Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Provides a process for expunging and sealing a non-violent criminal record. A form of civil rights restoration that should be supported 'at this time'!
Title: Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2014
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Congressional oversight: Correctional facilities and imprisonment: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Employee hiring: Food assistance and relief: Government studies and investigations: Judicial procedure and administration: Juvenile crime and gang violence: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Licensing and registrations: Poverty and welfare assistance
Description: Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2014 or the REDEEM Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide a process for the sealing or expungement of records relating to nonviolent or juvenile offenses. Requires a court considering a petition to seal a nonviolent offense to balance factors including the harm of the protected information to the ability of the petitioner to secure and maintain employment. Sets forth limitations on involuntary room confinements at juvenile detention facilities. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) to remove offenses relating to possession or use of a controlled substance from the categories of drug offenses that result in the convicted individual being ineligible for assistance under: (1) a state program funded with temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) grants under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act; or (2) the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) or any state program carried out under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Prohibits the denial of such assistance and benefits if the convicted individual: (1) committed an offense related to a substance abuse disorder, (2) participates in a substance abuse treatment program, and (3) complies with all court-imposed obligations. Includes employment services among the categories of federal benefits that are not to be denied under PRWORA. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow the Attorney General, in awarding public safety and community policing grants, to give preferential consideration to an applicant in a state with laws similar to this Act.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 8, 2014
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN02567:@@@L&summ2=m&
Companion Bill: HB5158
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
3 sponsors: Paul, Rand; Booker, Cory A.; Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jul 8 2014 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 11 2014 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill