Consensus in Sentencing Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4135 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4135 To require broad agreement for changes to sentencing law. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16, 2024 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require broad agreement for changes to sentencing law. 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 ``Consensus in Sentencing Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SENTENCING COMMISSION VOTING REQUIREMENT. Section 994(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``four'' and inserting ``5''. <all>…