3.0.0 329 2023-01-11T13:34:49Z 2023-01-11T13:34:49Z Senate S 2017-02-07 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T21:03:43Z REDEEM Act 115 827 S 2017-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS MERCY Act 115 901 HR 2017-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS REDEEM Act 115 1906 HR 2017-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2017-02-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2017-02-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-02-07 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-02-07 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-02-07 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-02-07 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-02-28 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-06-06 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-10-05 False Crime and Law Enforcement Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Detention of persons Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Juvenile crime and gang violence Mental health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-20T19:55:09Z Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 or the MERCY Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of harm.

]]> MERCY Act Display Title MERCY Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to place restrictions on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in Federal custody. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced MERCY Act Short Titles as Introduced Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s329is/xml/BILLS-115s329is.xml 2017-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.