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INSTRUCTIONS: This letter will be individually addressed to each United States Senator in your
state and to her/his Chief of Staff by visiting the Senator’s website. REPLACE the “XXX”s with
the Senator and Chief of Staff’s names. Do NOT copy more than the letter with address fields
into the online email space for each of your Senators.
•Who are my United States Senators and Chiefs of Staff?
http://capwiz.com/fconl/home/
Enter your Zip Code in the field indicated to find your Unites States Senators. You also may have
to enter your address. This will bring up both of your Senators and your House of
Representative member. Click on one of your Senator’s names. A “BIO” tab will open that
shows a brief synopsis of her/his qualifications. The fourth tab over is titled “Staff”. Click and
the Chief of Staff name will appear as the first name listed. Use this name in combination with
this Senator to address your letter.
•Where is my Senator’s contact page?
https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact
In the upper middle of the page, select your state in “Choose a State” drop down. Select the
blue URL to success your first Senator’s contact page. Fill in the sample letter with the Senator
and Chief of Staff’s names and copy and paste the completed letter into the message field and
Send. (You will be asked for usual constituent information prior to accessing the message field.
Select a topic for the letter like Civil Rights or Judicial issues. ALWAYS request to receive a
response.)
•If you wish, send a hard copy of your letter to both United States Senators and their
Washington Chiefs of Staff. The address for the Chief of Staff will always be the same as the
Senator’s Washington, D. C address. The Senator’s Washington, D. C. address is right above the
URL for the Senator’s contact page.
•You can continue to resend your email every week until your Senators show they are co-
sponsoring this bill at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-
bill/2471/cosponsors
Just for Info - Current Sponsors and Co-Sponsors as of May 5, 2018:

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

SUGGESTED LETTER
TO: Senator XXX
Chief of Staff XXX
RE: The GRACE Act sponsorship, Bill S-2471
Dear Senator XXX and Chief of Staff XXX:
As your constituent, I want to express my wish that you CO-SPONSOR the Granting Release and
Compassion Effectively (GRACE) Act S-2471 Bill.
This bill will help stop the deaths of elderly and terminally ill people in prison waiting
extraordinarily lengthy periods of time for compassionate release approval by the BOP, including
someone I know personally. I know that this bill could grant him the ability to bring his
Compassionate Release Petition straight to the court and request a judgment to be released.
Many U.S Senators have already co-sponsored the GRACE Act for their states and understand
that we need this change to better treat terminally ill and elderly inmates.
I am among supporters like Families Against Mandatory Minimums(FAMM), CAN-DO Clemency,
Human Rights Watch, ACLU and Drug Policy Alliance in believing the GRACE Act can change lives
and our country for the better.
Thank you for acting on my request.
Very truly yours,
A Diligent Voter,

Your Name
Contact (Address, Phone #, or Email address)