Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Criminal Justice, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026.
- Section id42CB3E9AF21A45FA8E49290ECB77B995: 2. Sentencing modifications for certain drug offenses The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended— in section 102 (21 U.S.C. 802), by...
- Section id835898442C664532B5200D93C7C46E8E: 3. Directive to the Sentencing Commission Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with this section,...
- Section id0B7F75E2350F4194B4D3A4C5C1889791: 4. Report by Attorney General Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the...
- Section id3C827373620541EFA6623D17131FF005: 5. Report on Federal criminal offenses In this section— the term criminal regulatory offense means a Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Criminal Justice, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schatz, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_sba"
- → Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal penalty
a defendant whose role in the offense was limited to transporting or storing drugs or money. in section 401(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1))— in subparagraph (A), in the flush text following clause (viii)— by striking 10 years or more and inserting 5 years or more
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