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Human Trafficking

April 15, 2015 by International

See International Criminal Law – Transnational Crime In late 2000, the United Nations for the first time in international law defined human trafficking in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (the Trafficking Protocol also […]

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

Act Details
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-02-17 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Christopher Henry Smith in relation with: Categories Uncategorized Tags AIDS (Disease), Aliens, Americans in foreign countries, Armed forces abroad, Armed forces and national security, Authorization, Cabinet officers, Child abuse, Child health, Child labor, Child sexual abuse, Child welfare, Children's rights, Church and social problems, Civil rights and liberties, Commerce, communications, Community health services, Conferences, Congress, Congress 109, Congress and foreign policy, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost effectiveness, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Crime and law enforcement, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Data banks, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Detention of persons, Disaster relief, Economic assistance, Economics and public finance, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Employee selection, Employee training, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Extraterritoriality, Families, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal employees, Finance and financial sector, Fines (Penalties), Forced labor, Foreign service, Foreign trade and international finance, Fraud, Fund raising, Government contractors, Government operations and politics, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Group homes, Guardian and ward, Health, Health surveys, Homeless, House Armed Services (HSAS), House Energy and Commerce (HSIF), House International Relations (HSFA), House Judiciary (HSJU), Housing and community development, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, Identification of criminals, Immigrants, Immigration, Indian law enforcement, International affairs, International agencies, International employees, International military forces, International relief, Internet, Labor and employment, Law, Legal aid, Legal services, Literacy programs, Logistics, Long Read, Manufacturing industries, Medical research, Military and naval offenses, Military personnel, Military training, Minorities, minority issues, Misconduct in office, Money laundering, Native Americans, NATO military forces, Nongovernmental organizations, Nonprofit organizations, Organized crime, Peacekeeping forces, prosecution, Prostitution, Psychotherapy, Rape, Recruiting and enlistment, Refugees, Religion, Right to counsel, Runaway children, Science, Sex crimes, Sex offenders, Sex-oriented businesses, Shelters for the homeless, Slavery, Smuggling, Social welfare, sub Subcommittee on Africa Global Human Rights and International Operations (sub 16), sub Subcommittee on Health (sub 14), sub Subcommittee on Immigration Border Security and Claims (sub 01), sub Subcommittee on Military Personnel (sub 02), Subcontractors, Surveys, Technology, terrorism, Tourism, United Nations, Victims of crimes, Visas, War relief, Web sites, Women, Women's rights, Youth services Leave a comment

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense the Global War on Terror and Hurricane Recovery 2006

December 4, 2014 by Salvador Trinxet

Congress Public Law 109-234, June 15, 2006, 120 United States Statutes at Large 418…

Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

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Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-12-13 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Henry John Hyde in relation with: Categories Uncategorized Tags Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Congress 109, Department of State, Economics and public finance, Government operations and politics, House International Relations (HSFA), Immigration, Law, Long Read, Passports Leave a comment

To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

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To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-12-06 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Christopher Henry Smith in relation …

