Search Results: keywords:"prosecution"

  • S. 4955 — To strengthen the Department of Justice’s enforcement against trade-related crimes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,406

    The bill, S. 4955, aims to improve the Department of Justice's ability to investigate and prosecute crimes related to international trade. It proposes the establishment of a dedicated task force within the Department of Justice to focus on federal violations such as evasion...

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    The bill wants to help the Department of Justice catch people who cheat in international trade by creating a special group to investigate and stop these crimes, giving them $20 million to do their job well.

  • H. R. 9151 — An Act To strengthen the Department of Justice’s enforcement against trade-related crimes.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:1,355

    The bill H. R. 9151, titled the "Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024," focuses on enhancing the Department of Justice's ability to combat trade-related crimes. It proposes the creation of a new task force within the Department's...

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    The bill wants to help the Justice Department be better at finding and stopping bad actions related to trade with other countries by creating a special team to focus on this task and work closely with other groups like Customs and Border Protection.

  • H. R. 1869 — To strengthen the Department of Justice’s enforcement against trade-related crimes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,680

    The bill H. R. 1869 aims to enhance the Department of Justice's ability to enforce laws against trade-related crimes, such as evading tariffs and smuggling. It establishes a task force within the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute these crimes. The bill...

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    The bill wants to help the government's Department of Justice catch bad guys who cheat on trade rules, like sneaking things into the country without paying. It gives money to hire special people to find and stop them and says the Department has to tell Congress every year how they are doing.

  • S. 4857 — To eliminate the period of limitations for certain offenses, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:367

    S. 4857, also known as the “Strengthening Prosecution Integrity for Espionage Statutes Act” or the “SPIES Act,” is a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill aims to remove the statute of limitations for certain offenses related to espionage and unlawful actions to gain...

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    The SPIES Act is a plan to let the government always be able to catch and punish people who try to secretly harm the country by spying, even if a long time has passed. It wants to make sure that those who help spies can't escape trouble just because too much time has gone by.

  • H. R. 9151 — To strengthen the Department of Justice’s enforcement against trade-related crimes.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:1,640

    H.R. 9151, also known as the "Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024," aims to enhance the enforcement of trade-related crimes by the Department of Justice. This bill proposes establishing a new structure within the Criminal...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 9151 is a new rule to help the government's lawyers catch and punish people who break trade laws, like cheating on import taxes. It sets up a special team to work with others in the country and around the world to make sure trade is fair and honest.

  • S. 5551 — To extend the statute of limitations for offenses relating to pandemic-era programs to be 10 years.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:497

    S. 5551, also known as the “Fraudulent Covid Funds Recovery Act,” proposes to extend the statute of limitations to 10 years for offenses related to programs established during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include programs authorized by laws such as the CARES Act and the...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill is about waiting up to 10 years to catch and punish people who might have broken the rules while using special money during the COVID-19 pandemic, like helping with extra money programs people got during that time.

  • H. CON. RES. 26 — Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:700

    H. Con. Res. 26 calls for ending impunity for the Serbian sexual war crimes committed during the 1999 Kosovo war, particularly regarding U.S. citizen and survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and others who endured gender-based violence. It condemns using sexual violence as a weapon of war and...

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    In 1999, during a war in an area called Kosovo, some very bad things happened where people were hurt in terrible ways. This bill wants to make sure that the ones who did those bad things, especially to women like Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, are caught and punished, and it also asks the leaders in those areas to really try hard to help the victims and make things better.

  • H. RES. 26 — Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:279

    The resolution, H. RES. 26, introduced in the 119th Congress, seeks to classify certain activities conducted by Antifa members as acts of domestic terrorism and officially designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. It highlights past incidents involving violence, property damage,...

    Simple Explanation

    In this resolution, people want to say that some of the actions by a group called Antifa are like really bad behavior known as terrorism. They want to make sure the government treats those actions seriously and stops them.