3.0.0 2985 2023-01-11T13:30:33Z 2023-01-11T13:30:33Z House HR 2015-07-08 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LYNCH:H.R. 2985.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H4956]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-29T18:24:35Z Referred to 2015-07-08T14:02:05Z 2015-07-29 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2015-07-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 N Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Drug trafficking and controlled substances Evidence and witnesses Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Organized crime Pornography Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-07-08 Introduced in House 2015-09-26T15:25:09Z Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015

Directs the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury to report biannually to Congress on: (1) all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by their respective law enforcement agencies (i.e., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives); and (2) the amounts expended by each of such agencies on payments to such informants.

Defines a "serious crime" as any serious violent felony or drug offense or any offense of racketeering, bribery, child pornography, obstruction of justice, or perjury that an agent or employee of the relevant law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe an informant has committed.

]]> Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 Display Title Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report to Congress serious crimes, authorized as well as unauthorized, committed by their confidential informants. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2985ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2985ih.xml 2015-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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.