US HR6414

Bill

US HR6414

COVID–19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act of 2020

Introduced
03/27/2020

In Committee
03/27/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish the Pandemic Jail and Prison Emergency Response grant programs, and for other purposes. This bill 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.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Pandemic Jail and Prison Emergency Response grant programs to help states and local governments prevent, detect, and stop the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must award grants to states and local governments that release certain low-risk or vulnerable individuals from correctional facilities, and that adopt cite-and-release procedures for suspects who do not pose a public safety risk. The bill also authorizes $1 billion in funding for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to carry out these grant programs.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (16)

Jerry Nadler (D)*, Karen Bass (D), Joyce Beatty (D), Suzanne Bonamici (D), David Cicilline (D), Jahana Hayes (D), Hakeem Jeffries (D), Barbara Lee (D), Jim McGovern (D), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Ilhan Omar (D), Ayanna Pressley (D), Bobby Rush (D), Nydia Velázquez (D), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D), Frederica Wilson (D),

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (on 03/27/2020)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6414/all-info

(3 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6414/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6414/BILLS-116hr6414ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6414/BILLS-116hr6414ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR6800	The Heroes Act	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.	Related
HRes967	Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 965) authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6800) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from May 19, 2020, t	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
S3720	COVID–19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related

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