S. 3649

Introduced

First Step Act

Introduced 11/15/2018•115th Congress•Senate

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.

11/26/2018 • Senate

Summary

First Step Act

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to require the Department of Justice to establish and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to implement a risk and needs assessment system;
to modify the computation of good time credit;
to allow federal correctional officers to securely store and carry concealed firearms on BOP premises outside the security perimeter of a prison;
to limit the use of restraints on federal prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery;
to reduce mandatory minimum prison terms for certain nonviolent repeat drug offenses;
to broaden the existing safety valve to permit a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent, cooperative drug offenders with a limited criminal history;
to make the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive;
to require prisoners to be placed within 500 miles of their primary residence;
to require low-risk prisoners to be placed on home confinement for the maximum amount of time permitted;
to reauthorize through FY2022 and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program;
to require the BOP to help prisoners obtain identification documents prior to release, to incorporate de-escalation procedures into training programs, and to make tampons and sanitary napkins available free of charge;
to authorize Federal Prison Industries to sell products to additional markets;
to require probation and pretrial services officers to perform court-directed supervision of sex offenders conditionally released from civil commitment;
to require the BOP to establish pilot programs on youth mentorship and service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals; and
to limit juvenile solitary confinement.

Introduced in Senate • 11/15/2018

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Accounting and auditingAdvisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsDisaster relief and insuranceDistrict of ColumbiaDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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S. 3649, First Step Act of 2018

Direct Spending and Revenue effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for S. 3649, as posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 13, 2018.

Published: December 14, 2018