HR 7089
110th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Corrections
Labor and Employment
Parole
Prison labor
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2008
Introduced: September 25, 2008
Introduced by:
Davis, Danny K.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 25, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow reductions in the prison term of a federal prisoner whose record of conduct shows that such prisoner has substantially observed all prison regulations and has not been subjected to punishment.
Allows the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to grant a reduction in a prisoner's term for actual employment in an industry or camp or for exceptionally meritorious service or for performing duties of outstanding importance in connection with institutional operations.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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