Sentencing Commission Improvements Act

Bill: 117-s-3286
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-11-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Lawyers and legal services

U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Sentencing Commission Improvements Act</strong></p> <p>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: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3286 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 30, 2021 Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include a Federal defender as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sentencing Commission Improvements Act . 2. 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. .