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S 4398 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 2022

Introduced: June 14, 2022 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Jun 14, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 14, 2022
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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 2022

This bill modifies provisions under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program in order to more specifically address racial and ethnic disparities with respect to arrests, secure detentions, and other decision points.

What's happening now June 14, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 9579 Identical bill Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 14, 2022
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2022
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 14, 2022
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4398: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4398/
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"S. 4398: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4398/.
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S. 4398, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4398/.
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