[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4199 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4199

 To require that Federal prisoners obtain a General Equivalency Degree 
          before receiving credit toward service of sentence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1994

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that Federal prisoners obtain a General Equivalency Degree 
          before receiving credit toward service of sentence.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Inmate Rehabilitation Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY RELEASE.

    Section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Behavior.--'';
            (2) by striking ``Such credit toward service of sentence 
        vests at the time that it is received. Credit that has vested 
        may not later be withdrawn, and credit that has not been earned 
        may not later be granted.'' and inserting ``Credit that has not 
        been earned may not later be granted.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Credit toward a prisoner's service of sentence shall not be 
vested unless the prisoner has earned a high school diploma or an 
equivalent degree.
    ``(3) The Attorney General shall ensure that the Bureau of Prisons 
has in effect an optional General Educational Development program for 
inmates who have not earned a high school diploma or its equivalent.''.

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