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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-311
TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT AN ELDERLY OFFENDER
MUST SERVE BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT IN HOME DE-
TENTION IS TO BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF GOOD TIME CREDITS
EARNED BY THE PRISONER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
NOVEMBER 26, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4018]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4018) to provide that the amount of time that an elderly of-
fender must serve before being eligible for placement in home de-
tention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned
by the prisoner, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional Budget Of-
fice C ost E stim ate ............................................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ . 5
Section-by-Section A nalysis ................................................................................... . 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 6
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. GOOD CONDUCT TIME CREDITS FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY NONVIOLENT OFFEND-
ERS.
Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C.
60541(g)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking to which the offender was sentenced and
inserting reduced by any credit toward the service of the prisoner's sentence award-
ed under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code.
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