Subject Department of Justice | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB744	Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-16 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
US	HB1441	Electronic Life Safety and Security Systems Federal Background Check Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1577	McLelland-Hasse Line of Duty Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1605	Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1565	Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1533	Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Public Advocate to represent the interests of members of the general public affected by regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
US	HB1645	Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required pre... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB822	Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB792	Explosive Materials Background Check Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB12	Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automa... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	SB649	Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act), the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the federal criminal code t... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-18 S.AMDT.730 Amendment SA 730, under the order of 4/16/13, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 2. Record Vote Number: 105.
US	SB773	Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required pre... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB729	Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-16 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
US	HB1365	Refugee Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim; and (2) permit, and set forth the requirements for, reopening a claim that was denied because of failure... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB661	Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Tr... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	SB698	Line of Duty Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-10 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1143	Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) ensure that each prison facility provides a secure firearms storage area for use by all employees who are auth... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB637	Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require a governmental entity operating a public unmanned aircraft system to minimize the collection or disclosure of covered information. Defines "covered information" as:... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB629	Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2013 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas: (1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens, (2) se... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB689	States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), within six months of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) a recommendation on ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB780	Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that juri... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB861	Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice, which shall address issues relating to elder abuse. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) provide information, training, and techn... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB895	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include pr... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB933	Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2013 funds for th... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-26 Became Public Law No: 113-6.
US	SB645	Refugee Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim; and (2) permit, and set forth the requirements for, reopening a claim that was denied because of failure... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB150	Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon, including: a semiautomatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.
US	HR35	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the Attorney General and calls for his immediate resignation. [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB359	Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2013 or the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to establish and operate, within the Of... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB421	COPS Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program) to: (1) establish within the Department... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB437	Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon, including: a semiautomatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has any one o... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB427	Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's rec... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB499	Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013 - Directs the Attorney General to issue a final order that removes marijuana in any form from all schedules of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. Amends such Act to: (1) provid... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB538	Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or the PLEA Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney G... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	SB433	Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2013 or the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to establish and operate a National Cen... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB751	Protect America's Schools Act of 2013 - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, for Community Oriented Policing Services, for school resource officers for FY2012. Rescinds an equal amount of... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-15 To House Appropriations Committee
US	SB174	Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a licensed firearms dealer from transferring ammunition to any other person who is not licensed unless: (1) the licensee contacts the national inst... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-12 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
US	HB44	Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-31 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
US	HB141	Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to operate a gun show unless such person: (1) has attained 21 years of age; (2) is not prohibited from transporting, shipping, or receiving fi... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB90	David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2013 or David's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause s... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB236	Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to inspect or examine the inventory and records of a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ensure compliance with r... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB21	NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person who is not a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to, or receiving a firearm from, another unlicensed person, excep... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB34	Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system cert... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB131	Financial Crisis Criminal Investigation Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2016 for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire 1,000 FBI agents as well as additional forensic experts to investigate corporate, securiti... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	SB123	Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automa... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-23 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
US	SB58	Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013 or LINE Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (includi... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
US	HR5	(Sec. 2) Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 112th Congress as the Rules for the 113th Congress, with amendments. Reduces the frequency of committee activity reports from four times (semiannually) per Congress to two times (annua... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.