S 1500 · 96th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide certain sentencing requirements in any case in which a person commits a felony while admitted to bail.

Introduced 1979-07-12· Sponsored by Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Senate Vote
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House
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-07-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 32; sentence and judgment) to require the court, in any case in which a defendant is convicted of a felony while admitted to bail, to impose the sentence for such felony as consecutive to any previous sentence.…

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