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COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020

Introduced: June 22, 2020 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jun 22, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)
Jun 22, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2020

This bill modifies programs that allow for early release of certain federal inmates, including by expanding eligibility for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and making vulnerability to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) a basis for compassionate release during the public health emergency.

What's happening now June 22, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 4
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 29, 2020
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jul 29, 2020
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 29, 2020
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 29, 2020
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jul 20, 2020
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 25, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4034: COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4034/
MLA
"S. 4034: COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4034/.
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S. 4034, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4034/.
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[S. 4034: COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4034/)
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