US Congress House Bill 4602 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a defendant, as a mandatory condition of supervised release, to pay court-ordered restitution. It amends the Justice for All Act of 2004, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004, and the Innocence Protection Act of 2004, to: reauthorize grants for victims assistance programs; reauthorize crime victims notification grants; give preference to Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program grant applicants that use funds for forensic nurse examiner programs in rural or underserved areas; reauthorize DNA research and development demonstration grants, DNA programs and activities at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and DNA technology grants to identify missing persons; reauthorize the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program; reauthorize the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program; and direct the National Institute of Justice to establish best practices for evidence retention. The Department of Justice must allocate specified funds for testing and auditing backlogged rape kits. The bill amends the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 to: narrow the scope of grant program funds subject to a reduction for a state's failure to comply with national prison rape standards, revise and expand requirements with respect to adopting national prison rape standards, and require background checks for compliance auditors. It amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program. Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 This bill requires an application for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to include a statewide strategic plan to improve the administration of criminal justice.

Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2016-02-24	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2016-02-24	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2016-02-24	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-02-24	House	Introduced in House

SB2577 (Same As) 2016-12-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-324.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4602/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4602/BILLS-114hr4602ih.pdf