobbied: Implementation of P.L. 118-63, womens rights.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2024 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.1409-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, civil liberties, civil rights. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.4445-Right to IVF Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband, broadband subsidies. S.2033-American Innovation and Choice Online Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1-Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Economic justice, baby bonds. S.1541-Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. S.1306-COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing reform, community safety, justice. S.516-Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.518-Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.508-Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.517-Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.4361-Border Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, asylum. S.4554-Reproductive Freedom for Women Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.2770-Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4207-Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband. S.1677-Democracy Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.4217-Next Step Home Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.4213-Kids Off Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.4136-A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations-Issues Lobbied: Nonprofit tax status, material support for terrorism. S.4443-Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: Expansion of ECSP definition. S.3388-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023 -Issues Lobbied: Community safety, justice. S.140-Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, criminalization. S.738-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Policing. S.4226-Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. S.1401-Federal Prison Oversight Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison conditions, oversight. S.993-Combatting Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug policy reform. S.3522-Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. S.3548- CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, re-entry. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.9027-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5636-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4734-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.815-Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing reform, community safety, justice. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing for profit. H.R.7521-Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6943-No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas and Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6881-AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.6886-Transparent Automated Governance Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.7520-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.7534-Verifying Kids Online Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Economic justice, baby bonds. H.R.6451-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Community safety, justice, mobile crisis response alternatives to policing. H.R.6985-BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Re-entry. H.R.7530-D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.3686-Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, policing reform, community safety, justice. H.R.7187-Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.7573-Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.4639-Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8752-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, asylum, border wall, reproductive rights, voting rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, LGBTQ+ rights, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8774-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, voting rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, LGBTQ+ rights, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8771-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, voting rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, LGBTQ+ rights, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8070-Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, LGBTQ+ rights, religious liberty, immigration, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8580-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, LGBTQ+ rights, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8772-Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Anti-rider vote recommendations, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8773-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, anti-rider vote recommendations, religious liberty, civil liberties, civil rights. H.R.8818-American Privacy Rights Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, privacy. H.R.8038-21st Century Peace Through Strength Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. H.R.4250-Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, journalists rights. H.R.4987-Democracy Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.7890-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8152-Remote Access Security Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.8315-Enhancing National Frameworks for Overseas Restriction of Critical Exports Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.7888-Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.6408-To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations-Issues Lobbied: Nonprofit tax status, material support for terrorism. H.R.8282-Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act-Issues Lobbied: ICC sanctions. H.R.9029-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, hidden foster care data collection, alternatives to policing, re-entry. H.R.2952-Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of free speech, due process. H.R.5266-Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. H.R.6185-Bivens Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.8525-George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.743-Protect and Serve Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform. H.R.6929-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband, broadband subsidies. H.R.8867-To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to determine whether to require licenses and other identification to list a gender or sex, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.8152-American Data Privacy and Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Consumer privacy, civil rights. H.R.9026-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Civil rights, use-of-force limitations, community-oriented policing. H.R.9028-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Community investments, supportive services. H.R.2203-Homeland Security Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Family separation, immigration. H.R.3852-Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Border policies, checkpoints. Legislation with No Bill Number: Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. Stop Comstock Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, patenting of genes, gene research, free speech, speech on campuses, student surveillance, defining antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections, artificial intelligence, nondiscrimination issues relating to artificial intelligence, watchlists, immigration, immigration reform, abortion, reproductive freedom, reproductive rights, affirming and protecting the right to emergency care, TikTok ban, national security, privacy, affordable connectivity program, broadband subsidies, community safety and justice, hidden foster care data collection, womens rights, family policing, voting rights, democracy, surveillance, national security, terrorism oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, data privacy, consumer privacy. