Technology in Criminal Justice Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 19, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Technology in Criminal Justice Act of 2019
This bill sets forth initiatives to improve the capacity of law enforcement to utilize digital evidence in conducting criminal justice activities.
Among other things, the bill does the following:
- establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a new office—the Office of Digital Law Enforcement—to train, support, and prepare criminal justice personnel;
- requires DOJ to designate a federal entity to be the Center of Excellence for Digital Forensics;
- provides for a review of existing programs that provide training, education, and technical assistance to improve digital evidence capacity of criminal justice personnel;
- establishes a new program—a Law Enforcement Technology Support to State and Local Law Enforcement program—to facilitate the use of existing grant funds to improve the digital evidence capacity of law enforcement personnel; and
- establishes the Department of Justice Technology Policy Advisory Board to foster dialogue on policy issues.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2019 to Sep 30, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 10, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Sep 18, 2020 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 30, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 30, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2019 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2019Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 187, November 21, 2019, page H9170.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office of Digital Law Enforcement within the Office of Justice Programs, and to establish grant programs to improve the digital evidence capacity of law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Technology in Criminal Justice Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Advisory bodies
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Public-private cooperation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced 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.
