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Smarter Sentencing Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1013| Senate 
| Updated: 3/25/2021
Richard J. Durbin

Richard J. Durbin

Democratic Senator

Illinois

Cosponsors (13)
Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Mike Lee (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2021 This bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offenses, requires reporting on the impact of cost savings from the reductions, and establishes a public database of federal criminal offenses. First, the bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for two types of offenders: (1) individuals who manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance; and (2) couriers who import or export a controlled substance. Second, the bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report on how the reduced expenditures on federal corrections and cost savings from the reductions in mandatory minimum sentences help to reduce overcrowding in federal prisons, increase investment in law enforcement and crime prevention, and reduce recidivism. Third, the bill requires DOJ and federal agencies to report on and create public databases of all criminal offenses—criminal statutory offenses and criminal regulatory offenses.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2850
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2019
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1819-1820)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2850
    Smarter Sentencing Act of 2019


  • March 25, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 25, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1819-1820)

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5597: Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2021
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGovernment information and archivesRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. Sentencing Commission

Smarter Sentencing Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1013| Senate 
| Updated: 3/25/2021
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2021 This bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offenses, requires reporting on the impact of cost savings from the reductions, and establishes a public database of federal criminal offenses. First, the bill reduces statutory mandatory minimum penalties for two types of offenders: (1) individuals who manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance; and (2) couriers who import or export a controlled substance. Second, the bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report on how the reduced expenditures on federal corrections and cost savings from the reductions in mandatory minimum sentences help to reduce overcrowding in federal prisons, increase investment in law enforcement and crime prevention, and reduce recidivism. Third, the bill requires DOJ and federal agencies to report on and create public databases of all criminal offenses—criminal statutory offenses and criminal regulatory offenses.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2850
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2019
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1819-1820)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2850
    Smarter Sentencing Act of 2019


  • March 25, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 25, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1819-1820)
Richard J. Durbin

Richard J. Durbin

Democratic Senator

Illinois

Cosponsors (13)
Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Mike Lee (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5597: Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGovernment information and archivesRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. Sentencing Commission