WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Magistrates

P.L. 110-406, The Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3569 would make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts....

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H.R. 5086, To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5086 would require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, it would require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and it would provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements....

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H.R. 3149, The Protecting America's Children Act of 2007

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3149 would protect children from sex offenders....

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H.R. 1739, The National Security Letter Judicial and Congressional Oversight Act

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1739 would require the approval of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge or designated United States Magistrate Judge for the issuance of a national security letter, and it would require the Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters....

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H.R. 1449, The Peremptory Challenge Act of 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1449 would amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for reassignment of certain Federal cases upon request of a party....

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P.L. 110-177, The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.71

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 660 would amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members....

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S. 378, The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 378 would amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members....

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H.R. 2830, The Pension Protection Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $50.79

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 2830 would make changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that would affect the operations of private pension plans. It would do so mostly by changing the funding requirements for taxqualified, defined-benefit pension plans and the premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). It would also extend certain tax incentives for retirement savings and modify tax provisions related to spending for health care. Ma...

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H.R. 1751, The Secure Access to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $3.73

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1751 would authorize the appropriation of funds over the 2006-2010 period to provide increased court security through the U.S. Marshals Service and to provide grants to states to increase the security of courts and protect witnesses. The bill also would establish mandatory minimum-prison sentences for certain crimes committed against judges and certain public safety officers and their families. Moreover, H.R. 1751 would increase the mandatory minimum-federal sentences for the crimes of murd...

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S. 661, The United States Tax Court Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.11

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

S. 661 would establish a new retirement program for certain employees of the U.S. Tax Court. The bill would give all current and future special trial judges of the Tax Court the option of being covered by this new retirement program in lieu of another federal retirement system. The program established under S. 661 would provide retirement and survivor benefits similar to those accrued under retirement programs that cover regular Tax Court judges. Retirement benefits for regular Tax Court judges ...

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S. 1783, The Pension Security and Transparency Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $5.41

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

S. 1783 would make changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code that would affect the operations of private-pension plans. It would do so mostly by changing the funding requirements for tax-qualified, defined-benefit pension plans and the premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The bill would also make changes to the Railroad Retirement program, Black Lung disability trusts, treatment of unemployment compensation, ...

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