[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3354 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3354

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
date for certain nonviolent offenders, to amend title 18, United States 
 Code, with respect to the computation of the good time credit toward 
     service of sentences of imprisonment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself and Mr. Conyers) 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, to amend title 18, United States 
 Code, with respect to the computation of the good time credit toward 
     service of sentences of imprisonment, 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 Relief Act of 
2015''.

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.''.

SEC. 3. 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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