From rkba-alert@mainstream.com Mon Apr 18 19:34:02 1994 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.254.3]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.5) with ESMTP id PAA14226 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 15:31:30 -0700 Received: from n8ino.mainstream.com (n8ino.mainstream.com [192.231.143.2]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.5) with ESMTP id PAA06427 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 15:18:04 -0700 Received: from (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by n8ino.mainstream.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id PAA15140; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 15:06:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 15:06:20 -0400 Message-Id: <9404181806.AA05994@ig1.att.att.com> Errors-To: zaharee@rusure.enet.dec.com Reply-To: lvc@cbvox1.att.com Originator: rkba-alert@mainstream.com Sender: rkba-alert@Mainstream.com Precedence: bulk From: lvc@cbvox1.att.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Long - Crime Bill Actions by US House X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0b -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: RKBA Alerts list Status: RO OFFICE MEMO Long - Crime Bill Actions by US House Date:4/18/94 HOUSE ACTIONS HOUSE ACTIONS FOR April 15, 1994 The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 18. HOUSE ACTIONS FOR April 14, 1994 Violent Crime Control: House completed all general debate and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 4092, to control and prevent crime; but came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on Tuesday, April 18. Agreed To: The Brooks en bloc amendments that requires United States flags be flown at half-staff on all Government buildings on Peace Officers Memorial Day; expresses the sense of Congress that violent felonies against truckers should be prosecuted to the fullest extent under Federal law; funds a demonstration program under the Justice Department that would establish specialized `domestic violence court advocates`; increases criminal penalties for visa and passport abuse crimes; ensures that programs funded under the Model Intensive Grant Program and Local Partnership Act are coordinated with existing programs; reauthorizes Secret Service authority regarding financial institution fraud; authorizes $210 million for fiscal years 1995 through 1999 for Treasury Department law enforcement activities; authorizes a study of closed military bases for conversion to prison facilities; makes technical changes to the appointment procedures for the Commission to Support Law Enforcement; provides penalties for crimes regarding explosives; funds a demonstration program under the Health and Human Services Department that provides anti-crime youth councils and programs to prevent children from becoming involved with gangs; allows the Justice Department to assist local law enforcement officials in investigating State violent crimes against travelers; provides for use of funds for job programs to prevent crime under the Local Partnership Act; provides for a study on prison overcrowding; makes technical amendments to the Violent Repeat Offender Incarceration Act; authorizes the INS to accept non-Federal assistance when deporting undocumented aliens charged with violating criminal statutes; promotes the removal and prevention of graffiti with Juvenile Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grant funds; lifts the current four-year limit on victims assistance programs under the Byrne Memorial Fund; adds provisions on criminal aliens and immigration enforcement; creates the National Commission on Crime and Violence; adds the Secretary of the Interior to the `Ounce of Prevention Council`; clarifies the intent of the bill to increase Federal funds for State and local communities in fighting crime through additional programs; adds the language of the Urban Recreation and At-Risk Youth Act; expresses the sense of Congress regarding comparable funding of programs for rural areas; requires States to provide appropriate professional training to corrections officers who deal with repeat violent offenders; makes certain technical amendments; authorizes rural anti-crime and anti-drug initiatives; authorizes for fiscal years 1995 through 1997 $12 million for the establishment of Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing; increases the penalties for illegal trafficking in counterfeit goods and services; increases the penalties for selling a Congressional Medal of Honor; authorizes $100 million over the next five years for the establishment of a `Community-Based Justice Grant Programs; continues to permit firefighters and police to have mandatory retirement ages; determines the veteran status of inmates and assures that State veteran inmates receive the veterans benefits to which they are entitled; reauthorizes the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program; and provides Federal death benefits for local fire and police chaplains (agreed to by a recorded vote of 395 ayes to 25 noes, Roll No. 104); The Duncan amendment that authorizes the death penalty for kidnapping when the death of a minor results; and The McCollum amendment that adds procedures for imposing the death penalty in cases involving drug `kingpins` where no death results (agreed to by a recorded vote of 340 ayes to 87 noes, with 1 voting `present`, Roll No. 108). The Gekas amendment that sought to specify the elements that must be proved to convict the defendant of the offense could be aggravating factors to be considered in deciding whether to impose a death penalty (agreed to by a recorded vote of 226 ayes to 198 noes, with 1 voting `present`, Roll No. 109); Rejected: The Watt amendment that sought to eliminate provisions imposing the death penalty for drug kingpins, even if no death results (rejected by a recorded vote of 108 ayes to 316 noes, with 1 voting `present`, Roll No. 106); The Scott amendment that sought to eliminate provisions making murders committed during carjackings, drive-by shootings, and Federal drug and gun crimes subject to the death penalty; The Kopetski amendment that sought to eliminate provisions providing for the death penalty, instead of life imprisonment (rejected by a recorded vote of 111 ayes to 314 noes, Roll No. 107); The McCollum motion to rise and report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the enacting clause be stricken (rejected by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 110); and The Watt amendment that sought to delete provisions regarding death penalty procedures that states that aggravating factors may be considered in imposing the death penalty (rejected by recorded vote of 116 ayes to 308 noes, with 1 voting `present`, Roll No. 111).