3.0.0 3145 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z Senate S 2016-07-07 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-07T21:12:28Z 2016-07-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4917-4918) IntroReferral 2016-07-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N Law Judicial review and appeals Lawyers and legal services Supreme Court Law 00 2016-07-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-01T14:54:05Z Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act or the Gideon Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code by establishing the Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy as a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation. It must advocate on behalf of individuals in noncapital cases involving an issue of federal criminal statutory law or constitutional law before: (1) the Supreme Court of the United States, and (2) the highest courts in the states when resources permit. The office may also provide assistance to attorneys advocating on behalf of those individuals.

]]> Gideon Act Display Title Gideon Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a corporation to advocate on behalf of individuals in noncapital criminal cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gideon Act Short Titles as Introduced Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act Introduced in Senate 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3145is/xml/BILLS-114s3145is.xml 2016-07-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4917-4918) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.