HR 3242
104th Congress
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Reporting Deaths in Custody Act of 1996
Introduced: April 15, 1996
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Apr 15, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 15, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Reporting Deaths in Custody Act of 1996 - Directs the Attorney General to require that the appropriate public authorities report promptly regarding each individual who dies in custody while in a municipal or county jail, State or Federal prison, or other similar place of confinement.
Requires the Attorney General to publish an annual report on the number of deaths in each institution and the cause and time of each death.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1