Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1967
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-05-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Due process and equal protection

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government liability

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to apply provisions that prohibit any governmental authority from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers or by officials or employees of a governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of juvenile justice or the incarceration of juveniles that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States to such conduct relating to adults as well as juveniles.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1967 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2013 Mr. Deutch (for himself and Mr. Scott of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to expand the cause of action relating to the pattern or practice of conduct by a governmental authority that deprives a person of rights protected by the Constitution to such conduct relating to adults as well as juveniles.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act . 2. Pattern or practice litigation (a) In general Section 210401(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14141(a) ) is amended— (1) after responsibility for the administration of , by striking juvenile justice and inserting criminal justice, juvenile justice, ; and (2) after or the incarceration of , by striking juveniles and inserting persons (including juveniles) . (b) Clerical amendment Section 210401(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting subsection (a) .