H.R. 9897 proposes an amendment to section 3559 of title 18 of the United States Code. The bill aims to classify any misdemeanor, for which no specific punishment or maximum punishment is prescribed by statute, as a Class A misdemeanor. This change would ensure that these...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to make sure that if someone breaks a rule and there's no specific punishment decided, they will be punished as if they did something serious but not as serious as a big crime. This way, everyone knows what might happen if they break a rule that didn't have a clear punishment before.