Bills About Crime And Law Enforcement Sponsored by Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)

Rep. Schiff sponsored 44 bills about crime and law enforcement in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
July 21, 2020 H.R.7694 To provide increased Congressional oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
June 22, 2020 H.R.7297 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug. 16, 2019 H.R.4192 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an offense for acts of terrorism occurring in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes. 9
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
March 7, 2019 H.R.1627 To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes. 33
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
April 18, 2018 H.R.5551 To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes. 42
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov. 18, 2015 H.R.4073 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 62
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan. 16, 2014 H.R.3902 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 23
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sept. 20, 2013 H.R.3159 To provide for the appointment of a public interest advocate in matters involving a significant legal interpretation or construction of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
June 20, 2013 H.R.2475 To require the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or opinion of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes significant legal interpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in the national security interest of the United States and for other purposes. 30
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan. 23, 2013 H.R.404 To enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms. 22
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
June 21, 2012 H.R.6014 To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes. 5
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 112-253.
Nov. 3, 2011 H.R.3361 To direct the Attorney General to design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System. 0 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
March 8, 2012 H.R.4190 To enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
April 4, 2011 H.R.1360 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 9
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
March 9, 2011 H.R.988 To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sept. 28, 2010 H.R.6236 To require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
July 29, 2010 H.R.5934 To declare the sense of Congress that the public safety exception to the constitutional requirement for what are commonly called Miranda warnings allows for unwarned interrogation of terrorism suspects, and to amend section 3501 of title 18, United States Code, to assure the admissibility of certain confessions made by terrorism suspects, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
July 30, 2010 H.R.6011 To direct the Attorney General to design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
March 12, 2009 H.R.1469 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 14
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov. 6, 2009 H.R.4055 To authorize a national HOPE Program to reduce drug use, crime, and the costs of incarceration. 8
Bipartisan
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov. 16, 2009 H.R.4080 To establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety. 4
Bipartisan
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct. 29, 2009 H.RES.882 Commending Chief William J. Bratton for his service as Chief of Police of Los Angeles. 5
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
July 16, 2009 H.R.3244 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish the transfer of any nuclear weapon, device, material, or technology to terrorists as a crime against humanity. 0
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
July 8, 2009 H.R.3133 To improve title 18 of the United States Code. 1
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
March 17, 2009 H.R.1568 To reauthorize the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, to reauthorize and rename the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) as the KIDS Act, to provide for funding parity between COPS and the KIDS Act, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Feb. 12, 2009 H.R.1022 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. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Sept. 22, 2008 H.R.6995 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 1
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2008 H.R.6060 To amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
June 23, 2008 H.R.6350 To extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 1
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
March 13, 2008 H.R.5606 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. 37
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sept. 17, 2007 H.R.3547 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. 33
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
May 14, 2007 H.R.2290 To amend title 18, United States Code, to better assure cyber-security, and for other purposes. 29
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
March 20, 2007 H.R.1582 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. 17
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan. 4, 2007 H.R.11 To reiterate that chapters 119 and 121 of title 18, United States Code, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted, and for other purposes. 29
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec. 5, 2006 H.R.6374 To address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
March 16, 2006 H.R.4976 To reiterate that chapters 119 and 121 of title 18, United States Code, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted, and for other purposes. 14
Bipartisan
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 26, 2005 H.R.2651 To reduce crime and terrorism at America's seaports, and for other purposes. 1
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb. 17, 2005 H.R.970 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 reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. 9
Bipartisan
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3136-3137)
March 3, 2005 H.R.1076 To authorize the President to detain an enemy combatant who is a United States person or resident who is a member of al Qaeda or knowingly cooperated with members of al Qaeda, to guarantee timely access to judicial review to challenge the basis for a detention, to permit the detainee access to counsel, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
April 9, 2003 H.R.1705 To expand and improve the use of DNA analysis in criminal investigations, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb. 27, 2003 H.R.1029 To authorize the President to detain an enemy combatant who is a United States person or resident who is a member of al Qaeda or knowingly cooperated with members of al Qaeda, to guarantee timely access to judicial review to challenge the basis for a detention, to permit the detainee access to counsel, and for other purposes. 20
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Oct. 16, 2002 H.R.5684 To authorize the President to detain an enemy combatant who is a United States person or resident if the person or resident is a member of al Qaeda, or knowingly cooperated with members of al Qaeda in the planning, authorizing, committing, aiding, or abetting of one or more terrorist acts against the United States, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Nov. 15, 2001 H.R.3306 To set up a certification system for research facilities that possess dangerous biological agents and toxins, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 31, 2001 H.R.3190 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a program to permit Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to be trained to participate in the Federal air marshal program as volunteers, and for other purposes. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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