II 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 15, 2013 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide for the continued performance of the functions 
of the United States Parole Commission, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole 
Commission Extension Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 
1984. 
For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re-
form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98– 
473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 
311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 
Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘‘26 
years’’ or ‘‘26-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 
to ‘‘31 years’’ or ‘‘31-year period’’, respectively. 
SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the United States Parole 
Commission shall report to the Committees on the Judici-
ary of the Senate and House of Representatives the fol-
lowing for fiscal years 2012 and 2013: 
(1) The number of offenders in each type of 
case over which the Commission has jurisdiction, in-
cluding the number of Sexual or Violent Offender 
Registry offenders and Tier Levels offenders. 
(2) The number of hearings, record reviews and 
National Appeals Board considerations conducted by 
the Commission in each type of case over which the 
Commission has jurisdiction. 
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(3) The number of hearings conducted by the 
Commission by type of hearing in each type of case 
over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 
(4) The number of record reviews conducted by 
the Commission by type of consideration in each 
type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic-
tion. 
(5) The number of warrants issued and exe-
cuted compared to the number requested in each 
type of case over which the Commission has jurisdic-
tion. 
(6) The number of revocation determinations by 
the Commission in each type of case over which the 
Commission has jurisdiction. 
(7) The distribution of initial offenses, includ-
ing violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 
case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 
(8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, in-
cluding violent offenses, for offenders in each type of 
case over which the Commission has jurisdiction. 
(9) The percentage of offenders paroled or re- 
paroled compared with the percentage of offenders 
continued to expiration of sentence (less any good 
time) in each type of case over which the Commis-
sion has jurisdiction. 
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(10) The percentage of cases (except probable 
cause hearings and hearings in which a continuance 
was ordered) in which the primary and secondary 
examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of 
the case (the amount of time to be served before re-
lease), the release conditions to be imposed, or the 
reasons for the decision in each type of case over 
which the Commission has jurisdiction. 
(11) The percentage of decisions within, above, 
or below the Commission’s decision guidelines for 
Federal initial hearings (28 CFR 2.20) and Federal 
and D.C. Code revocation hearings (28 CFR 2.21). 
(12) The percentage of revocation and non-rev-
ocation hearings in which the offender is accom-
panied by a representative in each type of case over 
which the Commission has jurisdiction. 
(13) The number of administrative appeals and 
the action of the National Appeals Board in relation 
to those appeals in each type of case over which the 
Commission has jurisdiction. 
(14) The projected number of Federal offenders 
that will be under the Commission’s jurisdiction as 
of October 31, 2018. 
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(15) An estimate of the date on which no Fed-
eral offenders will remain under the Commission’s 
jurisdiction. 
(16) The Commission’s annual expenditures for 
offenders in each type of case over which the Com-
mission has jurisdiction. 
(17) The annual expenditures of the Commis-
sion, including travel expenses and the annual sala-
ries of the members and staff of the Commission. 
(b) SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEARS.—For each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018, not later than 90 days after 
the end of the fiscal year, the United States Parole Com-
mission shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and House of Representatives the items in 
paragraphs (1) through (17) of subsection (a), for the fis-
cal year. 
(c) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAROLE FAILURE RATE 
REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the United States Parole Commission 
shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and House of Representatives the following: 
(1) The parole failure rate for the District of 
Columbia for the last full fiscal year immediately 
preceding the date of the report. 
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(2) The factors that cause that parole failure 
rate. 
(3) Remedial measures that might be under-
taken to reduce that parole failure rate. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 14, 
2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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