US Congress House Bill 4410 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fresh Start Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense to file a petition for expungement of the record of such conviction. It allows expungement if such individual: (1) has never been convicted of any criminal offense other than the nonviolent offenses committed in a single criminal episode that includes the offense for which expungement is sought; (2) has fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court, including payment of all fines, restitution, or assessments and completion of terms of imprisonment and probation; and (3) has remained free (if required by the court's sentence) from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for at least one year. The Department of Justice must maintain an unaltered nonpublic copy of expunged criminal records, to be disclosed for limited purposes to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 5% grant funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that implement expungement procedures substantially similar to the procedures enacted by this Act. It decreases such grant funding by 5% for states that fail to adopt expungement procedures.

Fresh Start Act of 2016

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2016-02-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-02-01	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E86)
2016-02-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4410/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4410/BILLS-114hr4410ih.pdf