Authorization Act FY2006-FY2009, Department of Justice

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

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Authorization Act FY2006-FY2009, Department of Justice was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-07-22 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Frank James Sensenbrenner in relation with: Categories Uncategorized Tags 2001, Accounting , Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Adoption, AIDS (Disease), Alabama, Alaska, Alien labor, Aliens, Ambulances, American Samoa, Antitrust law, Appellate procedure, Architecture and the disabled, Arrest, Auditing, Authorization, Automobile theft, Awards, Bankruptcy , Block grants, Boundaries, Building laws, Caregivers, Caribbean area, Child abuse, Child labor, Child safety, Child sexual abuse, Child support, Child welfare, Church and social problems, Civil rights and liberties, Clothing, Collection of accounts, Commemorations, Commerce, communications, Community development, Community policing, Compensation for victims of crime, Computer crimes, Computers, Confidential communications, Congress, Congress 109, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Copyright, Correctional personnel, Corrections, Counterfeiting, Courthouses, Crime and law enforcement, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Crimes against women, Criminal aliens, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Criminology, Cubans, Custody of children, Data banks, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Deportation, Detention of persons, Disabled, District courts, District of Columbia, Divorce , Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drug courts, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Drug law enforcement, Drug testing, Drug therapy, Drug traffic, Economics and public finance, Education, Elder abuse, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emblems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee rights, Employee training, Equipment and supplies, Eviction, Evidence (Law), Ex-offenders, Executive reorganization, Families, Family violence, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal aid to research, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal law enforcement officers, Finance and financial sector, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Fire fighters, Floods, Forced labor, Forensic medicine, Forfeiture , Fraud, Gangs, Gifts, Government operations and politics, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publications, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Guam, Haitians, Health, Higher education, History, Homeless, Homicide, Hours of labor, House Judiciary (HSJU), Housing and community development, Housing authorities, Housing subsidies, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Hurricane aftermath legislation, Hurricanes, Identification devices, Identification of criminals, Immigrants, Immigration, Imprisonment, Indian children, Indian lands, Indian law enforcement, Indian women, Indigenous peoples, Information technology, Infrastructure, Injunctions, Inspectors general, intellectual property, International affairs, Internet, Interstate relations, Iowa, Judicial officers, jurisdiction, Juvenile delinquency, Kidnapping, Labor and employment, Landlord and tenant, Law, Law enforcement officers, Legal aid, Legal services, Life insurance, Lighting, Limitation of actions, Long Read, Louisiana, Low-income housing, Marriage , Married people, medals, Medical education, Medical research, Medical residents, Mentoring, Methamphetamine, Mexico, Minorities, minority issues, Missing children, Mississippi, Murder, Native Americans, Naturalization, Nazism, Nicaragua, Nonprofit organizations, Northern Mariana Islands, Paramedical personnel, Parents, Parole, Performance measurement, Physical examinations, Police, Police communication systems, Police training, Polygraphs, Postal service, Pregnant women, Pretrial procedure, Prison violence, Prisoners, Prisons, prizes, Probation, prosecution, Prostitution, Public housing, Public prosecutors, Public service advertising, Puerto Rico, Rape, Recidivists, Recruiting of employees, Refugees, Regulatory impact statements, Rehabilitation of criminals, Religion, Rental housing, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Rescue work, Research grants, Residence requirements, Residential rehabilitation, Right of asylum, Right of privacy, Rural crime, Rural education, Rural health, Salaries, School security, Science, Secondary education, Security measures, Senate Judiciary (SSJU), Sentences (Criminal procedure), September 11, Sex crimes, Sex offenders, Sex-oriented businesses, Slavery, Smuggling, Social security numbers, Social welfare, Sports and recreation, Stalking, Steroids, Student records, Students, Survivors' benefits, Suspects' rights, Technological innovations, Technology, Telephone, terrorism, Texas, Translating and interpreting, Transportation and public works, Undercover operations, Urban affairs, Victims of crimes, Violence, virgin islands, Visas, Vocational guidance, War crimes, Warrants (Law), Widowers, Widows, Wife abuse, Witnesses, Women, Women's education, Women's shelters, World War II, Youth services, Youth violence Leave a comment

