Bill116th CongressFiled May 7, 2020Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 3646
Emergency Community Supervision Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 7, 2020)
Emergency Community Supervision Act
This bill establishes measures to reduce the number of individuals in federal custody during a national emergency relating to a communicable disease.
Specifically, it does the following:
- requires certain categories of inmates to be released and placed in community supervision (e.g., home confinement);
- limits the use of pretrial detention; and
- modifies supervised release, including to suspend the request for detention and imprisonment as a sanction for a violation of probation, supervised release, or parole.
What just happenedMay 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ](D-NJ)Sponsor
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- Introduced in SenateMay 7, 2020
- May 7, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - May 7, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate