Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13115-13116)
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 30, 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Elimination of "Good Time" for Violent and Repeat Offenders Title II: Boot Camps and Prisons Title III: Sentencing Reports Title IV: Victim's Right of Allocution Violent Crime Prevention Act of 1993 - Title I: Elimination of "Good Time" for Violent and Repeat Offenders - Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to exclude Federal prisoners convicted of a crime of violence or of more than one felony from provisions regarding credit toward service of sentence for satisfactory behavior (good time); and (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to require the elimination of certain formula grants to States failing to prohibit the crediting of the State equivalent of good time with respect to such prisoners and to reduce the amount allocated to States not requiring State officials to administer to a convicted defendant a test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, disclose the results to the defendant and victim, and provide the victim with related counseling, testing, and referral. Title II: Boot Camps and Prisons - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Prisons ten military-style boot camp prisons, located on closed military installations, to provide a highly regimented schedule of strict discipline, physical training, work, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training, and remedial education and treatment for substance abuse; and (2) acquire, convert, and operate as regional prisons at least ten former military facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Sentencing Reports - Directs the Attorney General to prepare and make available to the public an annual report on the sentences that were imposed by each Federal judge during the preceding year on defendants convicted of Federal felonies. Amends the Omnibus Act to require the elimination of formula grants to States not requiring that annual reports be submitted on the sentences imposed by each State judge on defendants convicted of State felonies. Title IV: Victim's Right of Allocution - Amends: (1) Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the Court, before sentencing a defendant for a crime of violence or sexual abuse, to address the victim personally and determine if the victim wishes to make a statement and present information in relation to the sentence; and (2) the Omnibus Act to require the elimination of formula grants to States not providing for a victim's right of allocution.
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