,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjai,mr4 ,deutch 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,norton1 and ,ms4 ,schakowsky7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,governor of a ,state to submit to the  
,attorney ,general an annual report on  
the number of individuals who           
represented themselves in court in      
criminal matters or juvenile delinquency
 matters1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,status of the ,sixth ,amendment    
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,finding ,congress  
finds that the ,sixth ,amendment to the 
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
provides that ,in all criminal          
prosecutions1 the accused shall enjoy   
the right to ''' have the ,assistance of
 ,counsel for his defense44  #c4 ,report
 on individuals who represent themselves
 in criminal matters or juvenile        

delinquency matters  7a7 ,in general    
,beginning on the date that is #c years 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and annually thereafter1 the      
,governor of each ,state that receives a
 grant from the ,office of ,justice     
,programs shall submit to the ,attorney 
,general a report which contains1 at a  
minimum1 the information described in   
subsection 7b77#a7 for each of the      
categories described in subsection      
7b77#b7 for the previous year for that  
,state4  7b7 ,contents of report  7#a7  
,information described ,the information 
described in this paragraph is as       
follows3 7,a7 ,the number of charges for
 which an individual was prosecuted4    
7,b7 ,the number of charges for which a 
defendant waived his or her right to    
counsel4  7,c7 ,the number of charges   
for which a defendant was represented in
 court by counsel who was publicly      
appointed4  7,d7 ,the number of charges 
for which a defendant was represented in
 court by counsel who was not publicly  

appointed4  7#b7 ,offense categories    
described ,the categories of offenses   
described in this paragraph are as      
follows3 7,a7 ,criminal offenses for    
which a term of imprisonment of more    
than one year may be imposed4  7,b7     
,criminal offenses for which a term of  
imprisonment of one year or less may be 
imposed1 including misdemeanors1 traffic
 violations1 and violations of municipal
 ordinances4  7,c7 ,acts of juvenile    
delinquency or juvenile status offenses 
for which any term of detention may be  
imposed4  7c7 ,availability of reports  
,the ,attorney ,general shall make the  
reports required under subsection 7a7   
publicly available on the ,internet     
website of the ,department of ,justice4