[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 455 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 455

 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

                             March 17, 1997

 Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Craig) 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 ``(b)'' and all that follows through 
        ``Subject to paragraph (2),'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Credit Toward Service of Sentence for Satisfactory 
Behavior.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) General rule.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
                to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph,'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Crimes of violence.--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).''; and
            (4) by indenting paragraphs (3) and (4) 2 ems to the right.
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