HR 1888 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Memorial Act of 2013

Latest action · Jul 15, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 8, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Memorial Act of 2013 - Prohibits the payment of funds to a state or its political subdivisions under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless such state: (1) compiles statistics on each person arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated by such state, including the immigration status and country of origin of such persons and the crimes for which such persons were arrested, charged, convicted, or incarcerated; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (3) certifies, on a monthly basis, compliance with the requirements of this Act.  Requires each federal agency to compile similar statistics and report on such statistics monthly to the FBI.

Requires the FBI to annually publish all statistics reported under this Act as a separate data collection of its Uniform Crime Reports. Defines "crime" for purposes of this Act.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 14, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADana RohrabacherMay 14, 2013
R-CAJohn CampbellMay 14, 2013

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Jul 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  3. Jun 21, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
  4. May 8, 2013Introduced in House
  5. May 8, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 4, section 4 of the United States Constitution: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2534.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To make payments by the Department of Homeland Security to a State contingent on a State providing the Federal Bureau of Investigation with certain statistics, to require Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide such statistics to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to publish such statistics.
Short Titles as Introduced
Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Memorial Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2013Introduced in House

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