,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #d  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the  
,,united ,,states  ,december #d1 #bjah  
,mr4 ,hatch introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit courts from        
considering acquitted conduct at        
sentencing1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited  
as the ,acquitted ,conduct ,reform ,act 
of #bjah4  #b4 ,use of information for  
sentencing  7a7 ,amendment ,section     
#cffa of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by inserting 1 except 
that a court of the ,united ,states     
shall not consider acquitted conduct    
under this section before the period at 
the end4  7b7 ,applicability ,the       
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply only to a judgment entered on or  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  #c4 ,definitions ,section #cfgc  
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended-- 7#a7 in the matter preceding  

paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,as and     
inserting the following3  7a7 ,as  2 and
  7#b7 by adding at the end the         
following3  7b7 ,as used in this        
chapter1 the term acquitted conduct     
means-- 7#a7 acts for which a person was
 criminally charged and adjudicated not 
guilty after trial in a ,federal or     
,state court2 and  7#b7 acts underlying 
criminal charges dismissed-- 7,a7 in a  
,federal court upon a motion for        
acquittal under rule #bi of the ,federal
 ,rules of ,criminal ,procedure2 or     
7,b7 in a ,state court upon a motion for
 acquittal or an analogous motion under 
the applicable ,state rule of criminal  
procedure4  4