,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dacf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1    
#bjbf,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 member and inserting #b       
nonvoting members2 and  7#b7 in the     
fifth sentence1 by striking shall be an 
ex officio1 nonvoting member and        
inserting and a ,federal public         
defender1 or a community defender1      
designated by the ,defender ,services   

,office of the ,administrative ,office  
of the ,united ,states ,courts1 shall be
 ex officio1 nonvoting members4  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 third sentence1 by  
striking nine members1 including two and
 inserting #aj members1 including #c4