Renew Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2617
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Renew Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify expungement eligibility criteria for certain first-time drug offenders.</p> <p>Specifically, it broadens eligibility to allow the expungement of certain records related to a first-time drug possession offense committed before age 25 (currently, before age 21). </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2617 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2017 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Gowdy , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Ratcliffe , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Donovan , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Cárdenas , Mrs. Love , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Curbelo of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders under age 25 an opportunity to expunge that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed probation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Renew Act of 2017 . 2. Lowering the age for expungement of certain convictions for simple possession of controlled substances by nonviolent young offenders Section 3607(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking less than twenty-one and inserting less than twenty-five .