To amend title 28, United States Code, to include a Federal Public or Community Defender as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6793
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-18
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong>This bill adds one nonvoting member to the U.S. Sentencing Commission and requires the new member to be a public defender.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6793 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2022 Mr. Scott of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to include a Federal Public or Community Defender as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

1. Federal defender as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission (a) In general Section 991(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking one nonvoting member. and inserting 2 nonvoting members. ; and (2) in the fifth sentence, by striking shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member and inserting and a Federal Public or Community Defender designated by the Defender Services Advisory Group, shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 235(b)(5) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note) is amended, in the last sentence, by striking nine members, including two ex officio, nonvoting members and inserting 10 members, including 3 ex officio, nonvoting members. .