Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Criminal liability

Bill Introduced: S.2788 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act

2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.

Bill Introduced: S.2543 Child Custody Protection Act

2008-01-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4545 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3850 Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007

2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

To improve the collection and use of data related to crimes of child exploitation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1711 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Bill Introduced: S.1685 Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007

2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factors relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2435 Equal Protection for All Workers Act

2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.

Bill Introduced: S.1430 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act

2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.2347 Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007

2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, companies that sell arms to the Government of Iran, and financial institutions that extend $20,000,000 or more in credit to the Government of Iran for 45 days or more, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1767 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1012 Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007

2007-03-28T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1141 Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2007

2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1148 Safe Food Act of 2007

2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.654 Safe Food Act of 2007

2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6054 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill

2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3861 Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill

2006-09-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2012 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act

2005-11-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4272 Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act

2005-11-09T00:00:00Z

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3165 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.

2005-06-30T00:00:00Z

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2621 Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2005

2005-05-25T00:00:00Z

To clarify that bail bond sureties and bounty hunters are subject to both civil and criminal liability for violations of Federal rights under existing Federal civil rights law, and for other purposes.