{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1621","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1621","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-03-28","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h83","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act","result":"Passed","yea":405,"nay":12,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll083.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315.","date":"2022-03-29"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-03-28","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill limits the consideration of acquitted conduct (e.g., conduct underlying criminal charges for which an individual was found not guilty) by a federal court at sentencing."}],"words":35},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars federal courts from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing, except to lessen a sentence, and defines acquitted conduct in title 18 of the United States Code.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}]},"core_areas":["Use of acquitted conduct in federal sentencing","Definition of acquitted conduct in title 18, United States Code"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, so that a court of the United States shall not consider acquitted conduct, except for purposes of mitigating a sentence.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}},{"text":"Applies the sentencing change only to a judgment entered on or after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}},{"text":"Amends section 3673 of title 18, United States Code, to define acquitted conduct for that chapter, including an act for which a person was charged and adjudicated not guilty after trial in a Federal, State, or Tribal court.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}},{"text":"Includes in the definition an act for which the person received any favorable disposition on a prior charge, whether pretrial, at trial, or post trial, and an act charged against a juvenile who was found not responsible after a juvenile adjudication hearing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}},{"text":"Includes in the definition any act underlying a charge or juvenile information dismissed on a motion for acquittal under rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or an analogous State or Tribal motion.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H0C74A9EE716F4CAEAA888B9C41F47A82"}},{"text":"Provides that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 are determined by the latest \"Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation\" statement submitted by the House Budget Committee Chairman before the vote on passage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H1DEEC8ED775F4BB491AC6C4AB5B133E8"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh#H1DEEC8ED775F4BB491AC6C4AB5B133E8"},"heading":"Determination of budgetary effects","effect":"Sets how the budgetary effects of this Act are determined under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, by reference to a statement printed in the Congressional Record by the House Budget Committee Chairman.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-03-28","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1621/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1621.png","v":"a4134725ec61","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1621, 117th Congress: Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021. House: 405 Yea, 12 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 28 Mar 2022."}}