Crime and Law Enforcement Bills in Congress

63 Crime and Law Enforcement bills on file from the 118th–119th Congress; 56 reached a recorded roll call vote and 14 became law.

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56 bills in Crime and Law Enforcement


This bill requires the Department of Justice to report on (1) targeted attacks on law enforcement officers, (2) the feasibility of incorporating such attacks into existing crime reporting systems, and (3) the mental health resources that are available to law enforcement officers.

118th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 3/7/24 · Latest action 5/16/24

This resolution acknowledges the dangers and challenges faced by law enforcement officers, condemns the Biden Administration's border policies, urges leaders to encourage and support law enforcement officers, and recognizes and sympathizes with law enforcement officers for the stress they face.

118th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 5/8/24 · Latest action 5/15/24

This bill expands prohibited disclosures of stored electronic communications under the Stored Communications Act.

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 7/14/23 · Latest action 4/18/24

This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.

118th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 9/29/23 · Latest action 2/26/24

This bill requires the Department of Labor to train its employees on how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in detecting human trafficking.

118th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 1/20/23 · Latest action 2/6/24

This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol.

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 9/20/23 · Latest action 1/31/24

This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives titled Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached "Stabilizing Braces" and published on January 31, 2023.

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 3/17/23 · Latest action 6/22/23

This concurrent resolution recognizes local law enforcement officers and condemns calls to defund or abolish the police.

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 5/5/23 · Latest action 5/30/23
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This bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 1/24/23 · Latest action 5/30/23

This bill directs the General Services Administration to establish a program under which a federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired firearm from the agency that issued the firearm to the officer.

118th Congress

5 roll callsIntroduced 5/5/23 · Latest action 5/18/23