S-3646 : Still Just a Bill

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 suspend the request for detention and imprisonment as a sanction for a violation of probation, supervised release, or parole.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-05-07IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Senate
2020-05-07IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Crime and Law Enforcement
See Subjects
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Congressional oversight
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Detention of persons
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Federal district courts
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Neurological disorders
  • Women's health

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