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United States Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005

Date: Sept. 21, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Legal Criminal Justice


UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION AND SENTENCING COMMISSION AUTHORITY ACT OF 2005 -- (House of Representatives - September 21, 2005)

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, S. 1368, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent, is identical to H.R. 3020, which was reported out of the Committee on the Judiciary by voice vote without apparent opposition.

For the reasons outlined by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, the bill will reauthorize the U.S. Parole Commission for an additional 3 years. It will also give the Sentencing Commission emergency authority to promulgate sentencing guidelines which will implement sentencing policies reflective of recent changes in Federal law relating to sentencing in areas of obstruction of justice and anabolic steroids. Both provisions are necessary to continue to properly implement Federal sentencing laws, and I, therefore, urge my colleagues to support the bill.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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