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H.R. 1967: Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

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H.R. 1967: Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-14 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Plain summary

Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to apply provisions that prohibit any governmental authority from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers or by officials or employees of a governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of juvenile justice or the incarceration of juveniles that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States to such conduct relating to adults as well as juveniles.

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Official text

Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] · 3 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1967 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113