S. 3483: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S8737)

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Official title

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing.

Plain summary

This bill limits the consideration of acquitted conduct (e.g., conduct underlying criminal charges for which an individual was found not guilty) by a federal court at sentencing.

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Official text

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3483.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s3483 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills