Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 132 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2021 Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alter- nate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Prison Bureau 4 Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OF- 6 FENDERS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United 8 States Code, is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Jan 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H132.IH H132 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 132 IH (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘at the early 1 release date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, 2 or otherwise’’ after ‘‘A prisoner shall be released by 3 the Bureau of Prisons’’; and 4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(h) EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT 6 OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 7 law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time pol- 8 icy, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has 9 served one half or more of his term of imprisonment (in- 10 cluding any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) 11 if that prisoner— 12 ‘‘(1) has attained the age of 45 years; 13 ‘‘(2) has never been convicted of a crime of vio- 14 lence; and 15 ‘‘(3) has not engaged in any violation, involving 16 violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regula- 17 tions.’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Jan 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H132.IH H132 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS