H.R. 929House117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

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The bill changes the eligibility rules for home detention for elderly non‑violent offenders. It shortens the required time they must serve before they can be placed in home detention by applying any good‑time credits they have earned. The change applies to offenders covered by the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Key Provisions

Amends Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second Chance Act to replace the phrase “to which the offender was sentenced” with language that reduces the required service time by any good‑time credit awarded under 18 U.S.C. §3624(b).

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee

April 23, 2021

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Introduced in House

February 8, 2021

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

February 8, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee

April 23, 2021

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Introduced in HouseIssued February 8, 2021

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 929

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 8, 2021

Mr. Deutch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

Elderly for certain nonviolent offenders

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 awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code.