DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE see also Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

Amendments

Bankruptcy: require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (H.R. 982), H7025, H7026, H7027 [13NO]

——— require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (H.R. 982), consideration (H. Res. 403), H7015 [13NO]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2598, S2610, S2611, S2612, S2613 [11AP], S2689, S2690, S2692, S2693 [16AP], S2707, S2709, S2719, S2743, S2752, S2760, S2765, S2766, S2770, S2771 [17AP], S2806, S2807, S2808, S2810, S2814 [18AP]

Articles and editorials

Citing Cuts, Lawyers Seek Relief in Terrorism Case, S2646 [15AP]

Drop-Off in Gun Prosecutions Began Before Obama, S2493 [9AP]

Federal Officials Investigate Eagle Deaths at DWP Wind Farm, S380 [30JA]

50 Years After Landmark Ruling, Lawyer’s Help Is Legal Fiction for Many Accused of Crime, S1905 [18MR]

Let’s Renew VAWA Today, H798 [28FE]

Right to Counsel—Badly Battered at 50, S1905 [18MR]

U.S. Marshals Making an Impact in Vermont, S694 [13FE]

You Have the Right to Counsel. Or Do You? 50 Years After U.S. Supreme Court Enshrined Constitutional Right to a Lawyer, Budget Realities Are Undermining Justice in America, S1906 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud (see S. Res. 10), S214 [23JA]

Appropriations: appropriate funds necessary for law enforcement, crime prevention, and victim services programs during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3231), H6174 [2OC]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see S. 1337), S5839 [23JY]

——— make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 339), H222 [22JA]

——— restore certain authorities to administer firearms laws (see H.R. 431), H293 [25JA]

Budget: exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (see H.R. 2238), H3094 [4JN]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership: extend authorization (see S. 933), S3371 [13MY] (see H.R. 988), H1318 [6MR]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (see H.R. 868), H701 [27FE]

Bureau of Prisons: provide certain voting information to Federal prisoners upon their release from prison (see H.R. 3688), H7627 [10DE]

——— provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see H.R. 1143), H1396 [13MR]

——— rename as the Bureau of Corrections (see H.R. 2984), H5396 [2AU]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 1307), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (see S. 1778), S8565 [9DE] (see H.R. 3627), H7394 [2DE]

——— require entrance of all missing children in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and that certain information be provided to reporters of missing children (see H.R. 3427), H6953 [30OC]

Children’s Advocacy Centers: increase authorization (see S. 1799), S8667 [11DE] (see H.R. 3706), H7687 [11DE]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: enhance (see H.R. 421), H292 [25JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the COPS in Schools program (see H.R. 751), H594 [15FE]

——— prohibit funds from being used to restrict sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (see S. 299), S707 [13FE]

——— strengthen the Secure Our Schools grant program (see S. 146), S284 [24JA]

Community-based gang intervention: provide definitions of terms and services to ensure funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and agencies are held accountable (see H.R. 2669), H4482 [11JY]

Computers: improve cybersecurity by collaborating with industry, enhancing information sharing, strengthening criminal statutes for cyber crimes, and updating Federal security standards (see H.R. 1468), H1909 [10AP]

Correctional institutions: improve effectiveness and efficiency of Federal prison system with offender risk and needs assessment, individual risk reduction incentives and rewards, and risk and recidivism reduction (see S. 1783), S8565 [9DE] (see H.R. 2656), H4482 [11JY]

——— provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 895), H814 [28FE]

——— reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and housing benefit eligibility to the formerly incarcerated (see H.R. 2599), H4174 [28JN]

Courts: improve administration of grants to States under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program and ensure that all criminal defendants receive adequate representation (see S. 597), S1892 [18MR]

——— provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 3332), H6768 [23OC]

Crime: amend stalking laws (see H.R. 206), H52 [4JA]

——— deploy Border Patrol agents and increase number of DEA and ATF agents along U.S. border to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 72), H30 [3JA]

