S. 1917: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

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S. 1917: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-04 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

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Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions: to reduce mandatory minimum prison terms for certain nonviolent repeat drug offenses; to establish a mandatory sentencing enhancement for a drug offense involving heroin or fentanyl; to broaden the existing safety valve to permit a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent, cooperative drug offenders with a limited criminal history; to create a new safety valve for certain nonviolent, cooperative defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense; to create new mandatory minimum prison terms, including for interstate domestic violence that results in a victim's death and for providing goods or services to terrorists; to make the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010; to require the Bureau of Prisons to expand recidivism reduction programs and productive activities to all eligible prisoners; to lengthen prerelease custody for prisoners who successfully complete such programs; to develop the Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System; to create reentry demonstration projects in judicial districts; to require presentence investigation reports to include certain information such as substance abuse history, military service, and veteran status; to permit a court to reduce a life prison term imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile; to establish a process to seal and expunge certain records of juvenile nonviolent offenses; to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except in limited circumstances; to make permanent and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program; and to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

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

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Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 31 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1917, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 (2018-08-10)

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Tim Scott (R-SC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Todd Young (R-IN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] reported raising $527,998 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1917.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s1917 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115