[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 390 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 390

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide retroactive effect to 
                  a sentencing safety valve provision.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2003

   Mr. Levin 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 provide retroactive effect to 
                  a sentencing safety valve provision.

    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 ``Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF APPLICATION OF LIMITATION ON STATUTORY MINIMUMS IN 
              CERTAIN CASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ``whether or not the sentence for that offense 
was imposed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection,'' before ``the court shall impose a sentence''.
    (b) Effect on Existing Convictions.--The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to sentences imposed before the date 
of enactment of this Act but not yet completed. A prisoner may who was 
so sentenced may petition for reconsideration of that sentence.
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