Humane Accountability Act
Latest action · Nov 7, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Humane Accountability Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly report to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) about assaults, deaths, complaints, and related instances involving immigration detainees. GAO must subsequently issue recommendations to address the reported instances.
The joint report must include information from detention centers related to
- detainee deaths while in custody;
- assault or abuse of a detainee while in custody by an officer, staff, or other detainee that requires medical attention;
- sexual assault of detainees while in custody and investigative findings from each such assault;
- complaints submitted by detainees or their families regarding abuse, sexual assault, staff neglect or retaliation, lack of proper resources or amenities, lack of access to legal counsel, or death; and
- the centers' actions to address and remedy such complaints from detainees or their families.
The report must provide information regarding detention centers operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
The bill requires GAO to provide Congress with a list of recommendations to address the information in the report within 90 days following GAO's receipt of such report.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2023 to Feb 15, 2024, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 15, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 7, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Nov 7, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2023Introduced in House
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