SAFE Justice Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Act or the SAFE Justice Act
This bill alters various provisions of federal sentencing laws to expand the existing safety valve, expand eligibility for early release, and reduce mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses.
The bill also makes several other changes, including the following:
- to limit the application of drug offense mandatory minimums to leaders, organizers, or employees of drug trafficking organizations;
- to establish a post-sentencing risk and needs assessment system for use in federal prison facilities;
- to allow prisoners to earn up to 54 days per year of the sentence imposed (instead of 54 days per year of the sentence actually served); and
- to permit prisoners to earn additional time credits for successful completion of recidivism reduction risk programs.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2017 to Dec 21, 2017, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| R-MN | Jason Lewis | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Nov 6, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Dec 21, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Dec 21, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Nov 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Aging
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Due process and equal protection
- Evidence and witnesses
- Federal district courts
- Firearms and explosives
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Mental health
- Organized crime
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2017Introduced in House
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