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HR 1643 105th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Alcoholism treatment Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Drugs and crime Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to substance abuse programs Health Prisoners Rehabilitation of criminals

To provide for an increase in funding for programs for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse in the Federal prison system.

Introduced: May 15, 1997 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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May 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 15, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 15, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to carry out a program for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse among individuals who are in Federal penal or correctional institutions and in the criminal custody of the Attorney General. Provides for special consideration to individuals whose terms of such custody are within 12 months of completion. Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now May 21, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 15, 1997
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 15, 1997
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 1997
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 15, 1997
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 15, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1643: To provide for an increase in funding for programs for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse in the Federal prison system.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1643/
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"H.R. 1643: To provide for an increase in funding for programs for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse in the Federal prison system.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1643/.
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H.R. 1643, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1643/.
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