1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act or the Gideon Act . 2. Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy (a) In general Chapter 201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3006A the following: 3006B. Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Board means the Board of Directors established under subsection (d) for the Office; (2) the term consult includes, with respect to covered cases— (A) giving advice; (B) drafting or editing briefs; (C) providing assistance with moot courts; and (D) organizing or coordinating the drafting, editing, and filing of amicus curiae briefs; (3) the term covered case means a noncapital case involving an issue of Federal criminal statutory or constitutional law; (4) the term Director means the Director of the Office selected in accordance with subsection (e); and (5) the term Office means the Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy established under subsection (b). (b) Establishment; purposes There is established in the District of Columbia a private nonmembership nonprofit corporation, which shall be known as the Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy, for the purpose of— (1) advocating on behalf of individuals in covered cases before— (A) the Supreme Court of the United States; and (B) when resources permit, the highest court of a State; and (2) providing assistance to attorneys advocating on behalf of individuals in covered cases described in paragraph (1). (c) Principal office The Office shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia. (d) Board of Directors (1) In general The Office shall have a Board of Directors consisting of 18 voting members— (A) 6 of whom shall be Federal Public Defenders or Executive Directors of Community Defender Organizations described in section 3006A, elected by the Federal Public Defenders and the Executive Directors of Community Defender Organizations in each district