S. 207295th CongressSenate Bill

Repeals the requirement of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968 that the written plan for jury selection of each United States…

Official title: A bill to amend the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, as amended, to make the excuse of prospective jurors from Federal jury service on the grounds of distance from the place of holding court contingent upon a showing of hardship on an individual basis.

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Repeals the requirement of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968 that the written plan for jury selection of each United States district court fix a distance, either in terms of mileage or travel time, beyond which prospective jurors may automatically be excused from traveling for jury duty.

Introduced Sep 8, 1977
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Dennis DeConcini

Democrat

U.S. Senator · AZ

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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