DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Addresses

Paul Warnke Lecture on International Security at the Council on Foreign Relations: Senator Levin, S9435-S9437 [21SE]

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5196, H5197 [6JY], H5240, H5253, H5256, H5261, H5269, H5279, H5282, H5291, H5292, H5293, H5294, H5297, H5298, H5300, H5307, H5315, H5321, H5322, H5331, H5332 [7JY], H5348, H5357, H5358, H5360, H5362, H5365, H5369, H5370, H5372, H5373, H5402 [8JY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9725, S9726, S9728, S9731, S9733 [27SE], S9784, S9804, S9819, S9820, S9821, S9822, S9825, S9826, S9827, S9840, S9851, S9852, S9857, S9858, S9859, S9860, S9861, S9862 [28SE], S9883, S9895, S9904, S9913, S9914, S9915, S9959, S9960, S9962, S9963, S9965, S9966, S9967, S9969, S9971, S9972, S9973, S9974, S9975, S9978, S9980, S9981 [29SE], S10003, S10004, S10007, S10012, S10016, S10025, S10029, S10033, S10038, S10039, S10041, S10044, S10045, S10046, S10047, S10078, S10079, S10080, S10081, S10082, S10087, S10088, S10089, S10090, S10091, S10092, S10095, S10096, S10097, S10098, S10099, S10100, S10102, S10104, S10108, S10109, S10111, S10112, S10113, S10117, S10118, S10119, S10120, S10121, S10122, S10123, S10124, S10125, S10126, S10127, S10128, S10129, S10130, S10131, S10132, S10133, S10137, S10139, S10140, S10145, S10146, S10147, S10148, S10149, S10150, S10152, S10153, S10154, S10156, S10160, S10161, S10162, S10163, S10164 [30SE], S10197, S10198, S10201, S10208, S10212, S10215, S10217, S10219, S10220, S10221, S10224, S10232, S10234, S10239, S10240, S10241, S10242, S10244, S10247, S10249, S10250, S10251, S10252, S10253, S10265 [1OC], S10309, S10321, S10322, S10327, S10329, S10330, S10331, S10332, S10334, S10338, S10339, S10342, S10343, S10344, S10351, S10352, S10353, S10355, S10369, S10376, S10377 [4OC], S10384, S10387, S10392, S10394, S10417, S10446, S10447, S10448, S10449, S10450, S10451 [5OC], S10477, S10485, S10487, S10516, S10518, S10520, S10521, S10538, S10540, S10541, S10542, S10543, S10600, S10601 [6OC], S10879 [8OC]

Law enforcement: establish a national sex offender registration database (S. 2154), S11652, S11662 [19NO]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8039 [4OC], H8169 [5OC], H8726, H8792, H8843, H8848 [7OC], H8863, H8865, H8869, H8871, H8874, H8875, H8876, H8877, H8880, H8882, H8884, H8886, H8894, H8896, H8898, H8901, H8903, H8904, H8915 [8OC]

State Justice Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2714), S10177, S10192 [30SE], H9009 [8OC]

Analyses

Dept. of Justice Appropriations (S. 2863), S9941-S9949 [29SE]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 2845, National Intelligence Reform Act, S11333 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Another Blow to America's Firefighting Volunteers, H3572 [1JN]

Integrity of the Restitution Process Rests on Single Standard of Justice, E1511 [22JY]

Joint Intelligence Committee Overdue, E2187 [7DE]

McDermott Gets $600,000 Tab in Leak of Illegal Phone Tape, E2088 [20NO]

Mr. Arar's Lawsuit, S782 [10FE]

Mr. Wilson's Defense, S8505 [21JY]

Noonday in the Shade, E1208 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see S. 2863), S9936 [29SE]

Bailor, Adela T. and Darryl: relief (H.R. 3646), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 589), H1740 [30MR]

Children and youth: establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect (see H.R. 5219), H8167 [5OC]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see S. 2199), S2717 [11MR]

Claims: submit reports regarding settlements of false claims and fraud against the Federal Government (see S. 3018), S11640 [19NO]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H89 [21JA]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorize document production relative to Dept. of Justice investigation of U.S. officials' involvement in the counter-narcotics air interdiction program in Peru (see S. Res. 411), S8474 [20JY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H4893 [23JN]

Copyrights: authorize civil enforcement by the Dept. of Justice (see S. 2237), S3180 [25MR]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H5150 [25JN]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see S. 2202), S2717 [11MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2809), S9287 [15SE] (see H.R. 4754), H5194 [6JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4754), consideration (see H. Res. 701), H5194 [6JY]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: enter into a memorandum of understanding to guide integration of the automated fingerprint identification systems of the FBI and the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4857), H5982 [19JY]

Drugs: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see S. 3028), S11799 [20NO] (see H.R. 4882), H6556 [21JY]

Employment: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see S. 2789), S9075 [10SE] (see S. 2923), S10703 [7OC] (see H.R. 4676), H4893 [23JN]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (see S. 2189), S2543 [10MR] (see H.R. 4105), H2018 [1AP]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H1071 [11MR]

Federal aid programs: award grants under a homeland security overtime program to reimburse law enforcement agencies for past overtime expenditures and waive matching funds requirement for such grants (see H.R. 4153), H2152 [2AP]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 3832), H632 [25FE]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see S. 2695), S8474 [20JY] (see H.R. 4472), H3604 [1JN]

Human rights: encourage States to adopt legislation combatting human trafficking and slavery (see S. Res. 413, 414), S8549 [21JY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see S. 2840, 2845), S9611 [23SE] (see H.R. 5150), H7579 [24SE] (see H.R. 5223), H8167 [5OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 870), H11057 [7DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 868), H10926 [6DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 860), H9999 [18NO]

Law enforcement: establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 2154), S1999 [2MR] (see H.R. 3929), H1010 [10MR]

———strengthen protection of assets, life, and property by granting private security agencies access to National Crime Information Center criminal history records for employee screening (see H.R. 4022), H1483 [24MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H7579 [24SE]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 827), H8407 [6OC]

———require Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security to conduct pilot study under which public warnings may be issued on threats to homeland security using an AMBER Alert system (see H.R. 5238), H8408 [6OC]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see S. 2528), S6881 [16JN] (see H.R. 4591), H4286 [16JN]

Office of Community Justice Services: establish (see S. 2977), S11305 [11OC]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689), H4893 [23JN] (see H. Res. 700), H5150 [25JN]

Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force: establish (see H.R. 4982), H6704 [22JY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation for Senate employees relative to Dept. of Justice investigation (see S. Res. 410), S8474 [20JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see S. 2801), S9220 [14SE]

———ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries (see S. 2880), S10261 [1OC]

Supreme Court: clarify inconsistencies in Blakely v. Washington decision dealing with sentencing guidelines (see S. Con. Res. 130), S8549 [21JY] (see H. Con. Res. 478), H6705 [22JY]

Terrorism: combat (see H.R. 5118), H7329 [21SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 2664), S8229 [15JY]

Till, Emmett: require report to Congress on investigation into murder (see S. Con. Res. 150), S11640 [19NO] (see H. Con. Res. 360), H434 [10FE] (see H. Con. Res. 527), H10079 [19NO]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 433), S9611 [23SE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: clarify conditions for the interceptions of computer trespass communications (see S. 2783), S9032 [9SE]

Charts

Decades of Terrorism, S10534 [6OC]

Chronologies

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act provisions on preserving certain authorities and chain of command, S12006 [8DE]

Cloture motions

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10254 [1OC], S10391 [5OC]

Conference reports

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2845), H10930-H10993 [7DE]

Court documents

U.S. v. Osama Bin Laden, H4861 [23JN]

Excerpts

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2845): conference report provisions on preserving certain authorities and accountability, S12004 [8DE]

National Intelligence Reform Act (S. 2845), S10242 [1OC], S10325 [4OC]

Statement of Bush Administration policy on National Intelligence Reform Act relative to preservation of certain authorities and accountability in the implementation of intelligence reform, S10242 [1OC], S10540 [6OC]

