Subject Lawyers and legal services | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-17 S.AMDT.1228 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4519) |
| US | SB1042 | Veterans Legal Support Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-12 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB1032 | Better Enforcement for Sexual Assault Free Environments Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | SB1028 | Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | HB2207 | BE SAFE Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | SB1041 | Military Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide specific rights for victims of offenses under the UCMJ, including the right to: (1) be protected from the accused; (2) reasonable, accurate, an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | HB2002 | Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013 - Directs each military department Secretary to implement a program providing a Special Victims' Counsel (Counsel) to a victim of a sexual assault committed by a member of the Armed Forces (member). Outli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | SB825 | Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires public or private nonprofit entities that receive grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to agree to meet the physical, privacy, sa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1867 | BE SAFE Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HR196 | Expresses support for: (1) the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, the right to counsel; and (2) strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| US | SB871 | Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013 - Directs each military department Secretary to implement a program providing a Special Victims' Counsel (Counsel) to a victim of a sexual assault committed by a member of the Armed Forces (member). Outli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB1525 | Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants. Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-base... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| US | HB894 | Provides that, when in the opinion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) a temporary fiduciary is needed to protect the benefits of a VA beneficiary while a determination of incompetency is being made or appealed or a fiduciary is appealing a det... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . |
| US | SB822 | Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) grant crime victims the right to be informed of their rights and of services available to them, (2) expand eligibility for post-conviction DNA testing in criminal ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB805 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB11 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act. Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements rela... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1681 | Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives to $500,000 during the election cycle ($250,000 for a primary election and $250... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1229 | Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2014-FY2018. Establishes limits on the use of funds for admi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 |
| US | HR108 | Recognizes and honors the 50th anniversary of the decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (the Supreme Court held that indigent defendants have a right to be provided counsel in all felony cases). Expresses support for strategies to improve the criminal jus... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| 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 |
| US | HB707 | Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename H-2A nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers as STRAW workers. Includes dairy or ranch workers in such category. Eliminates the 50% r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB757 | Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or SAVE Native Women Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian tribal governments to combat violent crime aga... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB898 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) limit the validity of a passport issued to a sex offender to one year or such time period as appropriate, and (2) revoke the passport or passport c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB975 | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| US | SB652 | Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933 to require plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in any private securities class action to disclose in sworn c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| 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 |
| US | HB1373 | Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | SB628 | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB597 | Gideon's Promise Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require grant applicants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to include in grant applications a comprehensive state-wide plan for the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| US | HB1098 | Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB1096 | Enhancing the Quality of Parental Legal Representation Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to the highest state co... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| US | SB47 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Became Public Law No: 113-4. |
| US | HB350 | Repeals the Legal Services Corporation Act (established a federally funded nonprofit corporation to provide financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford such assistance). [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB393 | Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2013 - Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, as amended by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, to authorize the Attorney General ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | SB268 | Cut Unjustified Tax Loopholes Act or the CUT Loopholes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions operating in the United States that are of primary money laundering concer... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 |
| US | HB539 | Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| US | HB603 | District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2013 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia (DA). Specifies the qualifications for the DA, including re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| US | SB237 | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) programs (as renamed under this Act, previously the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-07 |
| US | SB245 | Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-07 |
