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

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5152, S5155 [30JY], S5197, S5237, S5238, S5239, S5241, S5242, S5244, S5245, S5250, S5259, S5261, S5272 [31JY]

Children’s Advocacy Centers: increase authorization (S. 1799), S4186 [26JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), H2347 [12MR]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), consideration (H. Res. 511), H2317 [12MR]

Freedom of Information Act: improve (S. 2520), S6375 [8DE]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7212 [1AU]

IRS: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (H. Res. 565), consideration (H. Res. 568), H3464 [7MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3724, S3769, S3770, S3771 [17JN], S3815, S3816, S3817, S3818, S3819, S3820 [18JN], S3869, S3871, S3872, S3873, S3874, S3875, S3876, S3877, S3878, S3879, S3880, S3881, S3882, S3883 [19JN], S4186 [26JN], S4339 [9JY], H4834 [23MY], H4837 [27MY], H4880, H4881, H4882, H4883, H4884, H4885, H4888, H4889, H4890, H4891, H4892, H4895, H4897, H4898, H4899, H4900, H4901, H4902, H4903, H4904, H4905, H4906, H4911, H4912 [28MY], H4927, H4929, H4936, H4940, H4941, H4942, H4943, H4944, H4945, H4946, H4947, H4948, H4949, H4950, H4951, H4953, H4955, H4957, H4959, H4961, H4963, H4970, H4972, H4974, H4975, H4976, H4977, H4979, H4981, H4982, H4985, H4986, H4987, H4988, H4990, H4991, H4992, H4993, H4994, H4995, H4996, H4997, H4998, H4999, H5001, H5002, H5003, H5024, H5025 [29MY]

Appointments

Medal of Valor Review Board, S5316 [31JY], S6698 [11DE], H10315 [12DE]

State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board, S5315 [31JY]

Articles and editorials

Congress Needs To Act To Allow Victims of Child Sex Abuse To Recover Restitution, S2799 [7MY]

Review Finds Two Decades of Forensic Errors by FBI, S5291 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (see S. 2648), S4762 [23JY]

ATF: abolish and transfer functions relating to firearms, explosives, arson, violent crime, and terrorism to the FBI and transfer functions relating to alcohol and tobacco smuggling to the DEA (see H.R. 5522), H7675 [17SE]

——— establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see H.R. 4946), H5723 [24JN]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 5555), H7883 [18SE]

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 (see S. 2319), S2910 [12MY]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see S. 2309), S2875 [8MY] (see H.R. 4607), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see S. 2426), S3424 [4JN]

Business and industry: create and maintain a public database of administrative, civil, and criminal actions against corporate entities (see H.R. 4452), H3195 [10AP]

Charities: improve transparency in charity regulation (see H.R. 5297), H7126 [30JY]

Children and youth: eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if the offender were not a juvenile (see S. 2874), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 4123), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases (see H.R. 3923), H1246 [17JA]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see S. 1936), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3905), H1240 [16JA]

Committees of the Senate: clarify responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community (see S. Res. 470), S3604 [11JN]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: enhance (see S. 2254), S2379 [10AP]

Congress: require the U.S. attorney to bring the matter of an individual’s contempt of Congress before a grand jury not later than 30 days after receiving certification that the individual is in contempt (see H.R. 5246), H7039 [29JY]

Correctional institutions: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4015 [8MY]

Courts: regulate certain deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements in Federal criminal cases (see H.R. 4540), H3407 [1MY]

Crime: acquire data about sexual offenses that occur aboard aircraft (see H.R. 4404), H2961 [4AP]

——— combat human trafficking (see S. 2941), S6148 [19NO]

Dept. of HUD: provide amounts from the recent settlement between the Dept. of Justice and Bank of America Corp., to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (see H.R. 5601), H7884 [18SE]

Depts. of Education and Justice: prohibit funds from being used to provide postsecondary courses in prisons (see H.R. 4081), H1937 [25FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Justice: promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement (see H.R. 4265), H2484 [14MR]

Discrimination: establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 3907), H1241 [16JA]

DNA Backlog Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 4323), H2743 [27MR]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see S. 2504), S3863 [19JN]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 2839), S5697 [17SE] (see H.R. 5845), H9044 [10DE]

——— exempt certain products from Controlled Substances Act requirements on scheduled listed chemicals if it is not practical to use such products in illicit manufacture of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4502), H3240 [28AP]

——— improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (see H.R. 4069), H1780 [18FE] (see H.R. 4709), H4784 [21MY]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 5587), H7884 [18SE]

Education: establish regional training centers to improve the training of child protection professionals (see H.R. 4943), H5640 [23JN]

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program: improve to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 3908), H1241 [16JA]

——— reduce funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (see H.R. 5550), H7882 [18SE] (see H.R. 5858), H9302 [11DE]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

Employment: allow use of public safety and community policing grants to be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law enforcement agencies for positions not requiring sworn authority (see H.R. 5015), H5823 [30JN]

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 S. 2443), S3474 [5JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (see H.R. 3973), H1511 [29JA]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), consideration (see H. Res. 511), H2300 [11MR]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize public safety and community policing grant program (see H.R. 5643), H7886 [18SE]

Financial institutions: provide requirements for Federal banking agencies when directing a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account and provide for additional requirements relative to certain subpoenas (see H.R. 5758), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 5320), H7181 [31JY]

Firearms: clarify standard required for importation of sporting arms (see H.R. 4135), H2097 [28FE]

——— 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 S. 2068), S1233 [27FE]

——— establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms in domestic violence cases (see S. 2676), S5050 [29JY]

Freedom of Information Act: improve (see S. 2520), S3939 [24JN]

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see H.R. 5402), H7295 [8SE]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see S. 2159), S1775 [26MR] (see H.R. 4301), H2694 [26MR]

Hate crimes: provide grants to establish a national hate crime hotline and hate crime information and assistance website and provide training and education to local law enforcement to prevent hate crimes (see H.R. 5028), H5876 [8JY]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Immigration: appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (see H.R. 4936), H5639 [23JN]

——— extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (see S. 2463), S3604 [11JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (see S. 2743), S5217 (see S. 2772, 2773), S5218 [31JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (see H.R. 5230), H7039 [29JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (see H. Res. 696), H7124 [30JY] (see H. Res. 710), H7240 [1AU]

——— report to Congress on the number of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. who appear and fail to appear before immigration judges for certain proceedings (see H.R. 5105), H6215 [14JY] (see H.R. 5118), H6296 [15JY]

Independent Counsel: reauthorize provisions (see H.R. 4603), H3940 [7MY]

Inspector General: provide with the authority to investigate allegations of misconduct by departmental attorneys (see S. 2127), S1652 [13MR]

Intelligence services: modify the purposes of authorized collection of business records, prohibit the bulk collection of metadata, and require judicial review of national security letters (see S. 2093), S1365 [6MR]

IRS: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (see S. Res. 487), S4154 [26JN] (see H. Res. 565), H3413 [2MY]

——— appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (H. Res. 565), consideration (see H. Res. 568), H3445 [6MY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2999), S6626 [11DE]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 2598), S4454 [14JY] (see H.R. 5096), H6215 [14JY]

——— encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see S. 2807), S5588 [15SE]

——— establish a Dept. of Justice Office of Forensic Science, a Forensic Science Board, and committees of scientists to examine forensic sciences, and require laboratories to be accredited (see S. 2177), S1818 [27MR]

——— establish a permanent background check system for private security officers to improve child protection (see S. 2647), S4762 [23JY]

——— establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 3902), H1240 [16JA]

——— establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and the current DNA analysis backlog (see H.R. 5789), H8365 [3DE]

——— fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see S. 2840), S5697 [17SE] (see H.R. 5519), H7675 [17SE]

——— protect crime victims’ rights (see H.R. 4165), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see S. 2821), S5628 [16SE]

——— provide grants to States and local governments for video recording of custodial interrogations (see H.R. 5535), H7882 [18SE]

——— reform civil asset forfeiture policies (see H.R. 5212), H6976 [28JY]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see S. 2871), S5782 [18SE]

——— study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (see H.R. 5407), H7295 [8SE]

Law enforcement officers: establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5865), H9302 [11DE]

——— issue rules pertaining to collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5866), H9302 [11DE]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 2441), S3474 [5JN]

Lerner, Lois G.: request copies of any emails that were transmitted to or from the email account(s) of former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner (see H. Res. 646), H5768 [25JN]

Medicare: distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (see S. 2949), S6204 [20NO]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 424), S2406 [11AP] (see H. Res. 551), H3197 [10AP]

National Parents Corps Program: establish (see H.R. 5623), H7885 [18SE]

National Security Agency: provide reports on the use of electronic surveillance, the use of business records, and investigation of non U.S. person to certain additional congressional committees (see H.R. 3881), H472 [15JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

