CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION ACT

Letters

Provisions: Caroline Fredrickson and Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU, H689-H691 [8MR]

———Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., H686 [8MR]

———Michael Z. Buncher, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, H687-H689 [8MR]

———Morna A. Murray and John Tuell, National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition, H686 [8MR]

———Representative McKeon, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H685 [8MR]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H685 [8MR]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H685 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Courts: limit judicial review for certain harmless error sentencing claims, E375 [15MR]

Crime: enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers, H680 [8MR]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers, H691 [8MR]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico, H691 [8MR]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H679, H682 [8MR], E351 [14MR]

———provide Federal penalties for killing federally funded public safety officers, H681 [8MR]

———provide justice for crime victims' families, H692 [8MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases, H681 [8MR]

Enact (H.R. 4472), H647, H657-H692 [8MR], H794, H795, H849 [9MR], H1063 [16MR], E351 [14MR], E375 [15MR], E404 [16MR]

Firearms: prohibit transfer to or possession of a firearm by any individual convicted of sex offense against a minor, H679 [8MR]

GAO: study feasibility of implementing a nationwide annual driver's license registration requirement for sex offenders, H682 [8MR]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H678, H679 [8MR]

———legislative process, H678-H680 [8MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, H677-H682 [8MR], H794 [9MR], E404 [16MR]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 4472), S2393 [16MR], S2426 [27MR]

Summaries

Provisions (H.R. 4472), H683-H685 [8MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4472, provisions, H658-H676 [8MR]