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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4018
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2019Mr. Deutch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for
placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time
credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.
1.
Credits for certain elderly nonviolent offenders
Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking to which the offender was sentenced and inserting reduced by any credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sentence awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code.