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On the recordApril 20, 2023
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1248 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Detention Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. HOME DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS. Section 231(g) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: ``(D) Judicial review.-- ``(i) In general.--Upon motion of a defendant, on or after the date described in clause (ii), a court may reduce an imposed term of imprisonment of the defendant and substitute a term of supervised release with the condition of home detention for the unserved portion of the original term of imprisonment, after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code, if the court finds the defendant is an eligible elderly offender or eligible terminally ill offender.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 20, 2023

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