Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced the establishment of a working group to examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues.

Chairman Goodlatte: The Committee’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative seeks to address a number of issues, including juvenile justice reform.  We continue forward with our efforts today with consideration of H.R. 68, the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act.  This bill reauthorizes the Justice Department’s Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) program, strengthens the JABG program to reduce youth crime and contains a robust accountability and oversight mechanism to ensure taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and appropriately.

Bipartisan Bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into lawWashington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives agreed by unanimous consent to pass the Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act of 2016 (S. 2840). This bipartisan bill allows law enforcement and medical personnel across the country to use federal grant funds to train and better prepare for active shooter situations, including training civilians how to respond if confronted by an active shooter.

Civil asset forfeiture reform is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: In February of 2015, this committee held a hearing on civil asset forfeiture.  In the intervening months, the committee has continuously met with and discussed this issue with reformers, law enforcement agencies, and members and staff in an attempt to find a bill that strikes the proper balance between the need to ensure that criminals do not retain the profits of their crimes and the need to protect Americans’ property rights. The bill the committee is considering today is the product of countless hours of discussions with those groups and it addresses the abuses we learned about during our hearing. I want to thank Crime Subcommittee Chairman Sensenbrenner for i

Civil asset forfeiture reform is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Representative Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), and Representa