Summary: COPS Improvements Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT or COPS program). Revises grant purposes to provide for: (1) the hiring or training of law enforcement officers for intelligence, anti-terror, and homeland security duties; (2) the hiring of school resource officers; (3) school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and schools to combat crime, gangs, drug activities, and other problems facing elementary and secondary schools; (4) innovative programs to reduce and prevent illegal drug (including methamphetamine) manufacturing, distribution, and use; (5) criminal gang enforcement task forces; and (6) enhanced community policing and crime prevention grants that meet emerging law enforcement needs. Allows COPS program grants to be used to hire former members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing, particularly in communities adversely affected by a recent military base closing. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to: (1) assign community prosecutors to handle cases from specific geographic areas and address counterterrorism problems, specific violent crime problems, and localized violent and other crime problems; and (2) develop new technologies to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in crime prevention.Grants the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services exclusive authority to perform functions and activities under the COPS grant program.Authorizes the Attorney General to renew COP program grants if grant recipients can demonstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of the initial grant application.Requires the Attorney General to select one or more institutions of higher education, including historically Black colleges and universities, to conduct a scientific study of the effectiveness of the programs, projects, and activities funded by the COPS program. Requires such institutions to report on on their studies to the Attorney General not later than four years after the enactment of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress on such studies.Increases and extends through FY2013 the authorization of appropriations for the COPS program. Increases from 3 to 5% the amount of funds available for technical assistance. Specifies amounts to be made available for hiring officers and prosecutors, and for technology grants.(Sec. 3) Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the COPS program, including information on: (1) the effect of the program on the rate of violent crime, drug offenses, and other crimes; (2) the degree to which state and local governments awarded a COPS grant contribute funds for law enforcement programs and activities; and (3) any waste, fraud, or abuse in the program. Requires the Inspector General to audit and review a random sampling of state and local law enforcement agencies in preparing such report.

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Summary: Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Enforcement Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise the definition of "hate crime" to include a crime against an individual based on such individual's actual or perceived homeless status.

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Summary: Enhanced Participation in Drug Courts Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to redefine "violent offender" for purposes of eligibility for participating in drug court programs to mean a person charged or convicted of an offense that is punishable by a prison term exceeding one year.

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Summary: Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2007 - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund from executive and congressional budgets.Prohibits the consideration of any legislation in the House of Representatives or the Senate that would authorize the use of amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose not authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Allows the Senate to waive or suspend such prohibition by a three-fifths vote.

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Summary: Violent Crime Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to impose civil fines on firearms licensees who willfully violate federal firearms laws; (2) increase criminal penalties for transferring firearms for use in crimes of violence or drug trafficking and for conspiracies against the United States; (3) increase criminal penalties for felons with prior convictions for violent crimes and serious drug offenses who unlawfully possess firearms; (4) expand criteria for the detention for persons charged with firearms offenses prior to trial; (5) include other felony crimes of violence in the prohibition against interstate travel to commit murder-for-hire and increase criminal penalties for such crimes; (6) impose a 10-year limitation period for prosecutions of noncapital crimes of violence and terrorism; and (7) impose increased criminal penalties for illegal aliens who commit felony crimes of violence or drug trafficking.

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Summary: Anti-Gang Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit certain criminal street gang crimes, including recruitment of persons into such gangs, participation in such gangs by committing two or more predicate gang crimes, and solicitation to commit a predicate gang crime; (2) impose or increase criminal penalties for committing certain violent crimes in aid of a criminal street gang or racketeering activity, for murder or other violent crimes while committing a drug trafficking crime, and for the use of interstate or foreign commerce facilities in the commission of two or more murders; and (3) provide for forfeiture of property obtained through criminal street gang activity. Defines "criminal street gang" and "predicate gang crime" for purposes of this Act.Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines to provide an enhancement for crimes committed in furtherance or in aid of criminal street gangs.Directs the Attorney General to: (1) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify, investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating within their districts and to coordinate anti-gang activities; and (2) require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to increase funding for the Safe Streets Program and to support criminal street gang enforcement teams. Authorizes the Attorney General to hire 94 additional assistant U.S. attorneys for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.

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Summary: Anti-Gang Task Force Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General to establish, staff, and fund anti-gang task forces, consisting of federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, to coordinate efforts to combat criminal gangs and offenders.

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Summary: Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase or impose new criminal penalties for: (1) the use of firearms to commit a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) interstate transportation in aid of racketeering; (3) using interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire and other violent crimes; and (4) violent crimes and drug crimes committed by illegal aliens.Extends the limitation period for prosecuting violent crimes and crimes of terrorism. Death Penalty Procedures Improvement Act of 2007 - Revises death penalty hearing procedures and provisions for the implementation of the death sentence.Imposes a minimum mandatory prison term for possession of child pornography. Increases criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007 - Expands criminal forfeiture provisions to include certain crimes involving terrorism, fraud and computer crimes, alien smuggling, food stamp fraud, intellectual property theft, contraband cigarettes, and trafficking in persons. Expands prohibitions against money laundering activities. Revises civil forfeiture provisions.Controlled Substances Analogue Reform Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to redefine "controlled substance analogue" for purposes of criminal prohibitions against trafficking in certain substances whose chemical structures are substantially similar to substances in schedule I or II of such Act.Imposes mandatory restitution for victims of violent crime.Imposes or increases criminal penalties for certain crimes of terrorism, including providing material support to facilitate, reward, or encourage international acts of terrorism, attempts or conspiracies to obtain military-type training from a foreign terrorism organization, and terrorist offenses resulting in death. Authorizes the death penalty for certain terrorist offenses involving weapons of mass destruction.Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 - Revises criminal penalties for and definitions relating to crimes committed by criminal street gangs, including interstate travel in aid of racketeering, murder for hire, drug trafficking, use of firearms in committing violent crimes, and use of interstate commerce facilities to commit multiple murder.Amends: (1) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand the definition of "racketeering activity" to include interstate murder; and (2) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of community-based justice grants to hire additional prosecutors to reduce case backlogs and to assist in the accurate identification and successful prosecution of young violent offenders.Authorizes the Attorney General to designate specific areas that are located within one or more states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas.

