3.0.0 1152 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z Senate S S 2023-03-30 118 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-30T19:26:50Z 118 8672 HR 2024-06-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2023-03-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2023-03-30 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-03-30 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-03-30 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-03-30 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-03-30 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2023-03-30 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2023-03-30 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2023-03-30 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2023-03-30 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2023-03-30 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2023-04-19 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2023-11-02 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2023-04-20T20:30:20Z

00 2023-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-25T17:00:00Z <p><strong></strong><b>Smarter Sentencing Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offenses, requires reporting on the impact of cost savings from the reductions, and establishes a public database of federal criminal offenses. </p> <p>First, the bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for two types of offenders: (1) individuals who manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance; and (2) couriers who import or export a controlled substance.</p> <p>Second, the bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report on how the reduced expenditures on federal corrections and cost savings from the reductions in mandatory minimum sentences help to reduce overcrowding in federal prisons, increase investment in law enforcement and crime prevention, and reduce recidivism.</p> <p>Third, the bill requires DOJ and federal agencies to report on and create public databases of all criminal offenses&#8212;criminal statutory offenses and criminal regulatory offenses.</p>

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