Sec. 4. Supervised release consideration for youth
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Section 3582(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: in the case of a youth serving a sentence of incarceration, after the youth (as defined in section 3581) has served at least 20 years, a court, upon motion of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, the sentencing court, the youth or the counsel for the youth, or on its own motion, may reduce the term of imprisonment (and may impose a term of supervised release with or without conditions that does not exceed the unserved portion of the original term of imprisonment), after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) to the extent that they are applicable, if— the court finds on the record that a reduction is warranted based on extraordinary and compelling reasons, including the youth’s rehabilitation efforts, such as participation in counseling, education, work skills training, and prison employment, and mitigating facts relating to the life circumstances of the youth at the time of the commission of the offense; and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons has, on its own or in response to the court, made a determination that the youth is not a danger to the safety of any other person or the community, as provided under section 3142(g). . Section 3581 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of a youth convicted of an offense that carries a sentence of imprisonment for the duration of the defendant’s life, the sentencing court shall treat the life sentence as discretionary and consider the age of the youth in determining the appropriate sentence. In this section, the term youth means an individual who was 21 years of age or younger at the time of the commission of the criminal offense for which the individual is being sentenced or is serving a term of imprisonment. .