——— ensure prisoners do not profit from their violent acts through the sale of ‘‘murderabilia’’ by restricting mailing and delivery privileges of prisoners for commercial purposes (see S. 1549), S6886 [24SE]

——— improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 840), H659 [26FE]

——— reduce recidivism and increase public safety (see S. 1675), S7927 [7NO]

——— require court order to subpoena telephone records from service providers in any criminal investigation (see H.R. 2014), H2716 [16MY]

Crime Victims Fund: safeguard (see H.R. 1624), H2157 [18AP]

DEA: anniversary (see S. Res. 178), S4793 [20JN] (see H. Res. 272), H3989 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see S. 1420), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 317), H176 [18JA]

Disabled: revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 203), H52 [4JA]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see S. 1242), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2479), H4037 [25JN]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 3088), H5546 [12SE]

——— establish a list of synthetic drugs known as analogues and prohibit most importation, amend sentencing for violations, and improve regulation relative to such analogues (see S. 1323), S5799 [18JY]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 3382), H6951 [30OC]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (see S. 1089), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 3714), H8107 [12DE]

——— provide with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity (see S. 706), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 2114), H2911 [22MY]

Education: establish regional training centers to improve the training of child protection professionals (see S. 1722), S8186 [19NO]

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program: classify human trafficking as a violent crime (see S. 413), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 906), H814 [28FE]

——— improve to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 906), H814 [28FE]

Equal Access to Justice Act: limit awarding of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the U.S. (see H.R. 3037), H5398 [2AU]

Explosives: strengthen enforcement of background checks relative to the use of explosive materials (see S. 792), S2897 [23AP] (see H.R. 2836), H5088 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H4856 [22JY]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 131), H31 [3JA]

Federal-State relations: share information with State and local governments that conduct criminal background checks when issuing taxi driver, chauffeur, and other public passenger vehicle operator licenses (see H.R. 2596), H4174 [28JN]

Firearms: appropriately restrict sales of ammunition by requiring background checks (see S. 174), S357 [29JA]

——— develop and use technology for personalized handguns and require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the U.S. incorporate such technology (see H.R. 2005), H2654 [15MY]

——— implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see H.R. 34), H28 [3JA]

——— impose excise tax on concealable firearms and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a firearms buyback grant program (see H.R. 793), H596 [15FE]

——— make grants to States to develop systems to retrieve firearms from armed prohibited persons (see H.R. 848), H700 [27FE]

——— modify the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to conform to performance rather than metallurgical content (see H.R. 2566), H4143 [27JN]

——— prevent criminals from obtaining firearms (see S. 729), S2649 [15AP]

——— prevent criminals from obtaining firearms through straw purchasing and trafficking (see S. 730), S2649 [15AP]

——— prohibit tracking and cataloguing of purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see H.R. 2408), H3758 [18JN]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 33), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 138), H32 [3JA]

——— regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 691), S2501 [9AP]

——— repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (see H.R. 661), H500 [13FE]

——— require background checks for purchases and gun shop employees, prohibit purchase by individuals on terrorist watch list, report lost or stolen guns, and establish standards for concealed carry permits (see H.R. 21), H28 [3JA]

——— require licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm (see H.R. 2665), H4482 [11JY]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H30 [3JA] (see H.R. 238), H84 [14JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: require disclosure of decisions (see H.R. 3103), H5553 [16SE]

——— require disclosure of decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (see S. 1130), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2440), H3928 [19JN] (see H.R. 2475), H3989 [20JN]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 1211), H1547 [15MR]

Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee: develop information sharing and interoperability recommendations and pursue benefits for local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies (see H.R. 817), H627 [25FE]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H177 [18JA]

——— impeach (see H. Res. 411), H7110 [14NO]

Immigration: criminalize unlawful presence in the U.S. and develop a plan to implement a biometric entry and exit program (see H.R. 2631), H4308 [9JY]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

——— extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (see H.R. 1901), H2566 [9MY]

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs: add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (see H.R. 1833), H2436 [6MY]

Intelligence services: enhance transparency for certain surveillance programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 1452), S6207 [1AU] (see S. 1621), S7674 [30OC]

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program: enhance use for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize (see H.R. 2585), H4174 [28JN]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2370), H3591 [13JN]

Law enforcement: amend laws relative to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal misconduct of confidential informants (see H.R. 266), H169 [15JA]

——— award grants to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 1709), H2297 [24AP]

——— encourage States to prohibit Stand Your Ground laws and require Neighborhood Watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Dept. of Justice (see H.R. 2812), H5050 [24JY]

——— encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1447), H1857 [9AP]

——— enhance training and cooperation to respond to and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in Indian country, bring perpetrators to justice, and commission a GAO study (see H.R. 1836), H2436 [6MY]

——— establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 1362), S5968 [25JY]

——— expand cause of action relative to the pattern of practice of conduct by a governmental authority that deprives a person of constitutional rights to adults as well as juveniles (see H.R. 1967), H2602 [14MY]

——— improve public safety through increased law enforcement presence and enhanced public safety equipment and programs (see H.R. 3069), H5434 [9SE]

——— make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs (see S. 1418), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 2884), H5260 [31JY]

——— prohibit funding under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) and Public Safety and Community Policing Grant programs to certain agencies that use license plate readers (see H.R. 2644), H4369 [10JY]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S3028 [25AP]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (see S. 149), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 744), H593 [15FE]

——— provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 74), H30 [3JA]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 3388), H6951 [30OC]

——— require Federal agencies to report to Congress serious crimes committed by confidential informants (see H.R. 265), H169 [15JA]

Law enforcement officers: provide death benefits for campus police officers (see H.R. 2235), H3094 [4JN]

Matching Grant Program for School Security: allow funds to be used to improve information sharing between law enforcement and schools (see H.R. 2269), H3215 [5JN]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2583), H4174 [28JN]

Medicare: distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H7354 [21NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that unintentional billing disputes involving health care facilities or professionals are not penalized as fraud (see H.R. 2931), H5342 [1AU]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H8107 [12DE]

Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2976), H5344 [1AU]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3092), H5546 [12SE]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see S. 433), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 359), H278 [23JA]

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies to identify, locate, and recover victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 3081), H5512 [11SE]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 120), S3030 [25AP]

National security: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 34), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 720), H546 [14FE]

Office of Elder Justice: establish to strengthen law enforcement responses to elder abuse (see H.R. 861), H701 [27FE]

Office of Public Advocate: establish (see H.R. 1533), H1991 [12AP]

Office of the Inspector General for Probation and Pretrial Services: establish (see H.R. 3669), H7566 [5DE]

Privacy: consolidate congressional oversight provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 1631), S7728 [31OC]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H3687 [17JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records and warrantless searches of communications and reform surveillance authorities and the operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (see S. 1551), S6886 [24SE]

——— strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (see S. 1215), S5017 [24JN]

——— strengthen transparency and oversight of domestic surveillance, protect privacy, and improve due process procedures relative to intelligence community and law enforcement information sharing (see S. 1701), S8049 [14NO]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: appoint public interest advocates to appear before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in matters involving significant legal interpretation (see H.R. 3159), H5801 [20SE]

Public buildings: improve security at State and local courthouses (see S. 445), S1088 [4MR] (see H.R. 953), H981 [5MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Program: improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 773), S2798 [18AP] (see H.R. 1645), H2158 [18AP]

Safety: establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1441), H1857 [9AP]

Science: establish scientific standards and protocols across forensic disciplines (see H.R. 3064), H5434 [9SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1329), S5800 [18JY] (see H.R. 2787), H4978 [23JY]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3465), H7050 [13NO]

Senior citizens: establish a national Silver Alert communications network to assist regional and local search efforts for missing senior citizens (see S. 1814), S8771 [12DE]

Sexual assaults: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System (see S. 80), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 354), H278 [23JA]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

Territories: treat American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands as States for certain criminal justice programs (see H.R. 1198), H1427 [14MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (see H.R. 3190), H5883 [26SE]

