3.0.0 2289 2023-01-11T13:19:17Z 2023-01-11T13:19:17Z House H HR 2009-05-06 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-06-09T15:05:05Z Referred to 2009-06-05T16:40:21Z Referred to 2009-05-06T14:02:44Z 2009-06-09 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-06-05 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2009-05-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2009-05-06 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-06-02 False W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2009-06-10 False R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2009-10-13 False Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime victims Criminal procedure and sentencing Government information and archives Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding Lawyers and legal services State and local government operations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2009-05-06 Introduced in House 2009-05-22T21:05:09Z Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Requires states to: (1) enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are serving a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole or supervised release at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every three years thereafter; and (2) provide notice of such laws and policies to the public and to victims of child offenders. Defines "child offender who is serving a life sentence" as an individual who is convicted of a criminal offense before attaining the age of 18 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life or a term exceeding 15 years.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and implement a system of early release for each child offender who is under a life sentence in a federal prison; and (2) award grants to states to improve legal representation and other services for child defendants charged with an offense carrying a possible sentence of life in prison.

]]> Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To establish a meaningful opportunity for parole or similar release for child offenders sentenced to life in prison, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2289ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2289ih.xml 2009-06-09 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.