Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2003

Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2003 - Amends the Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary to read as they read without regard to the effect of Amendment number 4 of the "Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary," submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 2002, that provided for a maximum base offense level for a defendant who receives a mitigating role adjustment.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 881 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 881

         To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2003

   Mr. Coble (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Smith of 
   Texas, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. 
Cannon, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Keller, 
   Ms. Hart, Mr. Flake, Mr. Pence, Mr. Forbes, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
Carter, Mr. Feeney, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.

    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 ``Fairness in Sentencing Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDING A MAXIMUM BASE 
              OFFENSE LEVEL UNDER SECTION 2D1.1(A)(3) IF THE DEFENDANT 
              RECEIVES A MITIGATING ROLE ADJUSTMENT UNDER SECTION 
              3B1.2.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 2D1.1(a)(3), 
and the Commentary to section 3B1.2, of the Sentencing Guidelines are 
amended to read as they read without regard to the effect of Amendment 
4 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, 
and Official Commentary'' submitted by the United States Sentencing 
Commission to Congress on May 1, 2002.
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