3.0.0 3430 2017-12-15T00:38:05Z 2017-12-15T00:38:05Z Senate S S 2008-08-01 110 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 110 923 HR 2008-10-07 Became Public Law No: 110-344. Related bill CRS Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act 110 535 S 2007-06-22 By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-88. Related bill CRS Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 110 3348 S 2008-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8017-8019) Related bill CRS 2008-09-08 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 944. Calendars 2008-08-01 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK N Crime and Law Enforcement Authorization Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Families Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Inspectors general Missing children Murder Prosecution Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-29T21:12:06Z Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to designate a Deputy Chief in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Makes the Deputy Chief responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the alleged violation occurred before January 1, 1970 and resulted in death.

Directs the Attorney General to designate a Supervisory Special Agent in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the DOJ to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred before January 1, 1970, and resulted in a death.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local law enforcement agencies for the investigation and prosecution of such cases.

Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to authorize staff of an Inspector General to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by conducting reviews of inactive case files to develop recommendations for further investigations and engaging in similar activities.

]]> Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 Display Title Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2008-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3430pcs/xml/BILLS-110s3430pcs.xml Introduced in Senate 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3430is/xml/BILLS-110s3430is.xml 2008-09-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 944. 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.