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On the recordSeptember 26, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2566 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 ``Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. ACQUITTED CONDUCT AT SENTENCING. (a) Use of Information for Sentencing.-- (1) Amendment.--Section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, except that a court of the United States shall not consider, except for purposes of mitigating a sentence, acquitted conduct under this section'' before the period at the end. (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply only to a judgment entered on or after the date of enactment of this Act.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 26, 2019

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