Veterans: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (H.R. 2187) (see H.R. 2187), H2954 [23MY]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3453), H6997 [12NO]

——— reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 6), S42 [22JA]

Voting: ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote (see S. 58), S43 [22JA]

——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at polls and simplify voter registration (see S. 85), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 97), H30 [3JA]

Women: provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 629), H499 [13FE]

Cloture motions

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S5994 [29JY], S6099 [31JY]

Letters

Allegations of Dept. of Justice secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press (news service) reporters: Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, H3240 [6JN]

Clarify that Dept. of Justice policy for prosecuting Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations should include oil and gas producers as well as wind energy producers: Senators Vitter and Alexander, S379 [30JA]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) subpoena for Thomas E. Perez non-official e-mail accounts relative to Dept. of Justice official business: Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, S5774 [18JY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), S5765 [18JY]

Dept. of Justice elimination of duplicative Violence Against Women Act grant programs: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S612 [12FE]

——— William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S612 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice grant funds to States and local governments that do not test for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S613 [12FE]

FBI field offices investigated for violations relative to the Council on American-Islamic Relations: Representative Wolf, E1350 [19SE]

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: Susan Vento, H7023 [13NO]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7029 [13NO]

Nomination of Patricia A. Millett to be circuit judge: several former U.S. Solicitors General, S7703 [31OC]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: Benjamin J. Vernia, Vernia Law Firm, S3236 [8MY]

——— Gary L. Azorsky and Jeanne A. Markey, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, S3237 [8MY]

——— John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]

Special rules for certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, S5240 [26JN]

Use of drones to kill U.S. citizens within the U.S., S1204 [6MR], S1249 [7MR]

Lists

Law enforcement and security industry groups supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

Letters supporting nomination of Derek A. West to be Associate Attorney General, S5934 [25JY]

Organizations endorsing a high capacity magazine ban, S2715 [17AP]

Organizations supporting Blumenthal amendment to S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, on regulating large capacity ammunition feeding devices, S2523 [10AP]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1318, Youth Prison Reduction Through Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act, E354 [21MR]

Parents, teachers, and administrators supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

Memorandums

Government Operations in the Event of a Lapse in Appropriations (1995), S2883 [23AP]

Motions

Press releases

Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S., S6310 [10SE]

Remarks in House

ATF: blocking of publication of book relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H6348 [8OC]

Bankruptcy: exempt asbestos trusts with internal anti-fraud procedures from certain reporting requirements relative to claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, H7025, H7026 [13NO]

——— require any party seeking payment information from an asbestos trust also make available information relevant to threats that pertain to public health or safety, H7026, H7027 [13NO]

——— require asbestos companies to report information on location of their asbestos-containing products when disclosing asbestos trusts reports to industry defendants, H7027–H7029 [13NO]

Budget: exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (H.R. 2238), H3694 [18JN]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (H.R. 868), H1922 [11AP]

Children and youth: establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program, E25 [14JA]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (H.R. 1318), E353 [21MR]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (H.R. 3627), H7570, H7571 [9DE], E1821 [10DE]

Civil rights: tribute to those who investigated and prosecuted the perpetrators of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, H2267 [24AP]

Claims: exempt Armed Forces members and veterans from certain reporting requirements for claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, H7032 [13NO]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): hold bipartisan public hearings with testimony from persons having knowledge relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H3238 [6JN]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: making supplemental appropriations for the COPS in Schools program (H.R. 751), H570 [15FE]

Congress: tribute to Congressional Badge of Bravery recipients, E745 [23MY]

Correctional institutions: implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H5054 [25JY]

Courts: civil suit against Standard and Poor’s (company) relative to credit ratings issued for residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations that allegedly contributed to economic crisis, H438 [12FE]

Crime: amend stalking laws, H679 [27FE], H748 [28FE]

——— decriminalization of marijuana, H345 [5FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: prohibit funding for contravention of such Act, H15, H17 [3JA]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: designate entities as civilian Federal entities to receive information on cybersecurity threats or crimes from the private sector, H2084 [17AP]

