S 1817 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Humane Short Term Custody Act

Introduced Dec 12, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara Boxer D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 12, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 12, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2014 to Mar 4, 2014.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-HIMazie K. HironoFeb 24, 2014
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandMar 4, 2014

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 12, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 12, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 12, 2013Introduced in Senate

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