S. 1917 · 115th Congress

Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

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R GrassleySponsor

31 cosponsors · 15 D, 15 R, 1 I

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This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 4, 2017

Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to reduce mandatory minimum prison terms for certain nonviolent repeat drug offenses;
to establish a mandatory sentencing enhancement for a drug offense involving heroin or fentanyl;
to broaden the existing safety valve to permit a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent, cooperative drug offenders with a limited criminal history;
to create a new safety valve for certain nonviolent, cooperative defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense;
to create new mandatory minimum prison terms, including for interstate domestic violence that results in a victim's death and for providing goods or services to terrorists;
to make the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010;
to require the Bureau of Prisons to expand recidivism reduction programs and productive activities to all eligible prisoners;
to lengthen prerelease custody for prisoners who successfully complete such programs;
to develop the Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System;
to create reentry demonstration projects in judicial districts;
to require presentence investigation reports to include certain information such as substance abuse history, military service, and veteran status;
to permit a court to reduce a life prison term imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile;
to establish a process to seal and expunge certain records of juvenile nonviolent offenses;
to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except in limited circumstances;
to make permanent and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program; and
to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

Latest action (Feb 15, 2018): Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 4, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.