US HB3713 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-20-1)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 This bill permits a court to reduce the mandatory minimum prison term imposed on certain non-violent defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The legislation expands safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain non-violent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. It reduces the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain defendants who commit a high-level repeat drug offense, use a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense, or unlawfully possess a firearm after three or more prior convictions. It permits retroactive application of such reductions for defendants without a prior serious violent felony conviction, after a court considers certain factors. It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl. The bill makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010.
Title
Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-23 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698. |
| 2016-12-23 | House | Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. |
| 2016-12-23 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-888, Part I. |
| 2015-11-18 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| 2015-11-18 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| 2015-11-16 | House | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged. |
| 2015-11-03 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| 2015-10-09 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-10-08 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2015-10-08 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
| 2015-10-08 | House | Referred 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. |
| 2015-10-08 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2123 (Related) 2015-10-26 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
Subjects
Crime and law enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
