,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cccc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to restore  
the former system of good time          
allowances toward service of ,federal   
prison terms1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,prison ,work          
,incentive ,act of #bjae4  #b4          
,restoration of former good time system 
7a7 ,in general ,part ,,iii of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after chapter #cjg the     
following3  #cji ,good ,time ,allowances
  ,sec4 #dafa4 ,computation generally4  
#dafb4 ,industrial good time4 #dafc4    
,discharge4 #dafd4 ,forfeiture for      
offense4 #dafe4 ,restoration of         
forfeited commutation4  #dafa4          
,computation generally  7a7 ,each       

prisoner convicted of an offense against
 the ,united ,states and confined in a  
penal or correctional institution for a 
definite term other than for life1 whose
 record of conduct shows that the       
prisoner has substantially observed all 
regulations promulgated by the ,director
 of the ,bureau of ,prisons and has not 
been subjected to punishment1 shall be  
entitled to a deduction from the term of
 his sentence imposed beginning with the
 day on which the sentence commences to 
run1 and including time served in       
pretrial confinement1 as follows3 7#a7  
#e days for each month of the sentence1 
if the sentence is not less than #f     
months and not more than #a year4  7#b7 
#f days for each month of the sentence1 
if the sentence is more than #a year and
 less than #c years4  7#c7 #g days for  
each month of the sentence1 if the      
sentence is not less than #c years and  
less than #e years4  7#d7 #h days for   
each month of the sentence1 if the      
sentence is not less than #e years and  

less than #aj years4  7#e7 #aj days for 
each month of the sentence1 if the      
sentence is #aj years of more4  7b7     
,when #b or more consecutive sentences  
are to be served1 the aggregate of the  
several sentences shall be the basis    
upon which the deduction shall be       
computed4  #dafb4 ,industrial good time 
7a7 ,a prisoner may1 in the discretion  
of the ,director of the ,bureau of      
,prisons1 be allowed a deduction from   
that prisoner's sentence of not to      
exceed #c days for each month of actual 
employment in an industry or camp for   
the first year or any part thereof1 and 
not to exceed #e days for each month of 
any succeeding year or part thereof4    
7b7 ,in the discretion of the ,director 
of the ,bureau of ,prisons such         
allowance may also be made to a prisoner
 performing exceptionally meritorious   
service or performing duties of         
outstanding importance in connection    
with institutional operations4  7c7     
,such allowance shall be in addition to 

commutation of time for good conduct1   
and under the same terms and conditions 
and without regard to length of         
sentence4  #dafc4 ,discharge ,except as 
otherwise provided by law a prisoner    
shall be released at the expiration of  
the term of sentence less the time      
deducted for good conduct4 ,a           
certificate of such deduction shall be  
entered on the commitment by the ,warden
 or keeper4 ,if such release date falls 
upon a ,saturday1 a ,sunday1 or on a    
,monday which is a legal holiday at the 
place of confinement1 the prisoner may  
be released at the discretion of the    
warden or keeper on the preceding       
,friday4 ,if such release date falls on 
a holiday which falls other than on a   
,saturday1 ,sunday1 or ,monday1 the     
prisoner may be released at the         
discretion of the warden or keeper on   
the day preceding the holiday4  #dafd4  
,forfeiture for offense ,if during the  
term of imprisonment a prisoner commits 
any offense or violates the regulations 

promulgated by the ,director of the     
,bureau of ,prisons1 all or any part of 
his earned good time may be forfeited4  
#dafe4 ,restoration of forfeited        
commutation ,the ,director of the       
,bureau of ,prisons shall by regulation 
provide for the criteria for and means  
of restoration of any forfeited or lost 
good time or portion4  4  7b7 ,clerical 
amendment ,the table of chapters for    
part ,,iii of title #ah1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by striking the item 
relating to chapter #cji and inserting  
the following3  #cji4;,good time        
allowances#dafa  4  7c7 ,conforming     
repeal and cross reference change       
,section #cfbd of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 in   
subsection 7a71 by striking subsection  
7b7 and inserting chapter #cji4  7d7    
,application of amendments ,this ,act   
and the amendments made by this ,act    
shall apply with respect to--  7#a7 all 
prisoners1 other than those to whom the 

former system of the former chapter #cji
 of title #ah applies1 as of the date of
 the enactment of this ,act2 and  7#b7  
all periods of imprisonment of the      
prisoners to whom it applies that occur 
after the date of that enactment4