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Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008

Introduced: May 14, 2008 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) include the use of global positioning monitoring technologies to monitor individuals on parole and probation and the hiring of additional parole officers as permissible corrections grant purposes under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program; and (2) provide funding under the grant program to establish the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center for collecting and disseminating information on laws relating to and grants for parole and probation agencies and officers.

What's happening now July 28, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6059: Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6059/
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"H.R. 6059: Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6059/.
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H.R. 6059, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6059/.
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