[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 256 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 256

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
     date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2005

   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
     date for certain nonviolent offenders, 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 ``Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent 
Offender Relief Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``at the early release 
        date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, or otherwise'' 
        after ``A prisoner shall be released by the Bureau of 
        Prisons''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Early Release for Certain Nonviolent Offenders.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Prisons, 
pursuant to a good time policy, shall release from confinement a 
prisoner who has served one half or more of his term of imprisonment 
(including any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) if that 
prisoner--
            ``(1) has attained the age of 45 years;
            ``(2) has never been convicted of a crime of violence; and
            ``(3) has not engaged in any violation, involving violent 
        conduct, of institutional disciplinary regulations.''.
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