117 HR 5722 IH: Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-10-25 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.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5722IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 25, 2021Mr. Trone (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Mace, Ms. Dean, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Jeffries, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Scanlon, and Mr. Meijer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2021.

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Release conditions and detention in Federal criminal cases

Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking (42 U.S.C. 14135a) each place it appears and inserting (34 U.S.C. 40702); and(2)in subsection (e)(3)—(A)by striking subparagraph (A); and(B)by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively.