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On the recordNovember 14, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2870 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Restricting Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Act of 2019''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Solitary confinement reforms. Sec. 4. Reassessment of detained alien mental health. Sec. 5. Oversight responsibilities. Sec. 6. Rulemaking. Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 8. Effective date. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Administrative segregation.--The term ``administrative segregation'' means a nonpunitive form of solitary confinement that removes a detained alien from the general population of a detention center or other facility in which the alien is being detained for-- (A) investigative, protective, or preventative reasons because of a substantial and immediate threat to the safety or security of the detained alien, other detained aliens, staff, or the public; or (B) temporary administrative reasons.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Nov 14, 2019

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