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H.R. 956 (115th): Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

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To regulate monitoring of electronic communications between a prisoner in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that prisoner's attorney or other legal representative, and for other purposes.

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Hakeem Jeffries

Sponsor. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Feb 7, 2017
Length: 2 pages
Introduced
Feb 7, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on February 7, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

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History

Oct 29, 2015
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 3864 (114th).
Feb 7, 2017
 
Introduced

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Sep 21, 2020
 
Reintroduced Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5546 (116th).
Feb 24, 2021
 
Reintroduced Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 546.

H.R. 956 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 956. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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