3.0.0 423 2022-11-01T15:47:45Z 2022-11-01T15:47:45Z Senate S 2019-02-07 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-07T21:48:07Z 2019-02-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Law enforcement administration and funding Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T23:54:28Z Clean Start Act

This bill establishes a process to seal records related to a nonviolent criminal offense committed by an individual whose substance use disorder is a substantial contributing factor in the commission of the offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal criminal offense that is not a violent offense, a sex offense, a serious drug offense, or an offense with a victim under the age of 18.

To be eligible for sealing, an individual who is convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense must, among other things, complete a substance use disorder treatment program or recovery program and complete service in a substance use disorder peer mentorship program.

This bill also allows the Department of Justice to give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services program grant applicant from a state that has in effect (1) a substantially similar law related to sealing adult records, or (2) a law that allows an individual who successfully seals a criminal record to be free from civil and criminal perjury laws.

]]> Clean Start Act Display Title Clean Start Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Clean Start Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the sealing of records relating to Federal nonviolent criminal offenses related to substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s423is/xml/BILLS-116s423is.xml 2019-02-07 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.