Financial Crimes Resources Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 31, 2009 Committee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Financial Crimes Resources Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2012 to the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal agencies for the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity involving computers, crimes of fraud involving federal economic assistance and relief programs, and financial crimes, including mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and financial institution fraud.
Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of DOJ to award grants to states to establish and develop programs for enforcement against criminal activity involving computers and financial crimes.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2009Hearings Mar 31, 2009 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2009 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2009Committee Hearings Held.
- Mar 30, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to House Financial Services
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-51 | PROPOSALS TO FIGHT FRAUD AND PROTECT TAXPAYERS182 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 1, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for resources for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Financial Crimes Resources Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Financial services and investments
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- White-collar crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
