[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4327 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4327

 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the good time 
          credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2009

Mr. Scott of Virginia 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, with respect to the good time 
          credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment.

    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 ``Prisoner Incentive Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. GOOD TIME CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 3624(b)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``, beyond the time served, of up to 54 
days at the end of each year of the prisoner's term of imprisonment, 
beginning at the end of the first year of the term,'' and inserting 
``of up to 54 days for each year of the prisoner's sentence imposed by 
the court,''.
    (b) Restoration of Credit.--Section 3624(b)(1) is amended by 
striking the sentence beginning ``Credit that has not been earned'' and 
inserting ``The Bureau may subsequently restore any or all credit 
previously denied, based on the prisoner's maintaining good behavior as 
determined by the Bureau.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section apply with 
respect to each prison sentence that has not been completed before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, except any sentence imposed before 
November 1, 1987.
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