US Congress House Bill 6185 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on September 12 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a training and technical assistance program to teach employees of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies how to anticipate, survive, and respond to violent encounters during the course of their duties, including duties relating to security at state, county, and tribal courthouses. Requires the Director to give preference for any courthouse security training program to employees of jurisdictions that have magnetometers available at their courthouses. (Sec. 3) Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to require the State Justice Institute (a private nonprofit organization established to improve judicial administration in state courts) to include courthouse safety as a factor in the national assistance program under which it provides funding to state courts and related national and nonprofit organizations. Permits state and local courts and other organizations awarded funds pursuant to Institute grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to use such funds to improve safety and security in state and local courts. Requires, if such a grant is awarded to state or local courts without magnetometers, that specified matching funds be used acquire a magnetometer. (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that state or local courthouses having less security equipment than such courthouses require have an opportunity to request surplus security equipment (metal detectors, wands, baggage screening devices) before such equipment is made available to any other individual or entity. Requires that priority be given to courthouses that have no security equipment.

Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012

Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-12	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-09-11	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-09-11	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5791-5792)
2012-09-11	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6185.
2012-09-11	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5791-5793)
2012-09-11	House	Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2012-09-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.
2012-09-10	House	Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
2012-09-10	House	Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-661, Part I.
2012-08-01	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2012-08-01	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-07-25	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-07-25	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-07-25	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

SB2076 (Related) 2012-05-24 - Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6185/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6185/BILLS-112hr6185ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6185/BILLS-112hr6185rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6185/BILLS-112hr6185eh.pdf