3.0.0 353 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z Senate S 2015-02-03 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-03T22:43:49Z Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 114 706 HR 2015-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-02-03 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-02-24 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Judicial procedure and administration Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T16:00:58Z Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015

This bill authorizes a federal court to impose a sentence in a criminal proceeding that is below the minimum sentence required by statute if the court finds that a lower sentence is necessary to avoid violating statutory factors that the court must consider in imposing a sentence. The court must give parties to the proceeding notice of its intent to impose a lower sentence and state in writing the factors requiring such a sentence. This bill does not limit any right to appeal that would otherwise exist.

]]> Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 Display Title Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust and irrational criminal punishments. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s353is/xml/BILLS-114s353is.xml 2015-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.