FIRST STEP Act

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R CornynSponsor

2 cosponsors · 1 D, 1 R

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R Scott

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the FIRST STEP Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 7, 2018

Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the FIRST STEP Act

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

to require the Department of Justice to establish and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to implement a risk and needs assessment system to assess prisoner recidivism risk; guide housing, grouping, and program assignments; and incentivize and reward participation in and completion of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities;
to modify the computation of good time credit;
to allow federal correctional officers to securely store and carry concealed firearms on BOP premises outside the security perimeter of a prison;
to limit the use of restraints on federal prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery;
to require a prisoner to be placed at a facility not more than 500 driving miles away from the prisoner's primary residence;
to require low-risk prisoners to be placed on home confinement for the maximum amount of time permitted;
to reauthorize through FY2022 and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program;
to require the BOP to help prisoners obtain identification documents prior to release, to incorporate de-escalation procedures into training programs, and to make tampons and sanitary napkins available free of charge;
to repeal the National Institute of Corrections;
to authorize Federal Prison Industries to sell products to additional markets;
to require probation and pretrial services officers to perform court-directed supervision of sex offenders conditionally released from civil commitment;
to require auditors who monitor compliance with national prison rape standards be certified; and
to require the BOP to establish pilot programs on youth mentorship and service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: FIRST STEP Act

Also known as: Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act

Latest action (May 7, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527)

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 7, 2018

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

No recorded floor vote found.