GRACE Act

3.0.0 5682 2023-01-11T13:39:36Z 2023-01-11T13:39:36Z House HR 2018-05-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 73 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:H.R. 5682.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18.[Page H3782]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2018-05-07T16:01:01Z Reported by 2018-05-22T16:05:53Z Markup by 2018-05-09T19:58:50Z Referred to 2018-05-07T16:00:50Z H. Rept. 115-699 GRACE Act 115 2471 S 2018-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS FIRST STEP Act 115 2795 S 2018-05-07 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) Related bill CRS First Step Act 115 3649 S 2018-11-26 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674. Related bill CRS Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017 115 613 HR 2018-05-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017 115 1084 S 2017-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2018-05-23 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2018-05-22 17:33:39 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 17:33:38 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 59 (Roll no. 215). (text: CR H4302-4310) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 215 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll215.xml House 115 2018-05-22T21:33:38Z 2 2018-05-22 17:33:38 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 59 (Roll no. 215).(text: CR H4302-4310) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 215 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll215.xml House 115 2018-05-22T21:33:38Z 2 2018-05-22 17:27:15 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4366-4367) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 13:46:48 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 13:07:44 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5682. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 13:07:43 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4302-4319) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 13:07:23 Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2018-05-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00541 2018-05-22 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-699. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2018-05-22 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-699. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2018-05-09 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 5. Committee 2018-05-09 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2018-05-07 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2018-05-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2018-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 N J000294 Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] Hakeem Jeffries D NY S. 8 2018-05-07 True G000289 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] ROBERT GOODLATTE R VA W. 6 2018-05-07 True B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2018-05-07 True E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2018-05-15 False G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2018-05-15 False M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2018-05-15 False M001179 Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] Tom Marino R PA 10 2018-05-15 False M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 5 2018-05-16 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2018-05-16 False H001078 Rep. Handel, Karen C. [R-GA-6] Karen Handel R GA C. 6 2018-05-16 False S000244 Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] F. SENSENBRENNER R WI JAMES 5 2018-05-16 False S001199 Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16] Lloyd Smucker R PA 16 2018-05-17 False R000598 Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] Keith Rothfus R PA J. 12 2018-05-17 False B001294 Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] Rod Blum R IA 1 2018-05-21 False S001201 Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] Thomas Suozzi D NY R. 3 2018-05-21 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2018-05-21 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2018-05-21 False C001107 Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] Carlos Curbelo R FL 26 2018-05-21 False W000819 Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] Mark Walker R NC 6 2018-05-21 False 2018-08-21T16:00:17Z H.R. 5682, FIRST STEP Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54395 As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2018 Crime and Law Enforcement Accounting and auditing Advisory bodies Animal protection and human-animal relationships Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Justice Disaster relief and insurance District of Columbia Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Firearms and explosives Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Higher education Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement officers Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Public contracts and procurement Sex offenses Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Vocational and technical education Women's health Crime and Law Enforcement

00 2018-05-07 Introduced in House 2018-05-30T14:13:04Z 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.

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36 2018-05-22 Passed House amended 2018-06-04T15:20:42Z Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the FIRST STEP Act

TITLE I--RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the federal criminal code to direct the Department of Justice to establish a risk and needs assessment system to assess and classify the recidivism risk of prisoners; to guide housing, grouping, and program assignments; and to incentivize and reward participation in and completion of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities.

(Sec. 102) The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must implement the risk and needs assessment system.

The bill modifies the computation of good time credit to allow a prisoner to earn a maximum of 54 days per year of the sentence imposed (instead of 54 days per year of the sentence actually served).

(Sec. 103) The Government Accountability Office must audit the use of the risk and needs assessment system at BOP facilities.

(Sec. 104) The bill authorizes funds for FY2019-FY2023 to carry out this title. Of the amount appropriated, 80% is reserved for use by the BOP to implement the risk and needs assessment system.

(Sec. 105) The bill states that it does not authorize prerelease custody for an individual serving a prison term for a state offense.

(Sec. 106) It prohibits discrimination against a program, treatment, regimen, group, company, charity, person, or entity based on the fact that it may be or is faith-based.

TITLE II--BUREAU OF PRISONS SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2018

(Sec. 202) The bill amends the federal criminal code to require the BOP to allow federal correctional officers to securely store and carry concealed firearms on BOP premises outside the security perimeter of a prison.

TITLE III--RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT PRISONERS PROHIBITED

(Sec. 301) The bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit, subject to specified conditions, the use of restraints on federal prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery.

TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE

(Sec. 401) The bill amends the federal criminal code:

to direct the BOP to place a prisoner in a facility that is not more than 500 driving miles away from the prisoner's primary residence, subject to bed availability and the prisoner's security designation; and
to specify that the designation of a prison placement is not reviewable by a court.

(Sec. 402) The BOP must place low-risk prisoners on home confinement for the maximum amount of time permitted.

(Sec. 403) The bill amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to reauthorize through FY2022 and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program.

(Sec. 404) The BOP must, as part of prerelease planning procedures, help a prisoner obtain identification, including a Social Security card, driver's license or other official photo identification, and a birth certificate.

(Sec. 405) The bill authorizes Federal Prison Industries to sell products to new markets such as the District of Columbia government and nonprofit organizations.

(Sec. 406) The BOP must incorporate specialized and comprehensive de-escalation procedures into its training programs.

(Sec. 407) The BOP must report on its capacity to treat heroin and opioid abuse through evidence-based programs, including medication-assisted treatment.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must report on the capacity of treatment-service providers to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid and heroin abuse to prisoners serving a term of supervised release, including plans to expand access.

(Sec. 408) The BOP must establish pilot programs: (1) on youth mentorship; and (2) on service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals.

(Sec. 409) Probation and pretrial services officers must perform court-directed supervision of sex offenders conditionally released from civil commitment.

(Sec. 410) The bill expands data collection requirements regarding the National Prisoner Statistics Program.

(Sec. 411) The BOP must make tampons and sanitary napkins available free of charge.

(Sec. 412) This bill amends the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 to require auditors who monitor compliance with national prison rape standards to be certified.

(Sec. 413) The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require at least 8% of funds for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program to be used to provide technical assistance.

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