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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3602 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service 
of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, 
vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. 
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 award credit 
toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who partici-
pate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, as-
signed work, or other developmental programs, 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 ‘‘Literacy, Education, 
and Rehabilitation Act’’.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL, VO-
CATIONAL, TREATMENT, ASSIGNED WORK, OR 
OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 
and (f), as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CREDIT TOWARD SERVICE OF SENTENCE FOR 
SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION IN A DESIGNATED PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment 
of more than 1 year, other than a term of imprison-
ment for the duration of the prisoner’s life, may re-
ceive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sen-
tence, in addition to any credit received under sub-
section (b), beyond the time already served, of up to 
60 days at the end of each year of the prisoner’s 
term of imprisonment, beginning at the end of the 
first year of such term. Credit that has not been 
earned may not later be granted. Credit for the last 
year or portion of a year of the term of imprison-
ment shall be prorated and credited within the last 
6 weeks of the sentence.
‘‘(2) SATISFACTORY
PARTICIPATION
IN
DES-
IGNATED PROGRAM.—A prisoner shall be awarded 
credit under paragraph (1) if the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons determines that the prisoner has 
earned, or is making satisfactory progress toward 
earning, a certificate of completion in a designated 
program, has satisfactorily participated in a des-
ignated program, or has taught or conducted a des-
ignated program. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER
OF
DAYS
OF
CREDIT
AWARD-
ED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall determine and establish 
a policy setting forth the rate of the number of 
days of credit which a prisoner may be awarded 
under this subsection with respect to any des-
ignated program. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In de-
termining the number of days of credit a pris-
oner may be awarded with respect to a des-
ignated program, the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall consider— 
‘‘(i) the level of difficulty of the pro-
gram;
‘‘(ii) the time required by the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iii) the level of responsibility ex-
pected of the prisoner with respect to the 
program; 
‘‘(iv) the rehabilitative benefits the 
program provides the prisoner; and 
‘‘(v) the benefits the program provides 
the Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY TO PRISONERS.—The 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall make 
the policy applicable to credit awarded under 
this subsection available for each prisoner to re-
view prior to that prisoner’s participation in 
any designated program. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—Any person sentenced to a 
term of imprisonment under custody of the Attorney 
General, whether sentenced or convicted prior to or 
after November 1, 1987, shall be eligible for the 
credits described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DESIGNATED PROGRAM.—The term ‘des-
ignated program’ means a program which has been 
designated by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
as a program which benefits either prisoners or the 
Bureau of Prisons, including—
‘‘(A) educational and vocational programs, 
such as courses and programs through which a 
prisoner may earn a high school diploma or an 
equivalent degree or certification through an ac-
credited vocational training program, college, or 
university; 
‘‘(B) treatment programs, such as inter-
ventional rehabilitation programs, including 
mental health and drug abuse programs; and 
‘‘(C) assigned work and developmental pro-
grams.’’. 
(b) PRISONERS
TRANSFERRED
FROM
FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES TO THE CUSTODY OF THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 4105(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and for participation in des-
ignated programs under section 3624(c)’’ after ‘‘sat-
isfactory behavior’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
4105(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘at the rate provided in 
section 3624(b)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘at the rates provided in sections 
3624(b) and (c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 
3624(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 3624(b) and 
(c)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE
18.—Section 3603(6) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘3624(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘3624(d)’’ 
(2) TITLE 28.—Section 994(a)(2)(F) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘3624(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘3624(d)’’. 
SEC. 3. AMOUNT OF PRISON TERM THAT MUST BE SERVED 
UNDER CONDITIONS THAT WILL PREPARE 
PRISONER FOR RELEASE. 
The first sentence of section 3624(d) of title 18, 
United States Code, as redesignated by section 2(a)(1), 
is amended by striking ‘‘10 per centum’’ and inserting 
‘‘portion’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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