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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday October 01, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Reps. Crow and Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Incarcerated Veterans Access Treatment and Resources
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Representative Jason Crow (D-CO-06), alongside Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) introduced the Justice Involved Veterans Support Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a pilot program to provide grants and technical assistance to state prisons and local jails to improve documentation of whether inmates are veterans. Approximately 181,000 justice-involved veterans are incarcerated in the United Sta  more