[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2214 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2214

 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
ensure that certain information regarding prisoners is reported to the 
                           Attorney General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1997

  Mr. Hutchinson (for himself and Mr. Scott) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
ensure that certain information regarding prisoners is reported to the 
                           Attorney General.

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

SECTION 1. REPORTING OF INFORMATION.

    Section 20101(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) as (7) 
        through (10), respectively; and
            (2) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) assurances that the State will follow the guidelines 
        established by the Attorney General in reporting, on a 
        quarterly basis, information regarding deaths of any prisoner 
        that has been incarcerated or is en route to be incarcerated at 
        any municipal or county jail, State prison, or other local or 
        State correctional facility (including any juvenile facility) 
        that, at a minimum, includes--
                    ``(A) the name, gender, ethnicity, and age of the 
                deceased;
                    ``(B) the date, time, and location of death; and
                    ``(C) the circumstances surrounding the death.''.
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