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HCONRES 478 108th Congress House Law Constitutional law Juries Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Supreme Court Supreme Court decisions

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Aug 4, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 22, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 22, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court should act expeditiously to resolve the current confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system by promptly considering and ruling on the constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

What's happening now August 4, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 130 Identical bill A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expedit…
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 22, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 478: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-478/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 478: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-478/.
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H. Con. Res. 478, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-478/.
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[H. Con. Res. 478: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-478/)
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