jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-10-25 00:00:00

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008 - Requires states that receive criminal justice assistance grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis information on the death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or incarcerated in a municipal or county jail, state prison, state-run boot camp, contract facility, or other state or local correctional facility (including any juvenile facility). Requires such information to include: (1) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the deceased; (2) the date, time, and location of death; (3) the law enforcement agency that detained or arrested the deceased; and (4) a description of the circumstances surrounding the death. Grants states 120 days from the enactment of this Act to comply with such reporting requirements. Permits the Attorney General to grant additional time to states to comply with reporting requirements and to waive such requirements in states where compliance would be unconstitutional.Grants the Attorney General discretion to reduce by up to 10% the amount of the criminal justice assistance grants of states that fail to comply with the reporting requirements of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to collect information and provide for a study on the deaths of persons held in custody and to report to Congress on the findings within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2007-11-15 00:00:00

Justice for the Newark College Students Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (current law refers to the Attorney General) to make investigative resources available to state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether an individual arrested for a felony or an aggravated felony (current law refers to only an aggravated felony) is unlawfully in the United States; (2) state and local agencies to use such information to determine whether an arrested individual is unlawfully in the United States and to provide the appropriate court with such information; (3) the court to report such case's disposition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (4) mandatory federal detention of such individuals pending removal, and release only in furtherance of the felony case for which the arrest was made.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-12-18 00:00:00

Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for the sale, transfer, or barter of a stolen firearm or a firearm with an altered serial number or for the sale of such firearms to persons prohibited from possessing them; (2) impose an additional five-year prison term for possession of a stolen or altered firearm during the commission of a felony; (3) require licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, or dealers to contact the national instant stolen gun check system before receiving firearms from any unlicensed person; and (4) increase criminal penalties for the use of a stolen or altered firearm during the commission of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime.Amends the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act to: (1) include illegal gun trafficking in Department of Justice (DOJ) programs to combat violations of federal firearms laws; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2008 to hire additional assistant U.S. attorneys.Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make the National Crime Information Center Gun File available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to complete crime gun traces. Requires the ATF to: (1) notify law enforcement agencies of information relating to stolen firearms; and (2) return stolen firearms to persons who reported them as stolen. Requires the Attorney General to establish a national instant stolen gun check system.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Emergency management
Date: 2007-12-19 00:00:00

First Line of Defense Infrastructure Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to establish a competitive grant program to improve first responder incident response and firefighter livability by making improvements to the infrastructure of fire stations. Requires the Administrator to award grants in each of FY2009-FY2013 to eligible fire services for: (1) repairing a station if the condition of the infrastructure prevents the service from performing incident response duties in a timely manner because the station is either decaying or contains structural impairments that impede egress of equipment or personnel; or (2) renovating a station if it does not properly accommodate all fire service personnel through the use of gender-equitable facilities.Prohibits the use of grant funds for activities related to the planning or design of infrastructure improvements. Directs the Administrator to give priority to a fire service seeking assistance for a fire station located not more than 25 miles from: (1) a facility that produces nuclear power; (2) a facility that produces, treats, or refines more than 20,000 barrels of oil per day; or (3) a location with at least one critical infrastructure, such as an international seaport, airport, refinery, or treatment plant.Prohibits the Administrator from awarding a grant exceeding 40% of the reasonable cost of carrying out the project. Conditions receipt of a grant on the fire service funding the remaining amount using non-federal funds.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-12-19 00:00:00

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the civil penalties for violations of firearms law and the procedures for assessing such penalties.Revises the definition of "willfully" for purposes of firearms violations and standards for criminal violations of firearms recordkeeping requirements.Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make preliminary determinations on firearms license applications and notify applicants in writing of a proposed denial; and (2) establish guidelines for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) inspections, examinations, or investigations of possible firearms violations.Prohibits ATF from disclosing information on firearms purchasers other than to a court, law enforcement agency, or prosecutor.Permits an owner of a firearms business whose license is expired, surrendered, or revoked 60 days to liquidate inventory.Requires any state agency that stores or keeps explosive materials to report to the Attorney General on the location and amount of such materials.Allows the transfer and possession of machineguns for use by federal security contractors.Prohibits taxes or user fees for background checks under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Eliminates the requirement of written permission for the use of a handgun for lawful purposes by a minor (under age 18) where a parent or legal guardian is present at all times during such use. Restricts the disclosure of information in the ATF firearms trace system database. Increases penalties for possession of firearms by felons with prior convictions of a crime of violence or a serious drug offense.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00

Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for DNA analysis grant programs under such Act through FY2014. Amends the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 to reauthorize through FY2014 grant programs for: (1) DNA training and education for law enforcement and corrections personnel and court officers; and (2) the sexual assault forensic exam program.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-02-07 00:00:00

National Crime Gun Identification Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm licensees from manufacturing, importing, or transferring a semiautomatic pistol that is not capable of microstamping ammunition. Deems a pistol capable of microstamping ammunition if: (1) a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model and serial number of the pistol is etched into the breech face and firing pin of the pistol; and (2) when ammunition is fired from the pistol, the characters are copied from the breech face and firing pin onto the cartridge case of the ammunition.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Education
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00

Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Educaton Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing service as a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2008-03-06 00:00:00

Volunteer Firefighter Tax Relief Act of 2008- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow volunteer firefighters a tax deduction from gross income for personal safety clothing (including helmets and boots) used in performing fire fighting services.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-03-13 00:00:00

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to provide for a program for national criminal history background checks for child-serving organizations.Amends the PROTECT Act to provide for an extension of the Child Safety Pilot Program.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-03-14 00:00:00

Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 - Prohibits any federal regulation from restricting any individual from possessing or carrying a firearm or ammunition, if such restriction is based, in whole or in part, upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of the National Park System or the Wildlife Refuge System. Sets forth provisions with regard to allowing hunting activities on federal lands. Requires an agency with jurisdiction over any federal land, when developing or considering approval of a management plan, to ensure that hunting activities are allowed as a use of such land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2008-04-03 00:00:00

Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow volunteer firefighters with eight or more years of service a $1,500 tax credit ($1,000 for three or more years).
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-04-14 00:00:00

Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms in different states by persons who are not prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm and who are: (1) carrying a valid state license or permit for carrying a concealed firearm; or (2) otherwise entitled to carry a concealed firearm in their state of residence.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-04-22 00:00:00

Amends the federal criminal code to require an adjudication by a federal or state court before a veteran with an honorable discharge can be prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm based upon a determination that such veteran is mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2008-05-01 00:00:00

Police and Fire Station Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in bonds to finance capital expenditures for state and local police or fire departments. Terminates such credit after 2014.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-05-06 00:00:00

DNA Expansion and Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments to purchase or improve forensic DNA technology. Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) require grants under the DNA identification program to pay the salaries of employees of DNA criminal laboratories; (2) require grant applications under such program to provide assurances that states and local governments will implement a process for the collection of DNA samples from convicted felons in their prisons; (3) increase and extend through FY2014 the authorization of appropriations for the DNA identification program; and (4) require the Attorney General to give priority to grant applications that will use funds for crime laboratories with demonstrated training and personnel needs.Amends the Justice For All Act of 2004 to extend through FY2014 grants for: (1) DNA training and education for law enforcement and correctional personnel, forensic science professionals, and court officers; (2) sexual assault DNA identification; (3) research and development for DNA forensic technology; (4) the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program; and (5) DNA identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-06-05 00:00:00

Illegal Alien Crime Reporting Act of 2008 - Prohibits a state or political subdivision thereof from receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless the state: (1) compiles statistics on each person who is arrested, charged with a crime, convicted, or incarcerated after being convicted of a crime by the state or political subdivision, including each person's crime, immigration status, and country of origin; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (3) certifies compliance with these requirements monthly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Requires each federal agency to: (1) compile such statistics for any person it arrests, charges, prosecutes to conviction, or incarcerates after conviction of a crime; and (2) report such statistics monthly to the FBI. Directs the FBI to publish all statistics reported under this Act annually as a separate data collection of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-06-12 00:00:00

Always Think Freedom Act - Prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from purchasing, using, or distributing any hand tool or tool kit on which any reminder about forfeiture appears.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-06-12 00:00:00

Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to reinstate, for 10 years, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon or a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Specifies models and features of banned weapons. Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including: (1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under federal law on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) certain firearms, replicas, or duplicates listed in an appendix as they were manufactured on October 1, 1993; (3) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action and that has been rendered permanently inoperable or that is an antique firearm; (4) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than five rounds of ammunition; (5) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than five rounds in a fixed or detachable magazine; and (6) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a federal, state, or local government agency or for law enforcement.Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture.Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-06-23 00:00:00

Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend by six months the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers).
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-06-25 00:00:00

Amends the federal criminal code to allow an exception to the minimum sentencing requirement for a crime of violence while using, carrying, or possessing a firearm for a law enforcement officer who committed the offense during or in relation to the pursuit of an individual whom the officer reasonably believed committed a crime of violence.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-07-24 00:00:00

Second Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" for purposes of allowing states to determine the eligibility of individuals convicted of minor crimes to ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-07-30 00:00:00

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person who has been notified by the Attorney General of a firearms license revocation or nonrenewal from transferring firearms from that person's business inventory into a personal collection of: (1) such person; (2) another unlicensed individual; or (3) an employee. Prohibits such person, individual, or employee, after such a revocation or nonrenewal, from transferring a firearm that had been in such inventory, except to another firearms licensee. Requires license revocation notices to set forth the provisions of federal laws prohibiting an unlicensed individual from dealing in firearms.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-07-30 00:00:00

Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for a licensed firearms dealer to authorize an employee to possess or transfer a firearm or ammunition in the course of employment unless such dealer has received a notice from the Attorney General that the receipt of a firearm by such employee would not be unlawful. Requires the Attorney General to notify the dealer in writing or electronically of a determination that the receipt of a firearm by any employee of the dealer would be unlawful and provide the affected employee with an explanation of the grounds for such determination. Provides civil and criminal penalties for knowingly violating the requirements of this Act.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a duty on any online market provider to disclose the contact information (i.e., name, telephone number, and address for service of legal process) of any high volume seller who has listed goods or items for sale on such provider's online marketplace that match the description of stolen goods listed in a signed report from a criminal law enforcement agency. Defines "high volume seller" as any person who, through an online marketplace, sells or offers for sale in a single offering goods or items worth more than $5,000, or more than $12,000 in one or more offerings during the preceding 365 days. Requires an online market provider to: (1) retain contact information on high volume sellers for three years; and (2) deny high volume sellers access to the marketplace if such provider has good reason to believe that such sellers acquired their goods unlawfully. Allows high volume sellers to bring a civil action to challenge the denial of access to an online marketplace.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures for a program for national criminal history background checks for child-serving organizations; (2) assist such organizations in obtaining access to nationwide background checks; (3) establish procedures for insuring the accuracy of criminal history records; (4) identify individuals convicted of serious misdemeanors or felonies involving children; and (5) collect demographic data relating to individuals and organizations covered by this Act and make reports to Congress on such data. Limits the liability of a child-serving organization for failure to conduct criminal background checks or to take adverse action against employees with a criminal history. Imposes limitations on the disclosure or use of criminal history records.Amends the PROTECT Act to provide for an extension of the Child Safety Pilot Program.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00

Allows the Secretary of Defense to authorize a Department of Defense (DOD) law enforcement officer to: (1) execute and serve a warrant or other process; (2) make an arrest without a warrant for any offense committed in the presence of the officer, or for any felony if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed or is committing the felony; and (3) carry firearms.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Date: 2008-09-24 00:00:00

Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2008 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) adopt procedures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of federal criminal background records exchanged for employment purposes; and (2) report annually to Congress on all employment restrictions and disqualifications based on criminal records required by federal law and policy.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Date: 2008-09-24 00:00:00

First Responders Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) increase death and disability benefits for public safety officers; and (2) expand educational benefits for dependents of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to $7,500 of the medical expenses paid or incurred by a public safety officer or a family member for injuries sustained while such officer was performing an official duty.Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants for mental health services or counseling to public safety officers seriously injured in the line of duty and the family members of such officers who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.
Topic: Law and Crime — Agencies
Date: 2008-09-26 00:00:00

Communities in Action Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Act of 2008 or the CAN DO Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ), to establish a five-year program of grants to six communities to establish and maintain pilot programs for Communities in Action Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Centers (CAN DO Centers) to establish, administer, and coordinate: (1) the CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy Group Program and Guns off Our Streets Program; (2) the CAN DO Operation Community Patrol Program; (3) the CAN DO Street Monitoring Program; and (4) the CAN DO Services Providers Network.