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Union Calendar No. 698 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3713 

[Report No. 114–888, Part I] 

To reform sentencing laws, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 8, 2015 

Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 

CHABOT, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COLLINS of 

Georgia, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Ms. 

DELBENE, Mr. TROTT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, and Mr. 

PIERLUISI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. BASS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. YOUNG of 

Iowa, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. RUSH, 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 

GABBARD, Mr. HANNA, Mr. OLSON, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. 

WELCH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mrs. LAWRENCE, 

Ms. LEE, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PAYNE, 

Mr. TAKANO, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. KLINE, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

GARRETT, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 

LEWIS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. SHERMAN


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DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 8, 2015] 

A BILL 

To reform sentencing laws, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sentencing Reform Act 

5 of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REDUCE AND RESTRICT ENHANCED SENTENCING 

7 FOR PRIOR DRUG FELONIES. 

8 (a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AMENDMENTS.— 

9 The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in section 102 (21 U.S.C. 802), by adding at 

12 the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(57) The term ‘serious drug felony’ means an offense 

14 described in section 924(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United States 

15 Code, for which the offender served a term of imprisonment 

16 of more than 12 months. 

17 ‘‘(58) The term ‘serious violent felony’ means an of18 fense— 

19 ‘‘(A) described in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 

20 18, United States Code, for which the offender served 

21 a term of imprisonment of more than 12 months; or 

22 ‘‘(B) that would be a felony violation of section 

23 113 of title 18, United States Code, if the offense were 

24 committed in the special maritime and territorial ju25 risdiction of the United States, for which the offender 


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1 served a term of imprisonment of more than 12 

2 months.’’; 

3 (2) in section 401(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1))— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the flush text 

5 following clause (viii)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘If any person commits 

7 such a violation after a prior conviction for 

8 a felony drug offense has become final, such 

9 person shall be sentenced to a term of im10 prisonment which may not be less than 20 

11 years’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘If any 

12 person commits such a violation after a 

13 prior conviction for a serious drug felony or 

14 serious violent felony has become final, such 

15 person shall be sentenced to a term of im16 prisonment of not less than 15 years’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘after two or more 

18 prior convictions for a felony drug offense 

19 have become final, such person shall be sen20 tenced to a mandatory term of life impris21 onment without release’’ and inserting the 

22 following: ‘‘after 2 or more prior convictions 

23 for a serious drug felony or serious violent 

24 felony have become final, such person shall 


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1 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 

2 not less than 25 years’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), in the flush text 

4 following clause (viii), by striking ‘‘If any per5 son commits such a violation after a prior con6 viction for a felony drug offense has become 

7 final’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘If any per8 son commits such a violation after a prior con9 viction for a serious drug felony or serious vio10 lent felony has become final’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end of section 401(b) (21 

12 U.S.C. 841(b)) the following: 

13 ‘‘(8) In the case of a violation of subsection (a), if the 

14 mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of her15 oin also contains a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[ 1- 

16 (2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] propanamide or any ana17 logue of N-phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] 

18 propanamide, then a court shall, in addition to the term 

19 of punishment for the violation of this section, impose a 

20 term of imprisonment not to exceed 5 years, which shall 

21 not run concurrently with any term of imprisonment im22 posed on the person under any other provision of law. 

23 ‘‘(9) In the case of a violation of subsection (a), if the 

24 mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N25 phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] propanamide 


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1 or any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4- 

2 piperidinyl] propanamide was represented to be or sold as 

3 heroin, then a court shall , in addition to the term of pun4 ishment for the violation of this section, impose a term of 

5 imprisonment not to exceed 5 years, which shall not run 

6 concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed on 

7 the person under any other provision of law.’’. 

8 (b) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IMPORT AND EXPORT

9 ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Sub10 stances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), in the flush text following 

13 subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘If any person com14 mits such a violation after a prior conviction for a 

15 felony drug offense has become final, such person shall 

16 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 

17 than 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘If any person commits 

18 such a violation after a prior conviction for a serious 

19 drug felony or serious violent felony has become final, 

20 such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprison21 ment of not less than 15 years’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), in the flush text following 

23 subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘felony drug offense’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘serious drug felony or serious violent 

25 felony’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(8) In the case of a violation of subsection (a), if the 

3 mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of her4 oin also contains a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[ 1- 

5 (2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] propanamide or any ana6 logue of N-phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] 

7 propanamide, then a court shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) not impose a term of probation; 

9 ‘‘(B) in addition to the term of punishment for 

10 the violation of this section, impose a term of impris11 onment not to exceed 5 years; and 

12 ‘‘(C) no term of imprisonment imposed on a per13 son under subparagraph (B) shall run concurrently 

14 with any term of imprisonment imposed on the per15 son under any other provision of law. 

