FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Amendments

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), consideration (H. Res. 531), H8377 [19NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3643 [1JN], H3674, H3675, H3676, H3677, H3678, H3680, H3681, H3682, H3683, H3684, H3685, H3686, H3687, H3688, H3689, H3691, H3692, H3693, H3694, H3695, H3696, H3701, H3702, H3703, H3704, H3706, H3707, H3708, H3709, H3716, H3718, H3721, H3722, H3724, H3725, H3727, H3728, H3729, H3730, H3732, H3733, H3734, H3735, H3736, H3737, H3738, H3739, H3740, H3741, H3742, H3743, H3744, H3745, H3747, H3748, H3750, H3752, H3753, H3754, H3760, H3761, H3762 [2JN], H3790, H3791, H3793, H3794, H3795, H3796, H3797, H3798, H3799, H3801, H3803, H3804, H3805, H3807, H3808 [3JN]

Articles and editorials

Impeding the Fight Against Terror—U.S. Appeals-Court Ruling on Surveillance Will Have Damaging Consequences if Obama Doesn’t Appeal, S2825 [13MY]

Let Inspectors General Do Their Job, S7750 [4NO]

MoveOn Responds to Obama’s Veto Threat of House Refugee Bill, H8391 [19NO]

Refugees From War Aren’t the Enemy, H8390 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions

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. 1329), H1613 [4MR]

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (see H.R. 1092), H1164 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8239 [16NO]

——— enhance partnership with the National Network of Fusion Centers (see H.R. 3598), H6227 [24SE]

——— require States and Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide certain statistics to the FBI and require the FBI to publish such statistics (see H.R. 1041), H1113 [24FE]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5401 [22JY]

Dept. of Justice: 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. 320), H358 [13JA]

——— 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. 2105), S7046 [30SE] (see H.R. 3653), H6749 [30SE]

——— improve investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws relative to cybercrimes against persons (see H.R. 2602), H3756 [2JN]

——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 2917), H4770 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see S. 1673), S4602 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see H.R. 2001), H2463 [23AP]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5029 [9JY]

Federal employees: provide adequate whistleblower protections (see S. 2390), S8602 [10DE]

Firearms: ensure States submit all records of individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 2192), S7413 [21OC]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 3411), H5768 [29JY]

——— extend period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System before being allowed to transfer a firearm (see H.R. 3375), H5766 [29JY]

——— prevent illegal sale by improving tracking data and extending the time background check records are maintained (see H.R. 3395), H5767 [29JY]

——— prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see S. 2213), S7594 [28OC] (see H.R. 3051), H5171 [14JY]

——— report on number of firearms transfers resulting from failure to complete a background check within 3 days, and procedures followed after it is discovered a firearm is transferred to an ineligible recipient (see H.R. 3125), H5329 [21JY]

Immigration: prohibit admission of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territories (see S. 2302), S8079 [18NO] (see H.R. 4143), H8859 [1DE]

——— provide additional security requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, including passing polygraphs, providing biometric data and DNA samples, and background checks including investigation of online activity (see H.R. 4291), H10710 [18DE]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see S. 2300), S8079 [18NO] (see H.R. 4038), H8279 [17NO] (see H.R. 4086), H8410 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), consideration (see H. Res. 531), H8359 [18NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4079), H8410 [19NO]

Intelligence services: require an assessment of fusion center personnel needs (see H.R. 3503), H5975 [11SE]

J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, Washington, DC: redesignate as FBI Building (see H.R. 3801), H7137 [22OC]

Law enforcement: include information in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System on law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides (see H.R. 1810), H2268 [15AP]

——— use Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, solve and prevent crime, exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlog (see S. 2348), S8378 [3DE]

Levinson, Robert: urge intensified cooperation by Iran on the case of the disappearance of former FBI agent while on business trip in Iran (see S. Res. 99), S1384 [10MR] (see H. Res. 148), H1626 [10MR]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 1738), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 2994), H5029 [9JY]

National security: authorize access to certain records, make permanent certain authorities on roving surveillance, individual terrorists, and foreign surveillance, and modify access requirements for telecommunications records (see S. 2344), S8306 [2DE]

——— extend authority relative to roving surveillance, business records access, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and modify requirements relative to FBI access to telephone and toll records (see H.R. 4270), H9374 [16DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: require study to define method for measuring potential damage from cyber attacks for the purposes of determining response to such incidents (see H.R. 2708), H4001 [9JN]

Schools: require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired (see S. 63), S58 [7JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2131), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 2578), H3581 [29MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), consideration (see H. Res. 287), H3641 [1JN]

Ships and vessels: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see H.R. 3142), H5330 [21JY]

SSA: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective (see H.R. 3126), H5329 [21JY]

Terrorism: designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure release of U.S. hostages of hostile groups of state sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 1498), H1802 [19MR] (see H.R. 2877), H4650 [24JN]

——— require an independent review of operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database and its subsets (see H.R. 4240), H9306 [11DE]

——— review completeness of the FBI Terrorist Screening Database and the derivative terrorist watchlist used by the Transportation Security Administration (see H.R. 48), H37 [6JA]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 229), S5526 [23JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal (see H.R. 1466), H1801 [19MR]

Letters

American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act: Asian Americans Advancing Justice (organization), H8392 [19NO]

——— Avideh Moussavian, National Immigration Law Center (organization), H8391, H8394 [19NO]

——— Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), H8393 [19NO]

——— Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8393 [19NO]

——— Karin Johnson, Joanne Lin, and Chris Rickerd, ACLU, H8392 [19NO]

——— Melanie Nezer, Refugee Council USA, H8387, H8391 [19NO]

——— Steve Timmermans, Christian Reformed Church, H8392 [19NO]

——— Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H8391 [19NO]

Current process for admission of certain aliens as refugees: Janet A. Napolitano and Michael Chertoff, H8385 [19NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security Support to Fusion Centers Act and Fusion Center Enhancement Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H7357, H7359 [2NO]

——— Representative Nunes, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H7357, H7359 [2NO]

Fusion Center Enhancement Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E1600 [5NO]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1600 [5NO]

U.S. refugee resettlement program: several human rights and religious organizations, H8372 [19NO]

Motions

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8397 [19NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3815 [3JN]

Press releases

American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act: Representatives Schiff, Bennie Thompson, and Lofgren, H8373 [19NO]

Remarks in House

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (H.R. 1092), H1895–H1897 [24MR]

Counterterrorism activities: funding through reductions in LSC funding, H3701, H3702 [2JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance partnership with the National Network of Fusion Centers (H.R. 3598), H7355–H7357 [2NO]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (H.R. 3151), H5336 [22JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws relative to cybercrimes against persons (H.R. 2602), H3768 [3JN]

——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (H.R. 2917), H6797 [6OC]

——— prohibit funding to gather foreign intelligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act using U.S. person identifiers, H3725–H3727 [2JN]

——— tribute to members of the Citizens’ Commission investigation, E442 [26MR]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (H. Res. 354), H7372–H7378 [2NO], E1576, E1577 [3NO]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale, H9006 [3DE]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 3411), H6798 [6OC]

——— obligate gun dealers to use a prohibited person background check for every firearm sale or transfer, H6839, H6840 [7OC], H6899, H6901 [8OC]

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8288, H8289, H8349, H8350 [18NO], H8365, H8366, H8381–H8400, H8401, H8403, H8405 [19NO], H8436 [30NO], H8651 [1DE], H9050 [8DE], E1672 [30NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), consideration (H. Res. 531), H8367–H8378 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), motion to recommit, H8398 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, H8376, H8386, H8398 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4079), H8396 [19NO], E1672 [30NO]

Intelligence services: report on progress in implementing information-sharing with the Joint Terrorism Task Force and other Federal agencies, H4408 [16JN]

——— require an assessment of fusion center personnel needs (H.R. 3503), H7357–H7360 [2NO]

J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, Washington, DC: redesignate as FBI Building (H.R. 3801), E1512 [22OC]

Law enforcement: include information in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System on law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides (H.R. 1810), H2365 [22AP], H2492 [28AP], H3299 [18MY], H3503 [20MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: require study to define method for measuring potential damage from cyber attacks for the purposes of determining response to such incidents, H4414, H4415 [16JN]

——— require study to define method for measuring potential damage from cyber attacks for the purposes of determining response to such incidents (H.R. 2708), H3925 [9JN]

Petraeus, David H.: urge Dept of Justice not to pursue felony charges relative to leaking classifed information while CIA Director, H237 [13JA], H399 [14JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3728 [2JN], H3799–H3801 [3JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3584 [1JN], H3660–H3755 [2JN], H3781–H3817 [3JN], E827 [3JN], E839 [4JN], E850 [8JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3652–H3659 [2JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), motion to recommit, H3815, H3816 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H3742 [2JN]

——— prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H3725 [2JN]

——— prohibit funding to States or local governments with laws, policies, or procedures in contravention of Federal immigration laws, H3743, H3744 [2JN], H3804, H3805 [3JN]

SSA: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective, H5342 [22JY]

Telephones: prohibit funding to operate or disseminate a cell-site simulator or international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher except pursuant to a court order that identifies an individual, account, address, or personal device, H3795, H3796 [3JN]

Terrorism: review completeness of the FBI Terrorist Screening Database and the derivative terrorist watchlist used by the Transportation Security Administration (H.R. 48), H962 [11FE], H4129 [10JN], H8444 [30NO], H9055 [8DE], E1770 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (H.R. 1092), S2088 [26MR]

Children and youth: create a pilot program that would allow retired FBI agents to assist local law enforcement in locating runaway children and teens, S1404 [11MR], S1572 [17MR]

Computers: improve cybersecurity in the U.S. to protect against and prevent cyber attacks, S233–S235 [16JA], S384–S386 [22JA]

Dept. of Justice: 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 (S. 2105), S7113 [5OC]

FCC: investigation into alleged misuse of surveillance technology used to intercept cellular signals, S1096 [25FE]

Federal employees: provide adequate whistleblower protections (S. 2390), S8605–S8607 [10DE]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, S8347 [3DE]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, S2235–S2237 [16AP]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale, S8182 [30NO], S8323, S8328, S8348 [3DE], S8430 [7DE]

——— obligate gun dealers to use a prohibited person background check for every firearm sale or transfer, S6452 [8SE], S7147–S7149 [6OC], S7238–S7241 [8OC]

——— prohibit firearm dealers to proceed with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days, S4996 [13JY]

Government: impact of sequestration on Executive departments and independent agencies services, S4172 [16JN]

Human rights: combat trafficking in persons, S1266–S1270, S1277 [4MR]

Immigration: prohibit admission of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territories (S. 2302), S8116 [19NO]

——— prohibit admission of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territories (S. 2302), unanimous-consent request, S8116 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, S8113, S8114 [19NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), S8125, S8175 [19NO], S8204–S8206 [1DE], S8447 [8DE]

Inspector General: failure to comply with request for information in certain investigations, S2265 [20AP]

Intelligence services: provide liability protection to businesses that share cybersecurity threats with FBI or the Secret Service rather than just Dept. of Homeland Security, S7511, S7519–S7521 [27OC]

Levinson, Robert: urge intensified cooperation by Iran on the case of the disappearance of former FBI agent while on business trip in Iran, S1471 [12MR]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, S7245–S7248 [8OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4012 [10JN], S4122 [15JN]

——— making appropriations (S. 2131), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (S. Res. 229), S5559 [23JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: U.S. appeals court ruling on surveillance and metadata collection, S2822 [13MY]

Reports

Refugee Resettlement—Security Screening Information: Human Rights First (organization), H8374 [19NO]

Security Screening of Refugees Admitted to the United States—A Detailed, Rigorous Process: U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (organization), H8373 [19NO]

Terrorist Watchlist Screening—FBI Has Enhanced Its Use of Information From Firearm and Explosives Background Checks To Support Counterterrorism Efforts: GAO, H9099 [9DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2578, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 287) (H. Rept. 114–135), H3641 [1JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4038, American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 531) (H. Rept. 114–342), H8359 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security Support to Fusion Centers Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3503) (H. Rept. 114–322), H7389 [2NO]

Fusion Center Enhancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3598) (H. Rept. 114–324), H7389 [2NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2578) (H. Rept. 114–130), H3581 [29MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2578) (S. Rept. 114–66), S4202 [16JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3744 [2JN], H3799 [3JN]

Statements

American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act: Executive Office of the President, H8373, H8390 [19NO]

Reform Movement Rejects Calls for New Limits on Syrian Refugees: Jonah Dov Pesner, Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (organization), H8373 [19NO]

U.S. Should Welcome Syrian Refugees, Work for Peace: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8372 [19NO]

Summaries

Screening Process for Entry to the U.S. for Syrian Refugees, H8397 [19NO]

Tables

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3662–H3666 [2JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 287, consideration of H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 2578, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H3652 [2JN]

H. Res. 354, encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism, H7372 [2NO]

H. Res. 531, consideration of H.R. 4038, American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act, H8367 [19NO]

H.R. 3503, Dept. of Homeland Security Support to Fusion Centers Act, H7357 [2NO]

H.R. 3598, Fusion Center Enhancement Act, H7355 [2NO]

H.R. 4038, American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act, H8381 [19NO]

S. 2390, FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S8606 [10DE]

S. Res. 99, urge intensified cooperation by Iran on the case of the disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson while on business trip in Iran, S1388 [10MR]

S. Res. 229, U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day, S5537 [23JY]