S 185 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Stop Allowing Felons Early Release (SAFER) Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Byron L. Dorgan D-ND

Latest action · Jan 25, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 25, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Allowing Felons Early Release (SAFER) Act - Modifies Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 provisions regarding truth-in-sentencing grants to direct the Attorney General, beginning three years after the date of this Act's enactment, to reduce the amount allocated by 25 percent for each eligible State that has not enacted a statute that eliminates parole, good time credit release, and any other form of early release for any person convicted of a part 1 violent crime. Permits early release only by approval of the Governor after a public hearing during which representatives of the public, the victims of the crime, and the law enforcement agencies from the jurisdiction in which the crime was committed have had an opportunity to be heard.

Requires the total amount from reductions under this Act to be allocated to each eligible State that has enacted such a statute.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 25, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Jan 25, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 25, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
Jan 25, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S572	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Jan 25, 2001

Research

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Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-294	ISSUES SURROUNDING THE USE OF POLYGRAPHS114 pages	Judiciary Committee	Apr 25, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide incentives to encourage stronger truth in sentencing of violent offenders, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Stop Allowing Felons Early Release (SAFER) Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 25, 2001Introduced in Senate

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