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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 50 

To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants convicted of 

certain offenses to be eligible for reduced sentences, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants 

convicted of certain offenses to be eligible for reduced 

sentences, 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 ‘‘Terry Technical Cor5 rection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FAIR SENTENCING ACT OF 2010. 

7 Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 (21 U.S.C. 

8 841 note) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘ ‘covered offense’ means’’ 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘ ‘covered offense’— 

4 ‘‘(1) means’’; 

5 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

6 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) includes a violation, involving cocaine base, 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(A) section 3113 of title 5, United States 

11 Code; 

12 ‘‘(B) section 401(b)(1)(C) of the Con13 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

14 841(b)(1)(C)); 

15 ‘‘(C) section 404(a) of the Controlled Sub16 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 844(a)); 

17 ‘‘(D) section 406 of the Controlled Sub18 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 846); 

19 ‘‘(E) section 408 of the Controlled Sub20 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 848); 

21 ‘‘(F) subsection (b) or (c) of section 409 of 

22 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 849); 

23 ‘‘(G) subsection (a) or (b) of section 418 

24 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

25 859); 


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1 ‘‘(H) subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 

2 419 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

3 U.S.C. 860); 

4 ‘‘(I) section 420 of the Controlled Sub5 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 861); 

6 ‘‘(J) section 1010(b)(3) of the Controlled 

7 Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 

8 960(b)(3)); 

9 ‘‘(K) section 1010A of the Controlled Sub10 stances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 

11 960a); 

12 ‘‘(L) section 90103 of the Violent Crime 

13 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

14 U.S.C. 12522); 

15 ‘‘(M) section 70503 or 70506 of title 46, 

16 United States Code; or 

17 ‘‘(N) any attempt, conspiracy or solicita18 tion to commit an offense described in subpara19 graphs (A) through (M).’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘A motion 

21 made under this section that was denied after a 

22 court determination that a violation described in 

23 subsection (a)(2) was not a covered offense shall not 

24 be considered a denial after a complete review of the 

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1 tion.’’ after the period at the end of the second sen2 tence. 

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