I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6059 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for deferred sentencing 
and the possibility of dismissal for drug offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2010 
Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. POLIS of 
Colorado, Mr. BACA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. NADLER of New 
York, and Mr. FARR) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for de-
ferred sentencing and the possibility of dismissal for 
drug offenders, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal First Offender 
Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFERRED SENTENCING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 
DISMISSAL FOR DRUG OFFENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3607(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘found guilty of an offense 
under section 404 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 844)’’ and inserting ‘‘is found guilty of 
an offense under section 401, 404, or 406 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841, 844, 
846), and’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) that person did not use violence or credible 
threats of violence or possess a firearm or other dan-
gerous weapon (or induce another participant to do 
so) in connection with the offense; 
‘‘(2) the offense did not result in death or seri-
ous bodily injury to any person; 
‘‘(3) that person was not an organizer, leader, 
manager, or supervisor of others in the offense, as 
determined under the sentencing guidelines and was 
not engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise, as 
defined in section 408 of the Controlled Substances 
Act; 
‘‘(4) that person has not previously been the 
subject of a disposition under this subsection; and 
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‘‘(5) that person has not been previously con-
victed of a crime of violence or other offense punish-
able by a term of imprisonment for more than one 
year;’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 
years’’. 
(b) EXPUNGEMENT.—Section 3607(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘found guilty of an offense 
under section 404 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 844)’’ and inserting ‘‘found guilty of an 
offense under section 401, 404, or 406 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841, 844, 846)’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and the person was less than 
twenty-one years old at the time of the offense’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading for section 3607 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘DRUG 
POSSESSORS’’ and inserting ‘‘DRUG
OFFEND-
ERS’’. 
(2) The item relating to section 3607 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of subchapter A of 
chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking ‘‘drug possessors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘drug offenders’’. 
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