3.0.0 79 2023-01-11T20:04:11Z 2023-01-11T20:04:11Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:12:38Z Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 110 933 HR 2007-09-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10409) Related bill CRS 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 2007-01-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Federal aid to law enforcement Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Homicide Law Murder Public prosecutors Violence Witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-13T15:19:54Z 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 Program to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other major violent crimes pursuant to cooperative agreements with state and local criminal prosecutor's offices and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible prosecutor's offices for the purpose of providing short term protection to witnesses in trials involving homicide or serious violent felony.

]]> Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 homicide and major violent crime cases and to provide Federal grants for such protection. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s79is/xml/BILLS-110s79is.xml 2007-01-04 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.