Sentencing Reform Act of 2015

Summary

Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 This bill permits a court to reduce the mandatory minimum prison term imposed on certain non-violent defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The legislation expands safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain non-violent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. It reduces the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain defendants who commit a high-level repeat drug offense, use a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense, or unlawfully possess a firearm after three or more prior convictions. It permits retroactive application of such reductions for defendants without a prior serious violent felony conviction, after a court considers certain factors. It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl. The bill makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 23 December 2016

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 23 December 2016

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 23 December 2016

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 October 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 October 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 October 2015

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