To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 2007
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `at the early release date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, or otherwise' after `A prisoner shall be released by the Bureau of Prisons'; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
`(g) Early Release for Certain Nonviolent Offenders- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time policy, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has served one half or more of his term of imprisonment (including any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) if that prisoner--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.261 as Introduced in House Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2007
