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Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017

Introduced: April 3, 2017 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 3, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on: (1) serious crimes committed by informants maintained by their law enforcement agencies, (2) amounts paid to the informants, and (3) amounts received through information from or cooperation by the informants.

The bill defines the term "serious crime."

What's happening now April 24, 2017

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 6, 2018
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 1, 2017
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 24, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 6, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1857: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1857/
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"H.R. 1857: Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1857/.
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H.R. 1857, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1857/.
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