S-3985 : Still Just a Bill

Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act

This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-01-01FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)Senate
2020-12-31FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7985)Senate
2020-12-30FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7972)Senate
2020-12-29FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7956)Senate
2020-06-24FloorMotion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 126) entered in Senate.Senate
2020-06-24VoteCloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 126. (CR S3170)Senate
2020-06-22FloorCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S3114)Senate
2020-06-22FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3114)Senate
2020-06-18CalendarsRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480.Senate
2020-06-17CalendarsIntroduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.Senate
2020-06-17IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Crime and Law Enforcement
See Subjects
  • Academic performance and assessments
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Appropriations
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Detention of persons
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee performance
  • Employment and training programs
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hate crimes
  • Higher education
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Mental health
  • Minority employment
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Personnel records
  • Photography and imaging
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Sex offenses
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • State and local government operations
  • U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • U.S. history
  • Violent crime