Amendment deleted language which gave the Bureau of Prisons discretion to designate a place of confinement for prisoners other than a penal or correctional institution. It authorized the Bureau to confine persons near the end of their sentence at home with or without monitoring by telephonic or electronic signaling devices.

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Amendment Number
833
Description
Amendment deleted language which gave the Bureau of Prisons discretion to designate a place of confinement for prisoners other than a penal or correctional institution. It authorized the Bureau to confine persons near the end of their sentence at home with or without monitoring by telephonic or electronic signaling devices.
Purpose
An amendment to eliminate the provisions of the bill that remove limits on when a prisoner may be released from prison and placed in a halfway house or community correction facility.
Congress
101
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 4, 1990
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the McCollum amendment (A022) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
18:54:12
Submitted Date
Oct 4, 1990
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 1, 2021
Amendment 833 — Informed