U.S. Code Title 50—War and National Defense: National Security, Protection of Certain National Security Information, S8438 [20JY]

Factsheets

Intelligence Support for Military Operations: 9/11 Public Discourse Project (organization), S11944 [8DE]

Security for Driver Licenses and State Identity Documents: 9/11 Public Discourse Project (organization), S11944 [8DE]

Letters

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) authority over certain intelligence and homeland security functions: several civil liberties organizations, S10659 [7OC]

Deportation and alleged torture of Canadian/Syrian citizen Maher Arar: Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Dept. of Defense, S784 [10FE]

———Senator Leahy, S782, S783, S784 [10FE]

———William J. Haynes II, Dept. of Defense, S783 [10FE]

Enforce Federal laws prohibiting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes: Arthur T. Dean, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, H5304 [7JY]

———Betty S. Sembler, Drug-Free America Foundation, H5305 [7JY]

———Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H5304 [7JY]

———Ronald E. Brooks, National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition, H5305 [7JY]

———Stephen J. Pasierb, Partnership for a Drug-Free America (organization), H5304 [7JY]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, H5305 [7JY]

Ensure availability of electromagnetic spectrum for public safety entities: several public safety associations, S9902 [29SE]

Establish certain national intelligence centers: Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, S10002 [30SE]

Financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7160 [14SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act exemption of bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H5350 [8JY]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: several family members of 9/11 terrorist attack victims, H10998 [7DE]

———several Senators, S11986 [8DE]

National Intelligence Director authorization to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community: several Senators, S9794 [28SE]

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: 9/11 Families for a Secure America (organization), H8686 [7OC]

———several family members of 9/11 terrorist attack victims, H8839 [7OC], H10918 [6DE]

Nomination of William J. Sanchez to be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices: Katherine A. Baldwin, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

———Loretta King, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

———Senators Durbin, Leahy, and Kennedy, S12016 [8DE]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

Restitution for Holocaust survivors for property seized from the Hungarian Gold Train: Edgar M. Bronfman, S9216 [14SE]

Scheduling substances under the Controlled Substances Act: Karen P. Tandy, DEA, S10609 [6OC]

State eligibility for grants to improve legal representation of indigent defendants in State capital cases: James D. Bethke, Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense, S12039 [8DE], E2152 [6DE]

Unborn Victims of Violence Act, S3139 [25MR]

Lists

Amendments to S. 2845, National Intelligence Reform Act, S9876 [29SE]

Articles about individuals accused of atrocities, H8882 [8OC]

DEA arrests of physicians, H5295 [7JY]

Presidential Rank Award recipients, S4831 [4MY]

Requested documents on treatment and interrogation of individuals held in custody by the U.S., S7287 [23JN]

Memorandums

Democratic National Campaign Matter: Louis J. Freeh, FBI, S9791 [28SE]

National Intelligence Director Authorization To Supervise, Direct, and Control All Elements of the Intelligence Community: Senator Specter, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9794 [28SE]

Motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5381 [8JY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9896, S9897 [29SE], S10328 [4OC], H8978 [8OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H11028 [7DE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8916 [8OC]

Press releases

Justice Department Announces Grants for Training on the Prevention of Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination, S12017 [8DE]

Proposals

Intelligence Reformation Act, S8869-S8883 [7SE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3036), H1666-H1683 [30MR]

———Medal of Valor posthumous awards to public safety officers and Office of Justice Programs funding, H5259, H5260 [7JY]

Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy): investigation of removal of classified documents from the National Archives, H5987, H6112-H6115 [20JY], H6445, H6446, H6447, H6448 [21JY], H6559, H6560, H6685, H6691, H6692 [22JY]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program: extend authorization, H1679, H1680, H1682, H1683 [30MR], H9009 [8OC]

Chesterfield County, VA: investigation of hate crime against Sikh-owned gas station, E2186, E2192 [7DE]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (H. Res. 499), E21 [21JA]

Commission on Civil Rights: funding, H5254, H5255 [7JY]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: funding, H1678, H1680 [30MR], H5989 [20JY]

———funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H5269-H5275 [7JY], H5379 [8JY]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (H.R. 4752), E1283 [25JN]

Crime: criminal justice, correctional system reform, and crime control programs funding, H1502 [25MR]

———increase safeguards to prevent use of fake law enforcement badges, H1678, H1682 [30MR]

———investigation and prosecution of adult obscenity and child exploitation programs funding, H5257, H5258 [7JY]

Dept. of State: prohibit funding for legal efforts against inclusion of certain information on passports or similar documents referring to Jerusalem, H5373 [8JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5372, H5373 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5221-H5323 [7JY], H5335, H5348-H5383 [8JY], E1344, E1351 [9JY], E1401 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4754), consideration (H. Res. 701), H5219-H5221 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4754), unanimous-consent agreement, H5284 [7JY]

Director of National Intelligence: protect the dissemination of open source intelligence to State and local governments, H11004 [7DE]

Drugs: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (H.R. 4882), E1450 [21JY]

———enforce Federal laws prohibiting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H5300-H5306 [7JY]

———prohibit prosecution of physicians for prescribing certain controlled substances for pain relief or management, H5294-H5297 [7JY]

Employment: ex-offender reentry programs funding, H5276, H5277 [7JY]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (H.R. 4676), H6540 [21JY]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (H.R. 4105), E509 [2AP]

FBI: funding, H7742 [29SE]

———participation in Terrorism Threat Integration Center, H1681 [30MR]

Financial institutions: reduce waiting period for mergers by banks and bank holding companies following approval by the Dept. of Justice, H1264 [18MR]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (H.R. 4472), H3572 [1JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H5202, H5226, H5228 [7JY], H5413, H5467 [9JY]

Holocaust: restitution for survivors for property seized from the Hungarian Gold Train, E1510 [22JY]

House of Representatives: bribery allegations relative to Representative Nick Smith's vote on Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H1223 [17MR]

Immigration: enforce existing Federal law that localities report aliens who commit crimes to immigration authorities, H5261, H5262 [7JY], H5360-H5362 [8JY]

———prevent admission, require removal, and authorize investigation of aliens who commit acts of torture or genocide abroad, H8880-H8882 [8OC]

———prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information relative to an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H5298-H5300 [7JY], E1344 [9JY]

Information services: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (H.R. 89), H8193 [6OC]

Intelligence services: appointment of special counsel to investigate alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, H226 [28JA]

———integrate security screening systems and enhance information sharing, H8848, H8849 [7OC], E1954 [11OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government, H7935, H7936 [30SE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), H10898, H10899, H10917, H10919, H10921 [6DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H10929, H11003-H11029, H11044 [7DE], E2187 [7DE], E2204, E2207-E2211 [20DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870), H10994-H11003 [7DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 868), H10993, H10994 [7DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), motion to instruct conferees, H8978-H8986 [8OC]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence, H5275 [7JY], H8192 [6OC], E2203 [20DE]

———community policing programs, E843 [14MY]

———DNA/ballistics crime lab accreditation program funding, H5256, H5257 [7JY]

———prohibit funding for detention, or a legal defense of detention, of a U.S. citizen apprehended on U.S. territory solely because that citizen is classified as an enemy combatant, or to bestow such classification, H5365-H5369 [8JY]

LSC: funding, H5275 [7JY]

McDermott, Representative: verdict in civil lawsuit relative to interception of cellular phone conversations between Members of Congress, E2087 [20NO]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H6716 [7SE], H6879-H6885 [8SE], H6906, H6907-H6918 [9SE], H7724-H7730 [28SE], H8975, H8976 [8OC], E1598 [13SE]

———implement recommendations (H.R. 5024), E1613 [14SE]

———implement terrorist travel and screening recommendations, E1917 [11OC]

National Drug Intelligence Center: funding, H4839, H4840 [23JN]

National Intelligence Director: collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of open source intelligence, H8843-H8845, H8847 [7OC]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H7724 [28SE], H7941 [30SE], H7947 [4OC], H8268 [6OC], H8642, H8643, H8664-H8704, H8726-H8851 [7OC], H8862-H8978 [8OC], E1803 [6OC], E1851 [10OC], E1917, E1927, E1946, E1951, E1954, E1955, E1956, E1958, E1959, E1960, E1961, E1967 [11OC], E1977 [16NO]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), amendment process, E1797 [4OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 827), H8658-H8662 [7OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H8916-H8977 [8OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), technical corrections, H8978 [8OC]

———require Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security to conduct pilot study under which public warnings may be issued on threats to homeland security using an AMBER Alert system, H8878 [8OC]

———require pretrial detention of suspected terrorists and post-trial supervision of convicted terrorists, H8883, H8884 [8OC], E1958 [11OC]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (H.R. 4591), E1144, E1145 [16JN]

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: prohibit funding to implement, litigate or defend the legality of, or enforce certain regulations relative to applicability of State consumer protection laws to national banks, H5370-H5372 [8JY], H7196-H7198 [15SE]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H4867-H4870 [23JN]

———request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (H. Res. 689), H5965 [19JY], E1218 [23JN]

Puerto Rico: disbursement of local law enforcement grants, H1683 [30MR]

State Justice Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2714), H942-H944 [10MR], H9009 [8OC]

States: clarify eligibility for grants to improve legal representation of indigent defendants in State capital cases, E2152 [6DE]

Terrorism: ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor, H1678, H1681 [30MR]

Till, Emmett: require report to Congress on investigation into murder (H. Con. Res. 360), H2820, H2890 [12MY]

Touchstone, Trent: U.S. Marshals Service Distinguished Service Award recipient, E485 [30MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary, H7450 [23SE]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, H5379 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: address problem of domestic violence and sexual assault, S10821 [8OC]

Antitrust policy: enhance FTC or Dept. of Justice authority to prevent anticompetitive practices in tightly concentrated gasoline markets (S. 1737), S2836-S2839 [22MR], S3254 [29MR], S3317 [30MR], S3554 [1AP], S5468 [13MY]

Appropriations: authorizing, S8664-S8670 [22JY]

———authorizing (S. 2863), S9940-S9954 [29SE]

Arar, Maher: deportation and alleged torture of Canadian/Syrian citizen, S781 [10FE]

Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy): investigation of removal of classified documents from the National Archives, S8524 [21JY]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program: extend authorization, S10984 [9OC]

Children and youth: juvenile justice funding, S2686 [11MR], S4943 [6MY]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (S. 2199), S2722 [11MR]

Claims: submit reports regarding settlements of false claims and fraud against the Federal Government (S. 3018), S11646 [19NO]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorize document production relative to Dept. of Justice investigation of U.S. officials' involvement in the counter-narcotics air interdiction program in Peru (S. Res. 411), S8491 [20JY]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in Schools Program: funding, S1275 [12FE]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: funding, S5488 [14MY], S9121 [13SE]

Congress: oversight, S4012 [8AP]

Copyrights: authorize civil enforcement by the Dept. of Justice (S. 2237), S3189-S3191 [25MR], S7522 [25JN], S10822 [8OC], S11290 [11OC]

Courts: clarify conditions under which a new trial can be ordered based on post-conviction DNA testing, S10913, S10914 [9OC]

———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (S. 2202), S2724 [11MR]

Crime: grant authority to prosecute civilian contractors for criminal activities committed while employed overseas with the Dept. of Defense and other Federal agencies, S6863, S6864 [16JN]

Custer Battles, LLC: investigation of alleged profiteering and fraud relative to contracts dealing with airport security in Iraq, S11871 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), S9365 [20SE]

Director of National Intelligence: protect the dissemination of open source intelligence to State and local governments, S11964, S11965 [8DE]

Drugs: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (S. 3028), S11840-S11842 [20NO]

Employment: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (S. 2789), S9077 [10SE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (S. 2923), S10717-S10725 [7OC]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (S. 2189), S2557 [10MR]

FBI: require congressional oversight of employed and contracted translators, S10211, S10212 [1OC], S10486, S10487 [6OC]

