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January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, today the Committee approved by voice vote the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 3406), a bill that helps prisoners who have completed their sentences successfully return to society, thereby enhancing public safety.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statements below on several policy matters following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
Criminal Justice Reform: “Criminal justice reform is a top priority for the House Judiciary Committee.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statements below on several policy matters following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
Criminal Justice Reform: “Criminal justice reform is a top priority for the House Judiciary Committee.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statements below on several policy matters following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
Criminal Justice Reform: “Criminal justice reform is a top priority for the House Judiciary Committee.
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act (H.R.
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, today the Committee approved by voice vote the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 (H.R. 1854). This bipartisan, bicameral bill – authored by Congressmen Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) – reauthorizes and updates the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President George W.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act (H.R.
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: I want to thank the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, for introducing H.R. 4240.
H.R. 4240, the No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act, is a common sense bill that requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent review of the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (or TSDB), which is sometimes referred to as the terrorist watchlist. The watchlisting and screening processes support the U.S.