United States · Bill · S
S. 237 (106th)
A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.
Introduced
19 January 1999
Last action
19 January 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 (determination of mental capacity to stand trial and determination of the existence of insanity at the time of the offense) to be conducted by clinical social workers.
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Timeline
19 January 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S693)
Source: IntroReferral
19 January 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
19 January 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 January 1999 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 January 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 January 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 January 1999
Sponsors
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/237
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/237
- us · 106-s-237 · source updated 10 August 2026