Court Security Improvement Act of 2007

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.

4/19/2007--Passed Senate amended. Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Judicial Security Improvements and Funding -
(Sec. 101) Amends the federal judicial code to require the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service to consult with the Judicial Conference of the Unit more...ed States (Judicial Conference) on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements of the judicial branch.

(Sec. 102) Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to:
(1) authorize the Judicial Conference to allow redactions of personal information of family members of judges from financial disclosure forms filed by such judges;
(2) extend through 2009 the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact certain personal information of judges from financial disclosure reports; and
(3) require the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to include in its annual report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees additional information about redactions from financial disclosure forms.

(Sec. 104) Amends the federal judicial code and the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to provide security for the U.S. Tax Court.
(Sec. 105) Authorizes an additional appropriation in each of FY2007-FY2011 for the U.S. Marshals Service for protection of the judiciary. Requires such additional funding to be used for:
(1) hiring entry-level deputy marshals to provide judicial security;
(2) hiring senior-level deputy marshals for investigating threats to the judiciary and for providing protection for members of the judiciary and assistant U.S. attorneys; and
(3) the Office of Protective Intelligence. Title II: Criminal Law Enhancements To Protect Judges, Family Members, and Witnesses -
(Sec. 201) Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the filing (or attempts or conspiracies to file) in any public record any false lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property of any U.S. officer or employee on account of the performance of that officer's or employee's official duties, knowing such lien or encumbrance is false. Impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for violations.

(Sec. 202) Prohibits the public disclosure of restricted personal information about a federal officer or employee, witness, or juror (or immediate family members) with the intent to threaten or cause harm to such individuals. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for violations.

(Sec. 203) Prohibits the possession of dangerous weapons in federal court facilities.
(Sec. 204) Sets forth venue requirements for prosecutions for retaliation against a witness.
(Sec. 205) Increases maximum prison terms for tampering with, or retaliating against, a witness, victim, or informant.

(Sec. 207) Increases maximum prison terms for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Title III: Protecting State And Local Judges And Related Grant Programs -
(Sec. 301) Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to include as a required use of community-based justice grants the creation and expansion of state, local, or Indian tribe witness protection programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011.

(Sec. 302) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make state courts eligible for grants to improve court security (correctional options grants) and for armor vests. Title IV: Law Enforcement Officers - Requires the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on the security of assistant U.S. attorneys and other federal attorneys arising from the prosecution of terrorists and other violent criminals. Requires such report to include information on the number and nature of threats and assaults against such attorneys, security measures in place to protect such attorneys, programs available to such attorneys for personal security training, secure parking spaces for such attorneys, and the role of the U.S. Marshals Service in protecting such attorneys.
Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the federal judicial code to:
(1) authorize through FY2010 the U.S. Sentencing Commission to enter into multi-year procurement contracts and to make advance, partial, progress, or other payments for property or services to the same extent as executive agencies;
(2) extend certain life insurance benefits to bankruptcy, magistrate, and territorial judges;
(3) expand the powers of judges who have retired from active service (senior judges) to include all powers of a sitting judge, including participation in the appointment of court officers, the selection of magistrate judges, rulemaking, governance, and administrative matters;
(4) reduce the number of judges on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 12 to 11; and
(5) increase the number of judges on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 28 to 29.

Sponsor

• Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
• and 12 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has 14 amendments. See All AmendmentsHide All Amendments

Amendments to S.378

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.888	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.889	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.890	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.891	Fail	To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should offset the cost of new spending.
S.Amdt.892	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.893	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.894	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.895	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.896	Pass	To make technical changes.
S.Amdt.897	Offered	To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.898	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.899	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.900	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.901	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 24, 2007		April 19, 2007

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• Civil liberties
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• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Courts
• Criminal justice
• Criminal procedure
• Department of Justice
• District courts
• Families
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Finance
• Financial disclosure
• Fines (Penalties)
• Firearms
• Fraud
• Government attorneys
• Government employees
• Government employees' life insurance
• Government ethics
• Government procurement
• Guam
• Homicide
• Informers
• Judges
• Judicial ethics
• Judicial officers
• Juries
• Law enforcement officers
• Liens
• Magistrates
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Obstruction of justice
• Office of Government Ethics
• Parking facilities
• Prosecution
• Public contracts
• Public prosecutors
• Recruiting of employees
• Right of privacy
• Security measures
• State courts
• Sunset legislation
• Tax courts
• Taxation
• Technology
• Transportation
• Victims of crimes
• Violence
• Virgin Islands
• Weapons
• Witnesses

In the News

April 20, 2007 Senator Specter Lauds Passage Of Court Security Improvement Act Of ...

was joined by his colleagues in unanimously passing S. 378, the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007. The legislation, of which he and Senator Leahy are ...

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April 20, 2007 Senate Passes Courthouse Security Bill; Clears Disclosure ...

The bill (S 378), by Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., passed, 97-0. It would broaden the definition of items banned from courthouses from ...

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April 10, 2008 [halbseiden&durchbrochen]

Wien 1806, S. 378. |halb|seiden&durch|brochen|| |Durch|die Wolken stoßen&| |zeugen|Phan|tas|men|Schutt&|Halden|| |Wir|ihr|also solltet|dem Abgrund| |nachspringen|dem Ver|Fallen|| |Nicht wahr?|Warum solltet ihr?| ...

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March 26, 2008 Neue Meisterprüfungsverordnung

... Platten- und Mosaikleger-Handwerk ein verlässliches Qualitätssiegel für die Kunden dar, das für handwerkliche Kompetenz und Kundenorientierung steht. Die neue Meisterprüfungsverordnung vom 10. März 2008 (BGBl. I S. 378) tritt am 1. ..

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March 20, 2008 Kinder gebt mir eure DNA - Das Gen des Verbrechens

... seelischer Eigenschaften zu beweisen und beurteilte den Zustand der Menschheit als einen Niedergang der „Befähigten“ (Galton, S.367), die von den „Untauglichen, Kränklichen und Verzweifelten majorisiert“ würden (ebd., S.378

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