Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8626 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8626 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup of status offenders, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2024 Mr. Cardenas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup of status offenders, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.), Co…