[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9100 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23, 2024
Mr. Gaetz (for himself and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Resentencing Integrity Act of
2024''.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTIONS FROM SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR SENTENCES IMPOSED IN
VIOLATION OF LAW.
Section 3742(g)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``subsection 3553(a)(4), the court shall
apply the guidelines'' and inserting the following:
``subsection 3553(a)(4)--
``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
court shall apply the guidelines'';
(2) by striking ``and'' at the end and inserting ``or'';
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) in the case of a sentence that was imposed in
violation of law, the court shall apply the guidelines
described in subparagraph (A) and deduct--
``(i) the portion of the sentence that was
imposed in violation of law, but not more than
10 years for each sentence of a term of
imprisonment that was imposed in violation of
law; from
``(ii) the upper limit of the total
sentence that may be imposed pursuant to such
guidelines for all remaining sentences; and''.
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