Judiciary

Royce introduces bipartisan legislation to establish reward program for human traffickers

The State Department would be able to use cash rewards to help bring human traffickers to justice under bipartisan legislation…

7 years ago

Young introduces bipartisan bill to combat foreign agents evading U.S. laws

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on Wednesday would modernize the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to…

7 years ago

Denham bill to help businesses combat frivolous lawsuits

Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) would give businesses an opportunity to correct complaints related to the Americans…

7 years ago

Fischer, Gardner bill requires public accounting of taxpayer funds linked to court judgments

Taxpayers would have greater ability to see how the Treasury Department uses a little-known account to pay court judgments and…

7 years ago

House approves Smith measure to curb frivolous lawsuits in civil justice system

Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) to penalize lawyers for filing thousands of frivolous lawsuits cleared the House…

7 years ago

Collins, Ernst lead effort to require amateur athletic organizations to disclose sexual abuse

Amateur athletic organizations would be required to report sexual abuse under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME)…

7 years ago

Walorski leads call for support of local groups helping survivors of violence

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) renewed her call for support of local organizations that aid survivors of domestic violence and…

7 years ago

Rice introduces bill to cut down on frivolous lawsuits that obstruct infrastructure projects

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced a bill that would hold special interest groups accountable for filing frivolous lawsuits and…

7 years ago

Hatch, Tillis introduce bipartisan bill to instill greater protections for federal probation officers

U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined together to introduce bipartisan legislation to give probation officers the…

7 years ago

Walters, Denham reintroduce bipartisan bill to protect victims of domestic violence and their pets

Bipartisan legislation reintroduced by U.S. Reps. Mimi Walters (R-CA) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) on Wednesday would expand standing federal domestic…

7 years ago

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