Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3960 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3960 To give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2, 2026 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. RELEASE CONDITIONS AND DETENTION IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES. Section 3142 of title …