Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 8, 2015)
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.
What just happenedJul 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 8, 2015
- Jul 29, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee - Jul 8, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 8, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 8, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House