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21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 107-96.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Aug 2, 2001

21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice (DOJ).Authorizes: (1) appointment of 200 additional assistant U.S. attorneys; and (2) appropriations to hire an additional assistant U.S. attorney in each U.S. attorney office.Authorizes DOJ activities to be carried out through any means in the reasonable discretion of the Attorney General, including by sending or receiving details of personnel to or from other branches of the Government and through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with non-Federal parties. Lists permitted uses of funds.Requires the Attorney General to report on any instance in which the Attorney General or any DOJ officer: (1) establishes or implements a policy to refrain from enforcing any Federal statute on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, or from adhering to or enforcing a standing rule of decision established by a final court decision; (2) determines to contest the constitutionality of a Federal statute, regulation, or policy, or to refrain from defending its constitutionality; or (3) approves the settlement or compromise of certain claims or actions against or by the United States. Applies such reporting requirement to the President and the head of each executive agency or military department.Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to appoint officials to assist in the protection of the Attorney General.Directs the Attorney General to report annually on every grant, cooperative agreement, or programmatic services contract that, in the preceding fiscal year, was: (1) made or extended by or on behalf of the Office of Justice Programs; or (2) closed out or otherwise ended. Establishes a new reporting requirement regarding the criminal infringement of copyright.Establishes in the Treasury the Counter-terrorism Fund to reimburse DOJ for certain counter-terrorism activities and Federal agencies for the cost of detaining accused terrorists in foreign countries.Permits executive agencies to pay extended assignment incentives to employees in U.S. territories or possessions who would be difficult to replace.Repeals open-ended authorizations of appropriations for the National Institute of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service. Repeals provisions regarding the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.Requires: (1) the Attorney General to report on: (1) the number of untested rape examination kits nationwide, (2) the use of DCS 1000; (3) U.S. and DOJ attorney funds, workloads, and cases; and whether there should be established, within the DOJ Office of the Inspector General or as a separate office within DOJ, an Office of Inspector General (or Deputy Inspector General) for the FBI.Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow the use of truth-in-sentencing and violent offender incarceration grant funds to provide: (1) separate correctional facilities for juveniles; (2) correctional staff responsible for supervising juveniles; and (3) ombudsmen to monitor the treatment of juveniles.Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to revise special DOJ provisions regarding the investigation of allegations of criminal wrongdoing or administrative misconduct by DOJ employees.Violence Against Women Office Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish within DOJ a Violence Against Women Office.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D–VT

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  • Judiciary Committee
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  1. By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 107-96.

  2. By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 107-96.

  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.

  4. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  5. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  6. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  7. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8727-8733)

  8. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8/3/2001 S8726-8727, S8734-8736)

  9. Introduced in Senate

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