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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 

To provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United 

States Parole Commission, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for the continued performance of the functions 

of the United States Parole Commission, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole 

5 Commission Extension Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 

7 1984. 

8 For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re9 form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98– 


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1 473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 

2 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 

3 Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘‘26 

4 years’’ or ‘‘26-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 

5 to ‘‘31 years’’ or ‘‘31-year period’’, respectively. 

6 SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the United States Parole 

9 Commission shall report to the Committees on the Judici10 ary of the Senate and House of Representatives the fol11 lowing for fiscal years 2012 and 2013: 

12 (1) The number of offenders in each type of 

13 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction, in14 cluding the number of Sexual or Violent Offender 

15 Registry offenders and Tier Levels offenders. 

16 (2) The number of hearings, record reviews and 

17 National Appeals Board considerations conducted by 

18 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

19 Commission has jurisdiction. 

20 (3) The number of hearings conducted by the 

21 Commission by type of hearing in each type of case 

22 over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

23 (4) The number of record reviews conducted by 

24 the Commission by type of consideration in each 


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1 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic2 tion. 

3 (5) The number of warrants issued and exe4 cuted compared to the number requested in each 

5 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic6 tion. 

7 (6) The number of revocation determinations by 

8 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

9 Commission has jurisdiction. 

10 (7) The distribution of initial offenses, includ11 ing violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

12 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

13 (8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, in14 cluding violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

15 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

16 (9) The percentage of offenders paroled or re17 paroled compared with the percentage of offenders 

18 continued to expiration of sentence (less any good 

19 time) in each type of case over which the Commis20 sion has jurisdiction. 

21 (10) The percentage of cases (except probable 

22 cause hearings and hearings in which a continuance 

23 was ordered) in which the primary and secondary 

24 examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of 

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1 lease), the release conditions to be imposed, or the 

2 reasons for the decision in each type of case over 

3 which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

4 (11) The percentage of decisions within, above, 

5 or below the Commission’s decision guidelines for 

6 Federal initial hearings (28 C.F.R. 2.20) and Fed7 eral and D.C. Code revocation hearings (28 C.F.R. 

8 2.21). 

9 (12) The percentage of revocation and non-rev10 ocation hearings in which the offender is accom11 panied by a representative in each type of case over 

12 which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

13 (13) The number of administrative appeals and 

14 the action of the National Appeals Board in relation 

15 to those appeals in each type of case over which the 

16 Commission has jurisdiction. 

17 (14) The projected number of Federal offenders 

18 that will be under the Commission’s jurisdiction as 

19 of October 31, 2018. 

20 (15) An estimate of the date on which no Fed21 eral offenders will remain under the Commission’s 

22 jurisdiction. 

23 (16) The Commission’s annual expenditures for 

24 offenders in each type of case over which the Com25 mission has jurisdiction. 


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1 (17) The annual expenditures of the Commis2 sion, including travel expenses and the annual sala3 ries of the members and staff of the Commission. 

4 (b) SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEARS.—For each of fiscal 

5 years 2014 through 2018, not later than 90 days after 

6 the end of the fiscal year, the United States Parole Com7 mission shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary 

8 of the Senate and House of Representatives the items in 

9 paragraphs (1) through (17) of subsection (a), for the fis10 cal year. 

11 (c) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAROLE FAILURE RATE

12 REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en13 actment of this Act, the United States Parole Commission 

14 shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

15 Senate and House of Representatives the following: 

16 (1) The parole failure rate for the District of 

17 Columbia for the last full fiscal year immediately 

18 preceding the date of the report. 

19 (2) The factors that cause that parole failure 

20 rate. 

21 (3) Remedial measures that might be under22 taken to reduce that parole failure rate. 

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