113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Commission Extension Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 

5 1984. 

6 For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re7 form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98– 

8 473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 

9 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 

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

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

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

13 SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

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

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

16 Commission shall report to the Committees on the Judici17 ary of the Senate and House of Representatives the fol18 lowing for fiscal years 2012 and 2013: 

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

20 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction, in21 cluding the number of Sexual or Violent Offender 

22 Registry offenders and Tier Levels offenders. 

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

24 National Appeals Board considerations conducted by 

25 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

26 Commission has jurisdiction. 
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1 (3) The number of hearings conducted by the 

2 Commission by type of hearing in each type of case 

3 over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

4 (4) The number of record reviews conducted by 

5 the Commission by type of consideration in each 

6 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic7 tion. 

8 (5) The number of warrants issued and exe9 cuted compared to the number requested in each 

10 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic11 tion. 

12 (6) The number of revocation determinations by 

13 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

14 Commission has jurisdiction. 

15 (7) The distribution of initial offenses, includ16 ing violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

17 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

18 (8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, in19 cluding violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

20 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

21 (9) The percentage of offenders paroled or re22 paroled compared with the percentage of offenders 

23 continued to expiration of sentence (less any good 

24 time) in each type of case over which the Commis25 sion has jurisdiction. 
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1 (10) The percentage of cases (except probable 

2 cause hearings and hearings in which a continuance 

3 was ordered) in which the primary and secondary 

4 examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of 

5 the case (the amount of time to be served before re6 lease), the release conditions to be imposed, or the 

7 reasons for the decision in each type of case over 

8 which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

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

10 or below the Commission’s decision guidelines for 

11 Federal initial hearings (28 CFR 2.20) and Federal 

12 and D.C. Code revocation hearings (28 CFR 2.21). 

13 (12) The percentage of revocation and non-rev14 ocation hearings in which the offender is accom15 panied by a representative in each type of case over 

16 which the Commission has jurisdiction. 

17 (13) The number of administrative appeals and 

18 the action of the National Appeals Board in relation 

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

20 Commission has jurisdiction. 

21 (14) The projected number of Federal offenders 

22 that will be under the Commission’s jurisdiction as 

23 of October 31, 2018. 
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1 (15) An estimate of the date on which no Fed2 eral offenders will remain under the Commission’s 

3 jurisdiction. 

4 (16) The Commission’s annual expenditures for 

5 offenders in each type of case over which the Com6 mission has jurisdiction. 

7 (17) The annual expenditures of the Commis8 sion, including travel expenses and the annual sala9 ries of the members and staff of the Commission. 

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

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

12 the end of the fiscal year, the United States Parole Com13 mission shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary 

14 of the Senate and House of Representatives the items in 

15 paragraphs (1) through (17) of subsection (a), for the fis16 cal year. 

17 (c) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAROLE FAILURE RATE

18 REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en19 actment of this Act, the United States Parole Commission 

20 shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

21 Senate and House of Representatives the following: 

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

23 Columbia for the last full fiscal year immediately 

24 preceding the date of the report. 
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1 (2) The factors that cause that parole failure 

2 rate. 

3 (3) Remedial measures that might be under4 taken to reduce that parole failure rate. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 14, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 

AN ACT 

To provide for the continued performance of the 

sion, and for other purposes. functions of the United States Parole Commis-