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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5719 (Introduced in House) — To secure the Federal voting rights of non-violent persons when released from incarceration. · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Federal prison funds

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No State, unit of local government, or other person may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal grant amounts unless that person has in effect a program under which each individual incarcerated in that person’s jurisdiction is notified, upon release from such incarceration, of that individual’s rights under section 3. No State may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal grant amounts unless the State is in compliance with the notification requirements under section 6(a).
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