legislation: 97-hr-5215

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97-hr-5215 97 hr 5215 A bill to amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the monetary awards and orders for the benefit of prisoners in certain cases based on overcrowding of jails, prisons, and other similar correctional facilities. Law 1981-12-14 1981-12-17 Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. House Rep. Smith, Albert L., Jr. [R-AL-6] AL R S000514 0 Amends current law creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to prohibit any order based on overcrowding of a correctional facility from benefitting directly or indirectly any prisoner, unless the overcrowding poses a significant health hazard to such prisoner. 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z  

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