Quality Defense Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1102 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1102 To incentivize States and localities to improve access to justice, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2025 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To incentivize States and localities to improve access to justice, and for other purposes. 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 ``Providing a Quality Defense Act of 2025'' or the ``Quality Defense Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to protect the constitutional rights to due process and a fair criminal prosecution under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, including the right to …