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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-279
PROHIBITING PUNISHMENT OF ACQUITTED CONDUCT
ACT OF 2021
MARCH 28, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1621]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1621) to amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code,
to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
Com mittee Estim ate of Budgetary Effects ............................................................ 3
New Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ........... 3
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 3
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ 4
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 4
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 1621, the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct
Act of 2021, would prohibit judges from increasing sentences
based on conduct for which a jury found a defendant not guilty.
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