3.0.0 3702 2019-11-15T21:55:29Z 2019-11-15T21:55:29Z Senate S S 2012-12-20 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-20T20:52:29Z SERV Act 112 2026 HR 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2012-12-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-12-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2012-12-20 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-12-20 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-12-20 True Armed Forces and National Security Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding Mental health Specialized courts Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-12-20 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-13T21:43:35Z Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts program established by this Act.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and other entities: (1) to develop, implement, or enhance veteran's treatment courts or to expand operational drug courts to serve veterans; and (2) for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over nonviolent offenders with substance abuse or mental health problems who have served in the U.S. military. Requires such programs to include mandatory periodic testing for the use of drugs, substance abuse and mental health treatment, opportunities for diversion, probation, or supervised release, and programmatic, offender management, and aftercare services.

Directs the National Drug Court Institute to conduct national training programs for state and local communities to improve the professional skills of drug court practitioners and provide comprehensive technical assistance to adult, juvenile, and family dependency drug courts.


]]> SERV Act Short Titles as Introduced SERV Act Short Titles as Introduced Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act Display Title SERV Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide grants to establish veteran's treatment courts. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3702is/xml/BILLS-112s3702is.xml 2012-12-20 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.