3.0.0 908 2021-04-20T19:06:47Z 2021-04-20T19:06:47Z House H HR 2005-02-17 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-04T18:27:30Z Referred to 2005-02-17T15:10:25Z Witness Security and Protection Act of 2006 109 2246 S 2006-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2005-04-04 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2005-03-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H813-815) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E299-300) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 N O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-03-08 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2005-03-08 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2005-03-10 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2005-03-16 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2005-04-05 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2005-04-13 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2005-04-14 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-04-19 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2005-05-05 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2005-05-16 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2005-05-25 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2005-09-08 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal statistics Drug abuse Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to law enforcement Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Homicide Murder Relocation State courts Violence Witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-02-17 Introduced in House 2005-04-02T15:22:36Z Witness Security and Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the establishment within the United States Marshals Service of a Short Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in State and local trials involving homicide or involving a serious violent felony or serious drug offense, pursuant to cooperative agreements with State and local district attorneys and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (DC).

Directs the Section to give priority in awarding grants and providing services to prosecutor's offices in States with an average of at least 100 murders per year during the five-year period immediately preceding an application for protection.

Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to make grants to State and local district attorneys and the U.S. attorney for DC for providing such witness protection; (2) each grant recipient to use the grant to provide witness protection or to credit the grant to the Section to cover the Section's costs of providing witness protection on the recipient's behalf; and (3) grants to be awarded only in States with an average of not less than 100 murders per year during the most recent five-year period.

]]> Witness Security and Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Witness Security and Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Witness Security and Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To establish within the United States Marshals Service a short term State witness protection program to provide assistance to State and local district attorneys to protect their witnesses in cases involving homicide, serious violent felonies, and serious drug offenses, and to provide Federal grants for such protection. Introduced in House 2005-02-17T05:00:00Z 2005-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.