3.0.0 672 2023-01-15T23:03:28Z 2023-01-15T23:03:28Z Senate S S 2003-03-20 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-03-20T22:19:04Z 2003-03-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2003-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4169-4170) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N Crime and Law Enforcement Agriculture and Food Arts, Culture, Religion Cable television Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Correctional institutions Department of Justice Drug abuse Drug testing Economics and Public Finance Electronics Equipment and supplies Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Local employees Motion pictures Pornography Prison administration Prison labor Prisoners' rights Prisons Science, Technology, Communications Sexual abstinence State employees Tobacco Video games Video tape recording Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2003-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Prescribes the portions of an inmate's earned wages to be allocated to offset the cost of incarceration, for victim restitution, to be held for the inmate until release in a non-interest bearing account, to be paid directly to the inmate for mandatory expenses and daily basic needs while incarcerated, and to be distributed to certain States and local jurisdictions.

Requires: (1) the establishment of a zero tolerance policy for drug use in the Federal prison system, including random drug testing of inmates and prison employees, routine sweeps for contraband, and residential drug treatment programs for all inmates; and (2) the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that Federal prisoners do not use or possess tobacco, possess or view sexually explicit materials, possess televisions (unless provided by the prison for group viewing), listen to music containing violent or certain other types of lyrics, view cable television which is not educational, and engage in sexual activity.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to direct the Attorney General to make incentive grants to eligible States and local governments to establish drug-free prisons and jails.

Requires the Bureau of Prisons to place in a shock incarceration program any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment (current law permits program placement for a consenting person sentenced to imprisonment for 12 to 30 months).]]>

Mandatory Prison Work and Drug Testing Act of 2003 Display Title Mandatory Prison Work and Drug Testing Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a 50 hour workweek for Federal prison inmates and to establish a grant program for mandatory drug testing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Mandatory Prison Work and Drug Testing Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-03-20T05:00:00Z 2003-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.