[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4302 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4302

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading in open 
           court in criminal cases of crime victims' rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2007

  Mr. Chabot 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 require the reading in open 
           court in criminal cases of crime victims' rights.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3771(b) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(3) Reading of rights.--In the trial of every criminal 
        case or at sentencing if there is no trial, the judge shall 
        read in open court the rights of victims set forth in 
        subsection (a).''.
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