Firearms: decision to restrict local law enforcement use of National Instant Criminal Background Check System, S83 [21JA]

———maintenance of records from criminal background checks for firearms sales, S70 [21JA], S216 [23JA], S1921, S1922 [1MR]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows, S1910-S1922, S1941 [1MR], S1948-S1951, S1955, S1956, S1959-S1971 [2MR], S3173 [25MR], S11620 [19NO]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (S. 2695), S8481, S8490 [20JY], S8574 [21JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: enhance national security through accurate and timely processing of applications, S6829 [16JN]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S11868 [7DE]

Holocaust: restitution for survivors for property seized from the Hungarian Gold Train, S9215 [14SE], S11291 [11OC]

Human rights: encourage States to adopt legislation combatting human trafficking and slavery (S. Res. 414), S8569-S8572 [21JY]

Immigration: include immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database, S10344 [4OC]

Intelligence services: alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, S7690, S7691 [7JY], S7779 [8JY], S7946 [13JY], S8059, S8060 [14JY], S8148 [15JY], S8271-S8273 [16JY], S8437 [20JY], S8499, S8503 [21JY]

———enhance congressional oversight of intelligence and intelligence-related activities, S10202-S10208 [1OC], S10297-S10315, S10327-S10329 [4OC]

———enhance customer focus on intelligence and ensure independent intelligence analyses, S10217, S10218 [1OC]

———ensure availability of electromagnetic spectrum for public safety entities, S9896, S9901-S9905 [29SE], S10357 [4OC]

———establish a National Intelligence Coordinator to oversee existing intelligence community, S10033 [30SE]

———establish certain national intelligence centers, S10000-S10004 [30SE]

———improve and provide for the review of intelligence estimates and products, S10039 [30SE]

———modify privacy and civil liberties oversight, S10047 [30SE], S10521 [6OC]

———preserve certain authorities and accountability in the implementation of intelligence reform, S10242-S10244 [1OC], S10540 [6OC], S12003, S12005 [8DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9656 [23SE], S9689 [24SE], S9700-S9720, S9756-S9759 [27SE], S9763, S9778-S9805 [28SE], S9873-S9897, S9900-S9909, S9911-S9916 [29SE], S9996, S9997, S10000-S10014, S10016-S10050 [30SE], S10197-S10213, S10215 [1OC], S10296-S10339, S10342-S10346, S10351-S10358 [4OC], S10381, S10384-S10388, S10390-S10395, S10397, S10398, S10400, S10401, S10417 [5OC], S10469, S10476, S10478, S10481-S10488, S10512-S10514, S10516-S10543 [6OC], S10615, S10632, S10671, S10677 [7OC], S10826, S10828, S10879 [8OC], S11736, S11737, S11795 [20NO]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), appointment of conferees, S11232, S11233 [11OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, S11858-S11860 [7DE], S11938-S12010, S12012 [8DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), unanimous-consent agreement, S9656 [23SE], S9782 [28SE], S9985 [29SE], S10967 [9OC], S11068 [10OC]

Joint Intelligence Community Council: modify requirements and authority, S9914, S9915 [29SE], S10041-S10044 [30SE]

Law enforcement: establish a national sex offender registration database (S. 2154), S2001 [2MR], S3255 [29MR], S9910 [29SE], S11662, S11663 [19NO], S11789 [20NO]

———require certain notifications when a National Instant Criminal Background Check System query reveals someone in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File attempting to purchase a firearm, S1872 [27FE]

LSC: private money restrictions on nonprofit legal services organizations receiving funding from the LSC, S11746 [20NO]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement national preparedness recommendations, S9905, S9906 [29SE]

———implement recommendations, S8977, S8978 [9SE], S9102 [13SE]

———implement recommendations relative to reform of intelligence services, S9396, S9435 [21SE], S9472, S9476-S9478 [22SE], S9555, S9556 [23SE], S9890-S9895 [29SE]

———implement recommendations (S. 2774), S8812, S8864-S8884, S8923 [7SE], S8972 [8SE]

