A bill to require the pre-release drug testing of Federal prisoners.

Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Attorney General to direct the Bureau of Prisons to establish and implement a mandatory drug testing program under which: (1) each prisoner shall be required to submit to a drug test for the use of a controlled substance not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to his or her release; and (2) the Bureau shall promptly notify the Attorney General if a prisoner tests positive; and (3) the Attorney General shall, not later than the scheduled date of the prisoner's release, issue an arrest warrant for the prisoner if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe, based on the test results, that the prisoner has violated a prohibition against providing or possessing contraband in prison, a prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act against simple possession of a controlled substance, or any other provision of Federal law.

Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of an office within the Department of Justice for the investigation and prosecution of prisoners for whom such an arrest warrant is issued.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2008 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2008

     To require the pre-release drug testing of Federal prisoners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2000

 Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the pre-release drug testing of Federal prisoners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MANDATORY PRE-RELEASE DRUG TESTING OF FEDERAL PRISONERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Mandatory Pre-Release Drug Testing.--The Attorney General 
shall direct the Bureau of Prisons to establish and implement a 
mandatory drug testing program under which--
            ``(1) each prisoner shall be required to submit to a drug 
        test for the use of a controlled substance (as defined in 
        section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), 
        which shall be administered by the Bureau of Prisons not less 
        than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the scheduled 
        date of release of that prisoner under this section; and
            ``(2) if a prisoner tests positive for the use of a 
        controlled substance pursuant to a drug test administered in 
        accordance with paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) the Bureau of Prisons shall promptly notify 
                the Attorney General of the test results; and
                    ``(B) the Attorney General shall, not later than 
                the scheduled date of release of the prisoner under 
                this section, issue an arrest warrant for the prisoner, 
                if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to 
                believe, based on the test results, that the prisoner 
                has violated section 1791 of this title, section 404 of 
                the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844), or any 
                other provision of Federal law.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2000 $2,000,000 to carry out section 
3624(g) of title 18, United States Code, as added by this section, 
which amount shall be used by the Attorney General to establish an 
office within the Department of Justice for the investigation and 
prosecution of prisoners for whom an arrest warrant is issued under 
section 3624(g)(2)(B)(i) of title 18, United States Code, as added by 
this section.
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