Pornography: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see S. 2301), S2796 [7MY] (see S. 2344), S3074 [15MY] (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: require reports submitted to Congress under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to be submitted to such Board (see H.R. 4499), H3240 [28AP]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4391), H2913 [3AP]

Public safety officers: expand benefits to families of officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries in the line of duty (see S. 2332), S3028 [14MY]

Science: establish scientific standards and protocols across forensic disciplines (see S. 2022), S947 [12FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2437), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4660), H4433 [15MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), consideration (see H. Res. 585), H4474 [19MY]

Senior citizens: establish a national Silver Alert communications network to assist regional and local search efforts for missing senior citizens (see H.R. 5361), H7183 [31JY]

Taxation: provide an exemption from tax on early distributions for certain Bureau of Prisons correctional officers who retire before age 55 (see S. 2257), S2424 [28AP]

Troops-to-Cops Program: authorize grant funds (see H.R. 4769), H5022 [29MY]

U.S. Marshals Service: clarify authority to assist other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of cases involving missing children (see S. 2528), S4003 [25JN]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: disapprove amendment to sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 5605), H7884 [18SE]

Ukraine: refute Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its territory, airspace, or waters, oppose foreign aid or investments with Russia as intermediary, and restrict aid to countries that recognize Russian sovereignty (see S. 2238), S2378 [10AP]

Veterans: improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 2393), S3294 [22MY]

Violent Crime Reduction Partnerships: provide funding in the most violent communities (see H.R. 4088), H1937 [25FE]

Voting: ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote (see S. 2017), S947 [12FE]

Cloture motions

Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1223 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5083 [30JY]

Cruden, John C.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, S6805 [13DE]

Kadzik, Peter J.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, S3654 [12JN], S3697 [17JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]

Letters

Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act, S2798, S2799 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice investigation into allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny from the IRS, H3914, H3916 [7MY]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7005 [29JY]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7005 [29JY]

Immigration and Naturalization Service guidelines for deportation: several current and former Representatives (1999), H2334 [12MR]

Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act and No Social Security for Nazis Act: Jason Isaacson, American Jewish Committee, H8232 [2DE]

Prohibit Dept. of Justice funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing: several banking organizations, H5000 [29MY]

——— several insurance trade organizations, H5001 [29MY]

Suitability of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division relative to actions as NAACP Legal Defense Fund director of litigation in representing Mumia Abu-Jamal: Maureen Faulkner, S1268 [4MR]

Supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H7220, H7224, H7225 [1AU]

——— Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H7226 [1AU]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act, S6032 [18NO]

Lists

DEA agents killed in the line of duty, H4939 [29MY]

Individuals and organizations supporting nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1292 [5MR]

Memorandums

Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Opinions on Interrogation Methods of Detainees: David J. Barron, Dept. of Justice, S3262 [22MY]

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4988 [28JY], S5075 [30JY], S5159, S5197, S5204 [31JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), H2402 [13MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3621 [12JN], S3675 [16JN], S3691 [17JN], H5014 [29MY]

Press releases

Announcing New Clemency Initiative, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Details Broad New Criteria for Applicants, H4990 [29MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: add incest to exceptions to prohibition on funding for abortions, H4952 [29MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense, H6845, H6847 [25JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), H6865 [28JY]

ATF: investigation of straw purchases or trafficking of certain firearms and dangerous weapons funding, H4972–H4974 [29MY], E916 [9JN]

——— Violent Crime Reduction Partnership program funding through reductions in NASA exploration funding, H4940, H4941 [29MY]

Budget: prohibit cuts in budget baseline for education, health, and safety protections, H3020 [8AP]

Bureau of Prisons: prohibit funding for contracts with for-profit prisons that require a guaranteed inmate population, H4985, H4986 [29MY]

Children’s Advocacy Centers: increase authorization (S. 1799), H6875–H6877 [28JY], E1265 [29JY]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H8871 [9DE], H8939 [10DE]

Clemency initiative: funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons funding, H4905, H4906 [28MY]

Colleges and universities: allow growth or cultivation of industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research in States that already permit industrial hemp growth, H4980, H4981, H4990, H4991 [29MY]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census periodic censuses funding, H4882, H4883 [28MY]

——— technology grants funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4888, H4889 [28MY]

——— youth violence prevention funding, H4950, H4951 [29MY]

Correctional institutions: implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H2895 [3AP]

