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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2944 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 

Received 

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 2011’’. 

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 ‘‘24 

11 years’’ or ‘‘24-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 

12 to ‘‘27 years’’ or ‘‘27-year period’’, respectively. 

13 SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, the United States Parole Commission shall 

16 report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 

17 and House of Representatives the following: 

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

19 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction, in20 cluding the number of Sexual or Violent Offender 

21 Registry offenders and Tier Levels offenders, for fis22 cal years 2006 through 2011. 

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 


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1 Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

2 through 2011. 

3 (3) The number of hearings conducted by the 

4 Commission by type of hearing in each type of case 

5 over which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

6 years 2006 through 2011. 

7 (4) The number of record reviews conducted by 

8 the Commission by type of consideration in each 

9 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic10 tion for fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

11 (5) The number of warrants issued and exe12 cuted compared to the number requested in each 

13 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic14 tion for fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

15 (6) The number of revocation determinations by 

16 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

17 Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

18 through 2011. 

19 (7) The distribution of initial offenses, includ20 ing violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

21 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction for 

22 fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

23 (8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, in24 cluding violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 


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1 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction for 

2 fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

3 (9) The percentage of offenders paroled or re4 paroled compared with the percentage of offenders 

5 continued to expiration of sentence (less any good 

6 time) in each type of case over which the Commis7 sion has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 through 

8 2011. 

9 (10) The percentage of cases (except probable 

10 cause hearings and hearings in which a continuance 

11 was ordered) in which the primary and secondary 

12 examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of 

13 the case (the amount of time to be served before re14 lease), the release conditions to be imposed, or the 

15 reasons for the decision in each type of case over 

16 which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

17 years 2006 through 2011. 

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

19 or below the Commission’s decision guidelines for 

20 Federal initial hearings (28 CFR 2.20) and Federal 

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

22 (12) The percentage of revocation and non-rev23 ocation hearings in which the offender is accom24 panied by a representative in each type of case over 


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1 which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

2 years 2006 through 2011. 

3 (13) The number of administrative appeals and 

4 the action of the National Appeals Board in relation 

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

6 Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

7 through 2011. 

8 (14) The projected number of Federal offenders 

9 that will be under the Commission’s jurisdiction as 

10 of October 31, 2014. 

11 (15) An estimate of the date on which no Fed12 eral offenders will remain under the Commission’s 

13 jurisdiction. 

14 (16) The Commission’s annual expenditures for 

15 offenders in each type of case over which the Com16 mission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

17 through 2011. 

18 (17) The annual expenditures of the Commis19 sion, including travel expenses and the annual 


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1 salaries of the members and staff of the Commis2 sion, for fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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