PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 7235 (97th)

Uniform Sentencing Act of 1982

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 September 1982

Last action

—

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

Sponsors

—

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

29 August 2025

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Uniform Sentencing Act of 1982 - Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to prescribe sentencing guidelines for Federal judges to use in determining criminal sentences. Provides that the guidelines and a statement of their expected impact be submitted to Congress. Specifies criteria for the payment of fines and for terms of imprisonment. Establishes within the Judicial Conference a Committee on Sentencing made up of seven appointed members with a variety of backgrounds and interests in the Federal criminal justice system.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.