[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 54

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 9, 2023

 Ms. Jackson Lee 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 2023''.

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 ``on the early release 
        date determined in accordance with subsection (h), if 
        applicable, or otherwise'' after ``A prisoner shall be released 
        by the Bureau of Prisons''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Early Release for Certain Nonviolent Offenders.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Prisons, 
pursuant to any policy for early release based on the prisoner's 
conduct while incarcerated, shall release from confinement a prisoner 
who has served one half or more of their 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 of institutional 
        disciplinary regulations involving violent conduct.''.
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