Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2021
Summary
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Justice to award competitive matching grants to state, local, and tribal governments to establish or maintain witness protection programs in cases involving (1) a homicide, serious violent felony, or serious drug offense; or (2) gangs or organized crime.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 8, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Committee
2
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Oct 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Oct 8, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kweisi Mfume
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
David Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Case
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DDemocratic
Co
Marie Newman
DDemocratic
Co
Robin L. Kelly
DDemocratic
Co
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
DDemocratic
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