A bill to amend section 3143 of title 18, United States Code, to require the detention of any person found guilty of a violent offense pending sentence or appeal, and for other purposes.
Mandatory Detention for Offenders Convicted of Serious Crimes Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the detention, pending sentence or appeal, of any person found guilty of a crime of violence, an offense for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death, or certain drug offenses for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed.
Provides that Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays shall be included in calculating any Government request for a three-day automatic continuance for a pre-trial detention hearing.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 360.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
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