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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2330 
To establish the National Criminal Justice Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2015 
Mr. DEUTCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish the National Criminal Justice Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Criminal Jus-
tice Commission Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) it is in the interest of the Nation to estab-
lish a commission to undertake a comprehensive re-
view of the criminal justice system; 
(2) there has not been a comprehensive study 
since the President’s Commission on Law Enforce-
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ment and Administration of Justice was established 
in 1965; 
(3) that commission, in a span of 18 months, 
produced a comprehensive report entitled ‘‘The 
Challenge of Crime in a Free Society,’’ which con-
tained 200 specific recommendations on all aspects 
of the criminal justice system involving Federal, 
State, tribal, and local governments, civic organiza-
tions, religious institutions, business groups, and in-
dividual citizens; and 
(4) developments over the intervening 50 years 
require once again that Federal, State, tribal, and 
local governments, civic organizations, religious in-
stitutions, business groups, and individual citizens 
come together to review evidence and consider how 
to improve the criminal justice system. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
There is established a commission to be known as the 
‘‘National Criminal Justice Commission’’ (referred to in 
this Act as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 4. PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall— 
(1) undertake a comprehensive review of the 
criminal justice system; 
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(2) make recommendations for Federal criminal 
justice reform to the President and Congress; and 
(3) disseminate findings and supplemental guid-
ance to the Federal Government, as well as to State, 
local, and tribal governments. 
SEC. 5. REVIEW, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND REPORT. 
(a) GENERAL REVIEW.—The Commission shall un-
dertake a comprehensive review of all areas of the criminal 
justice system, including Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments’ criminal justice costs, practices, and policies. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the first meeting of the Commission, the Com-
mission shall submit to the President and Congress 
recommendations for changes in Federal oversight, 
policies, practices, and laws designed to prevent, 
deter, and reduce crime and violence, reduce recidi-
vism, improve cost-effectiveness, and ensure the in-
terests of justice at every step of the criminal justice 
system. 
(2) UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUIRED.—A rec-
ommendation of the Commission may be adopted 
and submitted under paragraph (1) if the rec-
ommendation is approved by a unanimous vote of 
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the Commissioners at a meeting where a quorum is 
present pursuant to section 6(d). 
(3) 
REQUIREMENT.—The 
recommendations 
submitted under this subsection shall be made avail-
able to the public. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the first meeting of the Commission, the Com-
mission shall also disseminate to the Federal Gov-
ernment, as well as to State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, a report that details the findings and sup-
plemental guidance of the Commission regarding the 
criminal justice system at all levels of government. 
(2) MAJORITY
VOTE
REQUIRED.—Commission 
findings and supplemental guidance may be adopted 
and included in the report required under paragraph 
(1) if the findings or guidance is approved by a ma-
jority vote of the Commissioners at a meeting where 
a quorum is present pursuant to section 6(d), except 
that any Commissioners dissenting from particular 
finding or supplemental guidance shall have the 
right to state the reason for their dissent in writing 
and such dissent shall be included in the report of 
the Commission. 
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