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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1247
5	5	To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants convicted of
6	6	certain offenses to be eligible for reduced sentences, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	APRIL20, 2023
9	9	Mr. D
10	10	URBIN(for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. LEE, Ms. KLO-
11	11	BUCHAR, and Mr. PAUL) introduced the following bill; which was read
12	12	twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants
15	15	convicted of certain offenses to be eligible for reduced
16	16	sentences, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terry Technical Cor-4
21	21	rection Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 6
23	23	(a) F
24	24	INDINGS.—Congress finds that on June 14, 7
25	25	2021, the Supreme Court of the United States decided 8
26	26	the case of Terry v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1858 9
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30	30	(2021), holding that crack offenders who did not trigger 1
31	31	a mandatory minimum do not qualify for the retroactivity 2
32	32	provisions of section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 3
33	33	(21 U.S.C. 841 note). 4
34	34	(b) P
35	35	URPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to clarify 5
36	36	that the retroactivity provisions of section 404 of the First 6
37	37	Step Act of 2018 (21 U.S.C. 841 note) are available to 7
38	38	those offenders who were sentenced for a crack-cocaine of-8
39	39	fense before the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Public Law 9
40	40	111–220) became effective, including individuals with low- 10
41	41	level crack offenses sentenced under section 401(b)(1)(C) 11
42	42	of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 12
43	43	841(b)(1)(C)). 13
44	44	SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF FAIR SENTENCING ACT OF 2010. 14
45	45	Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 (21 U.S.C. 15
46	46	841 note) is amended— 16
47	47	(1) in subsection (a)— 17
48	48	(A) by striking ‘‘‘covered offense’ means’’ 18
49	49	and inserting ‘‘‘covered offense’— 19
50	50	‘‘(1) means’’; 20
51	51	(B) by striking the period at the end and 21
52	52	inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 22
53	53	(C) by adding at the end the following: 23
54	54	‘‘(2) includes a violation, involving cocaine base, 24
55	55	of— 25
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59	59	‘‘(A) section 3113 of title 5, United States 1
60	60	Code; 2
61	61	‘‘(B) section 401(b)(1)(C) of the Con-3
62	62	trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 4
63	63	841(b)(1)(C)); 5
64	64	‘‘(C) section 404(a) of the Controlled Sub-6
65	65	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 844(a)); 7
66	66	‘‘(D) section 406 of the Controlled Sub-8
67	67	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 846); 9
68	68	‘‘(E) section 408 of the Controlled Sub-10
69	69	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 848); 11
70	70	‘‘(F) subsection (b) or (c) of section 409 of 12
71	71	the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 849); 13
72	72	‘‘(G) subsection (a) or (b) of section 418 14
73	73	of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 15
74	74	859); 16
75	75	‘‘(H) subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 17
76	76	419 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 18
77	77	U.S.C. 860); 19
78	78	‘‘(I) section 420 of the Controlled Sub-20
79	79	stances Act (21 U.S.C. 861); 21
80	80	‘‘(J) section 1010(b)(3) of the Controlled 22
81	81	Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 23
82	82	960(b)(3)); 24
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86	86	‘‘(K) section 1010A of the Controlled Sub-1
87	87	stances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 2
88	88	960a); 3
89	89	‘‘(L) section 90103 of the Violent Crime 4
90	90	Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 5
91	91	U.S.C. 12522); 6
92	92	‘‘(M) section 70503 or 70506 of title 46, 7
93	93	United States Code; and 8
94	94	‘‘(N) any attempt, conspiracy or solicita-9
95	95	tion to commit an offense described in subpara-10
96	96	graphs (A) through (M).’’; and 11
97	97	(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘A motion 12
98	98	under this section that was denied after a court de-13
99	99	termination that a violation described in subsection 14
100	100	(a)(2) was not a covered offense shall not be consid-15
101	101	ered a denial after a complete review of the motion 16
102	102	on the merits within the meaning of this section.’’ 17
103	103	after the period at the end of the second sentence. 18
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