3.0.0 1860 2023-01-11T20:41:19Z 2023-01-11T20:41:19Z Senate S S 2007-07-24 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-24T16:21:25Z Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 110 3156 HR 2007-08-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2007-07-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-07-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9834) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2007-07-24 True Crime and Law Enforcement Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Capital punishment Child pornography Child sexual abuse Compensation for victims of crime Computer crimes Conspiracy Criminal aliens Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to law enforcement Firearms Food stamps Forfeiture Fraud Gangs Illegal aliens Immigration Imprisonment Intellectual property International Affairs Juvenile delinquency Larceny Law Limitation of actions Mandatory sentences Military training Money laundering Murder Organized crime Prosecution Public prosecutors Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smuggling Social Welfare Terrorism Violence Weapons of mass destruction Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-13T20:51:56Z Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase or impose new criminal penalties for: (1) the use of firearms to commit a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) interstate transportation in aid of racketeering; (3) using interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire and other violent crimes; and (4) violent crimes and drug crimes committed by illegal aliens.

Extends the limitation period for prosecuting violent crimes and crimes of terrorism.

Death Penalty Procedures Improvement Act of 2007 - Revises death penalty hearing procedures and provisions for the implementation of the death sentence.

Imposes a minimum mandatory prison term for possession of child pornography. Increases criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007 - Expands criminal forfeiture provisions to include certain crimes involving terrorism, fraud and computer crimes, alien smuggling, food stamp fraud, intellectual property theft, contraband cigarettes, and trafficking in persons. Expands prohibitions against money laundering activities. Revises civil forfeiture provisions.

Controlled Substances Analogue Reform Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to redefine "controlled substance analogue" for purposes of criminal prohibitions against trafficking in certain substances whose chemical structures are substantially similar to substances in schedule I or II of such Act.

Imposes mandatory restitution for victims of violent crime.

Imposes or increases criminal penalties for certain crimes of terrorism, including providing material support to facilitate, reward, or encourage international acts of terrorism, attempts or conspiracies to obtain military-type training from a foreign terrorism organization, and terrorist offenses resulting in death. Authorizes the death penalty for certain terrorist offenses involving weapons of mass destruction.

Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 - Revises criminal penalties for and definitions relating to crimes committed by criminal street gangs, including interstate travel in aid of racketeering, murder for hire, drug trafficking, use of firearms in committing violent crimes, and use of interstate commerce facilities to commit multiple murder.

Amends: (1) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand the definition of "racketeering activity" to include interstate murder; and (2) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of community-based justice grants to hire additional prosecutors to reduce case backlogs and to assist in the accurate identification and successful prosecution of young violent offenders.

Authorizes the Attorney General to designate specific areas that are located within one or more states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas.

]]> Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to control violent crime. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Controlled Substances Analogue Reform Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Death Penalty Procedures Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1860is/xml/BILLS-110s1860is.xml 2007-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.