Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 24, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
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.
- IntroducedAug 11, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 11, 2020 to Sep 11, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Aug 11, 2020 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 11, 2020 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 11, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 11, 2020 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Aug 11, 2020 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Aug 11, 2020 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 24, 2020 | |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Sep 24, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Sep 24, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Aug 11, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 11, 2020Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 143, August 11, 2020, page H4232.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 994 | Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 23, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use of for-profit facilities and detention centers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Contracts and agency
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Detention of persons
- Family relationships
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- State and local government operations
- Telecommunication rates and fees
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 11, 2020Introduced 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.
