H.R. 10231
No Homeless Detention Centers Act
Sponsor: Maxwell Frost
22 cosponsors
- Emily Randall
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Delia C. Ramirez
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Greg Casar
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- James P. McGovern
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- Joyce Beatty
- LaMonica McIver
- Lateefah Simon
- Maxine Dexter
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rashida Tlaib
- Summer L. Lee
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Troy A. Carter
- Yassamin Ansari
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Judy Chu
- Ilhan Omar
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Text of the bill
A recipient of Federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development may not—
(1) compel, by threat or imposition of punishment, a person engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property to reside in a facility designated for housing or sheltering homeless persons;
(2) compel a person residing in a facility designated for housing or sheltering homeless persons to provide labor in order to reside in such facility;
(3) threaten or impose punishment on a homeless person because such person is engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property; or
(4) provide assistance to any State or local law enforcement officer or private contractor acting under color of Federal law or receiving Federal funds to threaten or impose punishment on a homeless person because such person is engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property.