16 ‘‘(9) In the case of a violation of subsection (a), if the 

17 mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N18 phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4-piperidinyl] propanamide 

19 or any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[ 1-(2-phenylethyl) -4- 

20 piperidinyl] propanamide was represented to be or sold as 

21 heroin, then a court shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) not impose a term of probation; 

23 ‘‘(B) in addition to the term of punishment for 

24 the violation of this section, impose a term of impris25 onment not to exceed 5 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) no term of imprisonment imposed on a per2 son under subparagraph (B) shall run concurrently 

3 with any term of imprisonment imposed on the per4 son under any other provision of law.’’. 

5 (c) APPLICABILITY TO PENDING AND PAST CASES.— 

6 (1) PENDING CASES.—This section, and the 

7 amendments made by this section, shall apply to any 

8 offense that was committed before the date of enact9 ment of this Act, if a sentence for the offense has not 

10 been imposed as of such date of enactment. 

11 (2) PAST CASES.— 

12 (A) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of a de13 fendant (other than a defendant with a prior 

14 conviction for a qualifying serious violent felony) 

15 who, before the date of enactment of this Act, was 

16 convicted of an offense for which the penalty is 

17 amended by this section and who was sentenced 

18 to a term of imprisonment for the offense, the 

19 sentencing court may, on motion of the defend20 ant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or 

21 on its own motion, upon prior notice to the Gov22 ernment, reduce the term of imprisonment for 

23 the offense, after considering the factors set forth 

24 in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States 

25 Code, the nature and seriousness of the danger to 


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1 any person or the community, and the post-sen2 tencing conduct of the defendant, if such a reduc3 tion is consistent with this section and the 

4 amendments made by this section. 

5 (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph the 

6 term ‘‘qualifying serious violent felony’’ means 

7 an offense that— 

8 (i) is a serious violent felony as that 

9 term is defined in section 102(58) of the 

10 Controlled Substances Act; and 

11 (ii) carries 3 or more criminal history 

12 points as determined under the United 

13 States Sentencing Guidelines. 

14 SEC. 3. BROADENING OF EXISTING SAFETY VALVE. 

15 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 3553 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) 

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) the defendant does not have— 

20 ‘‘(A) more than 4 criminal history points as 

21 determined under the sentencing guidelines; 

22 ‘‘(B) a prior 3-point offense, as determined 

23 under the sentencing guidelines; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) a prior 2-point drug trafficking or vio2 lent offense, as determined under the sentencing 

3 guidelines;’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(g) INADEQUACY OF CRIMINAL HISTORY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If subsection (f) does not 

7 apply to a defendant because the defendant does not 

8 meet the requirements described in subsection (f)(1) 

9 (relating to criminal history), the court may, upon 

10 prior notice to the Government, waive subsection 

11 (f)(1) if the court specifies in writing the specific rea12 sons why reliable information indicates that exclud13 ing the defendant pursuant to subsection (f)(1) sub14 stantially overrepresents the seriousness of the defend15 ant’s criminal history or the likelihood that the de16 fendant will commit other crimes. 

17 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—This subsection shall not 

18 apply to any defendant who has been convicted of a 

19 serious drug felony or a serious violent felony as de20 fined in paragraphs (57) and (58), respectively, of 

21 section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

22 U.S.C. 802). 

23 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

24 ‘‘(1) the term ‘drug trafficking offense’ means an 

25 offense that is punishable by imprisonment under any 


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1 law of the United States, or of a State or foreign 

2 country, that prohibits or restricts the importation, 

3 manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances 

4 or the possession of controlled substances with intent 

5 to distribute; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘violent offense’ means a ‘crime of 

7 violence’, as defined in section 16, that is punishable 

8 by imprisonment.’’. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

10 section shall apply only to a conviction entered on or after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF THE 10-YEAR MAN13 DATORY MINIMUM. 

