3.0.0 2863 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z Senate S S 2004-09-29 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-29T22:27:23Z Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 through 2006 108 3036 HR 2004-03-31 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2004-09-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9940-9949) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-09-29 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-09-29 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2004-09-29 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-09-29 True Economics and Public Finance Accounting Administration of justice Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Airports Alcoholism Alien labor Aliens Americans in foreign countries Ammunition Annuities Antitrust law Archives Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Arts, Culture, Religion Assassination Assault Attorneys general Authorization Authors and authorship Automobile theft Aviation safety Awards, medals, prizes Bank accounts Block grants Books Boundaries Bribery Building laws Burglary Business records Cemeteries and funerals Child abuse Child pornography Child sexual abuse Child support Church and social problems Cigarettes Citizen participation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Civil commitment Civil service retirement Claims Collection of accounts Commerce Common carriers Community development Community policing Compensation for victims of crime Computer crimes Computer networks Computer software Confidential communications Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Congressional tributes Consumer complaints Consumer education Contracts Copyright Correctional institutions Correctional personnel Corrections Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against the elderly Crimes against women Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal statistics DNA Damages Data banks Death Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Deportation Directories Distance education Driver licenses Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Drug addiction Drug courts Drug law enforcement Drug testing Drug traffic Drugs and youth Drunk driving EBB Terrorism Education Electronic commerce Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Electronic mail systems Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Embezzlement Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Employee benefit plans Employee training Environmental Protection Equipment and supplies Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Extradition Families Family services Family violence Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to law enforcement Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal libraries Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Fire fighters Firearms Flexible benefit plans Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign students Forensic chemistry Forensic medicine Forfeiture Fraud Fugitives from justice Gangs Genocide Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government aircraft Government liability (International law) Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Government trust funds Government vehicles Halfway houses Harbors Hazardous wastes Health Health care fraud Higher education History Hours of labor Housing and Community Development Human rights Identification devices Identification of criminals Identity theft Illegal aliens Immigrant education Immigrants Immigration Imports Imprisonment Indian lands Indian law enforcement Indian women Individual retirement accounts Informers Infrastructure Injunctions Inspectors general Intellectual property Intergovernmental fiscal relations International Affairs Internet Interstate commerce Interstate compacts Interstate relations Inventions Jewish holocaust (1939-1945) Judicial review Juries Jurisdiction Juvenile delinquency Kidnapping Labeling Labor and Employment Laboratories Larceny Law Law enforcement officers Legal education Legal fees Legislation Library of Congress Licenses Local employees Local laws Local taxation Low-income housing Marijuana Marine safety Marine terminals Medical economics Medical savings accounts Mentoring Methamphetamine Mexico Middle East and North Africa Minorities Misconduct in office Missing children Money laundering Motion pictures Murder Native Americans Naturalization Nazism Negotiations Nonprofit organizations Nuclear weapons Obstruction of justice Organized crime Palestinians Paramedical personnel Pardons Parents Parole Patents Paternity Pension funds Performance measurement Photography Police Police communication systems Police training Political violence Pornography Postal service Pretrial procedure Prison alternatives Prison labor Economics and Public Finance 00 2004-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-22T22:48:43Z Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through 2007 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Safe Streets Act) to: (1) merge the Byrne grant program and the local law enforcement block grant program into an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program; and (2) establish within the Office of Justice Programs an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity.

Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to authorize grants for nonprofit neighborhood and community-based victim service organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to crime victims.

Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2004 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand its scope to cover acts or threats involving burglary, embezzlement, and fraud in the purchase of securities.

Prevention and Recovery of Missing Children Act of 2004 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each State reporting on missing children to ensure that no law enforcement agency within the State establishes or maintains a policy that requires the removal of an entry from its State law enforcement system or the National Crime Information Center computer network based solely on the person's age and provide that any relevant information shall be entered within two hours of receipt.

Revises the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to require the responsible official to obtain from a sex offender who is required to register: (1) information regarding the offender's anticipated future residence, employer's name and address, license plate number and vehicle, and student enrollment; and (2) fingerprints and a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sample, unless they were obtained within the previous three months.

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2004 - Amends the Safe Streets Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act or PACT Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to prohibit any person or other legal entity from selling, transferring, or shipping cigarettes into a State that taxes the sale or use of cigarettes (or from advertising or offering cigarettes for such a sale or transfer and shipment) without filing specified information with the tobacco tax administrator of such State within a specified time frame. Grants the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives authority to conduct certain undercover investigative operations and to inspect records and cigarettes of cigarette sellers who ship, sell, distribute, or receive any quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes within a single month.

Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement of 2004 or CREATE Act - Amends patent and trademark law to deem subject matter developed by another person and a claimed invention to have been owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person, for purposes of provisions that treat inventions of a common owner similarly to inventions made by a single person, if: (1) the claimed invention was made by or on behalf of parties to a joint research agreement that was in effect on or before the date the claimed invention was made; (2) the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement; and (3) the application for patent for the claimed invention discloses, or is amended to disclose, the names of the parties to the agreement.

Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004 - Amends copyright law to authorize the Attorney General to: (1) commence a civil action against any person who engages in conduct constituting copyright infringement; (2) collect damages and profits resulting from such infringement; and (3) collect statutory damages.

Koby Mandell Act of 2004 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism.

Seniors Safety Act of 2004 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish procedures regarding telemarketing fraud.

Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2004 - Includes Federal prosecutors within the definition of "law enforcement officer" (thus making them eligible for certain benefits).

Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed or otherwise participated in acts of torture or extrajudicial killings abroad.

Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement Act or PROMISE Act - Amends the INA to make an alien excludable from U.S. admission for nonpayment of child support, with an exception.

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to present to the personal representative or next of kin of each individual who died on or after September 11, 2001, as a direct result of the act of terrorism within the United States on that date, a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal.

National Film Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize appropriations to the Library of Congress for the National Film Preservation Board.

National Film Preservation Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends specified Federal law to reauthorize appropriations to the Library of Congress for the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 (sic) or DREAM Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.

Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2004 or Dru's Law - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national sex offender registry that: (1) makes publicly available, via the Internet, information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor; and (2) allows users to determine which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a specified area.

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