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Legislation - 110th U.S.
Congress
Second Session - 2008
T H.R.261 - Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of
2007
(A Bill to provide an
alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other
purposes.)
T H. R. 623 - Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of
2007
(A Bill To permit
expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal
offenses.)
T H.R. 1593 - The Second
Chance Act of 2007 - Public Law 110-199.
(A Bill to reauthorize
the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and
implementation, and for other purposes. INTRODUCED 20 March 2007. PASSED Full U.S. House
13 November 2007. PASSED Full Senate 11 March 2008. Signed in to law by President Bush 09 April 2008 - P.L. 110-199.)
T S.
1060 - The Second Chance Act of
2007
(A Bill to reauthorize
the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and
implementation, and for other purposes. INTRODUCED 29 March
2007. Senate ADOPTED H.R. 1593 on 11 March 2008. President Bush signed H.R.1593 in to law on 09 April 2008. See, ante.)
T H.R.4545 - Drug
Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of
2007
(A Bill to target cocaine kingpins and
address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. (13 December
2007)
T H.R.
5035 - Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of
2008
(To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased penalties for cocaine
offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, to eliminate minimum
mandatory penalties for offenses involving cocaine, to use the resulting savings
to provide drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users, and for
other purposes. (U.S. House- 17 Januray
2008) | 