——— prohibit funding for operation, renovation, or construction at Thomson Correctional Facility, H4977–H4979 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to expand use of executive clemency in a manner that is inconsistent with the law and the Constitution, H4989, H4990 [29MY]

Courts: decision to prosecute individuals involved in terrorist attacks in U.S. courts, H5491 [18JN]

——— mental health courts and veterans treatment courts funding, H4890, H4891 [28MY]

——— State and local mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program grants funding, H4902, H4903 [28MY]

——— veterans treatment courts funding, H4901, H4902 [28MY], H4944 [29MY]

——— veterans treatment courts funding through reductions in ATF salaries and expenses account funding, H4941, H4942 [29MY]

Crime: investigation relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H3190 [10AP]

——— provide informational resources to local law enforcement to help combat human trafficking, H4506 [20MY]

——— rape kit forensic analysis backlog reduction funding, H4929 [29MY]

Crime Victims Fund: clarify that funding of Victim Witness Coordinators, Advocates, and Specialists is to provide services exclusively for the benefit of crime victims, E1265 [29JY]

——— funding, H4963, H4964 [29MY]

——— raise cap, H2894 [3AP]

DEA: administrative spending, salaries, and expense accounts funding, H4936–H4939 [29MY]

Dept. of Commerce: report on sanctions against foreign companies that benefit from information acquired by hacking into private domestic computers, H4975, H4976 [29MY]

——— U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons funding, H4881 [28MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: investigation of discretionary enforcement decisions regarding certain immigration violations funding, H4900, H4901 [28MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to retain legal counsel who is not an employee of either Dept. of HUD or Dept. of Justice, H5177, H5178 [9JN]

Deputy Attorney General Office: condition reduction of salaries account funding on enforcement of Federal laws relative to marijuana use, H4906–H4908 [28MY]

Discrimination: prohibit funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H5000, H5001 [29MY]

DNA Backlog Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 4323), H2895 [3AP], H2980–H2983 [7AP]

Drugs: drug court program funding, H4880, H4881 [28MY]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses, E339 [10MR]

——— improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 4709), H7004–H7007 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana, H4878 [28MY], H4982–H4985 [29MY], H5358 [12JN], E1034 [20JN]

——— proposal to offer clemency to non-violent drug offenders, H1528 [3FE]

Economic High-Tech and Cyber Crime Prevention program: funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4948, H4949 [29MY]

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program: firearms safety materials distribution and gun locks funding, H4949, H4950 [29MY]

——— funding through reductions in Office of Justice Programs, Research, Evaluation, and Statistics funding, H4946 [29MY]

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program: reduce funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (H.R. 5550), H8203 [1DE], H8279 [3DE]

Executive Office for Immigration Review: funding, H4899 [28MY]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H4897, H4898 [28MY], H4926 [29MY], H5058 [30MY], E876 [29MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure reporting requirements relative to officials who stop enforcing a law do not expose critical national security and foreign policy legal, strategic, and tactical positions, H2402, H2403 [13MR]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), H2244 [6MR], H2309, H2326, H2340–H2348 [12MR], H2401–H2405 [13MR], H2471 [14MR]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), consideration (H. Res. 511), H2311–H2319 [12MR]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), motion to recommit, H2402–H2404 [13MR]

——— waive reporting requirements relative to officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason if sufficient funds are not available to generate the increase volume of reports, H2347, H2348 [12MR]

Firearms: 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 (H.R. 2005), H6227 [15JY]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, H4918 [29MY]

——— 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 (H.R. 1565), H2919 [4AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: require disclosure of decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified, H4709 [21MY], H4796 [22MY]

——— require disclosure of decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (H.R. 2440), H1649 [5FE]

Fort Smith, AR: groundbreaking of U.S. Marshals Museum, H7627 [17SE]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (H.R. 1211), H1887–H1891 [25FE]

Holder, Attorney General: enforcement of certain laws and constitutionality of certain executive actions, H2088–H2090 [28FE], H3052 [8AP]

——— express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H3442 [6MY]

——— impeach (H. Res. 411), H6663 [23JY]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 4660, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, E886 [30MY]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 5135), H6664, H6724–H6727 [23JY], E1216 [23JY]

Immigration: appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (H.R. 4936), H6663 [23JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7045, H7119, H7121–H7123 [30JY], H7153–H7169 [31JY], H7191–H7204, H7213–H7228 [1AU], E1316, E1325, E1328 [1AU], E1365 [9SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7133–H7149 [31JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7206–H7213 [1AU], E1327 [1AU]

