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Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2000

Introduced: May 18, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 6, 2000
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11655)
Dec 6, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11655)
Dec 6, 2000
Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S11655)
Oct 18, 2000
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Oct 17, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 17, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9952)
Oct 17, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9952)
Oct 17, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4493.
Oct 17, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9951-9954)
Oct 17, 2000
Mr. Canady moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 30, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 18, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 18, 2000
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Title I: Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison - Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2000 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local prosecutors for developing, implementing, or expanding drug treatment alternative to prison programs.

Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of grant funds, the Federal cost share (75 percent), program and application requirements, geographic distribution of grant awards, reports, and evaluations.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing - Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 - Directs the court, upon the conviction of an individual for a misdemeanor under Controlled Substances Act provisions regarding simple possession of a controlled substance, if the individual meets specified criteria, to consider sentencing that individual to a term of probation that includes a condition, or a term of imprisonment that includes a recommendation, of participation in substance abuse treatment, including a drug dependency program.

(Sec. 203) Directs the court: (1) if it imposes a sentence of probation, to subject such sentence to specified requirements under the Federal criminal code; and (2) in considering discretionary conditions of probation, to consider and use, where appropriate to assure participation in substance abuse treatment, any of several listed options, including day fines, house arrest, electronic monitoring, intensive probation supervision, day reporting centers, intermittent confinement, and treatment in therapeutic community.

Directs that each offender who participates in a substance abuse program under this section serve a sentence of imprisonment with respect to the underlying offense if that offender does not successfully complete such a program. Directs the court to order that substance abuse treatment be provided in the locality in which the individual resides.

(Sec. 204) Requires the Bureau of Prisons to maintain a drug dependency program for offenders sentenced to incarceration, which shall consist of residential substance abuse treatment and aftercare services. Sets forth reporting requirements.

(Sec. 206) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to submit a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees regarding mandatory minimum sentences for controlled substance offenses, which shall include an analysis of: (1) whether such sentences may have a disproportionate impact on ethnic or racial groups; (2) the effectiveness of such sentences in reducing drug-related crime by violent offenders; and (3) the frequency and appropriateness of the use of such sentences for nonviolent offenders in contrast with other approaches such as drug treatment programs.

What's happening now December 7, 2000

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