Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Rehabilitation of criminals

Bill Enacted: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.

April 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-199.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

2008-04-07T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.2800 Employment Access for Recidivism Reduction Nationwide

2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bill to increase the incentives for employers to hire qualified ex-felons by enhancing the effectiveness of the work opportunity tax credit, to reduce the backlog of applications pending certification under the work opportunity tax credit program, to enhance the effectiveness of the Federal bonding program, to enhance the effectiveness of the Federal bonding program, and to authorize a pilot program for employment-focused re-entry projects.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1593 Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

2008-03-11T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act

2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5178 Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008

2008-01-29T00:00:00Z

To enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning.

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: S.2451 First Step Forward Act of 2007

2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

A bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4283 Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act

2007-12-05T00:00:00Z

To amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2304 Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008

2007-11-05T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3992 Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008

2007-10-30T00:00:00Z

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3990 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act

2007-10-29T00:00:00Z

To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2237 Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007

2007-10-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to fight crime.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3922 Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act

2007-10-22T00:00:00Z

To expand and improve Federal gang prevention programs.

Bill Introduced: S.2141 Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act

2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3547 Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act

2007-09-17T00:00:00Z

To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3395 Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3409 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization of 2008

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To create the conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3411 Juvenile Crime Reduction Act

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other purposes.