To revive the system of parole for Federal prisoners, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Alcoholism
Aliens
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Compensatory education
Congress
Criminal justice information
Criminal procedure
DNA
Department of Justice
Deportation
District of Columbia
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug testing
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Holidays
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Immigration
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Law
Local laws
Married people
Parole
Presidential appointments
Prison alternatives
Prison labor
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
Residence requirements
Right to counsel
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Social Welfare
Sound recording and reproducing
Subpoena
Teachers
Technical education
Video tape recording
Vocational and technical education
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Amends the federal criminal code to reestablish the United States Parole Commission as an independent agency in the Department of Justice. Sets forth the Commission's powers, including the powers to grant or deny an application or recommendation to parole, and to modify or revoke an order paroling, an eligible prisoner. 
Makes a prisoner serving a definite term or terms of more than one year eligible for release on parole after serving one-third of such terms, or after serving ten years of a sentence of over 25 years (or life). Subjects a prisoner convicted under District of Columbia (DC) law to the guidelines used by the former DC parole board. 
Grants courts the authority to: (1) designate a minimum term at the expiration of which the prisoner shall become eligible for parole, which may be less than, but not more than, 10 years; or (2) fix the maximum sentence to be served. 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) parole determination criteria; (2) conditions of parole; (3) jurisdiction of the Commission; (4) early termination of parole; (5) aliens subject to deportation after parole; (6) summonses to appear and warrants for retaking parolees; (7) revocation of parole for violators; (8) appeals of disputes over the time of eligibility for release, parole denials, conditions, and revocations; (9) good time credits; and (10) compassionate release requirements. 
Grants the Commission jurisdiction over the parole of persons whose parole was governed by the Parole Commission Phase-Out Act of 1996 or by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House