Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3608 Drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 229— - POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER A— - PROBATION › § 3608
Summary
Create a drug‑testing program for federal offenders who are released after a felony or similar offense (see 18 U.S.C. 3563(a)(4)). The Administrative Office director, after consulting the Attorney General and the HHS Secretary and if funds are available, must set rules to keep tests accurate, and each district’s chief probation officer must arrange the testing.
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Title 18, §3608
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The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, establish a program of drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release. The program shall include such standards and guidelines as the Director may determine necessary to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the drug testing programs. In each judicial district the chief probation officer shall arrange for the drug testing of defendants on post-conviction release pursuant to a conviction for a felony or other offense described in section 3563(a)(4).11 See References in Text note below.
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section 3563(a)(4), referred to in text, probably means the par. (4) of section 3563(a) added by section 20414(b)(3) of Pub. L. 103–322, which was renumbered par. (5) by Pub. L. 104–132, title II, § 203(1)(C), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1227.
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18 U.S.C. § 3608
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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