Legislative Priorities for the 115th Congress National Association of Police Organizations

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1 Legislative Priorities for the 115th Congress National Association of Police Organizations 317 South Patrick Street Alexandria, Virginia (703) Fax (703)

2 SUPPORT S. 30 1/4/2017 Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Extending Justice for Victims of Crime of 2017 A bill to extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex offenses. 1/4/2017 Referred to the Senate Judiciary 12 cosponsors SUPPORT S. 52 1/5/2017 Chuck Grassley (R-IA) SUPPORT S. 58 1/9/2017 Dean Heller (R-NV) Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2017 A bill to make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. 1/5/2017 Referred to the Senate Judiciary 5 cosponsors 1/9/2014 Referred to the Senate Finance 7 cosponsors House Companion Bill: H.R. 173 SUPPORT S. 87 1/10/2017 Pat Toomey (R-PA) SUPPORT S /12/2017 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities of 2017 Rapid DNA of 2017 A bill to ensure that State and local law enforcement may cooperate with Federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States. A bill to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and to prevent DNA analysis backlogs. 1/10/2017 Referred to 25 cosponsors 1/12/2017 Referred to 12 cosponsors House Companion Bill: H.R. 510 Page 1 of 11

3 SUPPORT S /24/2017 Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) SALTS A bill to amend the Controlled Substances relating to controlled substance analogues. 1/24/2017 Referred to 12 cosponsors MONITOR S /6/2017 Amy Klubochar (D-MN) SUPPORT S /15/2017 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) COPS Improvements of 2017 Health Savings A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets of 1968 to enhance and reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. 2/6/2017 Referred to the Senate Judiciary 1 cosponsor 2/15/2017 Referred to the Senate Finance 1 cosponsor MONITOR S /16/2017 Ben Cardin (D-MD) End Racial and Religious Profiling of 2017 A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement. 2/16/2017 Referred to 27 cosponsors SUPPORT S /16/2017 Charles Grassley (R-IA) Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvement of 2017 A bill to require adequate reporting on the Public Safety Officers Benefits program, and for other purposes. 6/2/2017 Signed into law by the President 16 cosponsors SUPPORT S /16/2017 Cory Booker (D-NJ) Law Enforcement Officers Equity A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain Federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes. 2/16/2017 Referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 1 cosponsor Page 2 of 11

4 OPPOSE S /7/2017 Rand Paul (R-KY) National Right-to- Work A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. 3/7/2017 Referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 22 cosponsors SUPPORT S /8/2017 Gary Peters (D-MI) National Criminal Justice Commission of 2017 A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission. 3/8/2017 Referred to the Senate Judiciary 28 cosponsors SUPPORT S /8/2017 John Cornyn (R-TX) American Law Enforcement Heroes of 2017 A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement officers. 6/2/2017 Signed into law by the President 23 cosponsors SUPPORT S /9/2017 Robert Casey (D-PA) Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship A bill to increase Federal Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers. 3/9/2017 Referred to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions SUPPORT S /30/2017 John Cornyn PROTECT Our Children A bill to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program 5 cosponsors 3/30/2017 Referred to 9 cosponsors SUPPORT S /6/2017 Joe Donnelly (D-IN) Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness A bill to provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers 5/16/2017 Passed by the Senate by unanimous consent 14 cosponsors Page 3 of 11

5 SUPPORT S /24/2017 Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Social Security Fairness of 2017 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. 4/24/2017 Referred to the Senate Finance 7 cosponsors SUPPORT S /10/2017 Patrick Toomey (R-PA) Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection of 2017 Code, to require that the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correctional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 5/10/2017 Referred to 2 cosponsors SUPPORT S /10/2017 Patrick Toomey (R-PA) Thin Blue Line Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim. 5/10/2017 Referred to 20 cosponsors SUPPORT S /10/2017 Patrick Toomey (R-PA) Lifesaving Gear for Police A bill to ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by terrorists and violent criminals. 5/10/2017 Referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 1 cosponsor Page 4 of 11

6 SUPPORT S /11/2017 Jon Tester (D-MT) Honoring Hometown Heroes A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty 5/11/2017 Referred to 6 cosponsors SUPPORT S /16/2017 John Cornyn (R-TX) Back the Blue A bill to protect law enforcement officers. 5/16/2017 Referred to 15 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R. 35 1/3/2017 Michael Burgess (R-TX) Health Savings of 2017 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. 1/3/2017 Referred to the House Ways and Means, Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce s 4 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /3/2017 Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Thin Blue Line Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim. S /18/2017 Passed by the House by a vote of cosponsors MONITOR H.R /3/2017 Al Green (D-TX) CAM TIP of 2017 A bill to establish a grant program providing for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of bodyworn cameras for law enforcement officers. S /3/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary and Armed Services s 0 cosponsors Page 5 of 11

