legislation: 106-hr-5608

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106-hr-5608 106 hr 5608 Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-10-31 2000-11-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] MI D C000714 0 Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 - Directs a court, upon the conviction of an individual for a misdemeanor nonviolent drug offense under the Controlled Substances Act, to consider sentencing such individual to a term of probation or imprisonment that includes a condition or recommendation of participation in substance abuse treatment, including a rehabilitation program.Directs the Bureau of Prisons to maintain a rehabilitation program for such offenders sentenced to incarceration.Requires the Attorney General to study the racial impact of mandatory minimum sentences for controlled substance offenses, their effectiveness in reducing drug-related crime by nonviolent offenders, and the appropriateness of the use of such sentences on nonviolent offenders. 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z  

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