H.R. 64 · 115th Congress
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Introduced
- 2017-01-03
- Latest action
- 2017-01-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to release early an offender who has completed at least half of his or her prison sentence if such offender has: (1) attained age 45, (2) committed no violent offenses, and (3) received no institutional disciplinary violations.