Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
A bill intended to release more criminals from prisons and prevent incarceration meaning crime will increase as what they deem "minor" infractions are left without consequence.
Title: COVID–19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Cancer: Cardiovascular and respiratory health: Congressional oversight: Correctional facilities and imprisonment: Crime victims: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Detention of persons: Digestive and metabolic diseases: Disability and paralysis: Emergency medical services and trauma care: Employment and training programs: Family services: HIV/AIDS: Health personnel: Health promotion and preventive care: Immunology and vaccination: Infectious and parasitic diseases: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Lawyers and legal services: Medical tests and diagnostic methods: Neurological disorders: Women's health
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and local governments prevent, detect, and stop the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in correctional facilities. Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must award grants to states and local governments that release certain persons—persons who do not pose a serious risk or who meet certain criteria based on age or health—from correctional facilities. Additionally, DOJ must award grants to states and local governments that adopt cite-and-release procedures for suspects who do not pose a public safety risk.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 27, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6414/all-info
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16 sponsors: Jerrold Nadler (D); Karen Bass (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); Barbara Lee (D); Jahana Hayes (D); James McGovern (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Bobby Rush (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Ilhan Omar (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); David Cicilline (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Ayanna Pressley (D); Nydia Velazquez (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 27 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 27 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 17 2020 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill