{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5455","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5455","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants convicted of certain offenses to be eligible for reduced sentences, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the First Step Act of 2018 to permit defendants convicted of certain offenses to be eligible for reduced sentences, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-09-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-11-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h488","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Terry Technical Correction Act","result":"Passed","yea":307,"nay":101,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll488.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2022-11-30"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-11-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Terry Technical Correction Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill broadens the scope of crack cocaine offenders who are eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act of 2018."},{"k":"p","t":"The First Step Act made the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive and authorized sentencing reductions for certain crack cocaine offenders convicted and sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act became effective. Under current law, crack cocaine offenders whose conduct triggered a mandatory minimum sentence are eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act. However, in 2021, the Supreme Court held in Terry v. United States that low-level crack cocaine offenders whose conduct did not trigger a mandatory minimum sentence are not eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act."},{"k":"p","t":"This bill extends eligibility for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act to all crack cocaine offenders convicted and sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act became effective, including low-level offenders whose conduct did not trigger a mandatory minimum sentence."}],"words":164},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 so that the term \"covered offense\" also includes listed violations involving cocaine base, and addresses motions previously denied on that ground.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H55956D9F5C8949D0BFCCE85106BC93A3"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of \"covered offense\" in section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018","Treatment of previously denied motions for sentence reduction under section 404"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Terry Technical Correction Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H3846812F81A743A3998B49B340395245"}},{"text":"Amends section 404(a) of the First Step Act of 2018 so that \"covered offense\" includes a violation, involving cocaine base, of the statutes the text lists, in addition to what the definition already covers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H55956D9F5C8949D0BFCCE85106BC93A3"}},{"text":"Lists the included statutes as sections of the Controlled Substances Act, the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, and titles 5 and 46 of the United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H55956D9F5C8949D0BFCCE85106BC93A3"}},{"text":"Includes in \"covered offense\" any attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit one of the listed offenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H55956D9F5C8949D0BFCCE85106BC93A3"}},{"text":"Amends section 404(c) to provide that a motion denied after a court found a listed violation was not a covered offense is not treated as a denial after a complete review on the merits.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh#H55956D9F5C8949D0BFCCE85106BC93A3"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-11-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5455/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5455.png","v":"77af6f68f38f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5455, 117th Congress: Terry Technical Correction Act. House: 307 Yea, 101 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Nov 2022."}}