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Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

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  • · House of Representatives · present

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 781 (108th)passed

An amendment numbered one printed in House Report 108-737 to allow a victim a right to bring a motion to enforce the right to be heard in plea and sentence and also allows a victim to be heard at a parole proceeding. Amendment allows for a five year time period to file a motion for a DNA test and then provides for a rebuttable presumption against the test after that. Amendment changes the standard for getting a new trial from a "preponderance of the evidence" standard to a "compelling evidence" standard. Amendment reduces the amount authorized for capital representation and prosecution grants by $25 million and limits the amount that may be used for training and effective systems at the appellate level. The amendment increases the penalties for misuse of DNA samples.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 617 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-279 to clarify that the death penalty shall apply only where death results and covers only those offenders who qualify as principals in the killing. In addition, the amendment makes eligible tribal courts for court security grants. Also corrects drafting of coordination requirement between U.S. Marshals and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on security measures.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 457 (108th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report numbered 108-407 to make technical changes to the text of H.R. 975 as passed by the House, which consist of the following: (1) revising the year of the short title (and subsequent references thereto) from 2003 to 2004 and a Code of Federal Regulations reference from2002 to 2003; (2) amending section 1001 to make the reenactment of Chapter 12 retroactive to the date on which Chapter 12 was last in effect; (3) renumbering titles XIV and XV as titles XV and XIV, respectively, to clarify the measure's overall effective date; (4) correcting an erroneous drafting instruction in section 1201; and (5) adding a new provision (section 1502) that corrects statutory cross-references in the Bankruptcy Code and the Securities Investment Protection Act with respect to a provision of the Bankruptcy Code amended by H.R. 975.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 167 (108th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-148, to slightly broaden the category of class action cases that would remain in state court in two ways. First, this amendment raises the aggregate amount in controversy required for federal court jurisdiction from $2 million to $5 million. Second, it allow federal courts discretion to return intrastate class actions in which local law governs to state courts after weighing five factors to determine if the case is appropriately of a local character. This discretion would come into play when between one-third and two-thirds of the plaintiffs are citizens of the same state as the primary defendants. If less than one-third are citizens of the same state, the case would automatically be eligible for federal court jurisdiction under the new diversity rules in this bill. Likewise, if more than two-thirds are citizens of the same state, the case would not be subject to the new rules in this bill and would remain in state court.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 1206 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-647 to modify 13 dates in various provisions of the bill to reflect the passage of time since the bill's introduction, which were not modified during the Committee's consideration; to correct one sectional cross reference and a reference to an Executive Branch agency; to add a provision explicitly requiring Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to establish a cost accounting system which was implicit in, and necessary to implement, the amendment by Rep. Issa which was adopted during Judiciary Committee consideration of the bill; and to make a grammatical correction to the Issa amendment.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 575 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-236 to make technical changes to the bill requested by various member and the Department of Justice including preserving the "Secure our Schools" program as a stand alone program; ensures that Native American Tribes are eligible for DOJ grants including the new Justice Assistance Grants programs and the Weed and Seed program grants; corrects a potential constitutional problem raised by DOJ and others that the bill as drafted could allow certain grant awards based solely on the basis of race, rather than assisting underserved populations as intended and contains Hurricanes Katrina and Rita provisions which encourage cooperation between federal, state and local courats and communities to ensure that state and lcoal courts will be able to continue to operate using available federal facilities.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 534 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 29 printed in the Congressional Record to insert a new section on page 69, after line 17, stating that "notwithstanding any other law, an indictment may be found or an information instituted at any time without limitation for any offense under section 1201 involving a minor victim, and for any felony under chapter 109A, 110, or 117, or section 1591 and adding at the end of the table of sections at the beginning of the chapter the following new item: "3298. Child Abduction and Sex Offenses".

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 607 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House report 109-266 to make clear that private roads that are open to the public, free or by toll, and flood control facilities are covered under the exceptions to the bill; to include a savings clause making clear that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to affect the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (which requires the Federal government to pay the displacement costs of those adversely affected by the Federal government's exercise of eminent domain); and to incorporate into the bill's Sense of Congress section some language provided by the Resources Committee regarding the effect of the abuse of eminent domain on irrigation and reclamation projects, and on public lands.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 653 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 109-350 to prohibit localities from requiring businesses to set up day labor sites as a condition for conducting or expanding a business; require the Attorney General to report on the status of criminal alien prosecutions, including prosecutions of smugglers; authorizes ICE's current Forensic Document Laboratory, sets mandatory minimums for repeated marriage fraud, removes reference to aggravated felonies and substitutes language referring to length of sentence, for sentencing enhancements for aliens who enter illegally after convictions. Clarifies that the Board of Immigration Appeals' decisions on motions to reopen are discretionary decisions that are not subject to judicial review. Updates the law that criminalizes passport and immigration fraud by increasing penalties to facilitate effective enforcement. Also penalizes fraud againstaliens applying for immigration benefits. Amends the law that provides for detention of criminal defendants to make the defendants' immigration status an express consideration in determining whether the defendant should be released on bond. Extends the statute of limitations for all immigration-.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 112 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-76 to excludes property crimes from crime of violence definition for Gang Crimes under revised 18 USC 521 Gang Crime; Replaces current text with revised changes to existing 18 USC 1952, Interstate and Foreign Travel in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, to retain existing interstate commerce requirement, to add conspiracies as possible violation, and to increase penalties for violations; Inserts existing statute text which was inadvertently omitted from introduced and reported versions of H.R. 1279, modifies crime of violence definition under 18 USC 16(b) to clarify that act, by its nature, creates substantial risk that physical injury may result to person or property of another; clarifies exception to ban on possession of handguns by juveniles under 18 USC 922(x) to permit juvenile to possess firearm while in the presence of parent or guardian who is not prohibited from possessing such a firearm by Federal, State or local law, and does not require that juvenile have written authorization from such parent or guardian; includes other technical and grammatical changes.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 591 (109th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-249 to make technical changes to the section of the bill that sets out the types of information a plaintiff must provide to a judge to allow the court to determine whether the lawsuit should proceed or be dismissed; clarify that the pleading provision in H.R. 554 is meant to apply to all cases seeking obesity- related damages; add the phrase `for each defendant and cause of action' to clarify that a judge must apply H.R. 554's pleading requirements to each specific claim which prevents a plaintiff from improperly using a claim that is not barred by H.R. 554 as a means of pursuing obesity-related claims that are barred by H.R. 554 against the same or other defendants.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 459 (107th)passed

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 107-419 to permit the Attorney General to "buy out" certain employees to help carry out the strategic restructuring plan. Permits the Attorney General to conduct a demonstration project for five years for the purpose of changing policies or procedures regarding methods for disciplining employees that would result in improved personnel managment including discipline for both employee malfeasance and nonfeasance. Requires the directors of the two immigration bureaus to design and implement a managerial rotation program so that managers have experience in all the major functions of their respective bureau and have worked in a field office and service center or border patrol sector. Strikes section 11(e) of the bill.

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