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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 54
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 9, 2023
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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Prison Bureau
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Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OF-
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FENDERS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘on the early
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release date determined in accordance with sub-
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section (h), if applicable, or otherwise’’ after ‘‘A
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prisoner shall be released by the Bureau of Prisons’’;
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and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(h) EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT
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OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to any policy for
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early release based on the prisoner’s conduct while incar-
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cerated, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has
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served one half or more of their term of imprisonment (in-
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cluding any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment)
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if that prisoner—
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‘‘(1) has attained the age of 45 years;
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‘‘(2) has never been convicted of a crime of vio-
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lence; and
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‘‘(3) has not engaged in any violation of institu-
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tional disciplinary regulations involving violent con-
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duct.’’.
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