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H.R. 2567: Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011

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H.R. 2567: Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011

Plain summary

Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to extend the pre-judgment probation and expungement procedures for simple possession of a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act to individuals who are convicted under such Act of drug trafficking or of attempting or conspiring to commit a drug offense. Sets forth requirements for granting pre-judgment probation for drug trafficking or of attempting or conspiring to commit a drug offense, including that: (1) the offender did not use violence or credible threats of violence or possess a firearm or other dangerous weapon (or induce another participant to do so) while committing the offense; (2) the offense did not result in death or serious injury to any person; (3) the offender was not an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of others in the offense and was not engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise; and (4) the offender has not been previously convicted of a crime of violence or other offense punishable by a prison term of more than one year. Provides for a period of such probation of up to two years. Revises the requirement for pre-judgment probation for simple possession to having not been previously convicted of a crime of violence or other offense punishable by a term of imprisonment for more than one year. Eliminates the requirement that an offender seeking expungement of a record of a disposition be less than 21 years old at the time of the offense.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2567 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112