Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Crime reporting to Congress: Issue of crimes committed by 'confidential informants'!
Title: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015
Subject: Congressional oversight: Crimes against children: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Evidence and witnesses: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption: Organized crime: Pornography: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015 Directs the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury to report biannually to Congress on: (1) all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by their respective law enforcement agencies (i.e., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives); and (2) the amounts expended by each of such agencies on payments to such informants. Defines a "serious crime" as any serious violent felony or drug offense or any offense of racketeering, bribery, child pornography, obstruction of justice, or perjury that an agent or employee of the relevant law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe an informant has committed.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: July 29, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2985/all-info
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1 sponsors: Stephen Lynch (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 29 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Jul 8 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jul 8 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 10 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
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