Skip to main content
S 2514 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing

Criminal Consequences of Early Release Act of 2016

Introduced: February 9, 2016 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S739-740)
Feb 9, 2016
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now February 9, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S739-740)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1