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, Interim Final Rule 89 FR 48710-Securing the Border, asylum, border policies, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants, immigrant detention, migrant deaths while in ICE detention, Office of Intelligence Analysis practices; Customs and Border Protection-Migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Interim Final Rule 89 FR 48710-Securing the Border, asylum, border policies; Bureau of Justice Assistance-Pre-trial, re-entry; Office of Justice Programs-Policing reform, re-entry. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office- Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, presidential proclamation to suspend and limit entry, executive order to provide relief to long-term undocumented immigrants, migrant deaths while in ICE detention, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, civil liberties, civil rights, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination, deep fakes, revenge porn, broadband, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-Migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Office of Science and Technology Policy-Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: U.S. commitments to World Trade Organization, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Community safety and justice, hidden foster care data collection, womens rights, family policing, LGBTQ+ rights, privacy and technology, Draft USCDI, Version Five: U.S. Core Data for Interoperability, Section 1557 regulation. Agency-FCC-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering, Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, continued funding for broadband subsidies, broadband, net neutrality, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024, digital discrimination. Agency-CMS-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights. Agency-VA-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, comprehensive care for transgender veterans. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, Title IX regulation, definition of antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, FR-6287-P-01: 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice, community safety and justice. Agency-NIST-Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice. Agency-TSA-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, customer experience roadmap. Agency-FBI-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, FBI PSA on terrorist organizations during Pride Month. Agency-USCIS-Issues Lobbied: Language access for migrants in ICE detention. Agency-BOP-Issues Lobbied: Prison conditions, criminalization of free speech, BOP Docket No. BOP-1171-P Comments to Proposed Rule: Inmate Discipline Program: Disciplinary Segregation and Prohibited Act Code Changes. Agency-Census-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, privacy and technology, 89-FR-15119: Current Population Survey Basic Demographic Items.
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Justice Program, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2024 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR 3325- Recruit and Retain Act S 1306- COPS Reauthorization HR 2722, S 3834- Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act
Client expense: $680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Community-based hate crime prevention funding - legislation under consideration with Rep. Meng's office Concerns about S.1306, COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023 Concerns about White House public safety agenda Concerns surrounding policing bills: H.R. 5798 EO 14074 Policing Executive Order H.R. 8525 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Implementation of Public Law No: 113-242 the Death in Custody Reporting Act Improving hate crime data collection and reporting, Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (H.R.7648) Oppose H.R. 743 the Protect & Serve Act Oppose S.1199, the STOP CSAM Act of 2023 Oppose S.140, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 Oppose S.412, the SHIELD Act of 2023 Public Law No. 117-12 Oppose Extending Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Support Abolishing Mandatory Minimums / Sentencing Reform
Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four.
2024 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Drug Enforcement Administration proposed rule, "Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana" (89 Fed. Reg. 44597, May 21, 2024). H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill 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. 3184, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. H.R. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 6973, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 7581, the "Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. H.R. 8663, the "DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act," a bill to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations; entire bill. Nomination of Adeel A. Mangi for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (PN 1251). S. 1144, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through FY 2029; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act," a bill to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 through FY 2028; entire bill. S. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill 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. 1530, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 3884, the "Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act," legislation to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; entire bill. S. 4235, the "Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize grants to support for law enforcement officers and families; entire bill. S. 4419, the "DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act," a bill to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations; entire bill. S. 546, the "Recruit and Retain Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 894, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill.
2024 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes.