Drugs: address prescription drug abuse, H1873 [10AP]

FBI: national security impact of efforts to combat anti-Muslim rhetoric, H2383–H2385 [26AP], H2769–H2771 [17MY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), H1914, H1920, H1946 [11AP], H1963, H1986 [12AP], H2071, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107, H2119 [17AP], H2128, H2129 [18AP]

——— require licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm (H.R. 2665), H7387 [2DE], H7429 [3DE]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (H.R. 238), H488 [13FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: require disclosure of decisions, H6229 [4OC]

——— require disclosure of decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (H.R. 2440), H3671 [17JN], H5376 [2AU], E1136 [25JY]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2943 [23MY], H3296 [12JN]

——— call for resignation or termination due to allegations of mismanaging Government surveillance programs, H5375 [2AU]

——— express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2944 [23MY], H4504 [16JY], H4983 [24JY], H5054 [25JY], H5184 [31JY]

——— express no confidence due to testimony on Dept. of Justice investigation of journalists, H5274 [1AU]

Immigration: criminalize unlawful presence in the U.S. and develop a plan to implement a biometric entry and exit program (H.R. 2631), H4219 [9JY]

Jones, B. Todd: confirmation as ATF Director, E1224 [2AU]

JP Morgan Chase & Co.: civil and criminal settlement resulting from probe related to mortgage-backed securities, H6682 [23OC], H7400 [3DE]

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program: enhance use for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize (H.R. 2585), H7387 [2DE], H8102 [12DE]

Law enforcement: encourage States to prohibit Stand Your Ground laws and require Neighborhood Watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Dept. of Justice (H.R. 2812), H4984 [24JY]

——— encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 1447), H8047–H8049 [12DE]

——— improve public safety through increased law enforcement presence and enhanced public safety equipment and programs (H.R. 3069), E1275 [10SE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H7697 [12DE]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3092), H5569–H5572 [17SE]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (H.R. 359), E54 [23JA]

National Security Agency: operation of PRISM online data collection program, H6834 [29OC]

News media: allegations of secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press (news service) reporters, H2588, H2589 [14MY], H2622, H2623, H2639 [15MY], H2659, H2707, H2713 [16MY], H2944, H2947 [23MY], H3028 [4JN], H3107 [5JN], H3236–H3240, H3241 [6JN], H3296, H3297 [12JN], H4086 [27JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H2638 [15MY], H2666, H2668 [16MY], H2769 [17MY], H2788 [20MY], H2810 [21MY], H2842 [22MY], H2968 [3JN], H3293 [12JN], H4578 [17JY], H5078–H5083 [25JY], H5099 [30JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H6894 [29OC], H6906 [30OC]

Prison Rape Elimination Act: anniversary, H5054 [25JY]

Privacy: effects of domestic surveillance, H5080–H5083 [25JY]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (H.R. 2399), H7337 [21NO], E899 [17JN]

Proyecto Inmigrante ICS, Inc.: tribute, H7403 [3DE]

Public lands: limit efforts to seek damages beyond actual damage to property, public lands and firefighting and restoration costs in States with laws limiting such damages, H5754 [19SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5778 [20SE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H7095–H7097 [14NO], E1725 [21NO]

Sexual assaults: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System, H679 [27FE], H745, H782–H784, H798, H806 [28FE]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H4046, H4047 [26JN], H4088, H4092, H4093, H4094, H4095, H4096, H4132, H4133, H4134, H4135 [27JN], H4161, H4162, H4163 [28JN], H4606 [18JY], H4848–H4855 [22JY], H5039 [24JY], H5079 [25JY], H5374 [2AU], E985 [27JN], E1000 [28JN]

——— hearing of arguments in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H509–H513, H529, H540 [14FE], H555 [15FE], H615–H620 [25FE], H652–H657 [26FE], H955 [5MR], E197 [27FE], E228 [28FE]

Terrorism: label drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, H1553 [18MR]

