[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            VETERAN TREATMENT COURT COORDINATION ACT OF 2019

  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 886) to direct the Attorney General to 
establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program, with the 
Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate amendment:
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.

  Mr. CICILLINE (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Rhode Island?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Rhode Island?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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