BRIDGET VIGUE

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 21/S. 627, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," would make it a crime to accept financial instruments for debts incurred while gambling illegally on the Internet and create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions; H.R. 2143, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," directs Federal banking regulators to create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions;

H.R. 21/S. 627, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," would make it a crime to accept financial instruments for debts incurred while gambling illegally on the Internet and create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions; H.R. 2143, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," directs Federal banking regulators to create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 21/S. 627, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," would make it a crime to accept financial instruments for debts incurred while gambling illegally on the Internet and create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions; H.R. 2143, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," directs Federal banking regulators to create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions;

H.R. 21/S. 627, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," would make it a crime to accept financial instruments for debts incurred while gambling illegally on the Internet and create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions; H.R. 2143, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act," directs Federal banking regulators to create rules requiring financial institutions to use designated methods to block or filter Internet gambling transactions;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 2060/S. 2612, the "Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act," would permit annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive adjustments in pension benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled as a result of the transfer of active officers to a new pay scale under Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000; S. 22, Part 3, (Daschle, D-SD), the "Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act," would include Assistant United States Attorneys and Federal Prosecutors under the definition of "law enforcement officer" for retirement purposes; H.R. 2442/S. 819, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Equity Act," would amend the definition of law enforcement officer under Title 5, USC, to include Federal police officers and others under the "6(c)" retirement provisions of Chapters 83 and 84 and similar legislation affecting the retirement status of Federal law enforcement officers.

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 782/S.748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits; H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees;

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists;

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists; S. 2845, the "National Intelligence Reform Act"

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours;

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 782/S.748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits; H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees;

H.R. 466/S. 985, a bill to adjust the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 782/S.748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits; H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees;

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists; S. 2845, the "National Intelligence Reform Act"

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists;

H.R. 3266, the "Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act," which would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders; S. 1245, the "Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act," which will streamline the current process for homeland security grant programs and increase the flexibility of these grants; S. 1612, the "Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act," which would would authorize $50 million for the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) to provide advanced counter-terrorism technology, equipment, and information to law enforcement agencies to help them prevent, detect, and apprehend terrorists; S. 2845, the "National Intelligence Reform Act"

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 729, legislation authorizing a three-year pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally designated at-risk areas; H.R. 1336, the "Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act," would correct the inequitable treatment of mortgage insurance as a financing cost associated with buying a home by making it tax deductible; S. 1849, the "Homeownership Opportunities for Uniformed Services and Educators Act (HOUSE Act)," authorizes 1 percent down Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage loans for police officers and other public employees to purchase a home within the jurisdiction that employs them and would defer the customary 1.5 percent up-front FHA premium, and further reduce it by 20 percent for each year of public service to the community and waive it entirely after five years of continuous service;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 2060/S. 2612, the "Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act," would permit annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive adjustments in pension benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled as a result of the transfer of active officers to a new pay scale under Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000; S. 22, Part 3, (Daschle, D-SD), the "Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act," would include Assistant United States Attorneys and Federal Prosecutors under the definition of "law enforcement officer" for retirement purposes; H.R. 2442/S. 819, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Equity Act," would amend the definition of law enforcement officer under Title 5, USC, to include Federal police officers and others under the "6(c)" retirement provisions of Chapters 83 and 84 and similar legislation affecting the retirement status of Federal law enforcement officers.

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 782/S.748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits; H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 124, the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government; H.R. 218/S. 253, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act," would exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms; H.R. 3831/S. 2109, the "Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act" would reauthorize the Federal ban on certain types of assault weapons for an additional ten years;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 782/S.748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits; H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees;

