CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Bills and resolutions

Capital punishment: allow post-conviction DNA testing, improve performance of lawyers and judges handling State capital criminal cases, and ensure quality of defense counsel in Federal capital cases (see S. 2739), S6947 [17JY]

Children and youth: meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see S. 1965), S1208 [26FE]

Crime: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see S. 2619), S5535 [13JN] (see H.R. 4943), H3562 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: maintain health care eligibility for veterans being held as a prisoner in a county or city jail (see H.R. 3772), H523 [14FE]

District of Columbia: authorize Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to provide for interstate supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release (see H.R. 5515), H6926 [1OC]

———authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to provide for the interstate supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release (see S. 3044), S9901 [3OC]

Mental health: require that sexual predators start treatment on release and remain in treatment and incarcerated until cured or determined no longer to be a threat to society (see H.R. 4862), H3160 [4JN]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S3560 [30AP] (see H. Con. Res. 390), H1688 [29AP]

Taxation: provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (see H.R. 3701), H227 [7FE]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 5296), H5996 [26JY]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 5510), H6926 [1OC]

Remarks in House

Colorado: use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief, E1696 [30SE]

Crime: reintegrating ex-offenders into society, H729, H730 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Correctional Health (H.R. 2422), E232 [28FE]

District of Columbia: authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to provide for the interstate supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release (S. 3044), H8938 [14NO]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 390), H2214 [8MY], E727 [7MY], E758, E779 [10MY], E879 [22MY]

Taxation: provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (H.R. 3701), H556 [26FE], H729 [6MR], H2001 [1MY]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (H.R. 5296), E1447 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 486), S889-S891 [15FE], S2478 [10AP], S11247 [18NO]

———exonerations based on postconviction DNA testing, S889-S891 [15FE], S2478 [10AP]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 233), S2478 [10AP], S2630 [12AP], S2692-S2694 [16AP], S5845 [20JN]

Children and youth: meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (S. 1965), S1210 [26FE]

Courts: reform early release system and increase punishments for violations of probation and parole, S5391-S5393 [12JN]

Crime: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (S. 2619), S5537 [13JN]

District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: require participation of certain Federal officials with responsibility for the administration of the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia (H.R. 2305), S3976 [7MY]

Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (S. 304), S9889 [3OC], S10035 [7OC]

Illinois: Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment report, S2692-S2694 [16AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (S. Res. 255), S3573 [30AP], S3887 [2MY]

Social Security: extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (H.R. 2873), S2406 [9AP]

Reports filed

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3044), S10442 [15OC]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3044) (S. Rept. 107-332), S10843 [12NO]

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Restructuring Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2305) (S. Rept. 107-145), S3504 [29AP]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1577) (H. Rept. 107-583), H4765 [16JY]

Innocence Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 486) (S. Rept. 107-315), S10570 [16OC]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 255), S3842 [2MY]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 862), S7033 [18JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief: Colorado House of Representatives, E1696 [30SE]

Texts of

S. 3044, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act, S9908 [3OC], S10960 [13NO], H8938 [14NO]

S. Res. 255, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week, S3573 [30AP], S3887 [2MY]