HR 2726 · 102th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-06-20· Sponsored by Rep. Washington, Craig A. [D-TX-18]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.(1992-04-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: General Provisions - Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1991 - Authorizes appropriations for State (80 percent) and Federal (20 percent) family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children for purposes of alleviating harm to children and primary caretaker parents caused by separation due to incarceration, promoting policies to assign prisoners to correctional facilities for which they qualify closest to their family homes, reducing prison populations and recidivism rates, and reducing the cost of providing correctional services. Title II: Grants to States - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Correction (NIC) to make grants to States to carry out such projects, giving preference to States providing assurances that: (1) both the State corrections, and State health and human services, agency will participate in, and cooperate closely in all aspects of, the development and operation of the project; (2) public and nonprofit private community-based organizations will be integrally involved in carrying out such project; (3) the State will target economically disadvantaged, inc…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (5)

5 Democrats