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HR 1251 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Lawyers and legal services U.S. Sentencing Commission

To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 2015 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 4, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the federal judicial code to add a federal defender representative designated by the Judicial Conference of the United States as a nonvoting member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

What's happening now March 31, 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2944 Related bill Sensenbrenner-Scott SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1251: To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1251/
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"H.R. 1251: To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1251/.
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H.R. 1251, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1251/.
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[H.R. 1251: To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1251/)
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