S.Amdt. 3422

SA 3422. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. VOTING RIGHTS.

(a) Information for Incarcerated Individuals.--The Director
of the Bureau of Prisons shall immediately ensure that
individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons are
provided information regarding the voting rights restoration
process upon release and return to their home State.
(b) Notice in Criminal Cases.--The Attorney General shall
require that the United States attorneys provide notice to
defendants in Federal criminal cases regarding the loss of
the right to vote as a result of a plea agreement to any
disfranchising offense, whether the offense is a misdemeanor
or felony.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a
report on the disproportionate impact of Federal and State
criminal disenfranchisement laws on minority populations,
which shall include data on disfranchisement rates by race
and ethnicity.
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