To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 929 To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Mr. DEUTCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, 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. ELDERLY FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OFFEND- 3 ERS. 4 Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second Chance Act of 5 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by strik- 6 ing ‘‘to which the offender was sentenced’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘reduced by any credit toward the service of the prisoner’s 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:41 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H929.IH H929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 929 IH sentence awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, 1 United States Code’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:41 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H929.IH H929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS