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A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2795| Senate 
| Updated: 5/7/2018
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (2)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the 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 assess prisoner recidivism risk; guide housing, grouping, and program assignments; and incentivize and reward participation in and completion of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities; 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 require a prisoner to be placed at a facility not more than 500 driving miles away from the prisoner's 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 repeal the National Institute of Corrections; 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 auditors who monitor compliance with national prison rape standards be certified; and to require the BOP to establish pilot programs on youth mentorship and service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals.
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Timeline
Sep 6, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-3356
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 7, 2018
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527)
  • September 6, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-3356
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 7, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527)

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 115-1084: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correctional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-613: Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
  • HR 115-5682: FIRST STEP Act
  • S 115-3649: A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-756: First Step Act of 2018
  • S 115-2471: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the compassionate release process of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-3747: A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
Accounting and auditingAdvisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDisaster relief and insuranceDistrict of ColumbiaDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement officersLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMental healthPublic contracts and procurementSex offensesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax-exempt organizationsVocational and technical educationWomen's health

A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2795| Senate 
| Updated: 5/7/2018
Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the 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 assess prisoner recidivism risk; guide housing, grouping, and program assignments; and incentivize and reward participation in and completion of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities; 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 require a prisoner to be placed at a facility not more than 500 driving miles away from the prisoner's 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 repeal the National Institute of Corrections; 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 auditors who monitor compliance with national prison rape standards be certified; and to require the BOP to establish pilot programs on youth mentorship and service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals.
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Timeline
Sep 6, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-3356
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 7, 2018
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527)
  • September 6, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-3356
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 7, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527)
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (2)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 115-1084: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correctional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-613: Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
  • HR 115-5682: FIRST STEP Act
  • S 115-3649: A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-756: First Step Act of 2018
  • S 115-2471: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the compassionate release process of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-3747: A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdvisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDisaster relief and insuranceDistrict of ColumbiaDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement officersLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMental healthPublic contracts and procurementSex offensesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax-exempt organizationsVocational and technical educationWomen's health