[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 695 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 695

   To amend section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, to provide 
 certain additional rules with respect to litigation regarding prison 
                              conditions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1995

 Mr. Archer (for himself and Mr. Sam Johnson) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, to provide 
 certain additional rules with respect to litigation regarding prison 
                              conditions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prison Litigation Control Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. LITIGATION REGARDING PRISON CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter C of chapter 229 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 3626--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``crowding'' and 
                inserting ``conditions'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``a'' before ``prison or 
                        jail'';
                            (ii) by striking ``crowding'' and inserting 
                        ``condition'' each place it appears; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end ``A condition 
                        relating to the facilities and opportunities 
                        afforded prisoners does not inflict cruel and 
                        unusual punishment unless that condition 
                        constitutes a deprivation of the minimum 
                        necessities of civilized life to an individual 
                        plaintiff inmate, and the responsible officials 
                        are deliberately indifferent to that individual 
                        plaintiff inmate's deprivation.'';
                    (C) by striking subsection (b); and
                    (D) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or 
                termination'' after ``modification''; and
            (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of such 
        subchapter, in the item relating to section 3626, by striking 
        ``crowding'' and inserting ``conditions''.
    (b) Effect of Amendments.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to--
            (1) all outstanding court orders and consent degrees; and
            (2) all pending and future cases, and in any case reopened 
        under section 3626(c) of title 18, United States Code.
    (c) Elimination of Sunset Provision.--Section 20409 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended by striking 
subsection (d).
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