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H.R. 1447 · 113th Congress

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

Law · 113-242 · Dec 18, 2014
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  1. House Introduced Apr 9, 2013
  2. House Passed Dec 12, 2013
  3. Senate Passed Dec 10, 2014
  4. President To the President Dec 12, 2014
  5. President Signed Dec 18, 2014
  6. Law Dec 18, 2014

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 - Requires states that receive allocations under specified provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, whether characterized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the Edward Byrne Memorial…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 18, 2014

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 - Requires states that receive allocations under specified provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, whether characterized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or otherwise, to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. Imposes penalties on states that fail to comply with such reporting requirements..

Requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to report to the Attorney General annually certain information regarding the death of any person who: (1) is detained or arrested by any officer of such agency (or by any state or local law enforcement officer for purposes of a federal law enforcement operation); or (2) is en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained, at any federal correctional facility or federal pretrial detention facility located within the United States or any other facility pursuant to a contract with or used by such agency.

Requires the Attorney General to study such information and report on means by which it can be used to reduce the number of such deaths.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

Latest action (Dec 18, 2014): Became Public Law No: 113-242.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 9, 2013

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Apr 9, 2013
  2. House Passed Dec 12, 2013
  3. Senate Passed Dec 10, 2014
  4. President To the President Dec 12, 2014
  5. President Signed Dec 18, 2014
  6. Law Dec 18, 2014

No recorded floor vote found.