FAIR Act of 2024

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 / S. 5266; supporting the FAIR Act, H.R. 1525 / S. 5512; supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, H.R. 4958 and S. 2596; supporting the TEST Act, S. 1950; supporting the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act, S. 2788 and H.R. 5430; supporting the Preventing Overdoses with Test Strips Act, S.2976 and H.R.5801; supporting the BOP ID Release Card Act, H.R. 6985;supporting the BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act, H.R. 6628; supporting the Safer Supervision Act, S.2681 and H.R.5005; supporting the DEA's reclassification of marijuana as a Schedule 3 drug; supporting USSC amendments to drug penalties, relevant conduct sentencing, and numerous sentencing enhancements; opposing proposed appropriations cuts to the federal indigent defense system; supporting adequate funding for public defenders; supporting ending the use of acquitted conduct in prison sentences for federal criminal offenses; supporting the expungement of federal simple possession drug offenses; supporting reforms to terms of supervised release after federal imprisonment; supporting federal sentencing reforms 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 the First Step Act in general; supporting increased use of compassionate release, home confinement and other early release options; supporting prison reforms in general; supporting criminal discovery reforms 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 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; supporting Second Chance Act reauthorization; opposing proposed BOP rule to ban the use of social media by incarcerated persons; supporting the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Ave, S. 2788 and H.R. 5430; opposing the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, H.R. 1839 and S. 993; supporting the Driving for Opportunity Act, S. 2313; opposing the SHIELD Act, S. 412 and H.R. 3686; opposing proposed appropriations cuts to the federal indigent defense system; supporting the Reentry Act (H.R.2400 / S.1165) and Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R.3074 / S.971); and supporting the implementation of tobacco harm reduction policies.