[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6793

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to include a Federal Public or 
     Community Defender as a nonvoting member of the United States 
             Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

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 title 28, United States Code, to include a Federal Public or 
     Community Defender as a nonvoting member of the United States 
             Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL DEFENDER AS A NONVOTING MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES 
              SENTENCING COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 991(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``one nonvoting 
        member.'' and inserting ``2 nonvoting members.''; and
            (2) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``shall be an ex 
        officio, nonvoting member'' and inserting ``and a Federal 
        Public or Community Defender designated by the Defender 
        Services Advisory Group, shall be ex officio, nonvoting members 
        of the Commission.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 235(b)(5) of the Sentencing 
Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note) is amended, in the last 
sentence, by striking ``nine members, including two ex officio, 
nonvoting members'' and inserting ``10 members, including 3 ex officio, 
nonvoting members.''.
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