US Congress House Bill 1447

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April 30 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 - Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. Imposes penalties on states that fail to comply with such reporting requirements.Requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to report to the Attorney General annually certain information regarding the death of any person who: (1) is detained or arrested by any officer of such agency (or by any state or local law enforcement officer for purposes of a federal law enforcement operation); or (2) is en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained, at any federal correctional facility or federal pretrial detention facility located within the United States or any other facility pursuant to a contract with or used by such agency.Requires the Attorney General to study such information and report on means by which it can be used to reduce the number of such deaths.

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Rep Conyers, John, Jr.

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-04-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN01447:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1447ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1447ih.pdf