US Congress House Bill 3543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-05 - 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]

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015 This bill requires federal, state, and local governments and their employees to directly operate and perform core services at adult prisons and detention centers. The bill reestablishes parole for eligible federal prisoners sentenced on or after January 1, 2017. (The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 eliminated parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987.) It authorizes the United States Parole Commission to: (1) grant or deny a parole application or recommendation; (2) impose conditions on, modify, or revoke parole; and (3) maintain supervision of paroled offenders. Financial service providers at prisons and detention centers must impose reasonable and proportional fees and charges for money transfer services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must establish standards to assess such fees or charges. The bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to cap prison phone call rates and connection charges, require telecommunications providers to offer collect and debit account call services, restrict commission payments and ancillary service charges, and require correctional facility administrators to allow more than one telecommunications provider. It eliminates the provision that requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to maintain at least 34,000 detention beds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must establish nationwide alternatives to detention programs and determine detention bed capacity based solely on detention needs. DHS must conduct annual inspections and routine oversight of detention facilities. The bill prohibits family detention and requires DHS to establish alternatives to detention programs for detained family units. Also, it prohibits separation of a family to detain a family member, except DHS may detain an alien parent who is dangerous to the community and inadmissible on terrorism-related grounds.

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-09-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2015-09-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

SB2054 (Same As) 2015-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3638 (Related) 2015-10-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3543/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3543/BILLS-114hr3543ih.pdf