Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007

Bill: 108-s-2863
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting
Administration of justice
Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Airports
Alcoholism
Alien labor
Aliens
Americans in foreign countries
Ammunition
Annuities
Antitrust law
Archives
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Arts, Culture, Religion
Assassination
Assault
Attorneys general
Authorization
Authors and authorship
Automobile theft
Aviation safety
Awards, medals, prizes
Bank accounts
Block grants
Books
Boundaries
Bribery
Building laws
Burglary
Business records
Cemeteries and funerals
Child abuse
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Child support
Church and social problems
Cigarettes
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil commitment
Civil service retirement
Claims
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Common carriers
Community development
Community policing
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Computer networks
Computer software
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Contracts
Copyright
Correctional institutions
Correctional personnel
Corrections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against the elderly
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
DNA
Damages
Data banks
Death
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Deportation
Directories
Distance education
Driver licenses
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug addiction
Drug courts
Drug law enforcement
Drug testing
Drug traffic
Drugs and youth
Drunk driving
EBB Terrorism
Education
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Electronic mail systems
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Embezzlement
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Employee benefit plans
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Extradition
Families
Family services
Family violence
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal libraries
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fire fighters
Firearms
Flexible benefit plans
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign students
Forensic chemistry
Forensic medicine
Forfeiture
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Gangs
Genocide
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Government liability (International law)
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Halfway houses
Harbors
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health care fraud
Higher education
History
Hours of labor
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Identity theft
Illegal aliens
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Immigration
Imports
Imprisonment
Indian lands
Indian law enforcement
Indian women
Individual retirement accounts
Informers
Infrastructure
Injunctions
Inspectors general
Intellectual property
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Internet
Interstate commerce
Interstate compacts
Interstate relations
Inventions
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Judicial review
Juries
Jurisdiction
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Larceny
Law
Law enforcement officers
Legal education
Legal fees
Legislation
Library of Congress
Licenses
Local employees
Local laws
Local taxation
Low-income housing
Marijuana
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Mentoring
Methamphetamine
Mexico
Middle East and North Africa
Minorities
Misconduct in office
Missing children
Money laundering
Motion pictures
Murder
Native Americans
Naturalization
Nazism
Negotiations
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear weapons
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Palestinians
Paramedical personnel
Pardons
Parents
Parole
Patents
Paternity
Pension funds
Performance measurement
Photography
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
Political violence
Pornography
Postal service
Pretrial procedure
Prison alternatives
Prison labor

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through 2007 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Safe Streets Act) to: (1) merge the Byrne grant program and the local law enforcement block grant program into an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program; and (2) establish within the Office of Justice Programs an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity.
 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to authorize grants for nonprofit neighborhood and community-based victim service organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to crime victims.
 
Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2004 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand its scope to cover acts or threats involving burglary, embezzlement, and fraud in the purchase of securities.
 
Prevention and Recovery of Missing Children Act of 2004 - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each State reporting on missing children to ensure that no law enforcement agency within the State establishes or maintains a policy that requires the removal of an entry from its State law enforcement system or the National Crime Information Center computer network based solely on the person's age and provide that any relevant information shall be entered within two hours of receipt.
 
Revises the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to require the responsible official to obtain from a sex offender who is required to register: (1) information regarding the offender's anticipated future residence, employer's name and address, license plate number and vehicle, and student enrollment; and (2) fingerprints and a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sample, unless they were obtained within the previous three months.
 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2004 - Amends the Safe Streets Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.
 
Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act or PACT Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to prohibit any person or other legal entity from selling, transferring, or shipping cigarettes into a State that taxes the sale or use of cigarettes (or from advertising or offering cigarettes for such a sale or transfer and shipment) without filing specified information with the tobacco tax administrator of such State within a specified time frame. Grants the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives authority to conduct certain undercover investigative operations and to inspect records and cigarettes of cigarette sellers who ship, sell, distribute, or receive any quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes within a single month.
 
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement of 2004 or CREATE Act - Amends patent and trademark law to deem subject matter developed by another person and a claimed invention to have been owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person, for purposes of provisions that treat inventions of a common owner similarly to inventions made by a single person, if: (1) the claimed invention was made by or on behalf of parties to a joint research agreement that was in effect on or before the date the claimed invention was made; (2) the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement; and (3) the application for patent for the claimed invention discloses, or is amended to disclose, the names of the parties to the agreement.
 
Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004 - Amends copyright law to authorize the Attorney General to: (1) commence a civil action against any person who engages in conduct constituting copyright infringement; (2) collect damages and profits resulting from such infringement; and (3) collect statutory damages.
 
Koby Mandell Act of 2004 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism.
 
Seniors Safety Act of 2004 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish procedures regarding telemarketing fraud.
 
Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2004 - Includes Federal prosecutors within the definition of &quot;law enforcement officer&quot; (thus making them eligible for certain benefits).
 
Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed or otherwise participated in acts of torture or extrajudicial killings abroad. 
 
Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement Act or PROMISE Act - Amends the INA to make an alien excludable from U.S. admission for nonpayment of child support, with an exception.
 
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to present to the personal representative or next of kin of each individual who died on or after September 11, 2001, as a direct result of the act of terrorism within the United States on that date, a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal.
 
National Film Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize appropriations to the Library of Congress for the National Film Preservation Board.
 
National Film Preservation Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends specified Federal law to reauthorize appropriations to the Library of Congress for the National Film Preservation Foundation. 
 
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 (sic) or DREAM Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.
 
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2004 or Dru's Law - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national sex offender registry that: (1) makes publicly available, via the Internet, information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor; and (2) allows users to determine which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a specified area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9940-9949)
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate