,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #cj1 
#bjba,mr4 ,booker 7for himself and ,mr4 
,durbin7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to include a ,federal defender as a  
nonvoting member of the ,united ,states 
,sentencing ,commission4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,sentencing ,commission ,improvements   
,act4  #b4 ,federal defender as a       
nonvoting member of the ,united ,states 
,sentencing ,commission  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #iia7;a7 of title #bh1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in the
 first sentence1 by striking one        
nonvoting member4 and inserting #b      
nonvoting members42 and  7#b7 in the    
fifth sentence1 by striking shall be an 
ex officio1 nonvoting member and        
inserting and a ,federal ,public or     
,community ,defender designated by the  
,defender ,services ,advisory ,group1   

shall be ex officio1 nonvoting members  
of the ,commission44  7b7 ,conforming   
amendment ,section #bce7;b77#e7 of the  
,sentencing ,reform ,act of #aihd 7#ah  
,u4,s4,c4 #ceea note7 is amended1 in the
 last sentence1 by striking nine        
members1 including two ex officio1      
nonvoting members and inserting #aj     
members1 including #c ex officio1       
nonvoting members44