3.0.0 933 2023-01-11T20:00:20Z 2023-01-11T20:00:20Z House H HR 2007-02-08 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-04-24T15:55:30Z Referred to 2007-03-19T15:29:35Z Referred to 2007-02-08T15:06:15Z Witness Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 110 3376 HR 2007-09-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 110 79 S 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2007-09-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10409) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-09-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10197-10198) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-24 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-19 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2007-02-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007 E309-310) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 N C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2007-02-08 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2007-02-08 True R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2007-02-08 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2007-02-08 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2007-02-08 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2007-02-08 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2007-02-08 True S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2007-02-12 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-03-06 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-04-24 False W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2007-05-16 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 2007-02-08 Introduced in House 2007-02-16T16:43:07Z Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish in the U. S. Marshals Service a Short Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or 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.

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 to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia for providing such witness protection; and (2) each 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.

Permits 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 2007 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 IH Display Title Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr933ih/xml/BILLS-110hr933ih.xml 2007-09-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10409) 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.