Supporting the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the right to counsel.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Agreed to without a recorded vote. It was agreed to by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted.

D DeutchSponsor

12 cosponsors · 11 D, 1 R

8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced May 3, 2013
House Passed Nov 13, 2013

Expresses support for: (1) the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, the right to counsel; and (2) strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Nov 13, 2013

Urges states to work to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Supporting the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the right to counsel.

Latest action (Nov 13, 2013): On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 11/12/2013 H6975)

Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: May 3, 2013

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

House Introduced May 3, 2013
House Passed Nov 13, 2013

No recorded floor vote found.