3.0.0 535 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z Senate S S 2007-02-08 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2007-06-20T14:21:15Z Markup by 2007-06-14T18:07:09Z Referred to 2007-02-08T21:43:41Z S. Rept. 110-88 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 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 110 3430 S 2008-09-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 944. Related bill CRS Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 110 923 HR 2008-10-07 Became Public Law No: 110-344. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate Related bill House 2007-06-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-88. Floor 2007-06-22 By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-88. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-06-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211. Calendars 2007-06-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 2007-06-20 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-06-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2007-02-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1788-1789) IntroReferral 2007-02-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. 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[R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2008-07-28 False 2007-06-19T04:00:00Z S. 535, Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18771 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 14, 2007</p> 2007-06-19T04:00:00Z S. 535, Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18771 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 14, 2007 H.R.923 https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/923 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 Families 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 Inspectors general Kidnapping Missing children Murder Police-community relations Prosecution Prostitution Relocation Sex crimes Sex-oriented businesses Slavery Sunset legislation Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-15T21:05:10Z Emmett Till 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). Makes the Chief of the Section (Chief) and the Chief Investigator of the Office responsible for investigating violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the alleged violation occurred before January 1, 1970 and resulted in death.

Requires: (1) consultation with state or local officials regarding venue when there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law; and (2) referral to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if 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.

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.

]]> 01 2007-06-20 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2007-08-13T21:47:03Z Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Directs the Attorney General to designate a Deputy Chief in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. 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.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Attorney General to designate a Supervisory Special Agent in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the Department of Justice to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred before January 1, 1970 and resulted in a death.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local law enforcement agencies for the investigation and prosecution of violations of state or local laws that are similar to the federal criminal civil rights statutes. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 8) Terminates the effectiveness of the above provisions at the end of FY2017.

(Sec. 9) 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 Display Title Emmett Till 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 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s535rs/xml/BILLS-110s535rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s535is/xml/BILLS-110s535is.xml 2007-06-22 By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-88. 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.