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Summary: Safe Neighborhoods Expansion Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require each U.S. attorney to: (1) identify, investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating within his or her district; (2) coordinate among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies the identification, investigation, and prosecution of criminal street gangs; and (3) hire additional personnel to support the expansion of the program.

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Summary: Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act - Amends the federal criminal code to define "criminal street gang" and "gang crime" and to prohibit: (1) the commission of, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit, a gang crime to further the activities of a criminal street gang; and (2) the recruitment of another person to join a criminal street gang.Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for murder and other violent crimes committed in the course of a drug trafficking offense.Increases criminal penalties for possession of firearms by repeat criminal offenders. Prohibits the possession of firearms by individuals convicted of a gang-related misdemeanor or in contempt of a gang injunction order.Authorizes the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or a firearm permit to individuals who may use firearms for terrorist activities.Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate certain areas in states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas and provide assistance to such areas; (2) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify, investigate, and prosecute criminal street gangs operating in their districts; (3) expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams; and (4) make grants to states to prevent abductions of children by family members.Establishes a grant program in the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for crime prevention, research, and intervention services designed for gang members and at-risk youth.Establishes in the U.S. Marshals Service a Short-Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other violent crimes. Expands the federal witness relocation and protection program to include protection for witnesses against criminal street gangs.Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants for juvenile offender reintegration projects and for employment programs for young adult gang members to reduce recidivism and promote long-term employability.

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Summary: Providing Electronic Resources and Prosecutors Act of 2007 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to include as required uses of grant funds under such Act: (1) the hiring of additional prosecutors to prosecute more cases and to reduce backlogs; and (2) the funding of technology, equipment, and training for prosecutors and law enforcement to increase accurate identification of gang members and violent offenders and to maintain databases with such information.

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Summary: Restitution for Victims of Crime Act of 2007 - Collection of Restitution Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code relating to restitution for victims of crime to: (1) require courts to enter an order for immediate restitution at the sentencing of a convict; (2) allow prosecutors to obtain from the U.S. Probation Office, without a court order, financial information about a convict who owes restitution; (3) require identifying information about convicts to be included in restitution orders of more than $100; and (4) allow crime victims reimbursement of attorney fees incurred in seeking restitution. Preservation of Assets for Restitution Act of 2007 - Requires courts to issue protective orders for preservation of assets available to satisfy restitution claims. Provides for prejudgment remedies to protect assets available to satisfy restitution claims.Environmental Crimes Restitution Act of 2007 - Provides for orders of restitution for victims of certain environmental crimes at the sentencing of a convict.

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Summary: Excludes from gross income, for federal income tax purposes, any payments made by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) out of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic shootings at such school on April 16, 2007. Increases the penalty for failure to file a partnership income tax return, for a taxable year beginning in 2008, by one dollar (from $85 to $86) per month (multiplied, as under current law, by the number of partners in the offending partnership during any part of the taxable year).

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Summary: Directs the Attorney General, subject to the availability of funds, to: (1) provide a grant to i-Safe, Inc., to carry out Internet crime prevention education programs; and (2) create and administer a competitive grants program for organizations to carry out Internet crime prevention education programs. Defines "Internet crime prevention education programs" to mean programs that educate parents, children, educators, and communities about how to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet, including sexual or racial harassment, cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, exposure to pornography, and privacy violations.

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Summary: Directs the Attorney General to provide grants to Parents For Megan's Law, Inc. to implement the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program, a program established to reduce sexual victimization by providing accurate sex offender registry information to law enforcement agencies and identifying sex offenders who fail to register.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received from a state or federal law enforcement agency for information relating to the violation of a federal criminal law.

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Summary: Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 - Bars, except as provided under current federal criminal law regarding the possession or the causing to be present of firearms and other dangerous weapons in federal facilities (other than federal court facilities), the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing, transporting, or carrying the firearm; and (2) the possession, transportation, or carrying of the firearm is in compliance with the law governing possession, transportation, or carrying of firearms in parks of the state in which the unit is located.

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Summary: Amends federal bankruptcy law to declare nondischargeable in bankruptcy any debts for a personal injury that results in a permanent disability.

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Summary: Savannah's Law - Amends federal bankruptcy law to declare nondischargeable in bankruptcy any debts for a personal injury that results in a permanent disability.

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Summary: International Megan's Law of 2008 - Requires registered sex offenders to report their departure to or arrival from a foreign place not later than 21 days before such departure or arrival. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for failure to report such travel. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a system of notice to foreign countries about travel outside of the United States by registered sex offenders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make convicted sex offenders inadmissible to the United States. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include in the annual report of the Secretary of State on the status of severe forms of human trafficking efforts of foreign countries to identify and provide notice of international travel by sex offenders.Encourages the President to use authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist foreign countries in identifying and providing notice of sex offenders traveling to the United States and other countries.

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Summary: Community Safety Initiative Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make grants in FY2009-FY2014 to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative.

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Summary: Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and community and faith-based organizations to provide services and education and counseling programs for runaway and homeless youth or other at-risk youth who are the victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

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Summary: Mynisha's Law - Authorizes any local or tribal government to submit an application to the Attorney General for designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief Area. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish criteria for reviewing such applications; and (2) establish an Interagency Gang Prevention Task Force. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate government activities to create a comprehensive gang prevention response, focusing on early childhood intervention, at-risk youth intervention, literacy, employment, community policing, and comprehensive community-based programs such as Operation Cease Fire; (2) coordinate with local and regional gang prevention efforts; and (3) prioritize the needs of such Areas for funding under specified federal community assistance and grant programs.

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Summary: COPS Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT or COPS program). Revises grant purposes to provide for: (1) the hiring or training of law enforcement officers for intelligence, antiterror, and homeland security duties; (2) the hiring of school resource officers; (3) school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems to combat crime, gangs, drug activities, and other problems facing elementary and secondary schools; (4) innovative programs to reduce and prevent illegal drug (including methamphetamine) manufacturing, distribution, and use; and (5) enhanced community policing and crime prevention grants that meet emerging law enforcement needs.Allows COPS program grants to be used to hire former members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing, particularly in communities adversely affected by a recent military base closing.Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to: (1) assign community prosecutors to handle cases from specific geographic areas and address counterterrorism problems, specific violent crime problems, and localized violent and other crime problems; and (2) develop new technologies to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in crime prevention.Grants the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services exclusive authority to perform functions and activities under the COPS program.Requires grant recipients to retain additional law enforcement officers for a 12-month period after the end of the grant period.Authorizes the Attorney General to renew COPS program grants if grant recipients can demonstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of the initial grant application.Increases: (1) the authorization of appropriation for the COPS program; and (2) the amount of funds available for technical assistance from 3 to 5%. Specifies amounts to be made available for hiring officers and prosecutors and for technology grants.

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Summary: Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007 - Title I: New Federal Criminal Laws Needed To Fight Violent National, International, Regional, And Local Gangs That Affect Interstate And Foreign Commerce - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to expand prohibitions against criminal street gangs. Defines "criminal street gang" as a formal or informal group, organization, or association of five or more individuals: (1) each of whom has committed at least one gang crime; and (2) who collectively commit three or more gang crimes (at least one of which is a serious violent felony), in separate criminal episodes. Defines "gang crime" as a federal criminal offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or a state felony offense punishable by imprisonment of five years or more, involving: (1) physical force against another, burglary, arson, kidnapping, or extortion; (2) obstruction of justice or tampering or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant; (3) drug trafficking; (4) illegal possession of firearms or explosives, racketeering, money laundering, or interstate transportation of stolen property; (5) harboring illegal aliens; or (6) aggravated sexual abuse, exploitation, or other sex crime.Imposes criminal penalties on individuals who: (1) knowingly commit, or conspire, threaten, or attempt to commit, a gang crime in furtherance of a criminal street gang; (2) recruit persons to participate in a criminal street gang; and (3) commit other violent crimes in furtherance of a criminal street gang. Provides for criminal forfeiture of property used in the commission of a gang crime.Title II: Violent Crime Reforms To Reduce Gang Violence - (Sec. 201) Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the prohibition against committing violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity to include an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity; and (2) increase criminal penalties for threats to commit a violent crime and for attempts or conspiracies to commit crimes of violence. (Sec. 202) Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals who commit murder and other violent crimes during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.(Sec. 203) Expands restrictions on the release of persons charged with using firearms in a drug trafficking crime or a crime of violence.(Sec. 204) Establishes a 10-year limitation period for prosecutions of any noncapital felony crime of violence, including any racketeering activity or gang crime which involves any crime of violence. (Sec. 205) Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to study changing the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow the admission into evidence of statements of a witness who is unavailable to testify due to a party's wrongdoing.(Sec. 206) Increases criminal penalties for possession of firearms by felons with one or more prior convictions for a violent felony or serious drug offense. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend federal sentencing guidelines to reflect increases in penalties for possession of firearms by felons with multiple felony convictions. (Sec. 208) Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) redefine the crime of carjacking and increase penalties for such crime; (2) redefine and increase penalties for transfers of firearms to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking; (3) apply criminal association restrictions to members of criminal street gangs; and (4) increase criminal penalties for conspiracy to commit a criminal offense or to defraud the United States.(Sec. 209) Authorizes the Attorney General to conduct media campaigns in any area designated as a high intensity gang activity area to educate residents of such area about changes in criminal penalties made by this Act. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Judiciary Committees of Congress on such media campaigns.(Sec. 210) Extends from 8 to 10 years the limitation period for prosecuting certain federal crimes of terrorism.(Sec. 211) Establishes crimes committed in Indian country or in any other area of exclusive federal jurisdiction as a predicate for invoking federal racketeering laws.(Sec. 212) Establishes as a predicate for a wiretap authorization violations of the Controlled Substances Act relating to murder and other violent crimes in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and certain criminal street gang activity.(Sec. 213) Expands the prohibition against impeding commerce by threats or violence to include robbery or extortion attempts committed by a person unlawfully impersonating a law enforcement officer.(Sec. 214) Prohibits travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or use of the mail, to tamper with or retaliate against a witness, victim, or informant in a state criminal proceeding.(Sec. 215) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements to conform with the amendments made by this Title. Title III: Increased Federal Resources To Deter and Prevent Seriously At-Risk Youth From Joining Illegal Street Gangs And For Other Purposes - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the Attorney General to designate state high intensity gang activity areas and provide assistance to such areas in combating gang activity. Establishes criteria for the designation of a high intensity gang activity area. Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Domestic Policy Council on gangs in high intensity gang activity areas. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to hire additional personnel, including 94 assistant U.S. attorneys, to assist in anti-gang initiatives.Directs the Office of Justice Programs to establish a National Gang Research, Evaluation, and Policy Institute to design anti-gang programs, conduct research, and evaluate existing anti-gang programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 302) Authorizes the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to states, local and tribal governments, and private entities to develop community-based programs that provide crime prevention, research, and intervention services designed for gang members and at-risk youth. Requires grant recipients to submit annual reports to the Attorney General on their activities and their strategic plans. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 303) Authorizes the Attorney General to expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require each U.S. attorney to: (1) identify, investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating within his or her district; (2) coordinate the identification, investigation, and prosecution of criminal street gangs among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and (3) hire additional personnel to support the expansion of the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 304) Authorizes the Attorney General to expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams.Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a National Gang Activity Database to disseminate information to law enforcement agencies about gang activities and gang members; and (2) provide funding to the Regional Information Sharing Systems to use RISSNET (secure intranet) to connect existing gang information systems with the National Gang Activity Database. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012. (Sec. 305) Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to provide grants to assist prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in identifying gang members and violent offenders. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for community-based justice grants for prosecutors.(Sec. 306) Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand the number of sites receiving juvenile delinquency reduction grants from 4 to 12. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 307) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities (including faith-based organizations) to carry out projects involving innovative approaches to combat gang activity. Requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to Congress on the success of innovative approaches in local communities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.(Sec. 308) Establishes in the U.S. Marshals Service a Short-Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other major violent crimes. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to prosecutor's offices to identify witnesses in need of protection. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2010.(Sec. 309) Allows nonreimbursable federal payments to states for the costs of investigating and prosecuting crimes of violence committed by a criminal street gang.(Sec. 310) Specifies that the federal witness relocation and protection program includes witnesses in cases involving criminal street gangs, serious drug offenses, and homicide, as well as organized criminal activity.(Sec. 311) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states for projects to prevent family abductions. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2010.(Sec. 312) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study and report to Congress on the appropriateness of sentences for minors in the federal criminal justice system. Authorizes the Commission to establish or revise sentencing guidelines and policy statements relating to the sentencing of minors, based on study results.(Sec. 313) Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to promote prevention of youth heroin use, including cheese heroin, in advertising and other activities. (Sec. 314) Authorizes the National District Attorneys Association to use the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, for a training program to improve the professional skills of state and local prosecutors. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.Title IV: Crime Prevention and Intervention Strategies - Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2007 or PRECAUTION Act - (Sec. 404) Establishes the National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime Prevention. Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct a study of the effectiveness of crime and delinquency prevention and intervention strategies, organized around specified subcategories (i.e., family and community settings, law enforcement settings, and school settings); (2) make recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Justice for the dissemination of innovative crime prevention and intervention strategy grants; and (3) report to the President, Congress, and other federal and state officials on its findings and conclusions.(Sec. 405) Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make grants to public and private entities for the implementation and evaluation of innovative crime or delinquency prevention or intervention strategies. Requires grant recipients to set aside grant funds for a rigorous study of the effectiveness of prevention or intervention strategies. Authorizes appropriations.

