[20010112]97-736_第106届国会受害者权利修正案：宪法修改建议概述.pdf

Congressional Research Service ? The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web97-736 AUpdated January 12, 2001Victims Rights Amendment in the 106th Congress:Overview of Suggestions to Amend theConstitution(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThirty-three states have added a victims rights amendment to their stateconstitutions. Both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees held hearings on similarproposals in the 106th Congress to amend the United States Constitution (S.J.Res. 3introduced by Senator Kyl for himself and Senator Feinstein and H.J.Res. 64 introducedby Representative Chabot). The Senate Committee initially reported out an amendedversion of S.J.Res. 3 without a written report, but issued a report prior to floorconsideration of the reported proposal, S.Rept. 106-254. Neither S.J.Res. 3 nor H.J.Res.64 were ever brought to a vote on the floor. This is an overview of those proposals andis an abbreviated form of Victims Rights Amendment: Proposals to Amend the UnitedStates Constitution in the 106th Congress, CRS Report RL30525. Authorities identifiedthere have been omitted here in the interests of brevityPro and ConArgument