IRS: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS, H5733, H5734, H5765 [25JN], H6754, H6755, H6756, H6758 [24JY]

——— appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (H. Res. 565), H3909–H3919 [7MY], H6755 [24JY], H7593 [16SE]

——— appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (H. Res. 565), consideration (H. Res. 568), H3458–H3465 [7MY]

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program: enhance use for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize (H.R. 2585), H128 [9JA], H3968, H4008 [8MY]

Law enforcement: call for investigation of operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H10 [7JA]

——— 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), H129 [9JA]

——— protect crime victims’ rights (H.R. 4165), E537 [7AP], E1265 [29JY]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (H.R. 744), H7267–H7269 [8SE]

——— reform civil asset forfeiture policies, H4957 [29MY]

——— reform civil asset forfeiture policies (H.R. 5212), H7392 [10SE]

——— State and local law enforcement training and education funding to secure cooperation of victims in efforts to prosecute human trafficking cases, H4942, H4943 [29MY], H6734 [23JY]

——— study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (H.R. 5407), H8205 [1DE], H8941 [10DE]

——— Violence Against Women Act programs, rape kit forensic analysis backlog reduction, and Community Oriented Policing Servcies (COPS) Program funding, H5014, H5015 [29MY]

LSC: funding through reductions in DEA funding, H4930, H4931 [29MY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H2714 [27MR]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H26 [8JA], H1601 [5FE], H5252, H5254 [11JN], H6749, H6778 [24JY], H6981 [29JY], H7302 [9SE]

Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2976), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: observance, H3065 [9AP], E537 [7AP]

National Parents Corps Program: establish (H.R. 5623), E1473 [19SE]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5706), H8235 [2DE], E1564 [13NO]

News media: allegations of secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press (news service) reporters, H3191 [10AP]

——— prohibit funding to force journalists or news reporters to testify to reveal their sources, H4996, H4997 [29MY], E897 [30MY], E931 [9JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H2477 [14MR], H3441 [6MY]

Office of Justice Programs: prohibit funding to jurisdictions that have illegal immigration sanctuary policies, H5002 [29MY]

Office of the Pardon Attorney: prohibit funding to transfer or detail employees to process clemency applications, H4986, H4987 [29MY]

Office on Violence Against Women: funding for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, H4900 [28MY]

——— Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Program funding, H4945 [29MY]

Operation Choke Point: condemn activities to financially intimidate certain industries, H5192 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for activities to financially intimidate certain industries, H5001, H5002 [29MY]

Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force: funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4888 [28MY]

Pay for Success program: funding, H4943 [29MY]

Postconviction DNA Testing Grant Program: reauthorize, H2981 [7AP]

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: funding, H4928 [29MY]

Project Safe Neighborhoods program: funding through reductions in NASA construction funding, H4947, H4948 [29MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction excluding the FBI, H4976 [29MY]

——— making appropriations, H439, H443 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4812 [22MY], H4868–H4908 [28MY], H4926, H4927–H5016 [29MY], H5058 [30MY], H5358 [12JN], H6734 [23JY], E874, E876, E878 [29MY], E879, E881, E886, E892, E893, E897 [30MY], E916, E931 [9JN], E951 [11JN], E969 [12JN], E1034 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), consideration (H. Res. 585), H4496–H4501 [20MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to recommit, H5014, H5015 [29MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), unanimous-consent agreement, H4955 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding for any unauthorized program, H5003 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H4977 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to States or local governments with laws, policies, or procedures in contravention of Federal immigration laws, H5003, H5004 [29MY]

Second Chance Act: grant funding, H4904, H4905 [28MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H128 [9JA]

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, H2982 [7AP]

Sharpton, Al: potential consultation on Attorney General nomination, H8035 [18NO]

Sports: civil rights issues affecting major sports leagues, H4948 [29MY]

States: prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of industrial hemp, H4979–H4981, H4991 [29MY]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H5505 [19JN]

Telecommunications: prohibit funding to obtain contents of wire or electronic communications in a remote computing service that are more than 180 days old, H4998 [29MY]

Tuthill, Pat: Dept. of Justice Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award recipient, H3064 [9AP]

U.S. attorneys: investigations and prosecutorial resources funding, H4903, H4904 [28MY]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary, H7627 [17SE]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: decision to retroactively modify sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses, E1203 [22JY]

Veterans: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (H.R. 2187), H3064 [9AP]

