Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-2955
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-07-07
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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <b>Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to make the provision that prohibits law enforcement agencies from engaging in patterns or practices of conduct that violate constitutional rights related to the administration of juvenile justice applicable to adults as well as juveniles. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 7, 2015 Mr. Deutch 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) .