Search Results: keywords:"sentencing guidelines"

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.