3.0.0 2679 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z Senate S S 2006-04-27 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2006-08-03T17:58:35Z Markup by 2006-08-03T17:22:19Z Referred to 2006-04-27T23:08:14Z Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act 109 3506 HR 2005-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act 109 1369 S 2005-07-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act 109 5236 HR 2006-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2006-08-03 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. Calendars 2006-08-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2006-08-03 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-08-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2006-04-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2006-04-27 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2006-04-27 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2006-04-27 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-05-10 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-05-11 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2006-05-11 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2006-06-27 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2006-07-19 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-09-21 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-09-21 False 2006-08-21T04:00:00Z S. 2679, Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18069 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on August 3, 2006 </p> 2006-08-21T04:00:00Z S. 2679, Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18069 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on August 3, 2006 Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Criminal investigation Department of Justice Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Housing and Community Development Housing discrimination Kidnapping Murder Police-community relations Prosecution Prostitution Sex crimes Sex-oriented businesses Slavery Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-31T14:27:38Z Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Requires the Chief of the Section (Chief) and the Chief Investigator of the Office to be responsible for investigating violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death. Requires the Chief Investigator to refer complaints determined to have violated a criminal rights statute to the Chief, who shall be responsible for prosecuting such violations.

Requires the Chief to: (1) consult with state or local officials regarding the appropriate venue for a case where there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law; and (2) refer cases to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if the Chief determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a criminal civil rights statute but the violation does not meet the requirements for the Unsolved Crimes Section.

Requires the Chief, annually, to determine and report on the cases under his or her jurisdiction for which there is sufficient evidence to prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes.

Authorizes additional appropriations to the Community Relations Service of DOJ to provide technical assistance by bringing together law enforcement agencies and communities in the investigation of criminal civil rights statutes.

]]> 01 2006-08-03 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2006-10-26T13:10:45Z Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes an Unsolved Civil Rights Era Crimes Unit in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Requires the Deputy of the Section and the Deputy Investigator of the Office to be responsible for investigating violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death. Requires the Deputy Investigator to: (1) determine whether the subject of a complaint has violated a criminal rights statute; and (2) refer such determination and complaint to the Deputy, who shall be responsible for prosecuting violations.

Requires the Deputy to: (1) consult with state or local officials regarding the appropriate venue for a case where there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law; and (2) refer cases to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if the Deputy determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a criminal civil rights statute but the violation did not occur later than December 31, 1969, and result in a death.

Requires the Deputy, annually, to study and report to Congress on the cases under the jurisdiction of the Deputy or the Chief Investigator of the Unit for which there is sufficient evidence and for which there is insufficient evidence to prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes.

Gives the FBI the discretion to reallocate investigative personnel to jurisdictions to carry out the goals of this Act.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2016. Authorizes appropriations to the Community Relations Service of DOJ to provide technical assistance by bringing together law enforcement agencies and communities in the investigation of criminal civil rights statutes.

(Sec. 7) Terminates the Act at the end of FY2016.

(Sec. 8) Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to allow Inspectors General to authorize staff to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by conducting reviews of inactive case files to develop recommendations for further investigations. Prohibits an Inspector General from permitting staff to engage in such activities if they will interfere with the Inspector General's duties.

]]> Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act Display Title Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act S Senate Popular Titles Emmett Till bill 9 Library of Congress Reported to Senate 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2679rs/xml/BILLS-109s2679rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2006-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2679is/xml/BILLS-109s2679is.xml 2006-08-03 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. 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.