S. 1983105th CongressSenate Bill

Amends the Federal judicial code to require at least two of the members of the United States Sentencing Commission who are not Federal…

Official title: A bill to amend section 991(a) of title 28, United States Code, to require certain members of the United States Sentencing Commission to be selected from among individuals who are victims of a crime of violence.

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Amends the Federal judicial code to require at least two of the members of the United States Sentencing Commission who are not Federal judges to be individuals who are victims of a crime of violence or, in the case of a homicide, an immediate family member of such a victim.

Introduced Apr 24, 1998
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Bob Smith

Republican

U.S. Senator · NH

3 cosponsors — all Republican

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