Sentencing Commission Improvements Act

This bill would add a second nonvoting member to the United States Sentencing Commission, bringing the total number of nonvoting members to two. The new member would be a federal public defender or community defender appointed by the Defender Services Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. This change would allow defense attorneys to participate in sentencing guidelines discussions without having voting power on the commission. The bill also updates the total membership count to reflect the addition of this second nonvoting position.