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault: Dept. of Justice Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award recipient, E567 [26AP]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 3190), H6579 [14OC]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (H.R. 3453), H7623 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Abu Ghaith, Sulaiman: tribute to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials efforts leading to arrest and prosecution, S1691 [12MR]

Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project: establish, S487 [7FE]

al-Libi, Abu Anas: tribute to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials’ efforts leading to arrest and prosecution, S7488 [15OC]

ATF: dedication of Ariel Rios Reflecting Pool, S6324 [10SE]

——— establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (S. 1337), S5962 [25JY]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership: extend authorization (S. 933), S3373 [13MY], S9044 [19DE]

Children and youth: provide grants to enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, S465 [4FE], S507 [7FE]

Children’s Advocacy Centers: increase authorization (S. 1799), S8634 [11DE]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: prohibit funds from being used to restrict sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (S. 299), S672 [13FE]

——— require State and local law enforcement agencies applying for grants to report how many crime guns they recovered and submitted for tracing, S4544 [18JN]

——— strengthen Secure Our Schools grant program, S2669 [16AP]

——— strengthen the Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S9044 [19DE]

——— withhold percentage of funds from States and local governments that release private gun ownership data, S2710 [17AP], S2780 [18AP]

Courts: decision to prosecute individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Federal court in New York, NY, S1674–S1676, S1681–S1683 [12MR]

——— improve administration of grants to States under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program and ensure that all criminal defendants receive adequate representation (S. 597), S1903 [18MR], S2744 [17AP]

Crime: decision not to hold suspect in Boston Marathon bombings as an enemy combatant, S2867–S2871 [23AP]

——— prohibit charging the survivor of a sexual assault for the cost of administering a rape kit, S497 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: clarify policies on detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists, S7488–S7491 [15OC], S7528 [16OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, S465 [4FE], S507 [7FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (S. 1420), S6214 [1AU]

Drugs: establish a list of synthetic drugs known as analogues and prohibit most importation, amend sentencing for violations, and improve regulation relative to such analogues (S. 1323), S5801 [18JY]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (S. 1410), S6184 [1AU]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans, S8438 [21NO]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (S. 1089), S3957 [4JN]

——— provide with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity (S. 706), S2591 [11AP]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S6428 [12SE]

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program: classify human trafficking as a violent crime (S. 413), S1019 [28FE]

——— funding, S2290 [22MR]

Fardon, Zachary T.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S7559 [16OC]

Federal aid programs: reduce grant funds available to States and local governments that do not require testing for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges, S576 [11FE], S613, S614 [12FE]

Financial institutions: ensure financial institutions are held liable for criminal activity regardless of size, S2299 [22MR]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, S3150, S3151 [7MY], S6495 [17SE], S8641–S8643 [11DE], S8902 [17DE]

——— address gun violence, improve record availability to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and gun trafficking, S2721–S2724, S2727, S2734, S2740 [17AP]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, incentivize State compliance, prohibit a national gun registry, and protect Second Amendment rights of veterans, S2717 [17AP]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2232 [21MR], S2236 [22MR], S2440 [8AP], S2629–S2631, S2633–S2644 [15AP], S2657, S2660–S2674, S2676–S2679 [16AP], S2697–S2744 [17AP], S2775–S2782, S2784 [18AP], S3503 [15MY], S4207 [11JN], S4461 [13JN]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), motion to proceed, S2476, S2484, S2490, S2492–S2494 [9AP], S2512, S2516–S2520, S2522–S2533, S2535–S2542, S2547, S2551 [10AP], S2571–S2584 [11AP]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence, S2629–S2631, S2635–S2644 [15AP], S2660–S2665, S2670–S2674, S2677 [16AP], S2697, S2709–S2714, S2729–S2732, S2735–S2740 [17AP], S2775 [18AP], S3356, S3360 [13MY], S3503 [15MY], S4544 [18JN], S6480 [17SE]

——— prevent criminals from obtaining firearms (S. 729), S2655 [15AP], S2657 [16AP], S6748 [24SE]