2024 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Comment on Sentencing Commission acquitted conduct amendment Concerns about S.1306, COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023 Concerns about White House public safety agenda Concerns surrounding policing bills: H.R. 5798 EO 14074 Policing Executive Order Implementation of Public Law No: 113-242 the Death in Custody Reporting Act Improving hate crime data collection and reporting, Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (H.R.7648) Oppose H.R. 467, HALT Fentanyl Act Oppose S.1080 - Cooper Davis Act Oppose S.1199, the STOP CSAM Act of 2023 Oppose S.140, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 Oppose S.412, the SHIELD Act of 2023 Public Law No. 117-12 Oppose Extending Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Support Abolishing Mandatory Minimums / Sentencing Reform
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2024 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, civil rights, civil liberties. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2624-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.1999-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.3351-FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023-FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3234-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband. S.2033-American Innovation and Choice Online Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1-Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, democracy. S.3361-Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.3961-Security and Freedom Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.1541-Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. S.3409- End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Solitary confinement. S.3900-Justice for Breonna Taylor Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing. S.2313-Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Traffic decriminalization. S.1306-COPS Reauthorization Act 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. S.516-Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.518-Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.508-Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.517-Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.2646-HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.3196-Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S.2625-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, interior enforcement, removals, military neutralization. H.R.1325-Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, immigration, employment authorization for asylum seekers. H.R.4365-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.4367-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4665-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.4366-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, fentanyl provisions, immigration, racial justice, reproductive rights. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5894-Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5601-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.4394-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4664-Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4821-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4820-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5893-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.6570-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.4454-To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.6262-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.815-National Security and Border Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.4972-End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Solitary confinement. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, civil asset forfeiture. H.R.7511-Laken Riley Act-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, immigration, detention. H.R.2882-Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, immigration, detention, fentanyl provisions, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights. H.Res.957-Denouncing the Biden administrations open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administrations open-borders policies-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement. H.R.7521-Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.6592-Fight Book Bans Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6943-No AI FRAUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, artificial intelligence. H.R.6881-AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.6886-Transparent Automated Governance Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.7520-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.7534-Verifying Kids Online Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.6451-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Federal appropriations. H.R.895-Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Combatting criminalization. H.R.6985-BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Banking access for justice-impacted individuals. H.R.1062-EQUAL Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. H.R.459-SAFER Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Combatting criminalization. H.R.7530-DC CRIMES Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.3686-SHIELD Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.7187-Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4364-Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.6918-Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.6914-Pregnant Students Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.4121-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.561-EACH Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.7573-Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.4734-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. GUARD Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of speech, privacy. High School Voter Empowerment Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Next Step Home Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Environmental Health in Prisons Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform, prison conditions. Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, reproductive freedom. National Defense Authorization Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, military naturalizations, civil rights, civil liberties. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, fiscal year 2025 appropriations, omnibus appropriations, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, net neutrality, broadband access, deep fakes, revenge porn, equity online, digital discrimination, elections funding, federal funding for elections, free speech, defining antisemitism in education programs, artificial intelligence, use of artificial intelligence in hiring and healthcare, algorithmic justice, watchlists, border enforcement, immigration, detention, CBP medical care and oversight, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants, insular cases, self-determination of U.S. territories, criminal justice reform, clemency, community safety, prison conditions, prisoners rights for pregnant people, abortion, reproductive freedom, medication abortion, reproductive healthcare, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, foster care data collection, family policing, womens rights, civil rights, civil liberties. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, language access for migrants, CBP One mobile application, Office of Intelligence Analysis practices, clemency, Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiatives recipients, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection-Migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Immigrant detention, detention of Mauritanian asylum-seekers. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Clemency, sentencing reform, clemency for federal death row prisoners; Office of the Pardon Attorney-Clemency, Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative recipients. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Clemency, executive clemency, Proclamation 10467, clemency for federal death row prisoners, Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, National Security and Border Act, protecting asylum and immigrant rights in funding negotiations, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, temporary protected status, immigration, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, civil liberties, civil rights, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination, deep fakes, revenge porn, broadband, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Domestic Policy Counsel-Criminal justice reform; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act notice of proposed rulemaking. Agency-Office of the Vice President-Issues Lobbied: Clemency. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: Artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, Section 1557 regulation, electric shock therapy, disability rights. Agency-FCC-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering, continued funding for broadband subsidies, broadband, net neutrality, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024, digital discrimination, equity. Agency-CMS-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights. Agency-Treasury-Issues Lobbied: Banking access for justice-impacted individuals. Agency-VA-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, comprehensive care for transgender veterans. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, Title IX regulation, definition of antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, 30-Day notification requirement prior to termination of lease for nonpayment of rent notice of proposed rulemaking. Agency-FAA-Issues Lobbied: Flight crew pumping breast milk, womens rights, workplace discrimination.
