[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 569 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 569

To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari 
 review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States 
                 Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2009

   Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Holt, Ms. 
Bordallo, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. 
Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari 
 review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States 
                 Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

    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 ``Equal Justice for Our Military Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1259 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or denied'' after 
        ``granted''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or denied'' after 
        ``granted''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 867a(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``The Supreme Court may 
not review by a writ of certiorari under this section any action of the 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in refusing to grant a petition 
for review.''.
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