An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record to provide that fact-intensive and time-consuming "harmless-error sentencing claims" will be reviewed again in Federal court only if the State court erred in determining that the claim was subject to harmlessness review.

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   Change 1: Strikes the closing quotation marks and period at the end of page 42, line 6

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   …[struck: ".]

   Original wording

   Page 42, line 6, strike the close quotation mark and the period

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 42, line 6

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   Inserted: (k) Sentencing Claims.--A court, justice, or judge shall not have jurisdiction to consider an application with respect to an error relating to the applicant's sentence or sentencing that has been found to be harmless or not prejudicial in State court proceedings, or that was found by a State court to be procedurally barred, unless a determination that the error is not structural is contrary to clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.

   Original wording

   Page 42, after line 6, insert the following:

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