[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1643 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1643

 To provide for an increase in funding for programs for the prevention 
     and treatment of substance abuse in the Federal prison system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 1997

  Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
Mr. Thompson, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. Towns, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
    Stokes, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Clayton, Ms. 
 Kilpatrick, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, 
   Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Ms. Christian-Green, Ms. Carson, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Clay, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Fattah, 
   Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Ms. Millender-McDonald) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an increase in funding for programs for the prevention 
     and treatment of substance abuse in the Federal prison system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASED FUNDING FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE 
              ABUSE IN FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out section 4005 of title 18, United 
States Code, the Attorney General (acting through the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons), in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (acting through the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration), shall carry out a program for 
the prevention and treatment of substance abuse among individuals who 
are in Federal penal or correctional institutions and in the criminal 
custody of the Attorney General.
    (b) Special Consideration in Provision of Treatment.--In providing 
treatment under subsection (a), the officials specified in such 
subsection shall give special consideration to individuals whose terms 
of criminal custody are within 12 months of completion.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For the purpose of carrying out section 1, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002. Such 
authorization is in addition to any other authorization of 
appropriations that is available for such purpose.
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