Remarks in Senate

Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S918 [12FE], S1223 [27FE], S1262–S1264, S1267, S1270–S1272, S1283 [4MR], S1285, S1288–S1295, S1305, S1306 [5MR]

——— suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division relative to actions as NAACP Legal Defense Fund director of litigation in representing Mumia Abu-Jamal, S918 [12FE], S1262–S1264, S1267, S1270–S1272 [4MR], S1285, S1288–S1295, S1305 [5MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4746, S4752, S4846 [23JY], S4851, S4869, S4877, S4880, S4887, S4893 [24JY], S4975–S4980 [28JY], S5197–S5205, S5290, S5310 [31JY], S5323 [1AU]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5005–S5015, S5019, S5041 [29JY], S5075, S5081, S5083–S5087, S5093–S5095, S5102–S5107, S5117–S5121 [30JY], S5159, S5164–S5169, S5172, S5181, S5186–S5188, S5193, S5194 [31JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), unanimous-consent agreement, S5197 [31JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), unanimous-consent request, S5201 [31JY]

Blankinship, Gary L.: nomination to be U.S. Marshal, S935, S936 [12FE]

Bulletproof Vest Partnership: extend authorization (S. 933), S747 [4FE], S940 [12FE], S1301 [5MR], S2691, S2692 [6MY], S2753–S2755 [7MY], S2995, S3015 [14MY], S5845 [18SE]

——— extend authorization (S. 933), unanimous-consent request, S2691 [6MY], S2995 [14MY]

Caldwell, Leslie Ragon: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, S3057 [15MY]

Carlin, John P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, S1896 [1AP], S2231 [8AP]

——— nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, unanimous-consent agreement, S1896 [1AP]

Children and youth: report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (H.R. 3627), S2823 [7MY]

Children’s Advocacy Centers: increase authorization, S3800 [18JN]

——— increase authorization (S. 1799), S4189 [26JN], S5126 [30JY]

Committees of the Senate: clarify responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community (S. Res. 470), S3620 [11JN], S4204 [7JY]

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: strengthen the Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S3333 [2JN]

Congress: legislative priorities, S6124–S6126 [19NO]

Cook, Elisebeth Collins: nomination to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, S3212 [21MY]

Correctional institutions: permit certain low-risk Federal prisoners to earn credit toward completing a portion of their sentence through home confinement, halfway houses, or community supervision, S3912 [24JN]

Credit Suisse Group AG: require disclosure of names of U.S. citizens hiring the Swiss bank for tax evasion purposes, S3255, S3256 [22MY]

Crime: combat human trafficking (S. 2941), S6153 [19NO]

——— decriminalization of marijuana, S1274 [4MR]

——— investigation relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, S3487 [9JN]

Crime Victims Fund: clarify that funding of Victim Witness Coordinators, Advocates, and Specialists is to provide services exclusively for the benefit of crime victims, S5126 [30JY]

Cruden, John C.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, S6804 [13DE], S6905 [16DE]

DEA: investigation into detention of Daniel Chong, S5070–S5072 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: investigation of discretionary enforcement decisions regarding certain immigration violations funding, S3392 [4JN]

DNA Backlog Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 4323), S2358, S2359 [10AP]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4323), unanimous-consent agreement, S5763 [18SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4323), unanimous-consent request, S2358 [10AP]

Drugs: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 2839), S5701 [17SE]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (S. 1410), S2224–S2226 [8AP], S2942 [13MY], S3912 [24JN], S4449 [14JY], S5845 [18SE], S6490 [10DE]

——— proposal to offer clemency to non-violent drug offenders, S2549 [30AP]

——— provide with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity (S. 706), S6840 [15DE]

Executive Office for Immigration Review: funding, S5106, S5107 [30JY]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and address mental illness in the criminal justice system, S7 [6JA], S843 [10FE], S1808 [27MR], S2634 [5MY]

——— 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), S1901 [1AP]

——— establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms in domestic violence cases (S. 2676), S5296 [31JY]

——— prevent criminals from obtaining firearms through straw purchasing and trafficking, S1649 [13MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: require disclosure of decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified, S104 [8JA]

Freedom of Information Act: improve (S. 2520), S3942 [24JN], S6343 [4DE], S6375–S6377 [8DE], S6442 [9DE], S6580 [10DE], S6767 [12DE]

Green, James W.F.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3210, S3212 [21MY]

Hobbs, Robert L.: nomination to be U.S. Marshal, S935, S936 [12FE]

