[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2082 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 2082

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate good time credits 
for prisoners serving a sentence for a crime of violence, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 1996

 Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Robb) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate good time credits 
for prisoners serving a sentence for a crime of violence, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``100 Percent Truth in Sentencing 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CREDIT TOWARD SERVICE OF SENTENCE FOR 
              SATISFACTORY BEHAVIOR.

    Section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) A prisoner'' and inserting ``(1)(A) 
        Subject to subparagraph (B), a prisoner'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) A prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of 
        more than 1 year for a crime of violence shall not be eligible 
        for credit toward the service of the prisoner's sentence under 
        subparagraph (A).''.
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