---
title: "CARES Act, section 12003"
citation: "Pub. L. No. 116-136, § 12003, 134 Stat. 281, 516 (2020)"
authority_id: "AUTH-PL-116-136-SEC-12003"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-116publ136/pdf/PLAW-116publ136.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-PL-116-136-SEC-12003/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
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license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# CARES Act, section 12003

## Holding or rule used

Temporary covered-emergency authority to lengthen home confinement.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate.

## Official source and pinpoints

Pub. L. No. 116-136, § 12003, 134 Stat. 281, 516 (2020), § 12003(a)(2), (b)(2): <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-116publ136/pdf/PLAW-116publ136.pdf>


## Used in

- [Prerelease Custody, Residential Reentry, Home Confinement, and the CARES Act](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/prerelease-custody-home-confinement-and-cares-act.md)