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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2944 

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 15, 2011 

Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, 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 2011’’. 

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 ‘‘24 

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

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

6 SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

7 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the United States Parole Commission shall 

9 report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 

10 and House of Representatives the following: 

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

12 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction, in13 cluding the number of Sexual or Violent Offender 

14 Registry offenders and Tier Levels offenders, for fis15 cal years 2006 through 2011. 

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 for fiscal years 2006 

20 through 2011. 

21 (3) The number of hearings conducted by the 

22 Commission by type of hearing in each type of case 

23 over which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

24 years 2006 through 2011. 


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1 (4) The number of record reviews conducted by 

2 the Commission by type of consideration in each 

3 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic4 tion for fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

5 (5) The number of warrants issued and exe6 cuted compared to the number requested in each 

7 type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic8 tion for fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

9 (6) The number of revocation determinations by 

10 the Commission in each type of case over which the 

11 Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

12 through 2011. 

13 (7) The distribution of initial offenses, includ14 ing violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

15 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction for 

16 fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

17 (8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, in18 cluding violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 

19 case over which the Commission has jurisdiction for 

20 fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

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 

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1 sion has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 through 

2 2011. 

3 (10) The percentage of cases (except probable 

4 cause hearings and hearings in which a continuance 

5 was ordered) in which the primary and secondary 

6 examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of 

7 the case (the amount of time to be served before re8 lease), the release conditions to be imposed, or the 

9 reasons for the decision in each type of case over 

10 which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

11 years 2006 through 2011. 

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

13 or below the Commission’s decision guidelines for 

14 Federal initial hearings (28 C.F.R. 2.20) and Fed15 eral and D.C. Code revocation hearings (28 C.F.R. 

16 2.21). 

17 (12) The percentage of revocation and non-rev18 ocation hearings in which the offender is accom19 panied by a representative in each type of case over 

20 which the Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal 

21 years 2006 through 2011. 

22 (13) The number of administrative appeals and 

23 the action of the National Appeals Board in relation 

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


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1 Commission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

2 through 2011. 

3 (14) The projected number of Federal offenders 

4 that will be under the Commission’s jurisdiction as 

5 of October 31, 2014. 

6 (15) An estimate of the date on which no Fed7 eral offenders will remain under the Commission’s 

8 jurisdiction. 

9 (16) The Commission’s annual expenditures for 

10 offenders in each type of case over which the Com11 mission has jurisdiction for fiscal years 2006 

12 through 2011. 

13 (17) The annual expenditures of the Commis14 sion, including travel expenses and the annual sala15 ries of the members and staff of the Commission, for 

16 fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 

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