2024 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 3184, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1144, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. Legislative proposal to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (no bill introduced). S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. S. 894, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 546, the "Recruit and Retain Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act," a bill to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 through FY 2028; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill 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. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill 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. 6973, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1530, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 3884, the "Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act," legislation to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; entire bill. Legislative proposal to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to allow Byrne-JAG grants to be used for childcare centers for children of first responders (no bill introduced). H.R. 871, the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration employees to receive public safety officers death benefits; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through FY 2029; entire bill. Legislative proposal to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations (no bill introduced).
2023 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266 (Bacon, R-NE), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;
2023 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5266 (Bacon, R-NE), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;
2023 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;
2023 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1005, the "EAGLES Act of 2023," a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act of 2023, a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act, a bill 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. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2023," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023," a bill to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. Nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. S. 1144, the Invest to Protect Act, a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through 2029; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2023," legislation to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018; entire bill. S. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act, a bill 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. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, a bill to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023," a bill to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 411, the "EAGLES Act of 2023," a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; entire bill. S. 546, the Recruit & Retain Act, a bill to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 894, the Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act of 2023, a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. S. 994, the "Strong Communities Act of 2023," legislation to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities; entire bill. Legislative proposal to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to establish a grant program for states and local governments for the purposes of providing access to counsel for petitioners seeking an extreme risk protection order (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to allow COPS grants to be used to hire and train criminal investigators specializing in the investigation of a crime involving controlled substances (no bill introduced).
2023 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, violent crime, criminal justice reform, criminal record sealing and expungement, officer health and wellness, PSOB benefits, fentanyl, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, law enforcement recruitment and retention, law enforcement officer pay and benefits, mental health and substance abuse, reentry policy, alternative response, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, FirstNet, spectrum policy, Byrne JAG funding, FEMA preparedness grants, extreme risk protection orders, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, policing reform, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, spectrum auction authority, forensic science, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 930/H.R. 1719 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, S. 1514/H.R. 3170 - HELPER Act, H.R. 3148/S. 1507 - POWER Act, S. 546 - Recruit and Retain Act, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 2722 - Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act, H.R.3074/S.971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act, H.R. 2400 - Reentry Act, S. 972 - Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2023 · second_quarter · Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, illicit xylazine, drug trafficking, violent crime, bail reform, criminal justice system accountability, criminal justice reform, criminal record sealing and expungement, officer health and wellness, fentanyl, COPS Grants, law enforcement recruitment and retention, mental health and substance abuse, reentry policy, dark web, alternative response, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, Byrne JAG funding, DHS HERO Corps, crack versus powder cocaine sentencing disparity, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, policing reform, law enforcement training, forensic science, S. 993/H.R. 1839 - Combating Illegal Xylazine Act, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 3587/S. 1728 - Dark Web Interdiction Act, H.R. 467/S. 1141 - HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R.3074/S.971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act, H.R. 2400 - Reentry Act, H.R. 3150 - OPIOIDS Act, H.R. 3563 - STRIP Act, S. 987 - PREVENT Fentanyl Act, S. 524/H.R. 1062 - EQUAL Act, S. 1080 - Cooper Davis Act, S. 1475 - Stop Pills That Kill Act, S. 1247 - Terry Technical Correction Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2023 · second_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, bail reform, criminal justice system accountability, criminal justice reform, violence against law enforcement officers, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, law enforcement recruitment and retention, gun violence, firearms policy, gun safety, Byrne JAG funding, school safety, extreme risk protection orders, swatting, undetectable firearms, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, law enforcement training, forensic science, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, H.R. 354 - LEOSA Reform Act, S. 1569/H.R. 355 - Back the Blue Act of 2023, H.R. 743 - Protect and Serve Act, H.R. 2620 - Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 2897 - End Gun Violence Act of 2023, H.R. 2898 - Secure Background Checks Act of 2023, H.R. 130/S. 459 - Thin Blue Line Act, H.R. 3247 - Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 1223 - Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, H.R. 4330 - Ammo Identification Act of 2023
