H.Con.Res. 270House110th Congress (2007-2009)Passed Congress

To make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593.

Introduced December 17, 2007

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Introduced in House

December 17, 2007

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

December 17, 2007

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Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

December 17, 2007 • 1:52 PM

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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15489-15490)

December 17, 2007 • 1:52 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 270.

December 17, 2007 • 1:52 PM

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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H15489-15490)

December 17, 2007 • 1:57 PM

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On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H15489-15490)

December 17, 2007 • 1:57 PM

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

December 17, 2007 • 1:57 PM

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Received in the Senate.

December 18, 2007

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

February 28, 2008

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1893)

March 11, 2008

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1893)

March 11, 2008

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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

March 11, 2008

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

March 12, 2008

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John Conyers, Jr.
Rep. John Conyers, Jr.D-MI-14 · Dec 17, 2007

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 270) to make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent…

Chris Cannon
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3 · Dec 17, 2007

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to start out by thanking Chairman Conyers, who has worked extraordinarily hard for a very long period of time, as he pointed out,…

Sherrod Brown
Sen. Sherrod BrownD-OH · Mar 11, 2008

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 270 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I ask unanimous consent that…

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H.Con.Res.270
Agreed to March 11, 2008

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight

Concurrent Resolution

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593, the Clerk of the House
of Representatives shall make the following corrections (with page and
line numbers referring to the page and line numbers of the bill as
engrossed in the House):

(1) Page 17, strike line 21 through page 18, line 23 and insert
the following:
``(1) Federal share.--
``(A) In general.--The Federal share of a grant received
under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the project
funded under such grant.
``(B) In-kind contributions.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the
recipient of a grant under this section may meet the
matching requirement under subparagraph (A) by making in-
kind contributions of goods or services that are directly
related to the purpose for which such grant was awarded.
``(ii) Maximum percentage.--Not more than 50 percent of
the amount provided by a recipient of a grant under this
section to meet the matching requirement under subparagraph
(A) may be provided through in-kind contributions under
clause (i).''.

(2) Page 37, strike line 22 through page 38, line 4 and insert
the following:
``(e) Federal Share.--
``(1) Matching requirement.--The Federal share of a grant under
this section may not exceed 50 percent of the program funded under
such grant.
``(2) In-kind contributions.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
recipient of a grant under this section may meet the matching
requirement under paragraph (1) by making in-kind contributions
of goods or services that are directly related to the purpose
for which such grant was awarded.
``(B) Maximum percentage.--Not more than 50 percent of the
amount provided by a recipient of a grant under this section to
meet the matching requirement under paragraph (1) may be
provided through in-kind contributions under subparagraph (A).
``(3) Supplement not supplant.--Federal funds received under
this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal
funds that would otherwise be available for the activities funded
under this section.''.

(3) Page 43, strike lines 19 through 24 and insert the
following:

``SEC. 2904. FEDERAL SHARE.

``(a) Matching Requirement.--The Federal share of a grant under
this part may not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of the qualified
drug treatment program funded under such grant.
``(b) In-Kind Contributions.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the recipient of a
grant under this part may meet the matching requirement under
subsection (a) by making in-kind contributions of goods or services
that are directly related to the purpose for which such grant was
awarded.
``(2) Maximum percentage.--Not more than 50 percent of the
amount provided by a recipient of a grant under this part to meet
the matching requirement under subsection (a) may be provided
through in-kind contributions under paragraph (1).''.

(4) Page 80, after line 4 insert the following:
(C) Waiver.--The Attorney General is authorized to waive
the requirements of section 3624 of title 18, United States
Code, as necessary to provide for the release of some or all
eligible elderly offenders from the Bureau of Prisons facility
to home detention for the purposes of the pilot program under
this subsection.

(5) Page 80, line 18, strike ``a Bureau of Prisons facility''
and insert ``at least one Bureau of Prisons facility''.

(6) Page 81, strike line 11 through page 83, line 12 and insert
the following:
(A) Eligible elderly offender.--The term ``eligible elderly
offender'' means an offender in the custody of the Bureau of
Prisons--
(i) who is not less than 65 years of age;
(ii) who is serving a term of imprisonment that is not
life imprisonment based on conviction for an offense or
offenses that do not include any crime of violence (as
defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code), sex
offense (as defined in section 111(5) of the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act), offense described in
section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United States Code, or
offense under chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code,
and has served the greater of 10 years or 75 percent of the
term of imprisonment to which the offender was sentenced;
(iii) who has not been convicted in the past of any
Federal or State crime of violence, sex offense, or other
offense described in clause (ii);
(iv) who has not been determined by the Bureau of
Prisons, on the basis of information the Bureau uses to
make custody classifications, and in the sole discretion of
the Bureau, to have a history of violence, or of engaging
in conduct constituting a sex offense or other offense
described in clause (ii);
(v) who has not escaped, or attempted to escape, from a
Bureau of Prisons institution;
(vi) with respect to whom the Bureau of Prisons has
determined that release to home detention under this
section will result in a substantial net reduction of costs
to the Federal Government; and
(vii) who has been determined by the Bureau of Prisons
to be at no substantial risk of engaging in criminal
conduct or of endangering any person or the public if
released to home detention.

(7) Page 84, line 25, strike ``section 231'' and insert ``this
section''.
Attest:

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate.