3.0.0 5060 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z Senate S 2020-12-17 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-17T23:08:04Z Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020 116 9018 HR 2020-12-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2020-12-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N Law Law 00 2020-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T16:13:53Z Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Office for Access to Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to advise on matters relating to justice for low-income and other people in the criminal and civil justice systems. Additionally, DOJ must establish a Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable to raise the awareness of executive branch agencies of the ways in which civil legal aid and indigent defense can help advance federal objectives, including those related to employment, family stability, housing, consumer protection, health services, and public safety.

]]> Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020 Display Title Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of the Office for Access to Justice in the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5060is/xml/BILLS-116s5060is.xml 2020-12-17 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.