[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 886 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 886


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2019

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To direct the Attorney General to establish and carry out a Veteran 
                        Treatment Court Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Treatment Court Coordination 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that veterans treatment courts are a 
successful program aimed at helping veterans charged with non-violent 
crimes receive the help and the benefits for which the veterans are 
entitled.

SEC. 3. VETERAN TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Attorney 
General shall establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program 
to provide grants and technical assistance to court systems that--
            (1) have adopted a Veterans Treatment Court Program; or
            (2) have filed a notice of intent to establish a Veterans 
        Treatment Court Program with the Secretary.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Veterans Treatment Court Program 
established under subsection (a) is to ensure the Department of Justice 
has a single office to coordinate the provision of grants, training, 
and technical assistance to help State, local, and Tribal governments 
to develop and maintain veteran treatment courts.
    (c) Programs Included.--The Veterans Treatment Court Program 
established under subsection (a) shall include the grant programs 
relating to veterans treatment courts carried out by the Attorney 
General pursuant to sections 2901, 2991, and 3021 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10581, 10651, and 
10701) or any other provision of law.
    (d) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations 
to carry out this section.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.