Bill > S2914

This bill, the Terry Technical Correction Act, aims to clarify that the retroactivity provisions of Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 are available to offenders sentenced for low-level crack cocaine offenses before the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 took effect, including those convicted under Section 401(b)(1)(C) of the Controlled Substances Act. The bill responds to the Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Terry v. United States, which held that crack offenders who did not trigger a mandatory minimum sentence did not qualify for the retroactivity provisions. The purpose of this Act is to ensure that these lower-level crack cocaine offenders can also benefit from the retroactive sentencing reductions available under the First Step Act.