US Congress House Bill 1475 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow reductions in the prison term of a federal prisoner whose record of conduct shows that such prisoner has substantially observed all prison regulations and has not been subjected to punishment.Allows the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to grant a reduction in a prisoner's term for actual employment in an industry or camp or for exceptionally meritorious service or for performing duties of outstanding importance in connection with institutional operations.

Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009

Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-27		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-03-12		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1475/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1475/BILLS-111hr1475ih.pdf