Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the federal government should begin a large-scale effort to reduce incarceration rates and reshape the American legal system by
- consulting with communities and individuals directly impacted by the justice system;
- decriminalizing certain behaviors, increasing diversion opportunities, revising sentencing laws, and reducing practices that contribute to recidivism;
- ending practices that advantage the wealthy and prohibiting private companies from profiting from the criminal justice system; and
- ending militarized policing practices, investing in other safety services, and implementing policies that address the needs of communities most affected by high rates of incarceration.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2019 to Jul 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 22, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 20, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9111)
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Air quality
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Census and government statistics
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Comprehensive health care
- Corporate finance and management
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Detention of persons
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Family services
- Firearms and explosives
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government liability
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Human trafficking
- Immigration status and procedures
- Indian social and development programs
- Inflation and prices
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Labor standards
- Land use and conservation
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Manufacturing
- Mental health
- Military civil functions
- Military facilities and property
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Public transit
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Right of privacy
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Student aid and college costs
- Transportation costs
- U.S. history
- Violent crime
- Voting rights
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced 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 resolution 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.
