Search Results: keywords:"sentencing guidelines"

  • H. R. 10475 — To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program to address deed fraud, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,575

    H.R. 10475, also known as the "Good Documentation and Enforcement of Estate Deeds Act of 2023" or "Good DEED Act," directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to create a grant program to combat deed fraud. The program will provide competitive grants to eligible states and large...

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    The Good DEED Act is trying to stop people from stealing house papers by giving money to places that help catch these bad guys and help people who got tricked. They want to make sure everyone knows when someone tries to cheat with these papers, and they set rules on how much money should go to help people and to buy tools to catch the cheaters.

  • H. R. 395 — To require mandatory minimums for sexual abuse.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:268

    H.R. 395, also known as the "Justice for Rape Survivors Act," aims to establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain sexual abuse crimes in the United States. The bill proposes that individuals convicted of aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse under Sections 2241...

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    H.R. 395 wants to make sure that people who commit very serious crimes like sexual abuse face long time-outs by setting a rule that they must go to jail for at least 30 years if they are found guilty.

  • H. R. 7629 — To facilitate the implementation of security measures undertaken by the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:647

    H. R. 7629, titled the “Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2024,” aims to enhance security measures for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and its employees. It expresses the need to protect postal workers from violence and calls for the Attorney General to prosecute...

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    The Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2024 is about making postal workers safer by spending money to buy safer mailboxes and better keys, while also making sure that people who harm them face stronger punishment, similar to if they were hurting a police officer.

  • H. R. 9100 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the court to deduct the portion of a sentence imposed in violation of law from the upper limit of the applicable sentencing guidelines on resentencing.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:387

    H.R. 9100, also known as the “Resentencing Integrity Act of 2024,” aims to amend title 18 of the United States Code. The bill addresses situations where a court has imposed a sentence in violation of the law. It requires that, on resentencing, the court must deduct the...

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    H.R. 9100 wants to change the rules so that if a judge gave someone an extra-long time in jail by mistake, they have to take off the wrong part when they decide again how long the person should stay in jail, but they can't take off more than 10 years.

  • S. 960 — To ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death itself.
    Status:Considered and Passed Senate
    Words:584

    S. 960 extends the time frame for prosecuting homicide offenses under Federal law, allowing cases to be initiated regardless of how much time has passed between the act that caused a person's death and the death itself. The bill ensures that, even if years have passed,...

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    The Justice for Murder Victims Act is about making sure people can still be put on trial for murder under U.S. federal law, even if a long time has passed since they did something that caused someone's death. However, if the death happened more than a year and a day after the act, they can't get the death penalty.

  • H. R. 7239 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance the penalties applicable with respect to certain violations involving the use of interactive computer service to distribute a controlled substance, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:812

    H.R. 7239, titled the "Drug-Free Social Media and Digital Communities Act of 2024," aims to amend the Controlled Substances Act by increasing penalties for distributing controlled substances through social media platforms. Specifically, the bill proposes doubling the maximum...

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    H.R. 7239 is a bill that wants to make it much more serious trouble for people who use the internet, like social media, to sell drugs. If someone gets caught, they could go to jail for a long time, but they won't get as much punishment if they were just selling a tiny bit of marijuana.

  • S. 4135 — To require broad agreement for changes to sentencing law.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:179

    S. 4135, titled the “Consensus in Sentencing Act,” is a bill introduced in the United States Senate. The bill modifies the voting requirement for the Sentencing Commission, increasing the number of votes needed to make changes to sentencing guidelines. Previously, a change...

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    The bill, called the "Consensus in Sentencing Act," wants to make it harder to change the rules about how people are punished for breaking the law. Instead of needing just four people to agree, now five people have to agree to change these rules, so they make sure most people think it's the right choice.

  • H. R. 1556 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a crime punishable by death.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:456

    H. R. 1556, also known as "Eric’s Law," proposes an amendment to title 18 of the United States Code to address cases where a jury cannot unanimously decide on a sentence for crimes punishable by death. If a jury fails to reach a unanimous decision on whether a defendant...

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    In H. R. 1556, if a group of people (a jury) can't all agree on whether someone should get a death sentence for a serious crime, they can try again with a new group. If the second group also can't agree, the person will not get the death penalty.

  • S. 5461 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent unnecessary resource expenditures relating to methamphetamine prosecutions.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,425

    The bill S. 5461, titled the "Preventing Unnecessary Resource Expenditures Act" or the "PURE Act," aims to change how methamphetamine prosecutions are handled in the United States. It addresses the issue of resource waste by removing the purity requirement for methamphetamine...

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    The bill wants to change how police handle rules about a drug called methamphetamine so that they don't waste time and make sure punishments are fair. They also want to make sure people in charge of deciding punishments think about how the drug hurts people and communities.

  • S. 463 — To facilitate the implementation of security measures undertaken by the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:612

    The S. 463, also known as the "Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025," aims to improve security for Postal Service employees. It emphasizes that postal workers should be protected from violence and encourages the prosecution of assaults against them. The bill authorizes...

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    The Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025 is a plan to keep mail carriers safe by giving them better tools and boxes to protect the mail and themselves from bad guys. It promises a lot of money to make sure these safety changes happen but doesn't explain exactly how everything will be checked to make sure it works well.

  • S. 5322 — To amend the United States Sentencing Guidelines applicable to human smuggling offenses, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:425

    S. 5322, known as the “Border Smuggling Crackdown Act,” aims to revise the United States Sentencing Guidelines for human smuggling offenses. The bill proposes changes to increase the punishment levels based on the number of unlawfully smuggled individuals and the degree of...

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    S. 5322, called the “Border Smuggling Crackdown Act,” wants to make the punishments tougher for people who smuggle others into the country. The bill says if more people are smuggled or if anyone gets hurt or worse, the smuggler will get a bigger punishment.