[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 713

   To amend section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, to require 
              carjackers to serve their prison sentences.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2023

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, to require 
              carjackers to serve their prison sentences.

    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 ``No Early Release for Carjackers Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 3624(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``year'' and inserting ``year,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) A prisoner may not receive credit toward service of 
        the prisoner's sentence for a crime under section 2119, 
        relating to taking a motor vehicle (commonly referred to as 
        `carjacking').''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to each prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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