[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1055]
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By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 1056. 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. Madam 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. 1056
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 2023''.
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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