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Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee released a new video on the bipartisan Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713).

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved four bills to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization. First, the Committee approved the Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 4002) by voice vote, authored by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.). This legislation creates a default mens rea standard that applies when federal law does not provide a state of mind requirement.

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws. The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws. The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.