US Congress Senate Bill 2514 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S739-740)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Criminal Consequences of Early Release Act of 2016 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics to submit a biannual report to Congress on recidivism rates among federal prisoners released early. The report must include the: (1) number of federal prisoners released early nationally and by state; (2) number and types of offenses for which early released prisoners were imprisoned; (3) number of post-release offenses, arrests, and convictions nationally and by state; and (4) types of offenses leading to post-release arrests and convictions nationally and by state.

Criminal Consequences of Early Release Act of 2016

Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S739-740)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2514/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2514/BILLS-114s2514is.pdf