Immigration: extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (S. 2463), S3595, S3599, S3605 [11JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (S. 2772), S5317 [1AU]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (S. 2773), S5203, S5315 [31JY], S5317 [1AU]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), S5077–S5079 [30JY], S5176 [31JY], S5321 [1AU], S5334, S5337 [5AU], S5349, S5353 [8SE]

IRS: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS, S3889 [23JN]

——— appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (S. Res. 487), S4113–S4116 [26JN]

——— appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (S. Res. 487), unanimous-consent request, S4115 [26JN]

Kadzik, Peter J.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, S3487–S3489 [9JN], S3651–S3653, S3654 [12JN], S3691, S3711 [17JN]

——— suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs relative to cooperation with congressional oversight, S3487–S3489 [9JN], S3691 [17JN]

——— suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs relative to refusal to testify during congressional investigation into pardon of Marc Rich during Clinton administration, S3487 [9JN], S3691 [17JN]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (S. 2598), S4456 [14JY]

——— encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 1447), S6341 [4DE], S6579, S6580 [10DE], S6612 [11DE]

——— establish a Dept. of Justice Office of Forensic Science, a Forensic Science Board, and committees of scientists to examine forensic sciences, and require laboratories to be accredited (S. 2177), S1821 [27MR], S2404 [11AP], S5290 [31JY]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (S. 822), S1811 [27MR], S1898, S1912 [1AP], S2337, S2358, S2371 [10AP], S2403 [11AP], S2577 [1MY], S4670 [22JY], S5290 [31JY], S5574 [15SE], S5845 [18SE]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (S. 149), S2369 [10AP], S2636, S2638 [5MY]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (S. 149), unanimous-consent request, S2637, S2638 [5MY]

Law enforcement officers: provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 2441), S3477 [5JN]

Luger, Andrew M.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S644 [30JA], S677 [3FE], S744–S746 [4FE], S811 [6FE], S935, S936 [12FE]

Lynch, Loretta E.: nomination to be Attorney General, S6487 [10DE]

Martinez, Damon P.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3212 [21MY]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: observance, S2371 [10AP]

——— support mission and goals (S. Res. 424), S2403 [11AP]

National security: acknowledge increasing threat of narcoterrorism to national security and ensure law enforcement agencies have proper tools to combat such crimes, S4449 [14JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP], S2628 [5MY]

Office on Violence Against Women: Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Program funding, S5292 [31JY]

Pornography: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (S. 2301), S2798, S2799 [7MY]

POW: prohibit funding for transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whom Guantanamo Review Task Force has recommended for continued law of war detention, S3842 [19JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S6903 [16DE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Program: improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 773), S3960 [25JN]

Rojas, Amos, Jr.: nomination to be U.S. Marshal, S935, S936 [12FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, S411 [16JA], S6754 [12DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3392 [4JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3621, S3654 [12JN], S3675 [16JN], S3691 [17JN], S3776–S3784, S3788, S3792, S3798–S3800, S3804 [18JN], S3836–S3843, S3845, S3852 [19JN], S3887 [23JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), unanimous-consent request, S3843 [19JN]

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, S1899 [1AP]

SSA: investigation into fraudulent Social Security disability claims, S6889–S6891 [16DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S2558 [30AP], S4142 [26JN]

Techau, Kevin W.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S935, S936 [12FE]

Tobin, Peter C.: nomination to be U.S. Marshal, S935, S936 [12FE]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary, S5125 [30JY], S5620 [16SE]

Ukraine: refute Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its territory, airspace, or waters, oppose foreign aid or investments with Russia as intermediary, and restrict aid to countries that recognize Russian sovereignty (S. 2238), S4673 [22JY]

——— refute Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its territory, airspace or waters, oppose foreign aid or investments with Russia as intermediary, and restrict aid to countries that recognize Russian sovereignty, S2300 [9AP]

Reports

Debunking the Myth That the IRS Targeted Progressives—How the IRS and Congressional Democrats Misled America About Disparate Treatment: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) Staff, H3918 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Las Vegas, NV, Initiative, H7285 [8SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H. Res. 565, Dept. of Justice Appointment of a Special Counsel To Investigate the Alleged Targeting of Conservative Nonprofit Groups by the IRS: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 568) (H. Rept. 113–439), H3445 [6MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3973, Faithful Execution of the Law Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 511) (H. Rept. 113–378), H2300 [11MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4660, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 585) (H. Rept. 113–455), H4474 [19MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5230, Supplemental Appropriations To Address Border Crisis, Border Security and Law Enforcement, and Humanitarian and Repatriation Assistance: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 113–571), H7240 [1AU]

