[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S2467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. LEVIN:
  S. 390. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
retroactive effect to a sentencing safety valve provision; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
this bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 390

       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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