2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB5722: Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2021
Legislative Summary
To give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases.
Bill History
10/25/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
10/25/2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
11/1/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(10/25/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 9
Republican: 9
Primary Sponsor
David Trone
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (17)
Dan Crenshaw
Republican
Nancy Mace
Republican
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Hakeem Jeffries
Democrat
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican
Don Bacon
Republican
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Peter Meijer
Republican
Victoria Spartz
Republican
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Stephanie Bice
Republican
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Tony Cardenas
Democrat
Cindy Axne
Democrat
Dan Meuser
Republican