———implement terrorist travel and screening recommendations, S10009-S10011 [30SE], S10215 [1OC], S10334 [4OC], S10531 [6OC]

National Intelligence Authority: clarify mission, S10331 [4OC]

———clarify responsibilities of the Directorate of Intelligence of the National Counterterrorism Center for information sharing and intelligence analysis, S10220 [1OC]

———provide National Intelligence Director with authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community, S9781, S9789-S9804 [28SE], S9874-S9883, S9897 [29SE]

———provide the National Intelligence Director with authority to terminate personnel and prescribe regulations specifying the exercise of termination authority, S10199 [1OC]

———specify a term of service for the National Intelligence Director, S9883-S9896 [29SE]

National Intelligence Reform Act: extend implementation deadline, S10232, S10235 [1OC]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), S11300 [11OC]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (S. 2528), S6889-S6891 [16JN]

Office of Community Justice Services: establish (S. 2977), S11306 [11OC]

Oregon: court review of euthanasia law, S6342 [2JN]

POW: require disclosure of documents on treatment and interrogation of individuals held in custody by the U.S., S7139-S7143, S7145-S7147 [22JN], S7231-S7242, S7282-S7289 [23JN], S7892 [9JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2364 [8MR], S6465 [3JN], S8574 [21JY], S11824-S11827 [20NO], S12014 [8DE]

Sanchez, William J.: nomination to be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, S12015 [8DE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation for Senate employees relative to Dept. of Justice investigation (S. Res. 410), S8491 [20JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (S. 2801), S9224 [14SE]

———ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries (S. 2880), S10263 [1OC]

State Justice Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2714), S10192 [30SE], S10984 [9OC]

States: clarify eligibility for grants to improve legal representation of indigent defendants in State capital cases, S10913 [9OC], S12038 [8DE]

Supreme Court: clarify inconsistencies in Blakely v. Washington decision dealing with sentencing guidelines (S. Con. Res. 130), S8572, S8573 [21JY]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 2664), S11998 [8DE]

———ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor (S. 684), S6265 [1JN]

Terrorism Screening Center: establish criteria for placing individuals on the consolidated screening watch list, S10520, S10521 [6OC]

Till, Emmett: require report to Congress on investigation into murder (S. Con. Res. 150), S11713 [20NO]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary (S. Res. 433), S9644, S9651 [23SE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: clarify conditions for the interceptions of computer trespass communications (S. 2783), S9036 [9SE]

———extend, S4147-S4150, S4165 [20AP], S4172, S4173 [21AP], S4276 [22AP]

Violence Against Women Act: anniversary, S9121 [13SE], S9252, S9282 [15SE], S10821 [8OC]

———reauthorize, S11621 [19NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 2845, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 870) (H. Rept. 108-797), H11057 [7DE]

Consideration of H.R. 10, 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 827) (H. Rept. 108-751), H8407 [6OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4754, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 701) (H. Rept. 108-583), H5194 [6JY]

Dept. of Justice Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3036) (H. Rept. 108-426), H574 [24FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4754) (H. Rept. 108-576), H5194 [6JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2809) (S. Rept. 108-344), S9286 [15SE]

Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1933), S5949 [20MY]

Executive Office of the President and Other Executive Departments' Documents Relative To Disclosure of Identity and Employment of Valerie Plame: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H303 [3FE]

———Committee on International Relations (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee of Conference (House) (S. 2845) (H. Rept. 108-796), H11057 [7DE]

National Intelligence Reform Act: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. 2840) (S. Rept. 108-359), S9722 [27SE]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2840), S9611 [23SE]

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 108-724), H8038 [4OC]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 108-724), H8038 [4OC]

———Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 108-724), H8166 [5OC]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 108-724), H8038 [4OC]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 108-724), H8166 [5OC], H9744 [16NO]

Nomination of David E. Nahmias To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10061 [30SE]

Nomination of Domingo S. Herraiz To Be Bureau of Justice Assistance Director: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2222 [4MR]

Nomination of LaFayette Collins To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2223 [4MR]

Nomination of Lisa Godbey Wood To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10061 [30SE]

Nomination of Matthew G. Whitaker To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3566 [1AP]

Nomination of Richard B. Roper III To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10061 [30SE]

Nomination of Robert C. Balfe III To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10702 [7OC]

Nomination of Robert C. Corrente To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8473 [20JY]

Nomination of Ronald J. Tenpas To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2223 [4MR]

Nomination of William J. Sanchez To Be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10061 [30SE]

Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2237), S4687 [29AP]

Request Release of Documents About the Treatment of Prisoners or Detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 700) (H. Rept. 108-658), H6755 [7SE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on S. 2845, 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 860) (H. Rept. 108-783), H9999 [18NO]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 870, Consideration of Conference Report on S. 2845, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 868) (H. Rept. 108-795), H10926 [6DE]

Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2971) (H. Rept. 108-685), H7137 [14SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5291, H5297 [7JY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10398 [5OC]

Statements

Criminal Penalties for the Act of Forging Federal Documents, S9816 [28SE]

National Intelligence Reform Act: Executive Office of the President, S9798 [28SE]

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Executive Office of the President, H8985 [8OC]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, H11005 [7DE]

Ship in U.S. Waters: Senator Durbin, S10024 [30SE]

Summaries

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2845): Legislative Intent of Provisions Under Jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) and the Committee on International Relations (House), H11023-H11027 [7DE]

Tables

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5229-H5238 [7JY]

Individuals accused of atrocities, H8882 [8OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 412, anniversary of DEA, H772 [3MR]

H. Res. 689, request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, E1218 [23JN]

H. Res. 701, consideration of H.R. 4754, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5219 [7JY]

H. Res. 827, consideration of H.R. 10, 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act, H8658 [7OC]

H. Res. 868, same-day consideration of H. Res. 870, consideration of conference report on S. 2845, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, H10993 [7DE]

H. Res. 870, consideration of conference report on S. 2845, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, H10994 [7DE]

H.R. 10, 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act, H8726-H8792 [7OC]

H.R. 2714, State Justice Institute reauthorization, H942 [10MR]

H.R. 3036, appropriations, H1666-H1678 [30MR]

S. 2154, National Sex Offender Registry Act, S2001 [2MR]

S. 2189, Domestic Violence Connections Campaign Act, S2557 [10MR]

S. 2199, Family Abduction Prevention Act, S2723 [11MR]

S. 2202, Bring Our Children Home Act, S2724 [11MR]

S. 2237, Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act, S3189 [25MR], S7523 [25JN]

S. 2528, Civil Liberties Restoration Act, S6891-S6894 [16JN]

S. 2774, 9/11 Commission Report Implementation Act, S8884-S8915 [7SE]

S. 2783, Computer Trespass Clarification Act, S9036 [9SE]

S. 2801, Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act, S9225-S9231 [14SE]

S. 2840, National Intelligence Reform Act, S9615-S9638 [23SE]

S. 2880, Medical Device Competition Act, S10264 [1OC]

S. 2923, Enhanced Second Chance Act—Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention, S10718-S10724 [7OC]

S. 2977, Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act, S11307-S11309 [11OC]

S. 3028, Controlled Substances Export Reform Act, S11842 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 130, clarify inconsistencies in Blakely v. Washington Supreme Court decision dealing with sentencing guidelines, S8566, S8573 [21JY]

S. Con. Res. 150, require Dept. of Justice report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till, S11650 [19NO]

S. Res. 410, Senate Legal Counsel representation, testimony, and document production for Senate employees relative to Dept. of Justice investigation, S8485, S8491 [20JY]

S. Res. 411, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) document production relative to Dept. of Justice investigation of U.S. officials' involvement in the counter-narcotics air interdiction program in Peru, S8485, S8492 [20JY]

S. Res. 413, encourage States to adopt legislation combatting human trafficking and slavery, S8565 [21JY]

S. Res. 414, encourage States to adopt legislation combatting human trafficking and slavery, S8565, S8571 [21JY]

S. Res. 433, anniversary of U.S. Marshals Service, S9644, S9652 [23SE]