CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE AUTHORITY IN PETTY OFFENSE CASES AND MAGISTRATE JUDGE AUTHORITY IN MISDEMEANOR CASES INVOLVING JUVENILE DEFENDANTS.

SEC. 203. CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE AUTHORITY IN PETTY OFFENSE CASES AND MAGISTRATE JUDGE AUTHORITY IN MISDEMEANOR CASES INVOLVING JUVENILE DEFENDANTS. (a) Amendments to Title 18.— (1) Petty offense cases.—Section 3401(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “that is a class B misdemeanor charging a motor vehicle offense, a class C misdemeanor, or an infraction,” after “petty offense”. (2) Cases involving juveniles.—Section 3401(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: “The magistrate judge may, in a petty offense case involving a juvenile, exercise all powers granted to the district court under chapter 403 of this title.”; (B) in the second sentence by striking “any other class B or C misdemeanor case” and inserting “the case of any misdemeanor, other than a petty offense,”; and (C) by striking the last sentence. (b) Amendments to Title 28.—Section 636(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following: “(4) the power to enter a sentence for a petty offense; and “(5) the power to enter a sentence for a class A misdemeanor in a case in which the parties have consented.”.