FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Amendments
Children and youth: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), S7146 [13DE]
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2938), H5895 [24JN]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5135 [18MY]
Articles and editorials
Senate Gun Bill Is Terrible, S3131 [23JN]
Trump Loyalists’ Calls To Defund the FBI, and Other Hypocrisies, H8073 [22SE]
U.S. Military Has Acted Against Ransomware Groups, General Acknowledges, H3873 [28MR]
Bills and resolutions
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: repeal (see H.R. 8374), H6623 [14JY]
Children and youth: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (see S. 4926), S4969 [22SE] (see H.R. 9043), H8314 [29SE]
Crime: condemn plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh, enforce Federal law relative to protests outside homes of Supreme Court Justices, and denounce and investigate criminal damage at pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 1214), H5930 [1JY]
——— direct certain Federal agencies to develop strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized retail crime (see H.R. 7499), H4442 [14AP]
Dept. of Justice: authorize funding and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and facilitate data sharing with FBI National Crime Information Center database (see S. 5029), S5541 [29SE] (see S. 5230), S7070 [8DE] (see H.R. 9491), H9688 [12DE]
——— criminalize harrassment or intimidation by foreign governments of U.S. citizens through transnational repression (see H.R. 9460), H8824 [7DE]
——— establish criminal offenses with respect to violations involving ATMs (see H.R. 9248), H8418 [28OC]
——— request President and direct Attorney General to transmit documents to House of Representatives relative to Ray Epps (see H. Res. 1356), H7882 [15SE]
——— require electronic communication service providers and remote computing services to report unlawful sale and distribution of counterfeit substances and certain controlled substances (see S. 5297), S7311 [19DE]
——— require Federal law enforcement agencies report on cases of missing or murdered Indians (see S. 4923), S4969 [22SE] (see H.R. 8960), H8112 [22SE]
——— require State and local governments receiving grant funding provide accurate and transparent crime data and impose cash bail for certain offenses (see S. 5152), S6905 [30NO] (see H.R. 9240), H8418 [28OC]
——— submit annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution (see S. 4981), S5225 [28SE] (see H.R. 9195), H8402 [18OC]
——— submit to Congress certain information relative to National Instant Criminal Background Check System Indices Self-Submission Forms (see H. Res. 1477), H8541 [16NO]
Dept. of State: require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (see H.R. 9291), H8494 [14NO]
Dept. of Transportation: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see S. 5343), S9779 [21DE]
Firearms: improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System procedures for firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers and report on default firearm transfers (see H.R. 8126), H5645 [16JN]
——— prevent illegal sale by improving tracking data and extending time background check records are maintained (see H.R. 6646), H1074 [8FE]
Garland, Attorney General: impeachment (see H. Res. 1318), H7707 [12AU]
Law enforcement: authorize use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts (see H.R. 9306), H8540 [16NO]
Law enforcement officers: express that violence and threats of violence against employees are unacceptable and should be condemned (see S. Res. 775), S4857 [20SE]
——— strengthen collection of data regarding interactions between law enforcement officers and individuals with disabilities (see S. 5107), S6740 [16NO]
Merit Systems Protection Board: permit hearing of certain cases relative to allegations of certain reprisals by FBI employees (see S. 4655), S3782 [28JY]
National Instant Criminal Background Check System: ensure system denies firearm to persons prohibited from possessing guns by lawful court order governing pretrial release (see S. 4149), S2358 [5MY] (see H.R. 6717), H1119 [11FE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 4664), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8256), H5929 [1JY]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (see S. 4255), S2586 [18MY]
——— authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), consideration (see H. Res. 1124), H5096 [17MY]
Trump, Donald J.: request President and direct Attorney General to transmit copy of affidavit to House of Representatives relative to raid on former President (see H. Res. 1325), H7720 [23AU]
Whistleblowing:provide employees whistleblower appeal rights to Merit Systems Protection Board (see H.R. 9122), H8371 [30SE]
Cloture motions
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), motion to proceed, S2647 [24MY], S2721 [26MY]
Letters
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Jonathan Thompson, National Sheriffs’ Association, S3142 [23JN]
Lists
Proposed gun violence prevention legislation, H5905 [24JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, H5137 [18MY]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5891 [24JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, H5166 [18MY]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, H5136 [18MY]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5890 [24JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 2629, Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, H3952 [29MR]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 4926, Respect for Child Survivors Act, H9976 [21DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 5230, Help Find the Missing Act, H9842 [14DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5915 [24JN]
Memorandums
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act: Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House) (excerpt), H3870 [28MR]
Motions
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2938), H5903 [24JN]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), S2647 [24MY]
Press releases
Ho, Ho, Ho, Holiday Scams!, H3872 [28MR]
Remarks in House
Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H208–H214 [18JA], H7971 [20SE], H8307 [29SE], E858 [16AU]
Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): allegations that investigation into certain business dealings while Presiden Biden served as Vice President is connected to Russian disinformation campaigns, H4377 [6AP]
Children and youth: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), H9927–H9931 [21DE]
Crime: investigation into alleged kidnapping plot of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, H4124 [1AP]