Appropriations Act FY2006, Foreign Operations

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

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Appropriations Act FY2006, Foreign Operations was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-06-24 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Jim Kolbe in relation with: Categories Uncategorized Tags Abortion, Access to health care, Accounting , Administration of justice, Advertising, Afghanistan, Africa (Sub-Saharan), African Development Foundation, Agricultural assistance, Agriculture and food, AIDS (Disease), Air pollution control, Albania, Alcoholic beverages, Aliens, Alternative energy sources, American investments, Americans in foreign countries, Animals, Appropriations, Arab countries, Arab-Israeli conflict, Argentina, Armed forces abroad, Armed forces and national security, Armenia, Armistices, Arms control, Arms sales, Arrest, Arts, Auditing, Australia, Awards, Ballistic missiles, Bangladesh, Biological diversity, Birth control, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Boycott, Bribery, Building construction, Burma, Buy American, Cambodia, Capital cities, Capital investments, Caribbean area, Central America, Central Asia, Charities, Child abuse, Child health, Child labor, Child nutrition, Child sexual abuse, Childbirth, China, Civil rights and liberties, Civil service retirement, Civil war, Civil-military relations, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Coast guard, Colombia, Commemorations, Commerce, Commercial blacklisting, Communicable diseases, Communication in medicine, communications, Competitive bidding, Condoms, Conferences, Congress, Congress 109, Congress and foreign policy, Congress and military policy, Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Contraceptives, Contracts, Corporate mergers, Counterpart funds, Coups d'etat, Crime and law enforcement, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Croatia, Cuba, Cultural relations, Culture, Customs unions, Cyprus, Debt agreements, Debt relief, Defense procurement, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Developing countries, Development credit institutions, Disaster relief, displaced persons, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, East Asia, East Timor, Eastern Europe, Economic assistance, Economic development, Economic growth, Economics and public finance, Education, Educational exchanges, Egypt, El Salvador, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Embassies, Emergency management, Employee rights, Endangered species, Energy, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Estonia, Ethnic relations, Europe, Executive compensation, Export finance, Export subsidies, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Expropriation, Extradition, Families, Federal employees, Federal office buildings, Federally-guaranteed loans, Female circumcision, Fiji, Fines (Penalties), fisheries, Fishery management, Food relief, Forced labor, Foreign investments, Foreign leaders, Foreign loans, Foreign service, Foreign trade and international finance, Forest conservation, forestry, Former Soviet states, Foundations, Fraud, Free enterprise, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Gaza Strip, genocide, Georgia (Republic), Government contractors, Government corporations, Government lending, Government operations and politics, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Government vehicles, Governmental investigations, Guatemala, Guerrilla warfare, Habeas corpus, Haiti, Health, Health counseling, Health education, Higher education, Honduras, House Appropriations (HSAP), Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, Immigration, India, Indigenous peoples, Indonesia, Information technology, Inspectors general, Insurgency, Inter-American Foundation, Interest, International affairs, International agencies, International broadcasting, International competitiveness, International cooperation, International courts, International education, International environmental cooperation, International labor activities, International military forces, International propaganda, International relief, Investment guaranty insurance, Iran, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, jurisdiction, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Labor and employment, Land mines, Laos, Latin America, Latvia, Law, Law enforcement officers, Leases, Lebanon, Libya, Life imprisonment, Literacy programs, Lithuania, Loan defaults, Location of industries, Long Read, Macedonia, Malaria, Mali, Marine and coastal resources, Maternal and infant welfare, Maternal health services, medals, Medical fees, Medical research, Medical supplies, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Military and naval offenses, Military and naval supplies, Military assistance, Military education, Military helicopters, Military operations, Military training, Military transportation, Military withdrawal, Mines and mineral resources, Minesweeping, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, minority issues, Misconduct in office, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Murder, NATO countries, Nature conservation, Navigation, Nepal, New York City, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Nongovernmental organizations, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Nuclear energy research, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear reactors, Nutrition, Obstetrics, Oceania, Ordnance, Orphans, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Pakistan, Palestinians, Paramilitary forces, Parasitic diseases, Parking facilities, Passports, Patients' rights, Peace, Peace Corps, Peace treaties, Peacekeeping forces, Philippines, Physician-patient privilege, Police, Police brutality, Police training, Police-community relations, Poliomyelitis, Political parties, Population, Potable water, Poverty, President and foreign policy, Preventive medicine, prizes, Property tax, prosecution, Prostitution, public corruption, Public lands and natural resources, Recognition (International law), Recreation, Recruiting of employees, Refugees, Refuse and refuse disposal, Religion, Religious liberty, Reproduction, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Republican Party, Rescission of appropriated funds, Rescue work, Right of property, Romania, Rule of law, Russia, Rwanda, Sanctions (International law), Saudi Arabia, Scholarships, Science, Senate Appropriations (SSAP), Senegal, Serbia, Sex discrimination, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sierra Leone, Slavery, Slovakia, Small business, Smuggling, Social welfare, South Asia, South Korea, Sovereignty, Sports and recreation, Sri Lanka, State-sponsored terrorism, Sterilization (Birth control), Sudan, Surplus government property, Sustainable development, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tariff, Technical assistance, Technology, Technology transfer, terrorism, Thailand, Tibet, Tied aid credit, Tonga, Trade agreements, Trade and Development Agency, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation and public works, Treaties, Tropical forests, Tuberculosis, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, U.S. Agency for International Development, Ukraine, United Nations, United Nations finances, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, User charges, Uzbekistan, Vaccination, Vaccines, Value-added tax, Victims of crimes, Violence, Visas, Volunteer workers, War crimes, War relief, Water pollution control, West Bank, Witnesses, Women, Women in business, Women's rights, World health, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe Leave a comment

Appropriations Act FY2006, Defense

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

Act Details
Appropriations Act FY2006, Defense was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-06-10 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by C Young in relation with: Categories Uncategorized Tags 2001, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Affordable housing, Afghanistan, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture and food, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air force, Alabama, Alaska, Alloys, Alternative energy sources, Ammunition, Animals, Antimissile missiles, Appellate courts, Appropriations, Arctic and polar regions, Arizona, Arkansas, Armed forces abroad, Armed forces and national security, Armed forces reserves, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Arms control, Arms sales, Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Arts, Authorization, Ballistic missile defenses, Ballistic missiles, Bicycles, Biological warfare, Biomass energy, Black colleges, Block grants, Bomber aircraft, Border patrols, Boy Scouts, Buy American, California, Canada, Capital investments, Capitol (Washington, Cemeteries and funerals, Central Asia, Central Intelligence Agency, Chemical warfare, Church and state, Civil rights and liberties, Civil service retirement, Claims, Coast guard, College teachers, Colorado River development, Commemorations, Commerce, communications, Community development, Compensation (Law), Competitive bidding, Congress, Congress 109, Congress and military policy, Congressional budget, Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Consultants, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Credit cards, Crime and law enforcement, Cuban Americans, Culture, Customs administration, Damages, Defense budgets, Defense contracts, Defense procurement, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Detention of persons, Disabled, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, displaced persons, Distance education, Drone aircraft, Drug abuse, Drug industry, Drug law enforcement, Drugs and youth, Easements, East Asia, Economics and public finance, Education, Electrification, Elementary and secondary education, Embassies, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employment agencies, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy efficiency, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Epidemics, Europe, Export finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Families, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal office buildings, Federally-guaranteed loans, Fighter aircraft, Finance and financial sector, Flags, Flood control, Floods, Florida, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food relief, Food stamps, Foreign service, Foreign trade and international finance, Former Soviet states, Foundations, Fraternal organizations, Frivolous lawsuits, General Services Administration, Germany, Gifts, Government attorneys, Government contractors, Government lending, Government liability (International law), Government operations and politics, Government service contracts, Government travel, Government trust funds, Guided missiles, Gulf of Mexico, Health, Health counseling, Helicopters, Higher education, Highway finance, Highway maintenance, Home repair and improvement, Homeless, House Appropriations (HSAP), Housing and community development, Housing authorities, Housing for the disabled, Human rights, Hurricane aftermath legislation, Hurricanes, Illinois, Immigration, Impact aid, Imports, Indian education, Indian housing, Indian lands, Indian medical care, Industrial standards, Infants, Influenza, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Insurgency, Intelligence officers, International affairs, International agencies, International claims, International military forces, International relief, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Israel, Japan, Judicial officers, Judicial Review, Kansas, Kentucky, Kuwait, Labor and employment, Language and languages, Law, Liability (Law), Long Read, Louisiana, Lumber trade, Maintenance and repair, Marine safety, Marines, Marketing of farm produce, Maryland, Mass rapid transit, Massachusetts, Medical education, Medical malpractice, Medical supplies, Merchant marine, Middle East and North Africa, Military advisers, Military aircraft, Military and naval supplies, Military assistance, Military base closures, Military bases, Military civic action, Military construction operations, Military dependents, Military education, Military helicopters, Military hospitals, Military housing, Military intelligence, Military law, Military leave, Military medicine, Military occupation, Military operations, Military personnel, Military readiness, Military research, Military sealift, Military training, Military transportation, Military vehicles, Military withdrawal, Minnesota, Minorities, minority issues, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Montana, Museums, National forests, National Guard, National parks, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Navy, Negligence, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Nonprofit organizations, North Carolina, North Dakota, North Korea, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear weapons, Officer personnel, Ohio, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil well drilling, Ordnance, Paper and paper products, Paraprofessional school personnel, Peacekeeping forces, Pedestrians, Pennsylvania, Physicians, Planning-programming-budgeting, Plant protection, Plant quarantine, Police, Post exchanges, Poultry, Preschool education, Prisoners of war, Private forests, Prospecting, Public housing, Public lands and natural resources, Public prosecutors, Radio, Railroad finance, Railroad passenger traffic, Recruiting and enlistment, Recruiting of employees, Recycling of waste products, Reforestation, Refuse and refuse disposal, Regional planning, Religion, Religious liberty, Rent, Rescission of appropriated funds, Rescue work, Research and development, Residential rehabilitation, Right-of-way, Road construction, Rockets (Ordnance), Rural economic development, Rural housing, Salaries, Scholarships, Science, Senate Appropriations (SSAP), September 11, Service academies, Shellfish, Shipbuilding, Shipping rates, Smallpox, Social welfare, South Asia, South Dakota, Special education, Special forces (Military science), Sports and recreation, Stadiums, Steel, Student loan funds, sub Subcommittee on Defense (sub 02), Submarines, Supplemental appropriations, Surplus government property, Tanks (Combat vehicles), taxpayers, Teacher supply and demand, teachers, Technology, Telemedicine, Tennessee, terrorism, Texas, torture, trails, Transport aircraft, Transportation and public works, Travel costs, Treaties, trees, Underground storage, Unemployment insurance, United Nations, Vaccines, Veterans' employment, Veterans' medical care, Veterinary medicine, Virginia, Volunteer forces, War relief, Warships, Waste water treatment, Water resources development, Water treatment plants, Watersheds, Wetlands, wildlife refuges, Youth services Leave a comment

Appropriations Act FY2006, Commerce, Justice, Science, State

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

Act Details
Appropriations Act FY2006, Commerce, Justice, Science, State was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-06-10 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Frank Rudolph Wolf in relation with:

Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005

December 4, 2014 by Charlie Simon

Act Details
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-03-17 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by Barbara Lee in relation with: …