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criminal street gang commit violent crimes furtherance criminal street gang provides criminal forfeiture property commission gang crime title violent crime reforms reduce sec amends federal criminal code expand prohibition committing violent crimes aid racketeering activity include enterprise engaged racketeering activity increase criminal penalties threats commit violent crime attempts conspiracies commit crimes violence sec amends controlled substances act impose criminal penalties individuals commit murder violent crimes relation drug trafficking expands restrictions release persons charged firearms drug trafficking crime crime establishes year limitation period prosecutions noncapital felony crime violence including racketeering activity gang crime involves crime violence sec directs judicial_conference_of_the_united_states study changing federal_rules_of_evidence allow admission evidence statements witness unavailable testify party increases criminal penalties possession firearms felons prior convictions violent felony drug offense directs amend federal sentencing guidelines reflect increases penalties possession firearms felons multiple felony convictions sec amends federal criminal code redefine crime increase penalties crime redefine increase penalties transfers firearms commit crime violence drug trafficking apply criminal association restrictions members criminal street gangs increase criminal penalties conspiracy commit criminal offense defraud authorizes attorney general conduct media campaigns area designated high intensity gang activity area educate residents area changes criminal penalties act requires attorney general report judiciary_committees congress media extends years limitation period prosecuting certain federal crimes establishes crimes committed indian country area exclusive federal jurisdiction predicate invoking federal racketeering establishes predicate authorization violations controlled substances act relating murder violent crimes furtherance drug trafficking crime certain criminal street gang expands prohibition impeding commerce threats violence include robbery extortion attempts committed person unlawfully law enforcement prohibits travel interstate foreign commerce use mail tamper retaliate witness victim informant state criminal directs review amend guidelines policy statements conform amendments title title iii increased federal resources deter prevent seriously risk youth joining illegal street gangs purposes sec authorizes attorney general designate state high intensity gang activity areas provide assistance areas combating gang activity establishes criteria designation high intensity gang activity area requires attorney general submit report congress director office_of_management_and_budget omb gangs high intensity gang activity areas authorizes attorney general director hire additional personnel including assistant attorneys assist anti gang initiatives directs office_of_justice_programs establish design anti gang programs conduct research evaluate existing anti gang programs authorizes appropriations fy2008 authorizes office_of_justice_programs_of_the_department_of_justice doj grants states local tribal governments private entities develop community based programs provide crime prevention research intervention services designed gang members risk youth requires grant recipients submit annual reports attorney general activities strategic plans authorizes appropriations fy2008 authorizes attorney general expand project_safe_neighborhoods program require attorney identify investigate prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating district coordinate identification investigation prosecution criminal street gangs federal state local law enforcement agencies hire additional personnel support expansion program authorizes appropriations fy2008 authorizes attorney general expand safe_streets_program federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi support criminal street gang enforcement teams directs attorney general establish national gang activity database disseminate information law enforcement agencies gang activities gang members provide funding use secure connect existing gang information systems authorizes appropriations fy2008 fy2012 sec amends violent_crime_control_and_law_enforcement_act provide grants assist prosecutors law enforcement agencies identifying gang members violent offenders authorizes appropriations fy2008 fy2012 community based justice grants amends juvenile justice delinquency prevention act direct administrator office_of_juvenile_justice delinquency prevention expand number sites receiving juvenile delinquency reduction grants authorizes appropriations fy2008 authorizes attorney general grants public nonprofit private entities including faith based organizations carry projects involving innovative approaches combat gang activity requires attorney general submit annual reports congress success innovative approaches local communities authorizes appropriations fy2008 establishes short term state witness protection section provide protection witnesses state local trials involving homicide major violent crimes authorizes attorney general grants prosecutor offices identify witnesses need protection authorizes appropriations fy2008 allows nonreimbursable federal payments states costs investigating prosecuting crimes violence committed criminal street specifies federal witness relocation protection program includes witnesses cases involving criminal street gangs drug offenses homicide organized criminal authorizes attorney general grants states projects prevent family abductions authorizes appropriations directs study report congress appropriateness sentences minors federal criminal justice system authorizes commission establish revise sentencing guidelines policy statements relating sentencing minors based study amends office_of_national_drug_control_policy_reauthorization_act require director national_drug_control_policy promote prevention youth heroin use including cheese heroin advertising activities sec authorizes use columbia south_carolina training program improve professional skills state local prosecutors authorizes appropriations fy2008 crime prevention intervention strategies prevention resources eliminating criminal activity tailored interventions neighborhoods act act sec establishes directs commission conduct study effectiveness crime delinquency prevention intervention strategies organized specified family community settings law enforcement settings school settings recommendations director national_institute_of_justice dissemination innovative crime prevention intervention strategy grants report president congress federal state officials findings authorizes director national_institute_of_justice grants public private entities implementation evaluation innovative crime delinquency prevention intervention strategies requires grant recipients set aside grant funds rigorous study effectiveness 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Summary: School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the placement and use of surveillance equipment in schools under the matching grant program for school security; (2) allow the use of grant funds to establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations and for making capital improvements to make school facilities more secure; (3) set the federal matching share of program costs at 80%; and (4) revise application requirements for school security grants.Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate advisory school safety guidelines.

