3.0.0 502 2023-01-11T13:28:20Z 2023-01-11T13:28:20Z Senate S 2015-02-12 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-12T21:12:44Z Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 114 920 HR 2015-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2015-02-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-02-12 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-02-12 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-02-12 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2015-02-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-02-12 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-02-12 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-02-12 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-02-12 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2015-03-17 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2015-03-26 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-04-14 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-04-27 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-09-21 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2015-09-21 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-10-07 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-10-07 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-10-07 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-10-07 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-10-07 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-10-07 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-10-07 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-10-07 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-10-07 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-10-07 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-10-07 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Government information and archives Racial and ethnic relations U.S. Sentencing Commission Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-22T18:10:58Z Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015

Amends the federal criminal code to direct the court to impose a sentence for specified controlled substance offenses without regard to any statutory minimum sentence if the court finds that the criminal history category for the defendant is not higher than category two. (Currently, the court may disregard the statutory minimum if the defendant does not have more than one criminal history point.)

Authorizes a court that imposed a sentence for a crack cocaine possession or trafficking offense committed before August 3, 2010, on motion of the defendant, the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the government, or the court, to impose a reduced sentence as if provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the time such offense was committed, provided such sentence was not previously imposed or reduced under such Act or such a motion wasn't previously denied.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, possessing, importing, or exporting specified controlled substances and for such violations by a courier (defined as a person whose role was limited to transporting or storing drugs or money).

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of such an offense under the CSA and CSIEA to ensure consistency with this Act and to consider specified factors, including: (1) its mandate to formulate guidelines to minimize the likelihood that the federal prison population will exceed federal prison capacity, and (2) the need to reduce and prevent racial disparities in sentencing.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) report on how the reduced expenditures on federal corrections and cost savings resulting from this Act will be used to help reduce overcrowding in the Bureau of Prisons, increase investment in law enforcement and crime prevention, and reduce recidivism; (2) report a list of all criminal statutory offenses and the potential criminal penalty, the number of prosecutions brought by the Department of Justice each year for the previous 15 years, and the mens rea requirement for each offense; and (3) establish a publicly accessible index of each criminal statutory offense.

]]> Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 Display Title Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s502is/xml/BILLS-114s502is.xml 2015-02-12 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.