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H.R. 6400 — Emergency Community Supervision Act | PoliFocus

H.R. 6400116th Congress

Emergency Community Supervision Act

To require the release of certain individuals in the custody of the United States because of their risk of exposure during a national emergency, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]

39 cosponsors

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

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.

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Related Legislation

S. 3646Emergency Community Supervision Act
2020-05-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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H.R. 6800The Heroes Act
2020-07-23Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-517.
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S. 3579Emergency Community Supervision Act
2020-03-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Legislative Actions

2020-03-26
Introduced in House
2020-03-26
Introduced in House
2020-03-26
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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