school safety enhancements act amends omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act allow placement use surveillance equipment schools matching grant program school security allow use grant funds establish hotlines tiplines reporting potentially dangerous students situations making capital improvements school facilities secure set federal matching share program costs revise application requirements school security grants requires director bureau_of_justice_assistance secretary education establish interagency task force develop promulgate advisory school safety guidelines


Summary: Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes programs for combating criminal gangs, including after-school programs, programs for safe and drug-free schools and communities, gang resistance education and training programs, and adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects.Establishes or increases funding for criminal gang-related programs, including: (1) demonstration grants to public and private entities for innovative approaches to combat gang activity; (2) programs that target certain at-risk youth and juvenile offenders ages 11 to 19; (3) state studies of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations; (4) substance abuse treatment; (5) mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations; (6) transition training for incarcerated youth offenders; (7) gang activity policing grants; (8) grants to prosecutors and law enforcement officials to combat violent crime and protect witnesses; and (9) the National Youth Gang Survey.Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted low-income housing for use in eliminating gang-related crime.Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate and provide assistance to high-intensity gang activity areas; and (2) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify and prosecute criminal street gangs in their respective districts.Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of "criminal street gang"; (2) prohibit the recruitment or solicitation of persons to participate in a criminal street gang; (3) impose enhanced penalties for committing violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang and for use of firearms by felons with multiple felony convictions for violent crimes and drug offenses; (4) increase penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire or other felony crimes of violence; and (5) increase penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering activities.Extends the limitation period for prosecuting certain noncapital violent crimes. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise guidelines relating to violent gang-related crimes.Provides for certain studies and reports relating to criminal gangs, including reports distinguishing criminal offenses committed by juveniles.

fighting gangs empowering youth act reauthorizes programs combating criminal gangs including school programs programs safe drug free schools communities gang resistance education training programs adult juvenile offender state local reentry demonstration projects establishes increases funding criminal gang related programs including demonstration grants public private entities innovative approaches combat gang activity programs target certain risk youth juvenile offenders ages state studies parole post incarceration supervision violations revocations substance abuse treatment mentoring grants nonprofit organizations transition training incarcerated youth offenders gang activity policing grants grants prosecutors law enforcement officials combat violent crime protect witnesses public authorizes secretary housing_and_urban_development grants public housing agencies private profit nonprofit owners federally assisted low income housing use eliminating gang related crime authorizes attorney general designate provide assistance high intensity gang activity areas expand project_safe_neighborhoods program require attorneys identify prosecute criminal street gangs respective districts amends federal criminal code expand definition criminal street gang prohibit recruitment solicitation persons participate criminal street gang impose enhanced penalties committing violent crimes furtherance aid criminal street gang use firearms felons multiple felony convictions violent crimes drug offenses increase penalties use interstate commerce facilities commission murder hire felony crimes violence increase penalties violent crimes aid racketeering activities extends limitation period prosecuting certain noncapital violent crimes requires review revise guidelines relating violent gang related crimes provides certain studies reports relating criminal gangs including reports distinguishing criminal offenses committed juveniles


Summary: Recidivism Reduction and Second Chance Act of 2007 or the Second Chance Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects to provide expanded services to offenders and their families for reentry into society.Directs the Attorney General to award grants for: (1) state and local reentry courts; (2) Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Forces; (3) pharmacological drug treatment services to incarcerated offenders; (4) technology career training for offenders; and (5) mentoring services for reintegrating offenders into the community.Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to require the Secretary of Education to establish a program for education and employment counseling for youth offenders.Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for: (1) the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center; (2) drug treatment programs as an alternative to imprisonment; (3) evaluation of methods to improve academic and vocational education for incarcerated offenders; (4) demonstration programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs in long-term substance abusers; (5) incentive grants to improve drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (6) pharmacological drug treatment services to incarcerated offenders; (7) prison-based family treatment programs for incarcerated parents of minor children; and (8) a study of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations.Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to establish: (1) a prisoner reentry program; and (2) a pilot program for the release of elderly nonviolent offenders (age 60 or older).

recidivism reduction second chance act second chance act amends omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act reauthorize expand provisions adult juvenile offender state local reentry demonstration projects provide expanded services offenders families reentry society directs attorney general award grants state local reentry courts comprehensive continuous offender reentry task forces pharmacological drug treatment services incarcerated offenders technology career training offenders mentoring services offenders community amends higher_education_amendments require secretary education establish program education employment counseling youth offenders authorizes attorney general award grants establishment national adult drug treatment programs alternative imprisonment evaluation methods improve academic vocational education incarcerated offenders demonstration programs reduce use alcohol drugs long term substance abusers incentive grants improve drug treatment offenders prisons jails juvenile facilities pharmacological drug treatment services incarcerated offenders prison based family treatment programs incarcerated parents minor children study parole post incarceration supervision violations revocations requires director bureau_of_prisons establish prisoner reentry program pilot program release elderly nonviolent offenders age older


