U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Courts: enable incarcerated persons to petition Federal court for second look at certain longer sentences and establish factors for considering sentence reductions or release (see S. 5193), S6999 [6DE] (see H.R. 9431), H8800 [6DE]

Federal defender: include as nonvoting member (see H.R. 6793), H1131 [18FE]

GAO: establish process to create minority impact assessments to determine whether pending bills, if enacted, are likely to create or exacerbate disparate outcomes among racial or ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 8795), H7741 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4032 [4AU]

Reports filed

Nomination of Candice C. Wong to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Carlton W. Reeves To Be U.S. Sentencing Commission Chair: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Carlton W. Reeves to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Claire McCusker Murray to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Claria Horn Boom to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of John Gleeson to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Laura E. Mate to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]

Nomination of Luis F. Restrepo to U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3611 [21JY]