Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3227
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 

2017

 
This bill requires federal, state, and local governments to directly operate and perform core services at adult prisons and detention centers.
 
 It reestablishes parole for eligible federal prisoners sentenced on or after January 1, 2017. (The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 eliminated parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987.)
 
It requires financial service providers at prisons and detention centers to impose reasonable and proportional fees and charges for money transfer services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must assess such fees or charges.
 
 The Federal Communications Commission must cap prison phone call rates and connection charges, require telecommunications providers to offer collect and debit account call services, restrict commission payments and ancillary charges, and require correctional facility administrators to allow more than one telecommunications provider.
 
 The bill eliminates the requirement for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to maintain at least 34,000 detention beds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must establish alternatives to detention programs and determine detention bed capacity based solely on detention needs.
 
DHS must conduct annual inspections and routine oversight of detention facilities.
 
The bill prohibits family detention; requires alternatives to detention programs for detained family units; and prohibits separating a family to detain a family member, except to detain an alien parent who is dangerous and inadmissible on terrorism grounds.
 
Finally, the bill establishes a private right of action for a person aggrieved by a violation of this bill.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House