Access to Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7160
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-18
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Access to Justice Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires a federal judicial district (or two adjacent districts or parts of districts) to establish a defender organization (i.e., a federal public defender organization or community defender organization).</p> <p>Currently, a federal judicial district (or part of a district or two adjacent districts) may establish a defender organization if at least 200 persons annually require the appointment of counsel. </p> <p><br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7160 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2022 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Sablan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the establishment of defender organizations by Federal judicial districts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Justice Act of 2022 . 2. Defender organizations Section 3006A(g)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Qualifications and inserting Requirement ; (2) in the first sentence, by striking or a part of a district in which at least two hundred persons annually require the appointment of counsel may and inserting shall ; and (3) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 2 adjacent districts or parts of districts may establish a single defender organization to serve both areas. .