The President's bill also preserves and codifies the important U.S. Supreme Court rulings in this area. In addition, it sharply curtails the abuse of habeas corpus by specifically providing that issues that were fully and fairly litigated in the State courts will not be heard again by Federal officials. These reforms are urgently needed, because three complete post-conviction reviews of criminal sentences are currently allowed. However, the habeas corpus provisions contained in the conference report on the current crime bill, H.R. 3371, will compound the current problems by overruling many of the most significant recent Supreme Court decisions and increasing delays and the number of cases. Footnotes