Summary: Daniel Faulkner Law Enforcement Officers and Judges Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose mandatory minimum prison terms for homicide, manslaughter, and kidnapping of federal judges and law enforcement officers; (2) expand the penalties for assaulting or interfering with federal officers and employees and for assaults against federal law enforcement officers and judges; (3) impose mandatory minimum prison terms for retaliating against a federal judge or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties by murdering, kidnapping, assaulting, or threatening a family member of such judge or officer; and (4) authorize federal judges, U.S. attorneys, and Justice Department employees to carry firearms.Places limits on the award of civil damages and attorney's fees against judicial officers for injuries incurred by an individual during the commission of a felony or crime of violence.Amends the federal judicial code to place limits on habeas corpus petitions for review of a state court conviction for murder of a public safety officer or judge engaged in the performance of official duties.

law enforcement officers judges protection act amends federal criminal code impose mandatory minimum prison terms homicide manslaughter kidnapping federal judges law enforcement officers expand penalties assaulting interfering federal officers employees assaults federal law enforcement officers judges impose mandatory minimum prison terms retaliating federal judge law enforcement officer account performance official duties kidnapping assaulting threatening family member judge officer authorize federal judges attorneys employees carry firearms places limits award civil damages attorney fees judicial officers injuries incurred individual commission felony crime violence amends federal judicial code place limits habeas corpus petitions review state court conviction murder public safety officer judge engaged performance official duties


Summary: Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2007 or the PRECAUTION Act - Establishes the National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime Prevention to: (1) carry out a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of certain crime and delinquency prevention and intervention strategies: and (2) make initial and final reports on such strategies to specified federal and state officials. Exempts such Commission from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make three-year grants to public and private entities for the implementation and evaluation of innovative crime or delinquency prevention or intervention strategies.Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 to reduce FY2008 funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Prohibits the NASA Administrator from carrying out the Red Planet Capital Venture Capital Program during FY2008-FY2012.

prevention resources eliminating criminal activity tailored interventions neighborhoods act act establishes carry comprehensive study effectiveness certain crime delinquency prevention intervention strategies initial final reports strategies specified federal state officials exempts commission federal_advisory_committee_act authorizes director national_institute_of_justice year grants public private entities implementation evaluation innovative crime delinquency prevention intervention strategies amends reduce fy2008 funding national_aeronautics_and_space_administration nasa prohibits nasa administrator carrying fy2008 fy2012


Summary: Crime Victims' Rights Rules Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to ensuring that the rights and standing of crime victims are accounted for in the federal criminal justice system.Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to allow for the involvement of crime victims in the various phases of the criminal justice process, including: (1) the initial court appearance of a defendant; (2) the preliminary hearing; (3) the pretrial conference; (4) transfers of trial venues; and (5) revocations or modifications of probation or supervised release. Sets forth requirements for giving notice to crime victims of criminal proceedings and their right to participate in such proceedings.Requires a court to consider the views of crime victims before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. Permits a crime victim to attend any public deposition taken in a criminal proceeding.Prohibits documents containing personal or confidential information about a crime victim from being subpoenaed without giving the victim notice and an opportunity to be heard.Grants crime victims the right to: (1) attend any public court proceeding, subject to certain court-imposed restrictions; and (2) address the court regarding any decisions to release a defendant or dismiss a criminal case.Authorizes a court to appoint counsel to assist crime victims in exercising their rights.Requires a court to protect crime victims against unreasonable delay in criminal proceedings.Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and official commentary to ensure that crime victims have meaningful participation in the sentencing process.

crime victims rights rules act expresses sense congress respect ensuring rights standing crime victims accounted federal criminal justice system amends federal_rules_of_criminal_procedure allow involvement crime victims phases criminal justice process including initial court appearance defendant preliminary hearing pretrial conference transfers trial venues revocations modifications probation supervised release sets forth requirements giving notice crime victims criminal proceedings right participate proceedings requires court consider views crime victims accepting plea guilty permits crime victim attend public deposition taken criminal proceeding prohibits documents containing personal confidential information crime victim giving victim notice opportunity heard grants crime victims right attend public court proceeding subject certain court imposed restrictions address court decisions release defendant dismiss criminal case authorizes court appoint counsel assist crime victims exercising rights requires court protect crime victims unreasonable delay criminal proceedings directs amend sentencing guidelines policy statements official ensure crime victims meaningful participation sentencing process


Summary: Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase or impose new criminal penalties for: (1) the use of firearms to commit a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) interstate transportation in aid of racketeering; (3) using interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire and other violent crimes; and (4) violent crimes and drug crimes committed by illegal aliens.Extends the limitation period for prosecuting violent crimes and crimes of terrorism. Death Penalty Procedures Improvement Act of 2007 - Revises death penalty hearing procedures and provisions for the implementation of the death sentence.Imposes a minimum mandatory prison term for possession of child pornography. Increases criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007 - Expands criminal forfeiture provisions to include certain crimes involving terrorism, fraud and computer crimes, alien smuggling, food stamp fraud, intellectual property theft, contraband cigarettes, and trafficking in persons. Expands prohibitions against money laundering activities. Revises civil forfeiture provisions.Controlled Substances Analogue Reform Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to redefine "controlled substance analogue" for purposes of criminal prohibitions against trafficking in certain substances whose chemical structures are substantially similar to substances in schedule I or II of such Act. Imposes mandatory restitution for victims of violent crime.Imposes or increases criminal penalties for certain crimes of terrorism, including providing material support to facilitate, reward, or encourage international acts of terrorism, attempts or conspiracies to obtain military-type training from a foreign terrorism organization, and terrorist offenses resulting in death. Authorizes the death penalty for certain terrorist offenses involving weapons of mass destruction.Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 - Revises criminal penalties for and definitions relating to crimes committed by criminal street gangs, including interstate travel in aid of racketeering, murder for hire, drug trafficking, use of firearms in committing violent crimes, and use of interstate commerce facilities to commit multiple murder.Amends: (1) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand the definition of "racketeering activity" to include interstate murder; and (2) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of community-based justice grants to hire additional prosecutors to reduce case backlogs and to assist in the accurate identification and successful prosecution of young violent offenders.Authorizes the Attorney General to designate specific areas that are located within one or more states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas.

