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Humane Short Term Custody Act

Introduced: December 12, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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Humane Short Term Custody Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to prescribe regulations establishing standards for short-term custody of individuals by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that provide for basic minimums of care at all CBP facilities that hold individuals in custody, including Border Patrol stations, ports of entry, checkpoints, forward operating bases, secondary inspection areas, and short-term custody facilities.

Requires: (1) that such regulations be fully consistent with national standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, and (2) annual facility inspections.

What's happening now December 12, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 4, 2014
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 24, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1817: Humane Short Term Custody Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1817/
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"S. 1817: Humane Short Term Custody Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1817/.
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S. 1817, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1817/.
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