Notice2024-18089
Final Priorities for Amendment Cycle
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Published
August 14, 2024
Issuing agencies
United States Sentencing Commission
Abstract
In June 2024, the Commission published a notice of proposed policy priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. After reviewing public comment received pursuant to the notice of proposed priorities, the Commission has identified its policy priorities for the upcoming amendment cycle and hereby gives notice of these policy priorities.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66176-66177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18089]
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UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
Final Priorities for Amendment Cycle
AGENCY: United States Sentencing Commission.
ACTION: Notice of final priorities.
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SUMMARY: In June 2024, the Commission published a notice of proposed
policy priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. After
reviewing public comment received pursuant to the notice of proposed
priorities, the Commission has identified its policy priorities for the
upcoming amendment cycle and hereby gives notice of these policy
priorities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Dukes, Senior Public Affairs
Specialist, (202) 502-4597.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Sentencing Commission is
an independent agency in the judicial branch of the United States
Government. The Commission promulgates sentencing guidelines and policy
statements for federal courts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(a). The
Commission also periodically reviews and revises previously promulgated
guidelines pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(o) and submits guideline
amendments to Congress not later than the first day of May each year
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(p).
In June 2024, the Commission asked members of the public and
stakeholders in the criminal justice system to tell the Commission what
policymaking, research, and operational work it should conduct in the
amendment cycle ending
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May 1, 2025. See 89 FR 48029 (June 4, 2024). The Commission received a
tremendous amount of input from across the country, including more than
1,200 pages of comments. The Commission is grateful to the many judges,
members of Congress, executive branch agencies, probation officers,
advisory groups, attorneys, professors, advocates, organizations, and
incarcerated individuals who took the time to provide such thoughtful
ideas that aim to make federal sentencing fairer and more just. While
the Commission received a wide array of comments, there were a clear
set of themes among them, including the following:
(1) Simplifying the guidelines and clarifying their role in
sentencing, including revising the ``categorical approach'' for
purposes of the career offender guideline and possibly amending the
Guidelines Manual to address the three-step process set forth in Sec.
1B1.1 (Application Instructions) and the use of departures and policy
statements relating to specific personal characteristics.
(2) Reducing the costs of unnecessary incarceration.
(3) Promoting public safety.
(4) Improving community supervision.
(5) Expanding the Commission's use of expertise, evidence, and best
practices.
(6) Promoting evidence-based approaches to offense and individual
characteristics.
While the Commission will continue to evaluate all the ideas it has
received, the Commission is committed to prioritizing--during the
upcoming amendment cycle and beyond--one or more of these themes, as
well as implementing any legislation warranting Commission action and
resolving circuit conflicts pursuant to the Commission's authority
under 28 U.S.C. 991(b)(1)(B) and Braxton v. United States, 500 U.S. 344
(1991). In prioritizing some themes, the Commission may submit related
guideline amendments to Congress not later than May 1, 2025. In
prioritizing other themes, the Commission may use issues for comment,
workshops, roundtables, conferences, and other tools to solicit input
about what, if any, action the Commission should take in the future.
(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 994(a), (o); USSC Rules of Practice and
Procedure 2.2, 5.2.)
Carlton W. Reeves,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-18089 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am]
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