[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 9, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Coons):
  S. 4549. A bill to give Federal courts additional discretion to 
determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants 
charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4549

       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 ``Smarter Pretrial Detention 
     for Drug Charges Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 2. 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.
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