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2023 · second_quarter · Science/Technology
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, data privacy, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, cyber security, encryption, dark web, FirstNet, spectrum policy, Byrne JAG funding, FEMA preparedness grants, DHS HERO Corps, encryption, Sec. 230 liability, counter UAS, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, CISA operations, spectrum auction authority, forensic science, H.R. 3148/S. 1507 - POWER Act, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 3587/S. 1728 - Dark Web Interdiction Act, S. 1207 - EARN IT Act of 2023, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2023 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, bail reform, criminal justice system accountability, criminal justice reform, criminal record sealing and expungement, data privacy, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, legal protections for law enforcement officers, fentanyl, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, reentry policy, immigration enforcement, encryption, dark web, alternative response, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, Byrne JAG funding, hate crimes, school safety, crack versus powder cocaine sentencing disparity, encryption, Sec. 230 liability, counter UAS, extreme risk protection orders, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, policing reform, law enforcement training, forensic science, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 2494 - POLICE Act of 2023, H.R. 467/S. 1141 - HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R.3074/S.971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act, H.R. 2400 - Reentry Act, H.R. 4172/S. 2030 - Hate Crimes Commission Act, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 1199 - STOP CSAM Act of 2023, S. 524/H.R. 1062 - EQUAL Act, S. 1207 - EARN IT Act of 2023, S. 1223 - Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act, S. 1080 - Cooper Davis Act, S. 1247 - Terry Technical Correction Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2023 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, illicit xylazine, drug trafficking, violent crime, bail reform, criminal justice system accountability, criminal justice reform, criminal record sealing and expungement, officer health and wellness, PSOB benefits, data privacy, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, violence against law enforcement officers, legal protections for law enforcement officers, fentanyl, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, law enforcement recruitment and retention, law enforcement officer pay and benefits, mental health and substance abuse, reentry policy, immigration enforcement, gun violence, firearms policy, gun safety, cyber security, encryption, dark web, alternative response, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, FirstNet, spectrum policy, Byrne JAG funding, hate crimes, school safety, FEMA preparedness grants, DHS HERO Corps, online child sexual exploitation, crack versus powder cocaine sentencing disparity, encryption, Sec. 230 liability, counter UAS, extreme risk protection orders, catalytic converter theft, swatting, undetectable firearms, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, policing reform, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, CISA operations, spectrum auction authority, forensic science, S. 993/H.R. 1839 - Combating Illegal Xylazine Act, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, S. 894/H.R. 2548 - Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2023, H.R. 354 - LEOSA Reform Act, S. 1569/H.R. 355 - Back the Blue Act of 2023, S. 645/H.R. 472 - Fighting PTSD Act of 2023, H.R. 743 - Protect and Serve Act, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 930/H.R. 1719 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, H.R. 2620 - Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, S. 1514/H.R. 3170 - HELPER Act, H.R. 3148/S. 1507 - POWER Act, S. 546 - Recruit and Retain Act, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 2494 - POLICE Act of 2023, H.R. 2722 - Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act, H.R. 2897 - End Gun Violence Act of 2023, H.R. 2898 - Secure Background Checks Act of 2023, H. Res. 363., H.R. 3587/S. 1728 - Dark Web Interdiction Act, H.R. 130/S. 459 - Thin Blue Line Act, H.R. 3247 - Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, H.R. 467/S. 1141 - HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R.3074/S.971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act, H.R. 2400 - Reentry Act, H.R. 3150 - OPIOIDS Act, H.R. 3563 - STRIP Act, H.R. 4172/S. 2030 - Hate Crimes Commission Act, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 972 - Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, S. 987 - PREVENT Fentanyl Act, S. 1199 - STOP CSAM Act of 2023, S. 524/H.R. 1062 - EQUAL Act, S. 1207 - EARN IT Act of 2023, S. 1223 - Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act, S. 1080 - Cooper Davis Act, S. 1475 - Stop Pills That Kill Act, S. 1247 - Terry Technical Correction Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023, H.R. 4330 - Ammo Identification Act of 2023, H.R. 612/S. 154 - PART Act, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
2023 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts;
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| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
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