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 limit the use of incarceration as a sanction for a parole violation.
CancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingDetention of personsDigestive and metabolic diseasesEmergency medical services and trauma careHIV/AIDSImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesNeurological disordersWomen's health
Emergency Community Supervision Act
USA116th CongressHR-6400| House
| Updated: 3/26/2020
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 limit the use of incarceration as a sanction for a parole violation.
CancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingDetention of personsDigestive and metabolic diseasesEmergency medical services and trauma careHIV/AIDSImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesNeurological disordersWomen's health