Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
January 21, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that it will apply the limited law enforcement waiver authority in the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 to allow entire categories of dual citizens and people who have traveled to Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan to come to the U.S.
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.
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
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
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 1854, the “Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act (CJMHA) of 2015,” introduced by Congressman Doug Collins.
This bill expands and improves upon the initiatives created in the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) This law created the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) to help states and counties design and implement collaborative efforts between criminal justice and mental health systems.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today at 8:30 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will join The Atlantic’s Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a discussion on the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The House Judiciary Committee has already approved numerous bills to reform federal sentencing laws and rein in the explosion of federal criminal law.
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. – 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 11, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent letters to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urging them to send the message that our laws will be enforced to the surge of minors and families making the dangerous journey to the United States.
Earlier this month, Secretary Johnson announced that the Department of Homeland Security had arrested 121 unlawful immigrants who have been ordered removed and came to the U.S. during the ongoing border surge.