Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2237
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administration of justice
Administrative procedure
Annuities
Arts, Culture, Religion
Assault weapons
Authorization
Caregivers
Chemicals
Child abuse
Child pornography
Civil service retirement
Cocaine
Commerce
Community organization
Community policing
Community service (Punishment)
Community-based corrections
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Computer software
Conspiracy
Copyright
Counterfeiting
Crack (Drug)
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation
Criminal statistics
Customs administration
DNA
Day care
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Disabled
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug addiction
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Ex-offenders
Exhibitions
Extortion
Extradition
Families
Family courts
Family violence
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forensic medicine
Forfeiture
Fraud
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Group homes
Health
Heroin
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Identification of criminals
Immigration
Indian courts
Indian law enforcement
Infants
Informers
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Internet
Jurisdiction
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal aid
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Medical tests
Mental illness
Methamphetamine
Minorities
Motion pictures
Murder
Nurses
Organized crime
Parole
Pharmacies
Polygraphs
Postal service
Preschool education
Prison alternatives
Prison violence
Prisoners
Probation
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Rape
Recidivists
Recruiting of employees
Rehabilitation of criminals
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
September 11, 2001
Sex crimes
Social Welfare
State courts
Terrorism
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Victims of crimes
Violence
Witnesses
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, and other federal laws to establish and reauthorize programs to prevent and control crime. 

Reauthorizes and expands the program for community-oriented policing services (COPS program). 

Authorizes the hiring of an additional 1,000 agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in FY2008-FY2012. Authorizes the hiring of additional Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.

Establishes a National Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice to study the role of law enforcement after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for: (1) early Head Start programs; (2) child abuse and prevention treatment; (3) after school programs; (4) grants for local juvenile delinquency prevention programs; (4) juvenile justice intervention programs; and (5) crime prevention in Indian tribal communities.

Provides grants for community service programs for youthful offenders (16-25 years old), for improving juvenile delinquency practice in state courts, for preventing gang membership and gang violence, and for school safety. Imposes new penalties for gang-related violent crimes.

Establishes a National Commission on Crime Intervention and Prevention Strategies.

Reauthorizes or establishes new programs for the reduction of recidivism, for alternatives to incarceration of non-violent mentally ill offenders, and for assisting the reentry of offenders into the community after release from incarceration.

Establishes programs and national task forces to combat child exploitation over the Internet. Authorizes additional funding to hire federal agents to investigate child exploitation. Imposes enhanced criminal penalties for violent crimes against children (under 18 years of age).

Eliminates sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. 

Establishes programs for combating drug addiction and drug trafficking and for assisting children of drug addicted parents.

Imposes restrictions on obtaining prescription drugs over the Internet.

Requires background checks of gun purchasers at gun shows. Renews the ban on assault weapons. 

Provides for new criminal and forfeiture penalties to combat computer fraud and copyright infringement. 

Enhances protections for crime victims with disabilities. Requires courts to enter orders for immediate restitution to victims of crime and protective orders to preserve assets available for payment of restitution.

Establishes the Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13451-13452)
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in Senate