US Congress House Bill 5227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Technology in Criminal Justice Act of 2019

Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-11-21	House	Referred 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.
2019-11-21	House	Referred 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.
2019-11-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5227/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5227/BILLS-116hr5227ih.pdf