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Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020

Introduced: August 11, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Sep 24, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Sep 24, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Aug 11, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, 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.
Aug 11, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020

This bill addresses various provisions related to the operation and administration of prisons, detention centers, and other correctional facilities, such as banning for-profit prisons, imposing requirements on financial and communication services available to inmates, and requiring alternatives to detention for family units apprehended under immigration authorities.

What's happening now September 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13
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Chu, Judy
California · Sep 11, 2020
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Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Aug 11, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 11, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Aug 11, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 11, 2020
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Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 11, 2020
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 11, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· Aug 11, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Aug 11, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8008: Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8008/
MLA
"H.R. 8008: Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8008/.
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H.R. 8008, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8008/.
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