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April 20, 2016
These bills are one component of the Committee’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemicWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved two bills to curtail international drug trafficking into the United States and protect classified information pertaining to drug kingpins.
First, the Committee approved by a voice vote the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 (H.R. 3380) to combat drug trafficking and the importation of chemicals used to make illicit drugs in the United States.
April 20, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Nearly 21 years ago, the President issued an Executive Order to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security, foreign policy, and economy posed by narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia. The actions of these narcotics traffickers produced an extreme level of violence, corruption and harm in the United States and abroad.
The following year, the U.S.
April 20, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R.
April 20, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R.
April 20, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 125) to save law enforcement officers’ lives.
Since 1999, the bulletproof vest program has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions, a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million vests.
April 20, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 125) to save law enforcement officers’ lives.
Since 1999, the bulletproof vest program has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions, a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million vests.
April 20, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Since 1999, the Bulletproof Vest Program, or BVP, has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions federal funds for the purchase of over one million bulletproof vests. The bulletproof vest grant program is a critical resource for state and local jurisdictions that has been proven to save lives.
This committee has worked tirelessly on criminal justice reform and we will continue to do so in the future. At the same time, we must be sure that our law enforcement officers are protected from the risks inherent in the job.
April 20, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today the House Judiciary Committee approved S.
April 20, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today the House Judiciary Committee approved S.
April 20, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we are here to markup S.1890, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” The bill puts forward modest enhancements to our federal trade secrets law, creating a federal civil remedy for trade secret misappropriation that will help American innovators protect their intellectual property from criminal theft by foreign agents and those engaging in economic espionage. This bill will help U.S. competiveness, job creation, and our economy.
Trade secrets occupy a unique place in the IP portfolios of our most innovative companies.