MI HR0230

Expresses House support for the Obama administration's August 2013 criminal justice policies aimed at reducing high incarceration rates and correcting system unfairness.

Endorses the policy of federal prosecutors no longer listing quantities of illegal substances in indictments for low-level drug cases involving defendants without violence, weapons use, or gang/cartel ties.

Supports increased use of drug-treatment programs as alternatives to incarceration and expanded compassionate release programs for elderly non-violent inmates who have served significant sentence portions.

Cites that the U.S. has 25 percent of the world's prisoners despite having only 5 percent of the world's population, with nearly half of 219,000 federal inmates incarcerated for drug-related crimes.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, U.S. Attorney General, and Michigan congressional delegation members.