Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5430 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5430 To amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 13, 2023 Mr. Armstrong (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing. 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 2023''. 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, ex…