——— prevent criminals from obtaining firearms through straw purchasing and trafficking (S. 730), S2655 [15AP], S2657 [16AP]

——— regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices, S2522, S2523 [10AP], S2670 [16AP], S2699, S2714, S2738, S2739, S2743 [17AP]

——— regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices (S. 691), S2508 [9AP], S2511 [10AP]

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act: anniversary, S8839 [16DE]

Immigration: extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed, S4732, S4759 [20JN]

——— require biographic and biometric data about a refugee be checked against certain law enforcement and national security databases before granting asylum, S4766 [20JN]

Intelligence services: enhance transparency for certain surveillance programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 1452), S7872 [6NO]

——— require public disclosure of information relative to surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, S8346–S8348 [20NO]

IRS: investigate allegations that audits of certain individuals and businesses were used as political intimidation, S3506–S3508 [15MY]

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S4448, S4472 [13JN], S4545 [18JN], S5658 [11JY], S5994, S5996, S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6100 [31JY]

——— nomination to be ATF Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S5994 [29JY], S6089 [31JY]

——— suitability to be ATF Director relative to allegations of retaliation against whistleblower in U.S. Attorney’s Office, S4448 [13JN], S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6099 [31JY]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (S. 822), S3033 [25AP], S9045 [19DE]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: clarify that policy for prosecuting violations should include oil and gas producers as well as wind energy producers, S378–S381 [30JA]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize, S6325 [10SE]

——— reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3092), S6901 [24SE], S9042 [19DE]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate, S2662 [16AP]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (S. Res. 120), S3060 [25AP]

National security: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, S2739 [17AP]

——— allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 34), S2453 [8AP]

News media: allegations of secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press (news service) reporters, S3395 [14MY], S3605 [20MY], S3707 [22MY], S4203 [11JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S3605 [20MY], S3707–S3709, S3733 [22MY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power and intimidation by Federal agencies, S3921 [4JN]

Perez, Thomas E.: suitability to be Sec. of Labor relative to actions while serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division relative to False Claims Act case against St. Paul, MN, S3512–S3514 [15MY], S5724, S5729–S5733, S5735–S5737, S5740–S5743 [17JY], S5773 [18JY], S6001 [29JY]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Labor relative to alleged bias while serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, S3233 [8MY], S5743–S5746 [17JY], S5760, S5763, S5765, S5767, S5773, S5774 [18JY]

Polite, Kenneth A., Jr.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S6544 [17SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S3058 [25AP], S5508 [27JN], S6253 [1AU], S7558 [16OC]

Prison Rape Elimination Act: anniversary, S5961 [25JY]

Privacy: strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (S. 1215), S5019 [24JN]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: improve, S8839 [16DE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1690), S8001 [13NO]

Senate Rules: use of filibuster to impede strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System relative to firearm sale, gun trafficking, and school security, S2577, S2581, S2582 [11AP]

Senior citizens: establish a national Silver Alert communications network to assist regional and local search efforts for missing senior citizens (S. 1814), S8774 [12DE]

——— provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System (S. 80), S215 [23JA]

St. Louis, MO: tribute to Dept. of Justice Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery award recipients, S3753–S3755 [22MY]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S5486 [27JN], S6103 [31JY], S6321 [10SE]

——— hearing of arguments in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S806 [25FE], S1000 [28FE], S1240 [7MR]

Technology: computer forensics training and research funding, S1942 [19MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 3190), S7685 [30OC], S9043 [19DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal or reform certain provisions, S5782 [18JY], S6052–S6056 [30JY]

Veterans: reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (S. 6), S277 [24JA]

Violence Against Women Act: clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance safety of youth and children, S611 [12FE]

——— eliminate duplicative grant programs and use savings to eliminate backlog of unexamined DNA samples from rape, sexual assault, homicide, kidnapping and other criminal cases, S573–S575 [11FE], S612 [12FE]

Voting: provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at polls and simplify voter registration (S. 85), S217 [23JA]

West, Derek A.: nomination to be Associate Attorney General, S5933–S5937 [25JY]

