43956 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2018 / Notices 

objections raised by Redstone Arsenal. 

The Arsenal objected to a public 

roadway passing through Arsenal 

property due to increased security 

concerns. 

Any future Federal-aid actions within 

this corridor will comply with 

environmental review requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), FHWA 

environmental regulations (23 CFR 771) 

and related authorities, as appropriate. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: August 20, 2018. 

Mark Bartlett, 

Division Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Montgomery, Alabama. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18665 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Transit Advisory Committee for Safety; 

Re-Establishment of Charter 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of re-establishment of 

Transit Advisory Committee for Safety. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the reestablishment of the Transit Advisory 

Committee for Safety (TRACS) via a new 

charter. TRACS is a Federal Advisory 

Committee established by the U.S. 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act to provide 

information, advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary and 

the Administrator of FTA on matters 

relating to the safety of public 

transportation systems. This charter will 

be effective for two years from the date 

it is filed with Congress. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Henrika Buchanan, TRACS Designated 

Federal Officer, Acting Associate 

Administrator, FTA Office of Transit 

Safety and Oversight, (202) 366–4020; or 

Adrianne Malasky, FTA Office of 

Transit Safety and Oversight, (202) 366– 

1783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2). Please 

see the TRACS website for additional 

information at https://

www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-andguidance/safety/transit-advisorycommittee-safety-tracs. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

K. Jane Williams, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18541 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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UNITED STATES SENTENCING 

COMMISSION 

Final Priorities for Amendment Cycle 

AGENCY: United States Sentencing 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of final priorities. 

SUMMARY: In June 2018, the Commission 

published a notice of proposed policy 

priorities for the amendment cycle 

ending May 1, 2019. See 83 FR 30477 

(June 28, 2018). 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: 

Christine Leonard, Director, Office of 

Legislative and Public Affairs, (202) 

502–4500, pubaffairs@ussc.gov. 

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 sentencing 

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). 

As part of its statutory authority and 

responsibility to analyze sentencing 

issues, including operation of the 

federal sentencing guidelines, the 

Commission has identified its policy 

priorities for the amendment cycle 

ending May 1, 2019. Other factors, such 

as legislation requiring Commission 

action, may affect the Commission’s 

ability to complete work on any or all 

identified priorities by May 1, 2019. 

Accordingly, the Commission may 

continue work on any or all identified 

priorities after that date or may decide 

not to pursue one or more identified 

priorities. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(g), the 

Commission intends to consider the 

issue of reducing costs of incarceration 

and overcapacity of prisons, to the 

extent it is relevant to any identified 

priority. 

The Commission has identified the 

following priorities: 

(1) Continuation of its multiyear 

examination of the structure of the 

guidelines post-Booker and 

consideration of legislative 

recommendations or guideline 

amendments to simplify the guidelines, 

while promoting proportionality and 

reducing sentencing disparities, and to 

account appropriately for the 

defendant’s role, culpability, and 

relevant conduct. 

(2) Continuation of its work with 

Congress and others to implement the 

recommendations of the Commission’s 

2016 report to Congress, Career 

Offender Sentencing Enhancements, 

including its recommendations to revise 

the career offender directive at 28 U.S.C. 

994(h) to focus on offenders who have 

committed at least one ‘‘crime of 

violence’’ and to adopt a uniform 

definition of ‘‘crime of violence’’ 

applicable to the guidelines and other 

recidivist statutory provisions. 

(3) Consideration of possible 

amendments to § 4B1.2 (Definitions of 

Terms Used in Section 4B1.1) to (A) 

allow courts to consider the actual 

conduct of the defendant, rather than 

only the elements of the offense (i.e., 

‘‘categorical approach’’), in determining 

whether an offense is a crime of 

violence or a controlled substance 

offense; and (B) address various 

application issues, including the 

meaning of ‘‘robbery’’ and ‘‘extortion,’’ 

and the treatment of inchoate offenses 

and offenses involving an offer to sell a 

controlled substance. 

(4) Continuation of its work with 

Congress and others to implement the 

recommendations of the Commission’s 

2011 report to Congress, Mandatory 

Minimum Penalties in the Federal 

Criminal Justice System—including its 

recommendations regarding the severity 

and scope of mandatory minimum 

penalties, consideration of expanding 

the ‘‘safety valve’’ at 18 U.S.C. 3553(f), 

and elimination of the mandatory 

‘‘stacking’’ of penalties under 18 U.S.C. 

924(c)—and preparation of a series of 

publications updating the data in the 

report. 

(5) Continuation of its comprehensive, 

multiyear study of recidivism, including 

the circumstances that correlate with 

increased or reduced recidivism. 

(6) Implementation of any legislation 

warranting Commission action. 

(7) Study of Chapter Four, Part A 

(Criminal History), focusing on (A) how 

the guidelines treat revocations under 


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