In language that was approved by the Committee on the Judiciary. it differs a little bit from that proposed by the Judicial Conference. because the committee did recognize that class B misdemeanors do carry the potential for a level of punishment many people would consider to be significant. We want to recognize the special needs of those districts that have this very high caseload of petty offenses that are Federal cases only because of the accident of geography. that is. the offense occurred on Federal property. therefore. it goes into a Federal court. We realized that clutters the court. but. at the same time. we drew the line making sure that there were some core Federal law concerns. such as illegal entry charges under our immigration laws that would give people access to a title III judge and it was terribly important that we preserve that part. So that is the real main difference from what the Judicial Conference asked us to do. but we did it and I think it is going to be fine. I really join the gentleman from California and the gentleman from Illinois In urging my colleagues to support this bill so that we can do everything we can to help the Judicial Conference move forward efficiently.
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