H.R. 134/S. 37, which added Kentucky to the list of those States permitted to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees, a reform needed following the 2003 merger of the local governments of Louisville and Jefferson County; H.R. 594/S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the "Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law; H.R. 743, the "Social Security Protection Act,"enhances efforts to end fraud and abuse in Social Security programs by strengthening protections for vulnerable recipients dependent on representative payees to manage their financial affairs, by prohibiting fugitive felons and probation/parole violators from receiving Social Security disability benefits, and by enhancing the ability of the Inspector General to fight fraud; H.R. 782/S. 748, eliminates the ten percent (10%) early withdrawal penalty for public safety employees participating in Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP); H.R. 3055, the "Social Security Solvency Act," contains a provision which would mandate participation in Social Security for all newly hired State and local employees; H.R. 4391/S. 2455, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable, individualized calculation of Social Security benefits;

H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 293, would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 1708/S. 764, the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation" would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" H.R. 86, the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 101, the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 259, the "Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 293, which would amend 18 U.S.C. to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; H.R. 404, the "Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act," would amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an additional five years imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal drug offense within 500 feet of the place where any similar offense was committed in the preceding 48 hours; H.R. 1433, the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside; H.R. 1435, the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses; H.R. 1708/S. 764 the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act," reauthorizes the grant program through 2007, which was incorporated into H.R. 2714, legislation that reauthorized the State Justice Institute; H.R. 1731, the "Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act," which provides significantly enhanced penalties by defining a new criminal offense, "aggravated identity theft" and expands the existing identify theft prohibition to close several gaps in the existing law by criminalizing the possession of stolen identification with intent to commit or further another crime; H.R. 1994, the "Public Safety Act" would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; H.R. 2296, the "Federal No Frills Prison Act," would prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system, including for in-cell TV viewing, instruction in boxing or karate, and the possession of any in-cell heating element; H.R. 2582, the "Foster Child Protection Act of 2003," which requires caseworkers to notify law enforcement immediately when a foster child goes missing; H.R. 2710, the "Public Safety Officers Flag Act," would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish a flag to drape the coffin of each public safety officer killed in the line of duty, and to be given to the next of kin after burial; H.R. 2714, the "State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act" H.R. 3693, the the "Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act," would authorize $100 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and identity fraud cases; H.R. 3815, the "Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness (BUST) Act of 2003," applies the current law prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any public safety officer insignia or article of clothing; H.R. 4754, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005; H.R. 5107, the "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," which aims to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases. S. 132, the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal level and urge the States to do the same until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use; S. 402, the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty; S. 1177, the "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act," would lower the threshold on the number of cigarettes to be treated as contraband from 60,000 to 10,000, strengthen the reporting requirements for interstate cigarette vendors, making violations of those requirements a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase the civil penalties for violating these reporting requirements and allow State Attorneys General to prosecute violators in Federal court; S. 1735, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act," is a comprehensive, national approach to the problem of gang violence which would provide Federal funding to support joint Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent gangs and amend the Federal criminal code to define new offenses which will enable law enforcement to fight gangs and gang-related activity more effectively; S. 2742, legislation which extends, for an additional four years, the "sunset" provision on authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices and other Court officials and official guests away from the Court building and grounds and adds the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the existing statute establishing venue for the prosecution of violations of statutes or regulations governing the Supreme Court building and grounds; S. 2760 (Kyl, R-AZ), the "Public Safety Officers' Defense Act," which ensure a reasonable and timely Federal review of State convictions for the murder of a law enforcement officer; S. 2836, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007; S. 2934, the "Combating Methamphetamine Act," which would create a supplemental grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice for States that develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to address the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamines, and has enacted or will enact a law to limit the sale of precursor products that are used to make this dangerous drug;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA); H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the final rulemaking to existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541 in whole or in part;

H.R. 814/S. 606, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," would recognize the right of law enforcement and other public safety officers to bargain collectively with their employers; H.R. 2135/S. 1818, the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer; H.R. 2967/S. 1277, the "State and Local Law Enforcement Officers' Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act," would protect the due process rights of officers during internal investigations; Proposed and final rulemaking to "update and revise" existing FLSA regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 541, and various pieces of legislation considered by Congress which addressed the proposed and final rulemaking in whole and in part; H.R. 2171, the "Federal Reserve Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act" would include the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the provisions of the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA), and similar legislation regarding employment, pay, and benefits of Federal law enforcement personnel.