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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4837 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for transportation and 

subsistence for criminal justice defendants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for transportation and subsistence for criminal justice defendants, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Judicial Ad5 ministration Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE FOR CRIMI7 NAL JUSTICE ACT DEFENDANTS. 

8 Section 4285 of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended in the first sentence— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘when the interests of justice 

2 would be served thereby and the United States judge 

3 or magistrate judge is satisfied, after appropriate in4 quiry, that the defendant is financially unable to 

5 provide the necessary transportation to appear be6 fore the required court on his own’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘when the United States judge or magistrate judge 

8 is satisfied that the defendant is indigent based on 

9 appointment of counsel pursuant to section 3006A, 

10 or, after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is 

11 financially unable to provide necessary transpor12 tation’’; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘to the place where his appear14 ance is required,’’ and inserting ‘‘to the place where 

15 each appearance is required and back to the place 

16 of the person’s arrest or bona fide residence,’’; and 

17 (3) by striking ‘‘to his destination’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘, which includes money for both lodging and 

19 food, during travel to the person’s destination and 

20 during any proceeding at which the person’s appear21 ance is required’’. 

22 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE USE OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO DE23 CIDE POSTJUDGMENT MOTIONS. 

24 Section 3401 of title 18, United States Code, is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in the second sentence— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, 

4 judgment,’’; and 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and rulings on all 

6 post-judgment motions’’ after ‘‘sen7 tencing’’; and 

8 (B) in the third sentence— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, 

10 judgment,’’; and 

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and rulings on all 

12 post-judgment motions’’ after ‘‘sen13 tencing’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, with the ap15 proval of a judge of the district court,’’; and 

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(j) A magistrate judge who exercises trial jurisdic19 tion under this section, in either a petty offense case or 

20 a misdemeanor case in which the defendant has consented 

21 to a magistrate judge, may also rule on all post-judgment 

22 motions in that case, including petitions for writs of ha23 beas corpus, petitions for writs of coram nobis, motions 

24 to vacate a sentence under section 2255 of title 28, and 


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1 motions related to mental competency under chapter 313 

2 of this title.’’. 

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