Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1087.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 25, 2007
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008 - Requires states that receive criminal justice assistance grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis information on the death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or incarcerated in a municipal or county jail, state prison, state-run boot camp, contract facility, or other state or local correctional facility (including any juvenile facility). Requires such information to include: (1) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the deceased; (2) the date, time, and location of death; (3) the law enforcement agency that detained or arrested the deceased; and (4) a description of the circumstances surrounding the death. Grants states 120 days from the enactment of this Act to comply with such reporting requirements. Permits the Attorney General to grant additional time to states to comply with reporting requirements and to waive such requirements in states where compliance would be unconstitutional.
Grants the Attorney General discretion to reduce by up to 10% the amount of the criminal justice assistance grants of states that fail to comply with the reporting requirements of this Act.
Requires the Attorney General to collect information and provide for a study on the deaths of persons held in custody and to report to Congress on the findings within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2007 to Oct 31, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Original | Oct 25, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 31, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2007Markup Nov 7, 2007Reported Jan 18, 2008 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2007Markup Nov 1, 2007Reported Nov 1, 2007 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2008Markup Sep 25, 2008Reported Sep 25, 2008 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 25, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 25, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1087.
- Jan 24, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 23, 2008Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 23, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H428-431)
- Jan 23, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3971.
- Jan 23, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H428)
- Jan 23, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 23, 2008The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 18, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-512.
- Jan 18, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 313.
- Nov 7, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 7, 2007Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Nov 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 1, 2007Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 1, 2007Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Oct 25, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 25, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2245 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 3, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H428–H431Text printed H428 | Lamar Smith R-TX, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jan 23, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Oct 2, 2008H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 25, 2008</p>
- Oct 2, 2008H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 25, 2008
- Jan 14, 2008H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007</p>
- Jan 14, 2008H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2908 | Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jul 24, 2007 |
| HR 7227 | Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008 | Related bill | Sep 29, 2008 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Death
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Prisoners
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jan 24, 2008Referred in Senate
- Jan 23, 2008Engrossed in House
- Jan 18, 2008Reported in House
- Oct 25, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
