‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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-
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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. GOOD TIME CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, beyond the 
time served, of up to 54 days at the end of each year of 
the prisoner’s term of imprisonment, beginning at the end 
of the first year of the term,’’ and inserting ‘‘of up to 54 
days for each year of the prisoner’s sentence imposed by 
the court,’’. 
(b) RESTORATION OF CREDIT.—Section 3624(b)(1) 
is amended by striking the sentence beginning ‘‘Credit 
that has not been earned’’ and inserting ‘‘The Bureau may 
subsequently restore any or all credit previously denied, 
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based on the prisoner’s maintaining good behavior as de-
termined by the Bureau.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section apply with respect to each prison sentence that has 
not been completed before the effective date of this Act, 
except any sentence imposed before November 1, 1987. 
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. 
Æ 
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