Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Act

H.R. 4261 · 115th Congress · Nov 6, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To improve public safety, accountability, transparency, and respect for federalism in Federal criminal law by applying evidence-based reforms already made by some States, and reinvesting the resulting savings from doing so in additional evidence-based criminal justice strategies that are proven to reduce recidivism and crime, and the burden of the criminal justice system on the taxpayer.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Act” or the “SAFE Justice Act”.

Sec. 2 Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

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Nov 6, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Love, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Table of contents

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