Death in Custody Reporting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1447), S6204 [20NO]

Dept. of Justice Children’s Advocacy Centers Authorization Increase: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1799), S3668 [12JN]

Dept. of Justice DNA Backlog Reduction Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4323) (H. Rept. 113–404), H2990 [7AP]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4709) (H. Rept. 113–605), H7881 [18SE]

Faithful Execution of the Law Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3973) (H. Rept. 113–376), H2260 [10MR]

FOIA Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2520), S6204 [20NO]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2520) (S. Rept. 113–287), S6388 [8DE]

Forensic Science and Standards Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2022), S6388 [8DE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2022) (S. Rept. 113–320), S6788 [12DE]

Nomination of Amos Rojas, Jr., To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of Andrew M. Luger To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of Arthur L. Bentley III To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5588 [15SE]

Nomination of Damon P. Martinez To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2161 [3AP]

Nomination of David Rivera To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5992 [13NO]

Nomination of Debo P. Adegbile To Be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S821 [6FE]

Nomination of Elisebeth Collins Cook to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2613 [1MY]

Nomination of Gary L. Blankinship To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of James W.F. Green To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2613 [1MY]

Nomination of John C. Cruden To Be Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1818 [27MR]

Nomination of John P. Carlin To Be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S1315 [5MR]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S821 [6FE]

Nomination of Kevin W. Techau To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of Leslie Ragon Caldwell To Be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1365 [6MR]

Nomination of Peter C. Tobin To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of Peter J. Kadzik To Be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Robert L. Hobbs To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1675), S1517 [11MR]

Referral to Attorney General of Lois G. Lerner for Possible Prosecution for Violations of Criminal Statutes Based on Evidence Uncovered in the Course of Investigation of IRS Abuses: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Rept. 113–414), H3239 [28AP]

Request Copies of Dept. of Justice Emails That Were Transmitted To or From the Email Account(s) of Lois G. Lerner: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 646) (H. Rept. 113–545), H6654 [22JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4660) (H. Rept. 113–448), H4433 [15MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2437) (S. Rept. 113–181), S3474 [5JN]

Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1690), S5918 [12NO]

Smarter Sentencing Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1410), S1517 [11MR]

Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5402) (H. Rept. 113–658), H9302 [11DE]

Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting (STOP) Identity Theft Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 744) (H. Rept. 113–576), H7295 [8SE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 149), S1365 [6MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5205 [31JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4951, H4952, H4998 [29MY]

Tables

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4871–H4875 [28MY]

Supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7159 [31JY], H7218 [1AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 511, consideration of H.R. 4138, Executive Needs To Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law (ENFORCE the Law) Act and H.R. 3973, Faithful Execution of the Law Act, H2311 [12MR]

H. Res. 565, Dept. of Justice appointment of a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS, H3909 [7MY]

H. Res. 568, consideration of H. Res. 565, Dept. of Justice appointment of a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS, H3458 [7MY]

H. Res. 585, consideration of H.R. 4660, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H4496 [20MY]

H. Res. 696, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7133 [31JY]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7206 [1AU]

H.R. 744, Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting (STOP) Identity Theft Act, H7267 [8SE]

H.R. 1211, FOIA Oversight and Implementation (FOIA) Act, H1887–H1890 [25FE]

H.R. 3973, Faithful Execution of the Law Act, H2340 [12MR]

H.R. 4323, DNA Backlog Reduction Program reauthorization, H2980 [7AP]

H.R. 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, H7004 [29JY]

H.R. 5135, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H6724 [23JY]

H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7153–H7158 [31JY], H7213–H7216 [1AU]

S. 706, Transnational Drug Trafficking Act, S6840 [15DE]

S. 1799, Dept. of Justice Children’s Advocacy Centers authorization increase, S4189 [26JN], H6875 [28JY]

S. 2177, Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Reform Act, S1822–S1830 [27MR]

S. 2204, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S2162–S2164 [3AP]

S. 2520, FOIA Improvement Act, S3942–S3944 [24JN], S6375–S6377 [8DE]

S. 2598, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA), S4456–S4458 [14JY]

S. 2743, supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance, S5224–S5233 [31JY]

S. 2941, Combat Human Trafficking Act, S6154 [19NO]

S. Res. 424, support mission and goals of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, S2407 [11AP]

S. Res. 470, clarify committees of the Senate responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community, S3606 [11JN]

S. Res. 487, Dept. of Justice appointment of a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS, S4163 [26JN]