7 OPPOSE H.R /3/2017 Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Cory Jones A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets of 1968 to impose certain additional requirements on applicants for COPS grants. 1/3/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 4 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /3/2017 Mike Kelly (R-PA) Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2017 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. 1/3/2017 Referred to the House Ways and Means 117 cosponsors OPPOSE H.R /9/2017 Kevin Yoder R-KS) SUPPORT H.R /10/2017 John Ratcliffe (R- TX) Privacy Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Code, to update the privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy interests while meeting law enforcement needs. A bill to prohibit any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess property of the Federal Government to State and local agencies for law enforcement activities. 2/6/2017 Passed by the House by voice vote 138 cosponsors 1/10/2017 Referred to the House Armed Services and Judiciary s 30 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /11/2017 Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Synthetic Drug Awareness of 2017 A bill to require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress a report on the effects on public health of the increased rate of use of synthetic drugs. 1/11/2017 Referred to the House Energy and Commerce 19 cosponsors Page 6 of 11

8 SUPPORT H.R /12/2017 James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Rapid DNA of 2017 A bill to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and to prevent DNA analysis backlogs. 5/16/2017 Passed by the House by voice vote 24 cosponsors Senate Companion Bill: S. 139 OPPOSE H.R /24/2017 Steve Cohen (D-TN) National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency of 2017 A bill to require the Attorney General to issue rules pertaining to the collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers. 1/24/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 25 cosponsors OPPOSE H.R /1/2017 Steve King (R-IA) National Right-to- Work A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. 2/1/2017 Referred to the House Education and the Workforce 42 cosponsors S. 545 SUPPORT H.R /6/2017 Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Targeting Child Predators Code, to provide a certification process for the issuance of nondisclosure requirements accompanying certain administrative subpoenas, to provide for judicial review of such nondisclosure requirements 5/22/2017 Passed by the House by voice vote 8 cosponsors Page 7 of 11

9 SUPPORT H.R /7/2017 Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship A bill to increase Federal Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers. 2/7/2017 Referred to the House Education and Workforce 29 cosponsors S. 597 SUPPORT H.R /7/2017 Peter King (R-NY) Law Enforcement Officers Equity A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain Federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes. 2/7/2017 Referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform 12 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /16/2017 Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Adam Walsh Reauthorization of 2017 A bill to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety of /22/2017 Passed by the House by voice vote 8 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /21/2017 Rodney Davis (R-IL) Social Security Fairness of 2017 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. 2/21/2017 Referred to the House Ways and Means 129 cosponsors S. 915 Page 8 of 11

10 SUPPORT H.R /8/2017 Will Hurd (R-TX) MONITOR H.R /10/2017 John Conyers (D-MI) American Law Enforcement Heroes of 2017 End Racial Profiling A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement officers. A bill to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement. 5/16/2017 Passed by the House by voice vote 2 cosponsors S. 583, which was signed into law by the President on 6/2/2017 3/10/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 69 cosponsors OPPOSE H.R /16/2017 Hank Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to make certain limitations on the transfer of personal property to Federal and State agencies. 3/16/2017 Referred to the House Armed Services 21 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /28/2017 Mike Johnson (R-LA) SUPPORT H.R /3/2017 Ann Wagner (R-MO) Protecting Against Child Exploitation Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Code, to criminalize the knowing consent of the visual depiction, or live transmission, of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct A bill to amend the Communications of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking 5/25/2017 Passed by the House by a vote of cosponsors 4/3/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce s 10 cosponsors Page 9 of 11

11 SUPPORT H.R /4/2017 Ted Deutch (D-FL) National Criminal Justice Commission A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission. 4/4/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 9 cosponsors SUPPORT H.R /4/2017 John Larson (D-CT) Honoring Hometown Heroes SUPPORT H.R /26/2017 Ted Poe (R-TX) Citizens Right to Know SUPPORT H.R /28/2017 Susan Brooks (R-IN) Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty A bill to require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant programs operated by the Department of Justice, which use such funds for pretrial services programs, to submit to the Attorney General a report relating to such program A bill to provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers S /18/2017 Passed by the House by a vote of cosponsors S /26/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 1 cosponsor 4/28/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 19 cosponsors S. 867 Page 10 of 11

12 SUPPORT H.R /16/2017 Ted Poe (R-TX) Back the Blue A bill to protect law enforcement officers 5/16/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 5 cosponsors S SUPPORT H.R /19/2017 Trey Hollingsworth (R-IL) Protecting Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments (POLICE) of 2017 Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agencyissued firearms in certain Federal facilities. 5/19/2017 Referred to the House Judiciary 2 cosponsors Page 11 of 11

Legislative Priorities for the 115th Congress National Association of Police Organizations

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