To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1251
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Executive agency funding and structure

Federal officials

Lawyers and legal services

U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the federal judicial code to add a federal defender representative designated by the Judicial Conference of the United States as a nonvoting member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2015 Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Gowdy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

1. Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of U.S. Sentencing Commission Subsection (a) of section 991 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking one nonvoting member. at the end of the first sentence and inserting two nonvoting members. ; and (2) by inserting before the last sentence the following: A Federal defender representative designated by the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be a nonvoting member of the Commission. . 2. Conforming amendment The final sentence of section 235(b)(5) of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note) is amended by striking nine members, including two ex officio, nonvoting members and inserting ten members, including three nonvoting members .