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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4283 
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 
DECEMBER 5, 2007 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. CONYERS) 
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’’. 
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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 may receive credit toward the 
service of the prisoner’s sentence, in addition to any 
credit received under subsection (b), beyond the time 
already served, of up to 60 days at the end of each 
year of the prisoner’s term of imprisonment, begin-
ning 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 imprisonment 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 
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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; 
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