Democracy: state of U.S. democracy, H4964 [13MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security and FBI: report to Congress on processes needed to comply with domestic terrorism threat reporting requirements, H6283 [13JY]
Dept. of Justice: authorize funding and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and facilitate data sharing with FBI National Crime Information Center database (S. 5230), H9825, H9828–H9831 [14DE]
——— condemn investigation of former President Trump for possession of confidential documents, H7869–H7874 [15SE]
——— incentivize hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish private rights of action for victims and additional penalties for certain hate crime convictions, E560 [27MY]
——— report on number of firearm transaction denials, referrals to ATF for investigation, prosecutions due to such investigations, and firearms recovered when a denial was issued after a firearm transfer (H.R. 194), H5356 [8JN]
——— require FBI report metrics on cybercrime, create taxonomy for cybercrime incidence, and include questions relative to cybercrime on National Crime Victimization Survey (S. 2629), H3868–H3875 [28MR]
Dept. of State: require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (H.R. 9291), E1141 [14NO]
Federal agencies and departments: provide joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress relative to incidents of terrorism (H.R. 1540), H4164, H4165 [5AP], E364 [6AP]
——— require public disclosure of FBI counter intelligence program (COINTELPRO) records and establish COINTELPRO Records Collection and COINTELPRO Records Review Board (H.R. 2998), H8792 [6DE]
Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and address mental illness in criminal justice system, H5836 [23JN], H5882, H5884–H5891, H5895, H5903–H5915 [24JN], E677 [28JN], E687 [1JY]
——— require background check for every firearm sale, H4199 [6AP], H5005 [16MY]
——— require background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H5368 [8JN], E606 [9JN], E651 [22JN]
GSA: FBI consolidated headquarters construction funding, H6851 [19JY]
National security: direct appropriate agencies to publish report that analyzes and sets out strategies to combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in uniformed services and Federal law enforcement agencies, H6281, H6282, H6330 [13JY]
Republican Party: national agenda, H8813 [7DE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H1410, H1411 [9MR]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), H5143–H5152 [18MY]
——— authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5127–H5137 [18MY]
Remarks in Senate
Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): allegations that investigation into certain business dealings while President Biden served as Vice President is connected to Russian disinformation campaigns, S479 [2FE], S1796–S1798 [28MR], S1821, S1822 [29MR], S1969–S1971 [5AP], S3192 [11JY], S7015 [7DE]
——— investigation into certain business dealings while President Biden served as Vice President, S4488 [7SE], S4813 [19SE]
Children and youth: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), S7149 [13DE]
Dept. of Justice: authorize funding and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and facilitate data sharing with FBI National Crime Information Center database (S. 5230), S7080 [8DE]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms, S699 [15FE]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (S. 675), S2881 [9JN]
Elections: allegations of spying relative to 2016 election, S691 [15FE]
Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and address mental illness in criminal justice system, S2776 [6JN], S2859–S2861 [8JN], S3017, S3021–S3024, S3027 [21JN], S3045, S3047, S3053–S3056, S3097 [22JN], S3101, S3102, S3105, S3110–S3118, S3120–S3143 [23JN]
——— improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, S2880 [9JN]
——— require background check for every firearm sale, S2773 [6JN]
——— require background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), S2670 [24MY], S2676, S2677, S2678, S2680 [25MY], S2732 [26MY]
Information technology: coordination between social media and Biden administration to depress or deplatform certain persons or information, S9747 [21DE]
Law enforcement officers: express that violence and threats of violence against employees are unacceptable and should be condemned (S. Res. 775), S4831, S4832 [20SE]
Political ethics: allegations of political bias, S2774 [6JN], S3796 [1AU], S6874 [30NO], S7015 [7DE]
Sussman, Michael: trial relative to Dept. of Justice and FBI investigations of 2016 election, S2647 [24MY]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), S2604, S2628, S2629, S2630 [19MY], S2857 [8JN]
——— authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 350), motion to proceed, S2639 [24MY], S2678, S2684, S2692 [25MY], S2713–S2718, S2720, S2721 [26MY], S9747 [21DE]
——— authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (S. 4255), S9599 [20DE]
Twitter, Inc.: allegations of media bias and censorship, S9748 [21DE]
Whistleblowing: further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, S3674 [26JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1124) (H. Rept. 117–333), H5096 [17MY]
Consideration of Senate Amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1204) (H. Rept. 117–385), H5918 [24JN]
Dept. of Justice Submission to Congress of Certain Information Relative to National Instant Criminal Background Check System Indices Self-Submission Forms: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 1477) (H. Rept. 117–623), H9728 [13DE]
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 350) (H. Rept. 117–292), H4452 [21AP]
Request President and Direct Attorney General To Transmit Copy of Affidavit to House of Representatives Relative to Raid on Former President Donald J. Trump: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 1325) (H. Rept. 117–491), H8111 [22SE]
Request President and Direct Attorney General To Transmit Documents to House of Representatives Relative to Ray Epps: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 1356) (H. Rept. 117–544), H8394 [14OC]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 8256) (H. Rept. 117–395), H5929 [1JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, H5127 [18MY]
H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5883 [24JN]
H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, H5143–H5145 [18MY]
H.R. 1540, Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism (REPORT) Act, H4164 [5AP]
S. 2629, Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, H3868 [28MR]
S. 4255, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, S2588–S2590 [18MY]
S. 4926, Respect for Child Survivors Act, H9927–H9929 [21DE]
S. 5230, Help Find the Missing Act, S7080 [8DE], H9828 [14DE]
S. Res. 775, express that violence and threats of violence against FBI employees are unacceptable and should be condemned, S4858 [20SE]