WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Correctional personnel

P.L. 110-360, The Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $14.22

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5057 would reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program....

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H.R. 6462, The Jose Rivera Correctional Officer Protection Act

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6462 would require the Bureau of Prisons to provide stab-resistant personal body armor to all correctional officers of the Bureau, and it would require such officers to wear such armor while on duty....

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H.R. 6028, The Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $14.68

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6028 would authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America....

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H.R. 6059, The Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6059 would clarify the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants for corrections and community corrections programs, and it would enhance the data made available by the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center....

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H.R. 5981, The DNA Expansion and Improvement Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5981 would reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs under the Justice For All Act of 2004....

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H.R. 5674, The Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2008

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5674 would amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide secure storage areas in prison facilities for employees authorized to carry a firearm....

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H.R. 5600, The District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5600 would permit nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts, employees transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender Supervision Trustee, and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to have periods of service performed prior to the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 included as part of the years of service used to determine the time at which such employees are eligible to retire under chapter 84 of title 5, United ...

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H.R. 5537, The Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5537 would amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 with respect to juveniles who have committed offenses....

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H.R. 3711, The Wayne "Cotton" Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2007

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3711 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to eliminate the matching requirement for certain bulletproof armor vest purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof armor vests....

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H.R. 3710, The Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3710 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional Public Health....

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H.R. 3304, The Police Security Protection Act

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3304 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a nonrefundable tax credit for law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests....

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H.R. 2980, The Internet Police Protection Act of 2007

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2980 would amend title 18, United States Code, to protect individuals performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions....

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S. 1639, A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1639 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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H.R. 2645, The Judicial Initiative Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Improvement Act of 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2645 would amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to improve mental health and substance abuse treatment by providing grants for justice system personnel training, treatment pograms, and diversion programs....

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H.R. 2325, The Court and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 2007

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2325 would provide adequate penalties for crimes committed against United States judges and Federal law enforcement officers, and it would provide appropriate security for judges and law enforcement officers....

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H.R. 1890, The Public Safety Act

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1890 would ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged with or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments....

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H.R. 1149, The Justice for Public Safety Officers Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1149 would amend title 18, United States Code, to protect federally funded public safety officers....

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H.R. 851, The Death Penalty Reform Act of 2007

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 851 would modify the law with respect to the death penalty....

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S. 447, The Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 447 would abolish the death penalty under Federal law....

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H.R. 719, The Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 719 would require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers....

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H.R. 555, The Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2007

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 555 would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates....

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H.R. 178, The Justice for the Unprotected Against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed Act of 2007 or the JUSTICE Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 178 would reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections in correctional facilities....

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H.R. 2965, The Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $4.06

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2965 would amend the laws that authorize the Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a government-owned corporation that produces goods and services for the federal government with prison labor. Under current law, most federal agencies are required to award purchase contracts to FPI on a noncompetitive basis if FPI has products available to meet the agencies' needs and the cost would not exceed current market prices. Such products include office furniture, textiles, vehicle tags, and fiber optics....

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H.R. 5672, The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $342.21

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5672 spends money on the operations and activities of the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice; the Department of State (except international narcotics control and international organizations and programs, migration and refugee assistance, nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs, peacekeeping operations, the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, and the Economic Support Fund); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Nationa...

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S. 1086, The Jacob Wetterling, Megan Nicole Kanka, and Pam Lychner Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Cost per Average Family: $5.16

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST

S. 1086 would place additional requirements on states and Indian tribes to establish or maintain registration programs for persons convicted of sex offenses. The bill would authorize the appropriation of necessary sums for fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to cover the costs of meeting these new requirements and existing federal requirements for sex-offender registration programs. (Most states have such programs, and current law authorizes the appr...

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