violent crime control act amends federal criminal code increase impose new criminal penalties use firearms commit crime violence drug trafficking crime interstate transportation aid racketeering interstate facilities commit murder hire violent crimes violent crimes drug crimes committed illegal aliens extends limitation period prosecuting violent crimes crimes terrorism death penalty procedures improvement act revises death penalty hearing procedures provisions implementation death sentence imposes minimum mandatory prison term possession child pornography increases criminal penalties sexual exploitation children child pornography proceeds crime act expands criminal forfeiture provisions include certain crimes involving terrorism fraud computer crimes alien smuggling food stamp fraud intellectual property theft contraband cigarettes trafficking persons expands prohibitions money laundering activities revises civil forfeiture provisions controlled substances analogue reform act amends controlled substances act redefine controlled substance analogue purposes criminal prohibitions trafficking certain substances chemical structures substantially similar substances schedule act imposes mandatory restitution victims violent crime imposes increases criminal penalties certain crimes terrorism including providing material support facilitate reward encourage international acts terrorism attempts conspiracies obtain military type training foreign terrorism organization terrorist offenses resulting death authorizes death penalty certain terrorist offenses involving weapons mass destruction community protection act revises criminal penalties definitions relating crimes committed criminal street gangs including interstate travel aid racketeering murder hire drug trafficking use firearms committing violent crimes use interstate commerce facilities commit multiple murder amends racketeer influenced corrupt organizations act rico expand definition racketeering activity include interstate murder violent_crime_control_and_law_enforcement_act authorize use community based justice grants hire additional prosecutors reduce case backlogs assist accurate identification successful prosecution young violent offenders authorizes attorney general designate specific areas located states high intensity interstate gang activity areas


Summary: Excludes from gross income, for federal tax purposes, any payments made by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) out of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic shootings at such school on April 16, 2007.

excludes gross income federal tax purposes payments virginia tech spirit memorial fund victims shootings school april


Summary: Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 - Bars the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the unit is located.

protecting americans violent crime act bars promulgation enforcement regulation prohibits individual possessing firearm including assembled functional firearm unit national_park_system national_wildlife_refuge_system individual prohibited law possessing firearm possession firearm compliance law state unit located


Summary: Internet Crime Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to i-SAFE, Inc., and to establish and administer competitive grant programs for organizations, to carry out Internet crime prevention education programs. Defines "Internet crime prevention education program" to mean a program for educating parents, children, educators, and communities to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet.

internet crime prevention act directs attorney general grants safe establish administer competitive grant programs organizations carry internet crime prevention education programs defines internet crime prevention education program mean program educating parents children educators communities recognize prevent potentially criminal activity internet


Summary: Internet Safety Education Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to certain U.S. entities that assist elementary and secondary school administrators, faculty and staff, and law enforcement officials in implementing Internet crime prevention education. Defines "Internet crime prevention education" to mean programs that help parents, educators, and law enforcement officials to educate children and communities about how to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet, telephone, and other electronic means.

internet safety education act directs attorney general award grants certain entities assist elementary secondary school administrators faculty staff law enforcement officials implementing internet crime prevention education defines internet crime prevention education mean programs help parents educators law enforcement officials educate children communities recognize prevent potentially criminal activity internet telephone electronic means


Summary: Serve America Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create two new service-learning programs: (1) a Youth Engagement Zones to Strengthen Communities program, providing competitive grants to partnerships between local educational agencies that serve high-need, low-income communities and certain community-based or state entities to engage students and out-of-school youth in service-learning addressing specific challenges faced by their communities; and (2) a Campus of Service program, which annually grants up to 30 institutions of higher education (IHEs) with exemplary service-learning programs the funds to assist their students' pursuit of public service careers, and the right to nominate additional individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships. Directs the Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation) to contract for a 10-year, longitudinal service-learning impact study. Establishes the Commission on Cross-Sector Solutions to America's Problems to study ways in which the federal government and businesses can more effectively collaborate with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations to address pressing national and local challenges. Creates a Community Solutions Funds Pilot program awarding competitive matching grants to grantmaking institutions or partnerships between such institutions and state or local governmental entities which will use the grants to provide competitive matching subgrants to community organizations for use in replicating or expanding proven solutions to specifically identified community challenges. Establishes an Innovation Fellowships Pilot program awarding competitive grants to individuals who are veterans, or have completed at least one period of national service, to establish innovative nonprofit organizations that address national and local challenges. Creates a ServeAmerica Corps program providing formula grants to states and awarding competitive grants to states and nonprofit organizations to fund national service in low-income communities by: (1) Clean Energy Service Corps that improve certain clean energy indicators, including energy efficiency and conservation measures; (2) Education Corps that improve certain education indicators, including student engagement, achievement, and graduation; (3) Healthy Futures Corps that improve certain health indicators, including health care access; (4) Opportunity Corps that improve certain opportunity indicators, including financial literacy and access to housing, and employment-related services; and (5) Encore programs designed to take advantage of the skills of participants age 50 and older. Creates additional incentives for national service participation by individuals age 50 and older. Makes ServeAmerica Corps participants eligible for national service educational awards. Directs the Corporation to create a Civic Health Index enabling states and communities to assess their civic health. Establishes the ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships program providing ServeAmerica Fellowships to IHE-nominated individuals and Encore Fellowships to individuals age 50 or older who agree to be placed with nonprofit organizations to carry out projects in specified areas of national need. Makes ServeAmerica fellows eligible for national service educational awards. Creates a Volunteer Generation Fund program awarding competitive matching grants to states and nonprofit organizations to increase the availability and capacity of volunteers to address state priorities with regard to areas of national need or work with nonprofit civic entities, including faith-based organizations, to address such needs. Establishes a National Service Reserve Corps of individuals who have completed a term of national service to respond to national disasters and other emergencies. Directs the Corporation, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, to conduct a nationwide Call to Service Campaign. Requires the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a VfPServe program providing skilled professionals with fixed-amount stipends to offset their costs of volunteering abroad to address specified VfP objectives aimed at ameliorating living conditions in developing countries.

