[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1536 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1536

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1997

  Mr. Goodlatte (for himself and Mr. Goode) 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 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 3321. Number of grand jurors; summoning additional jurors
    ``(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. 
Whenever a challenge to a grand juror is allowed, and there not in 
attendance others jurors sufficient to complete the grand jury, the 
court shall make a like order.
    ``(b) An indictment may be found only if at least 9 jurors are 
present and 7 of those present concur.''.
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