[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2183 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2183

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce the size of grand 
                                juries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 1995

Mr. Goodlatte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce the size of grand 
                                juries.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Jury Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF SIZE OF GRAND JURIES.

    Section 3321, title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``Every grand jury'' and all that follows through the end of the 
section and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Every grand jury impaneled before any district court shall 
consist of not less than 9 nor more than 13 persons. If less than 9 of 
the persons summoned attend, they shall be placed on the grand jury and 
the court shall order that an additional number of persons be summoned 
to complete the grand jury in a manner ordered by the court in 
accordance with procedures set forth in section 1866 of title 28.
    ``(b) An indictment may be found only if at least 9 jurors are 
present and 7 of those present concur.''.
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