serve america act amends national_and_community_service_act create new service learning programs youth engagement zones strengthen communities program providing competitive grants partnerships local educational agencies serve high need low income communities certain community based state entities engage students school youth service learning addressing specific challenges faced communities campus service program annually grants institutions higher education ihes exemplary service learning programs funds assist students pursuit public service careers right nominate additional individuals fellowships directs contract year longitudinal service learning impact study establishes_the_commission problems study ways federal government businesses effectively collaborate nonprofit philanthropic organizations address pressing national local challenges creates community solutions funds pilot program awarding competitive matching grants institutions partnerships institutions state local governmental entities use grants provide competitive matching subgrants community organizations use replicating expanding proven solutions specifically identified community challenges establishes program awarding competitive grants individuals veterans completed period national service establish innovative nonprofit organizations address national local challenges creates program providing formula grants states awarding competitive grants states nonprofit organizations fund national service low income communities improve certain clean energy indicators including energy efficiency conservation measures education corps improve certain education indicators including student engagement achievement graduation improve certain health indicators including health care access improve certain opportunity indicators including financial literacy access housing employment related services encore programs designed advantage skills participants age older creates additional incentives national service participation individuals age older makes participants eligible national service educational awards directs corporation create civic health index enabling states communities assess civic health establishes encore_fellowships program providing fellowships ihe nominated individuals encore_fellowships individuals age older agree placed nonprofit organizations carry projects specified areas national need makes fellows eligible national service educational awards creates program awarding competitive matching grants states nonprofit organizations increase availability capacity volunteers address state priorities regard areas national need work nonprofit civic entities including faith based organizations address needs establishes individuals completed term national service respond national disasters emergencies directs corporation days act enactment conduct nationwide requires united_states_agency international_development usaid implement program providing skilled professionals fixed stipends offset costs volunteering abroad address specified objectives aimed living conditions developing countries


Summary: Bars the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state relating to the possession of a firearm in a state park, state wildlife refuge, or similar unit of state land in such state in which the unit or that portion thereof is located.

bars promulgation enforcement regulation prohibits individual possessing firearm including assembled functional firearm unit national_park_system national_wildlife_refuge_system individual prohibited law possessing firearm possession firearm compliance law state relating possession firearm state park state wildlife refuge similar unit state land state unit portion thereof located


Summary: Amends the Justice for All Act of 2004 to extend through FY2013 funding for the grant program to provide legal assistance to victims of crime.

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Summary: Amends the Justice for All Act of 2004 to extend through FY 2014 funding for the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for victim advocates, staff support, and legal counsel and support services for crime victims.

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Summary: Copper Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Requires secondary copper recyclers (purchasers of copper that has served its original economic purpose) to keep records for at least one year of all purchases of copper property. Prohibits such recyclers from accepting cash in excess of $250 for the purchase of copper property. Imposes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violations of this Act.

requires secondary copper purchasers copper served original economic purpose records year purchases copper property prohibits accepting cash excess purchase copper property imposes civil penalty violations act


Summary: Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database solely for collecting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) information with respect to violent predators against children. Authorizes federal, state, and local agencies and other entities to submit DNA information for the database and to compare DNA information within the database. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states to improve programs to decrease recidivism of such predators. Requires the maximum sentence to be imposed for a crime against an individual under age 18 that would, in and of itself, establish the offender as such a predator, without regard to any mitigating circumstance that would otherwise apply. Defines a "violent predator against children" as a person who commits a crime of violence (including a sex crime) against an individual under age of 18. Excludes a person who commits a sex crime against an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years if: (1) the individual against whom such crime was committed has attained 16 years of age or older; (2) the person who commits such crime is not more than four years older than such individual; and (3) the conduct resulting in the commission of such crime was consensual.

save children stop violent predators children dna act directs attorney general establish maintain database solely collecting dna deoxyribonucleic acid information respect violent predators children authorizes federal state local agencies entities submit dna information database compare dna information database directs attorney general grants states improve programs decrease recidivism predators requires maximum sentence imposed crime individual age establish offender predator regard mitigating circumstance apply defines violent predator children person commits crime violence including sex crime individual age excludes person commits sex crime individual attained age years individual crime committed attained years age older person commits crime years older individual conduct resulting commission crime consensual


Summary: Grants immunity from civil liability to persons who: (1) in good faith report threats to or acts of terrorism against transportation systems or passengers; and (2) take reasonable action to mitigate such actions.

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Summary: Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2009 - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund from executive and congressional budgets. Prohibits the consideration of any legislation in the House of Representatives or the Senate that would authorize the use of amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose not authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Allows the Senate to waive or suspend such prohibition by a three-fifths vote.

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Summary: Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence on emergency leave. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit denial of unemployment compensation to individuals separated from employment due to their experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require training of unemployment compensation and TANF personnel to provide necessary services to victims of domestic or sexual violence.Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices against victims of domestic or sexual violence. Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage (including termination of health insurance coverage) based on the status of the applicant or insured as a victim of domestic or sexual violence.

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Summary: High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced fines and prison terms for trafficking in marihuana with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of 15% or more.

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Summary: Firearm Recidivist Sentencing Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that individuals are subject to the 25-year mandatory minimum prison term for carrying or using a firearm while committing a violent crime or drug trafficking offense only if they have been previously convicted of such offense and such conviction has become final.

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Summary: Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009 - Prohibits the imposition of any penalty under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use. Deems the possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana as personal use (one ounce or less for a not-for-profit transfer between adults). Allows the imposition of a civil penalty under the Controlled Substances Act for the public use of marijuana if such penalty does not exceed $100.

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Summary: Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to establish minimum funding levels for the Crime Victims Fund for each of FY2010-FY2014.

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Summary: Nicole's Law - Requires states to have in effect laws and policies to extend protections similar to those afforded to victims of domestic violence to victims of a sex offense who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrator of such offense.

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