3.0.0 1127 2023-01-11T13:36:27Z 2023-01-11T13:36:27Z Senate S 2017-05-16 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-16T14:26:10Z Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017 115 2435 HR 2017-06-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-05-16 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 2017-05-16 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-05-16 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-09-11 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-11-26 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Judicial procedure and administration Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-21T22:15:53Z Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum if it determines, after considering certain factors, that the mandatory minimum sentence is greater than necessary.

]]> Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017 Display Title Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017 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 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1127is/xml/BILLS-115s1127is.xml 2017-05-16 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.