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The article reports on the passage of legislative bill HR 3546 by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee which would reauthorize a popular state and local law enforcement grant program. It would authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at $1.1 billion annually through fiscal 2012. Details about the provisions of the bill are cited.

The article reports on the approval of the two bills that prevent abuse and exploitation of the elderly by the House Judiciary Committee in the U.S. on June 11, 2008. The bill sponsored by Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel would establish a national Elder Justice Coordinating Council. The other bill which was sponsored by Pennsylvania Representative Joe Sestak would establish specialized programs to aid victims and create special training for law enforcers.

The article reports on the approval of the bill aimed at convicting rapists based on DNA matches by the U.S. House of Judiciary Committee on June 11, 2008. The bill, sponsored by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, would authorize an additional $50 million for grants to state and local government entities to buy forensic DNA technology. However, Representative Adam B. Schiff has introduced an amendment that would increase grants by 10% to states that collect DNA samples from criminal person.

This article reports on the decision by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in April 2008 to pass a bill intended to make it easier for members of the African National Congress (ANC) to receive U.S. visas. The committee approved the legislation after adopting an amendment intended to address concerns expressed by the Department of State and Republicans. Representative Howard L. Berman said he is confident the department will not consider the ANC a terrorist organization.

This article reports on the decision by the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection in 2008 to approve a bill that would prohibit government employees from tipping off airport screeners about covert tests of transportation security. The bill would cover the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and any other federal agencies with such information. Subcommittee chairwoman Sheila Jackson Lee noted the screeners' awareness of impending security tests.

The article looks at the success of the Congressional Club established by the U.S. Congress in May 1908 by writing legislation that then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law. Accordingly, when a group of congressional wives wanted to start their own social club and sought Congress' sanction, the wife of House Minority Leader John Sharp Williams took him to lunch away from the Capitol so he could not object when the bill came to the floor. It states that the club has survived and is still stationed in the Beaux Arts building it commissioned.

The article reports on a broad veterans' benefits measure passed by the U.S. Senate which includes a provision to provide funds for Filipino veterans who fought with U.S. forces in World War II. It states that this bill would give $221 million in benefits to at least 13,000 Filipino veterans. It mentions that Republican Richard M. Burr of North Carolina had opposed the provision, but Democratic Daniel K. Akaka of Hawaii, who sponsored the bill, said that it is the moral obligation of the U.S. to provide for those who served under its flag.

The article reports that a bipartisan legislation to give federal employees four weeks of paid parental leave was approved by the U.S. House Committee. On April 16, 2008, approval of the measure has been voted by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It notes that it would allow the use of an additional eight weeks of accrued sick leave over the paid four weeks by the federal employees. A review of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is being conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The article focuses on the HR 5712 bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 16, 2008. It requires contractors to report voluntarily any employee who is found to be committing a criminal offense in obtaining or carrying out a contract or being overcompensated. The rules apply to all contracts worth more than $5 million and those that last longer than 120 days. There were no penalties imposed for not reporting such violations.