A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Prohibiting punishment of acquitted conduct Section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting , except that a court of the United States...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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