——— nomination to be Associate Attorney General, unanimous-consent agreement, S5508 [27JN]

——— suitability to be Dept. of Justice Associate Attorney General relative to actions while serving as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division relative to False Claims Act case against St. Paul, MN, S5935 [25JY]

Reports filed

Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3627) (H. Rept. 113–286), H7607 [9DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2655, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act and H.R. 982, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 403) (H. Rept. 113–264), H6996 [12NO]

Death in Custody Reporting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1447) (H. Rept. 113–285), H7607 [9DE]

Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 933), S6204 [1AU]

FISA Improvements Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631), S7724 [31OC]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631) (S. Rept. 113–119), S7951 [12NO]

FOIA Oversight and Implementation (FOIA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1211) (H. Rept. 113–155), H4522 [16JY]

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 982) (H. Rept. 113–254), H6951 [30OC], H6996 [12NO]

Nomination of Amos Rojas, Jr. To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of David Medine To Be Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1011 [28FE]

Nomination of Derek A. West To Be Associate Attorney General: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4481 [13JN]

Nomination of Gary L. Blankinship To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Karol V. Mason To Be Assistant Attorney General for Justice Programs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2797 [18AP]

Nomination of Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6446 [12SE]

Nomination of Peter C. Tobin To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Peter J. Kadzik To Be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Robert L. Hobbs To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Stuart F. Delery To Be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5667 [11JY]

Nomination of Zachary T. Fardon To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6960 [26SE]

Protect Crime Victims’ Rights and Reauthorize Certain DNA-Related Grant Programs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 822), S7927 [7NO]

School Safety Enhancements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 146), S1709 [12MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2787) (H. Rept. 113–171), H4978 [23JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1329) (S. Rept. 113–78), S5799 [18JY]

Statements

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez To Be Sec. of Labor: Stephen Gillers, New York University, S3236 [8MY]

Summaries

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act (H.R. 2585), H7388 [2DE]

Tables

Accounts with technical corrections in OMB Sequestration Preview Report, H4211 [8JY]

Testimonies

Why Section 904 of S.47 Is Constitutional Under the Supreme Court’s Precedent in U.S. v. Lara, H737–H739 [28FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 403, consideration of H.R. 982, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act, H7009 [13NO]

H.R. 982, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act, H7024 [13NO]

H.R. 1447, Death in Custody Reporting Act, H8047 [12DE]

H.R. 3092, Missing Children’s Assistance Act reauthorization and amendment, H5569 [17SE]

H.R. 3190, U.S. Parole Commission Extension Act, H6579 [14OC]

H.R. 3627, Child Protection Act, H7570 [9DE]

S. 6, Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act, S45–S47 [22JA]

S. 80, Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, S215–S217 [23JA]

S. 85, Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely (FAST) Voting Act, S218 [23JA]

S. 413, Human Trafficking Reporting Act, S1019 [28FE]

S. 597, Gideon’s Promise Act, S1904 [18MR]

S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2158–S2162 [21MR]

S. 706, Transnational Drug Trafficking Act, S2591 [11AP]

S. 822, Dept. of Justice protection of crime victims’ rights and DNA-related grant programs reauthorization, S3034–S3036 [25AP]

S. 933, Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership authorization extension, S3374 [13MY]

S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act, S5020–S5027 [24JN]

S. 1323, Protecting Our Youth From Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Act, S5802 [18JY]

S. 1337, Crime Gun Tracing Act, S5842 [23JY]

S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act, S6129 [31JY]

S. 1549, Stop the Sale of Murderabilia Act, S6891 [24SE]

S. 1690, Second Chance Act reauthorization, S8002–S8006 [13NO]

S. 1783, Federal Prison Reform Act, S8567–S8572 [9DE]

S. Res. 10, suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans to Antigua and Barbuda relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud, S225 [23JA]

S. Res. 120, support mission and goals of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, S3048 [25AP]

S. Res. 178, DEA anniversary, S4796 [20JN]

Tributes

Holder, Attorney General, H4984 [24JY]