3.0.0 250 2023-01-11T13:35:52Z 2023-01-11T13:35:52Z House HRES 2017-04-05 115 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2017-04-21T14:51:35Z Referred to 2017-04-05T14:08:30Z 2017-04-21 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2017-04-05 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-04-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2017-04-05 True V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 2017-04-05 True R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2017-04-25 False B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2017-05-08 False Crime and Law Enforcement Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Commemorative events and holidays Congressional tributes Connecticut Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Delaware District of Columbia Florida Hawaii Iowa Juvenile crime and gang violence Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Montana Nevada South Dakota Supreme Court Texas Utah Vermont Violent crime Washington State West Virginia Wyoming Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-04-05 Introduced in House 2017-04-10T13:52:48Z Applauds and celebrates the Supreme Court's decisions in Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Miller v. Alabama to strike down the death penalty, the use of life without parole sentences for non-homicide offenses, and the use of mandatory life without parole sentences for children in the United States.

Applauds the states of Texas, Nevada, Wyoming, Kentucky, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, West Virginia, California, Florida, Washington, and the District of Columbia for recent legislative changes that eliminated life without the possibility of release or parole sentences for children convicted of serious crimes.

Encourages other state legislatures to eliminate extreme sentences for children convicted of serious crimes.

]]> Expressing the need to eliminate life without parole for children. Display Title Expressing the need to eliminate life without parole for children. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the need to eliminate life without parole for children. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hres250ih/xml/BILLS-115hres250ih.xml 2017-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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.