U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: limit funding for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 2089), H1630 [29MR]

Courts: authorize to depart from statutory minimum in cases of juvenile offenders, youthful victim offenders, and certain other minors (see H.R. 4724), H3700 [18JY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1152), S1091 [30MR]

Federal defender: include as nonvoting member (see S. 851), S825 [16MR]

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. 613), H489 [27JA]

Remarks in Senate

Federal defender: include as nonvoting member (S. 851), S829–S831 [16MR]

Texts of

S. 1152, Smarter Sentencing Act, S1095 [30MR]