14 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3553 of title 18, United 

15 States Code, as amended by section 3, is further amended 

16 by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN

18 STATUTORY MINIMUMS.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, in the case of a conviction under section 401 

20 or 406 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 and 

21 846) or section 1010 or 1013 of the Controlled Substances 

22 Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960 and 963) for which 

23 the statutory minimum term of imprisonment is 10 years, 

24 the court may impose a sentence as if the statutory min25 imum term of imprisonment was 5 years, if the court finds 


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1 at sentencing, after the Government has been afforded the 

2 opportunity to make a recommendation, that— 

3 ‘‘(1) the defendant does not have a prior convic4 tion for a serious drug felony or serious violent felony 

5 as defined in paragraphs (57) and (58), respectively, 

6 of section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

7 U.S.C. 802) that was made final prior to the commis8 sion of the instant offense; 

9 ‘‘(2) the defendant did not use violence or cred10 ible threats of violence or possess a firearm or other 

11 dangerous weapon (or induce another participant to 

12 do so) in connection with the offense, and the offense 

13 did not result in death or serious bodily injury to any 

14 person; 

15 ‘‘(3) the defendant did not play an enhanced role 

16 in the offense by acting as an organizer, leader, man17 ager, or supervisor of other participants in the of18 fense, as determined under the sentencing guidelines, 

19 or by exercising substantial authority or control over 

20 the criminal activity of a criminal organization, re21 gardless of whether the defendant was a member of 

22 such organization; 

23 ‘‘(4) the defendant did not act as an importer, 

24 exporter, high-level distributor or supplier, wholesaler, 

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1 in the offense or engage in a continuing criminal en2 terprise, as defined in section 408 of the Controlled 

3 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848); 

4 ‘‘(5) the defendant did not distribute a controlled 

5 substance to or with a person under 18 years of age; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(6) not later than the time of the sentencing 

8 hearing, the defendant has truthfully provided to the 

9 Government all information and evidence the defend10 ant has concerning the offense or offenses that were 

11 part of the same course of conduct or of a common 

12 scheme or plan, but the fact that the defendant has no 

13 relevant or useful other information to provide or that 

14 the Government is already aware of the information 

15 shall not preclude a determination by the court that 

16 the defendant has complied with this requirement. 

17 ‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subsection (i) of this 

18 section— 

19 ‘‘(1) the term ‘importer, exporter, or high-level 

20 distributor or supplier’— 

21 ‘‘(A) means a defendant who imported, ex22 ported, or otherwise distributed or supplied large 

23 quantities of a controlled substance to other drug 

24 distributors; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) does not include a defendant whose 

2 role was limited to transporting drugs or money 

3 at the direction of others; 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘manufacturer’ means a defendant 

5 who grew, produced, or manufactured a controlled 

6 substance and was the principal owner of such con7 trolled substance; and 

8 ‘‘(3) the term ‘wholesaler’ means a defendant 

9 who sold non-retail quantities of a controlled sub10 stance to other dealers or distributors.’’. 

11 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this 

12 section shall apply only to a conviction entered on or after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF SECTION 924(c) OF TITLE 18, 

15 UNITED STATES CODE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(c)(1)(C) of title 18, 

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik19 ing ‘‘second or subsequent conviction under this sub20 section’’ and inserting ‘‘violation of this subsection 

21 that occurs after a prior conviction under this sub22 section or under State law for a crime of violence that 

23 contains as an element of the offense the carrying, 

24 brandishing, or use of a firearm has become final’’; 

25 and 


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1 (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘not less than 25 

2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 15 years’’. 

3 (b) APPLICABILITY TO PENDING AND PAST CASES.— 

4 (1) PENDING CASES.—This section, and the 

5 amendments made by this section, shall apply to any 

6 offense that was committed before the date of enact7 ment of this Act, if a sentence for the offense has not 

8 been imposed as of such date of enactment. 

9 (2) CERTAIN PAST CASES.— 

10 (A) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided 

11 in subparagraph (B), in the case of a defendant 

12 who, before the date of enactment of this Act, was 

13 convicted of an offense for which the penalty is 

14 amended by this section and was sentenced to a 

15 term of imprisonment for the offense, the sen16 tencing court may, on motion of the defendant or 

17 the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or on its 

18 own motion, upon prior notice to the Govern19 ment, reduce the term of imprisonment for the 

20 offense, after considering the factors set forth in 

21 section 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code, 

22 the nature and seriousness of the danger to any 

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1 tion is consistent with this section and the 

2 amendments made by this section. 

3 (B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) does 

4 not apply in the case of an offense affected by the 

5 amendment made in subsection (a)(2) with re6 gard to a defendant who has a prior conviction 

7 for a serious violent felony, as defined in section 

8 102(58) of the Controlled Substances Act. 

9 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN 

10 FIREARM OFFENSES AND ARMED CAREER 

11 CRIMINAL PROVISION. 

12 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 924 of title 18, United 

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘not more 

15 than 10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 15 

16 years’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 

18 than fifteen years’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 10 

19 years’’. 

20 (b) APPLICABILITY TO PENDING AND PAST CASES.— 

21 (1) PENDING CASES.—This section, and the 

22 amendments made by this section, shall apply to any 

23 offense that was committed before the date of enact24 ment of this Act, if a sentence for the offense has not 

25 been imposed as of such date of enactment. 


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1 (2) PAST CASES.—In the case of a defendant 

2 (other than a defendant with a prior conviction for 

3 a serious violent felony, as defined in section 102(58) 

4 of the Controlled Substances Act) who, before the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, was convicted of an offense 

6 for which the penalty is amended by this section and 

7 was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the of8 fense, the sentencing court may, on motion of the de9 fendant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or 

10 on its own motion, upon prior notice to the Govern11 ment, reduce the term of imprisonment for the offense, 

12 after considering the factors set forth in section 

13 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code, the nature 

14 and seriousness of the danger to any person or the 

15 community, and the post-sentencing conduct of the de16 fendant, if such a reduction is consistent with this 

17 section and the amendments made by this section. 

18 SEC. 7. APPLICATION OF FAIR SENTENCING ACT. 

19 (a) DEFINITION OF COVERED OFFENSE.—In this sec20 tion, the term ‘‘covered offense’’ means a violation of a Fed21 eral criminal statute, the statutory penalties for which were 

22 modified by section 2 or 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 

23 2010 (Public Law 111–220; 124 Stat. 2372), that was com24 mitted before August 3, 2010. 


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1 (b) DEFENDANTS PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED.—A court 

2 that imposed a sentence for a covered offense, may, on mo3 tion of the defendant, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, 

4 the attorney for the Government, or the court, impose a re5 duced sentence as if sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing 

6 Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–220; 124 Stat. 2372) were 

7 in effect at the time the covered offense was committed. 

8 (c) LIMITATIONS.—No court shall entertain a motion 

9 made under this section to reduce a sentence if the sentence 

10 was imposed or reduced to a sentence greater than the ap11 plicable mandatory minimum in accordance with the 

12 amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sen13 tencing Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–220; 124 Stat. 2372), 

14 or if a motion made pursuant to section 2 or 3 of the Fair 

15 Sentencing Act or under this section was denied by a court 

16 because a reduction in the defendant’s term of imprison17 ment would pose a danger to any person or the community 

18 or was denied by a court because of the defendant’s post19 sentencing conduct. Nothing in this section shall require a 

20 court to reduce any sentence pursuant to this section. 

21 SEC. 8. REPORT ON MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING 

22 PROVISIONS. 

23 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation 

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1 mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

2 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa3 tives a report on mandatory minimum sentencing provi4 sions under Federal law. 

5 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report submitted 

6 under subsection (a) shall include— 

7 (1) a compilation of all mandatory minimum 

8 sentencing provisions under Federal law; 

9 (2) an assessment of the effect of mandatory 

10 minimum sentencing provisions under Federal law on 

11 the goal of eliminating unwarranted sentencing dis12 parity and other goals of sentencing; 

13 (3) an assessment of the impact of mandatory 

14 minimum sentencing provisions on the Federal prison 

15 population; 

16 (4) an assessment of the compatibility of manda17 tory minimum sentencing provisions under Federal 

18 law and the sentencing guidelines system established 

19 under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Public 

20 Law 98-473; 98 Stat. 1987) and the sentencing guide21 lines system in place after Booker v. United States, 

22 543 U.S. 220 (2005); 

23 (5) a description of the interaction between man24 datory minimum sentencing provisions under Federal 

25 law and plea agreements; and 


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1 (6) any other information that the Attorney Gen2 eral, in consultation with the United States Sen3 tencing Commission, determines would contribute to a 

4 thorough assessment of mandatory minimum sen5 tencing provisions under Federal law. 

6 SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that reform of the criminal 

8 justice system, in order to make it more effective, safe, hu9 mane, fiscally sustainable, and fair to victims, law enforce10 ment, offenders, and the general public, requires the integra11 tion of a mental health component as part of a comprehen12 sive reform strategy. This reform strategy should strive to 

13 identify those most in need of mental health services and 

14 employ best practices to provide emergency and crisis serv15 ices, specialized law enforcement response training, court 

16 hearings for alternative dispositions, and appropriate com17 munity supervision support services. 


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Union Calendar No. 698 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3713 

[Report No. 114–888, Part I] 

A BILL 

To reform sentencing laws, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 

amendment 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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