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  2. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act - Wikipedia

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    The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the 1994 Crime Bill, [1] or the Clinton Crime Bill, [2] is an Act of Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement; it became law in 1994.

  3. Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia

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    The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...

  4. Violence Against Women Act - Wikipedia

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    The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994.

  5. Hillary Clinton admits supporting the 1994 crime bill was a ...

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    But during Sunday night's Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton addressed a major point of controversy in her campaign head-on: She admitted her much-criticized support of a 1994 crime bill that ...

  6. Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent ...

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    The law, enacted as part of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, requires states to form registries of offenders convicted of sexually violent offenses or offenses against children, and to form more rigorous registration requirements for sex offenders. States must also verify the addresses of sex offenders annually ...

  7. As 1994 crime bill turns 30, Secure DC Act fuels worry of ...

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    The post As 1994 crime bill turns 30, Secure DC Act fuels worry of repeated racial harms appeared first on TheGrio. The measures in the anti-crime bill raise concerns about its adverse effects on ...

  8. Megan's Law - Wikipedia

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    Before Megan's Law, the federal Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 required each state to create a registry for sexual offenders and certain other offenses against children. . Under the Wetterling Act, registry information was kept for law enforcement use only, although law enforcement agencies were allowed to release the information of specific persons when deemed necessary to protect the p

  9. Police use of deadly force in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Through the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, specifically Section 210402, the U.S. Congress mandated that the attorney general collect data on the use of excessive force by police and publish an annual report from the data. [18] However, the bill lacked provisions for enforcement. [19]