Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Police-community relations

Bill Enacted: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-344.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

October 07, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

September 26, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

September 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2008-09-23T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

September 23, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1230 Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.

Bill Introduced: S.2955 Community Safety Initiative Act of 2008

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3846 Youth PROMISE Act

2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3440 Law Enforcement Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1853 Jose Medina Veterans Affairs Police Training Act of 2007

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs police officers receive training to interact with visitors and patients at Department medical facilities who are suffering from mental illness.

Bill Introduced: S.535 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2007-02-08T00:00:00Z

A bill to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

2007-02-08T00:00:00Z

To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.808 Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act

2007-02-05T00:00:00Z

To establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence.

Bill Introduced: S.449 State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007

2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.108 Supporting the Weed and Seed and COPS programs.

2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Supporting the Weed and Seed and COPS programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.688 State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007

2007-01-24T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.2704 National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006

2006-05-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to revise and extend the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000.

Bill Introduced: S.2679 Emmett Till bill

2006-04-27T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.5236 Emmett Till bill

2006-04-27T00:00:00Z

To establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.744 Expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland and support for continued police reform in Northern Ireland as a critical element in the peace process.

2006-03-29T00:00:00Z

Expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland and support for continued police reform in Northern Ireland as a critical element in the peace process.