Bill116th CongressFiled Mar 26, 2020Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 6400
Emergency Community Supervision Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 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 limit the use of incarceration as a sanction for a parole violation.
What just happenedMar 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8](D-NY)Sponsor
39 cosponsors39 D
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- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2020
- Mar 26, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 26, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House