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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3333 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to restore the former system of 

good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to restore the former 

system of good time allowances toward service of Federal 

prison terms, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Federal Prison Work 

5 Incentive Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FORMER GOOD TIME SYSTEM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of title 18, United States 

8 Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 307 the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 309—GOOD TIME ALLOWANCES 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘4161. Computation generally. 

‘‘4162. Industrial good time. 

‘‘4163. Discharge. 

‘‘4164. Forfeiture for offense. 

‘‘4165. Restoration of forfeited commutation. 

2 ‘‘§ 4161. Computation generally 

3 ‘‘(a) Each prisoner convicted of an offense against 

4 the United States and confined in a penal or correctional 

5 institution for a definite term other than for life, whose 

6 record of conduct shows that the prisoner has substan7 tially observed all regulations promulgated by the Director 

8 of the Bureau of Prisons and has not been subjected to 

9 punishment, shall be entitled to a deduction from the term 

10 of his sentence imposed beginning with the day on which 

11 the sentence commences to run, and including time served 

12 in pretrial confinement, as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) 5 days for each month of the sentence, if 

14 the sentence is not less than 6 months and not more 

15 than 1 year. 

16 ‘‘(2) 6 days for each month of the sentence, if 

17 the sentence is more than 1 year and less than 3 

18 years. 

19 ‘‘(3) 7 days for each month of the sentence, if 

20 the sentence is not less than 3 years and less than 

21 5 years. 


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1 ‘‘(4) 8 days for each month of the sentence, if 

2 the sentence is not less than 5 years and less than 

3 10 years. 

4 ‘‘(5) 10 days for each month of the sentence, if 

5 the sentence is 10 years of more. 

6 ‘‘(b) When 2 or more consecutive sentences are to be 

7 served, the aggregate of the several sentences shall be the 

8 basis upon which the deduction shall be computed. 

9 ‘‘§ 4162. Industrial good time 

10 ‘‘(a) A prisoner may, in the discretion of the Director 

11 of the Bureau of Prisons, be allowed a deduction from that 

12 prisoner’s sentence of not to exceed 3 days for each month 

13 of actual employment in an industry or camp for the first 

14 year or any part thereof, and not to exceed 5 days for 

15 each month of any succeeding year or part thereof. 

16 ‘‘(b) In the discretion of the Director of the Bureau 

17 of Prisons such allowance may also be made to a prisoner 

18 performing exceptionally meritorious service or performing 

19 duties of outstanding importance in connection with insti20 tutional operations. 

21 ‘‘(c) Such allowance shall be in addition to commuta22 tion of time for good conduct, and under the same terms 

23 and conditions and without regard to length of sentence. 


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1 ‘‘§ 4163. Discharge 

2 ‘‘Except as otherwise provided by law a prisoner shall 

3 be released at the expiration of the term of sentence less 

4 the time deducted for good conduct. A certificate of such 

5 deduction shall be entered on the commitment by the War6 den or keeper. If such release date falls upon a Saturday, 

7 a Sunday, or on a Monday which is a legal holiday at the 

8 place of confinement, the prisoner may be released at the 

9 discretion of the warden or keeper on the preceding Fri10 day. If such release date falls on a holiday which falls 

11 other than on a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, the pris12 oner may be released at the discretion of the warden or 

13 keeper on the day preceding the holiday. 

14 ‘‘§ 4164. Forfeiture for offense 

15 ‘‘If during the term of imprisonment a prisoner com16 mits any offense or violates the regulations promulgated 

17 by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, all or any part 

18 of his earned good time may be forfeited. 

19 ‘‘§ 4165. Restoration of forfeited commutation 

20 ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall by regu21 lation provide for the criteria for and means of restoration 

22 of any forfeited or lost good time or portion.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 

24 for part III of title 18, United States Code, is amended 


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1 by striking the item relating to chapter 309 and inserting 

2 the following: 

‘‘309. Good time allowances .......................................................... 4161’’. 

3 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL AND CROSS REFERENCE

4 CHANGE.—Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (b); and 

7 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 

8 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 309’’. 

9 (d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—This Act and 

10 the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect 

11 to— 

12 (1) all prisoners, other than those to whom the 

13 former system of the former chapter 309 of title 18 

14 applies, as of the date of the enactment of this Act; 

15 and 

16 (2) all periods of imprisonment of the prisoners 

17 to whom it applies that occur after the date of that 

18 enactment. 

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