Smarter Sentencing Act of 2023

S. 1056/H.R. 4631, Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2023; S. 524 & H.R. 1062, EQUAL Act; S. 4979, S. 4003/H.R. 8367, Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act (implementation of bill passed in 2022); annual Commerce Justice Science Appropriations, treatment of external programming providers under the First Step Act; issues related to reentry, prison conditions, and federal sentencing reform; S. 1401/H.R. 3019, Federal Prison Oversight Act; S. 1152, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2023; S. 1247/H.R. 50, Terry Technical Corrections Act

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

EQUAL Act (H.R. 1062 & S. 524); PROTECT Act (S. 353); HALT Fentanyl Act (H.R. 467); Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act (S. 1086 & H.R. 2442); Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act (S. 1056); Quality Defense Act (S. 850); Justice for Murder Victims Act (H.R. 349); HALT Fentanyl Act (S. 1141 / H.R. 171, 467); Justice for Murder Victims Act (H.R. 349); STOP CSAM Act (S. 1199); Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act (S. 1056); Smarter Sentencing Act (S. 1152); Reentry Act (S. 1165 / H.R. 2400); Disability and Age in Jury Service; Nondiscrimination Act introduction (S. 1086 / H.R. 2442); Project Safe Childhood Act (S. 1170 / H.R. 2661); Shield Act (S. 412 / H.R. 3686); Protect & Serve Act (H.R. 743); POLICE Act (S. 1733 / H.R. 2494); Due Process Continuity of Care Act (S. 971 / H.R. 3074); RESTORE Act (S. 1753 / H.R. 3479); Federal Prison Oversight Act (S. 1401 / H.R. 3019); First Step Implementation Act (S. 1251); Safer Detention Act (S. 1248); Terry Technical Correction Act (S. 1247 / H.R. 50); Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act (S. 1343 / H.R. 3050); mens rea; trial penalty and sentencing; RESTRICT Act (S. 686); FAIR Act (H.R. 1525); Protecting Americans Data From Foreign Surveillance Act (Senate draft); Acquitted conduct sentencing; Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act; National Defense Authorization Act; 702 reauthorization; Cooper Davis Act (S. 1080)

Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Supporting the EQUAL Act, H.R. 1062 and S. 524; supporting the Sentencing Commission Improvements Act, S. 851; supporting the Fresh Start Act, H.R. 2983; supporting the Clean Slate Act, H.R. 2930; supporting the Smarter Sentencing Act, S. 1152; supporting the Smarter Pretrial for Drug Charges Act, S. 1056; supporting potential legislation ending the use of acquitted conduct in prison sentences for federal criminal offenses; supporting potential legislation related to the expungement of federal simple possession drug offenses; supporting potential legislation related to the standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after federal imprisonment; supporting potential legislation related to federal civil asset forfeiture reform; supporting potential legislation to repeal the lifetime ban on individuals with a past felony drug conviction from receiving SNAP or TANF benefits; supporting federal sentencing reform in general; supporting increased oversight of the Bureau of Prisons in general; supporting "second chances" for returning citizens in general; supporting increased and continued implementation of First Step Act in general; supporting increased use of compassionate release, home confinement and other early release options; supporting prison reform in general; supporting criminal discovery reform in general; supporting the inclusion of well-defined terms and meaningful mens rea protections in all potential and existing federal criminal laws and regulations; supporting increased prosecutorial and policing accountability; and supporting clemencies, commutations, and pardons. Opposing the HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R. 467; opposing the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, H.R. 27; opposing overcriminalization (creation of unnecessary federal criminal laws or regulations with poorly defined terms or weak mens rea protections or those that result in overly harsh incarcerative penalties) in general.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), President of the U.S., SENATE, White House Office