H.R. 5430, Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 2, 2023
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
*
9
Revenues
0
*
*
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
*
9
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
-5
-42
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $2.5 billion
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $5 billion
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
* = between -$500,000 and $500,000.
The bill would
Prohibit federal judges, when setting prison sentences in criminal cases, from considering conduct for which defendants were acquitted, unless consideration of the conduct would reduce the sentence
Estimated budgetary effects would mainly stem from
Reductions in discretionary spending by the Federal Bureau of Prisons because some prisoners would serve sentences that are shorter than they would under current law
Increases in direct spending for health care, Social Security, and other federal benefits
Areas of significant uncertainty include
Projecting the number of defendants who would receive lower sentences
Estimating the number of defendants affected under the act who would receive federal benefits