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S 4034
COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020
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Bill overview
COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2020 This bill modifies programs that allow for early release of certain federal inmates, including by expanding eligibility for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and making vulnerability to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) a basis for compassionate release during the public health emergency.
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Richard J. Durbin
SenateILDemocrat
Cosponsors
Christopher A. Coons
SenateDEDemocrat
Chuck Grassley
SenateIARepublican
Kevin Cramer
SenateNDRepublican
Roger F. Wicker
SenateMSRepublican
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