[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1283. Mr. MORAN (for Ms. McSally (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Scott of Florida, and Ms. Smith)) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 886, to direct the Attorney General to establish and carry out a 
Veteran Treatment Court Program; as follows:
          Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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 nonviolent 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 2991 and 
     3021 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651, 10701) or any other provision of law.
         (d) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall promulgate 
     regulations to carry out this section.

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