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(c) PAYMENTS.—The Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts shall disburse the revocation reduc-
tion incentive payments and high performance grants cal-
culated for any calendar year to judicial districts in the 
following fiscal year. 
SEC. 543. USE OF PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPERVISION PERFORM-
ANCE INCENTIVE FUND.—Each district probation office 
is hereby authorized to establish a Supervision Perform-
ance Incentive Fund (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to receive all amounts allocated to the 
judicial district for the purposes of implementing this sec-
tion. In any fiscal year for which a district probation office 
receives sums to be expended for the implementation of 
this section, those sums, including any interest, shall be 
made available to the chief probation officer of that dis-
trict probation office, not later than 30 days after the de-
posit of those moneys into the fund. 
(b) AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.—Funds received 
through appropriations for the purposes of this subtitle 
shall be used by the chief probation officer or his designee 
to provide supervision and rehabilitative services for Fed-
eral supervisees, and shall be spent on implementing or 
enhancing evidence-based community corrections practices 
and programs, which may include the following: 
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(1) Implementing and expanding evidence-based 
risk and needs assessments. 
(2) Implementing and expanding the use of 
graduated sanctions pursuant to section 3609. 
(3) Implementing and expanding treatment and 
services associated with problem-solving courts that 
are proven to reduce recidivism among the targeted 
population. 
(4) Expanding the availability of evidence-based 
rehabilitation programs, including drug and alcohol 
treatment, mental health treatment, employment 
programs, services for victims of domestic violence, 
services for veterans, and cognitive behavioral ther-
apy. 
(5) Expanding the availability, in terms of 
hours and geographic locations, of day reporting 
centers and the reporting hours of existing probation 
offices to accommodate supervisees’ work, education, 
and/or child care schedules. 
(6) Hiring social workers to assist supervisees 
in applications for social services and programs on 
the local, State, and Federal level. 
(7) Evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilita-
tion and supervision programs and ensuring pro-
gram fidelity. 
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(c) MANDATORY EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the chief probation officer, in consultation 
with the chief judge of the judicial district, shall de-
vote at least 5 percent of all funding received 
through the Fund to evaluate the effectiveness of 
those programs and practices implemented or ex-
panded with the funds provided pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
(2) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT.—A chief proba-
tion officer may petition the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts for waiver of this restric-
tion, and the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts shall have the authority to grant such 
a petition, if the Chief Probation Officer can dem-
onstrate that the department is already devoting suf-
ficient funds to the evaluation of these programs and 
practices. 
(d) ACCOUNTING.—The head of each district proba-
tion office receiving amounts from the Fund shall provide 
for a separate accounting of those amounts sufficient to 
evaluate the effectiveness of each program. 
SEC. 544. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
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(1) CHIEF
JUDGE.—The term ‘‘chief judge’’ 
with respect to a district court means the chief judge 
of that court, or the judge of that court if there is 
only one judge. 
(2) CHIEF
PROBATION
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘chief probation officer’’ means the probation officer 
designated by the court to direct the work of all pro-
bation officers serving in the judicial district. 
(3) COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘community corrections program’’ means an 
evidence-based recidivism reduction program estab-
lished pursuant to this subtitle, consisting of a sys-
tem of services dedicated to all of the following 
goals: 
(A) Enhancing public safety through the 
management and reduction of a supervisee’s 
risk of recidivism while under supervision. 
(B) Supporting supervisees’ achievement of 
stability of employment and housing by using a 
range of supervision tools, sanctions, and serv-
ices applied to supervisees for the purpose of re-
ducing criminal conduct and promoting behav-
ioral change that reduces recidivism and pro-
motes the successful reintegration of offenders 
into the community. 
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(C) Holding offenders accountable for their 
criminal behaviors and for successful compli-
ance with applicable court orders and conditions 
of supervision. 
(D) Improving public safety outcomes for 
persons placed on supervision, as measured by 
their successful completion of supervision and 
commensurate 
reduction 
in 
the 
rate 
of 
supervisees sent to prison as a result of a rev-
ocation or conviction for a new crime. 
(4) EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICES.—The term 
‘‘evidence-based practices’’ means supervision poli-
cies, procedures, programs, and practices that sci-
entific research demonstrates reduce recidivism 
among people on probation or supervised release. 
(5) SUPERVISEE.—The term ‘‘supervisee’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3609 of title 
18, United States Code. 
(6) SUPERVISION.—The term ‘‘supervision’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3609 of title 
18, United States Code. 
(7) 
REVOCATION.—The 
term 
‘‘revocation’’ 
means a judicial process to revoke supervision that 
imposes confinement. 
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Subtitle 
F—Maximizing 
Public 
Safety Returns on Corrections 
Dollars 
SEC. 551. CLARIFICATION OR ORIGINAL CONGRESSIONAL 
INTENT REGARDING CALCULATION OF GOOD 
TIME CONDUCT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) so that paragraph (1) reads as follows: 
‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and in addition 
to the time actually served by the prisoner and any 
credit provided to the prisoner under any other pro-
vision of law, a prisoner who is serving a term of im-
prisonment of more than 1 year, other than a term 
of imprisonment for the duration of the prisoner’s 
life, shall receive credit computed under this para-
graph toward that prisoner’s term of imprisonment. 
The credit under this paragraph is computed begin-
ning on the date on which the sentence of the pris-
oner commences, at the rate of 54 days per year of 
the sentence imposed by the court, if the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons determines that the prisoner 
has displayed exemplary compliance with institu-
tional disciplinary regulations.’’; and 
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(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) This subsection applies to all prisoners 
serving a term of imprisonment for offenses com-
mitted on or after November 1, 1987. With respect 
to a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment on the 
date of the enactment of the Sensenbrenner-Scott 
SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015, this sub-
section shall apply to the entirety of the sentence 
imposed on the prisoner, including time already 
served. 
‘‘(4) A prisoner may not be awarded credit 
under this subsection that would cause the prisoner 
to be eligible for release earlier than the time the 
prisoner already has served.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 552. ANALYSIS OF FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR INCLU-
SION IN PRESENTENCE REPORTS. 
(a) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN IMPOSING A 
SENTENCE.—Section 3553(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting 
‘‘and the average annual fiscal cost of each;’’. 
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(b) PRESENTENCE REPORTS.—Section 3552(a) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following ‘‘The appropriate officials of the United 
States Probation and Pretrial Services shall provide infor-
mation on the average annual cost of the kinds of sen-
tences available as part of the Presentence Investigation 
Report. For the purposes of this subsection the average 
annual cost of incarceration is the figure per fiscal year 
as published by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. 
The average annual fiscal costs of alternatives to incarcer-
ation for that judicial district shall be compiled by the 
United States Probation and Pretrial Services.’’. 
(c) DIRECTIVE TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION.— 
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, 
United States Code, and in accordance with this section, 
the United States Sentencing Commission shall amend its 
guidelines and its policy statements to ensure that the 
guidelines and policy statements are consistent with the 
amendments made by this section and reflect the intent 
of Congress that an analysis of fiscal implications be in-
cluded in presentence reports and considered in the impo-
sition of appropriate sentences. 
(d) DIRECTIVE TO THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE.— 
Pursuant to its authority under section 334 of title 28, 
United States Code, and in accordance with this section, 
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the Judicial Conference of the United States shall propose 
an amendment to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 
consistent with the amendments made by this section to 
reflect the intent of Congress that an analysis of fiscal 
implications shall be included in presentence reports and 
considered in the imposition of appropriate sentences. 
SEC. 553. INVESTING IN AND SUPPORTING SAFE LAW EN-
FORCEMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Most law enforcement officers walk into 
risky situations and encounter tragedy on a regular 
basis. Some, such as the police who responded to the 
carnage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School, wit-
ness horror that stays with them for the rest of their 
lives. Others are physically injured in carrying out 
their duties, sometimes needlessly, through mistakes 
made in high stress situations. The recent notable 
deaths of officers are stark reminders of the risk of-
ficers face. As a result, physical, mental, and emo-
tional injuries plague many law enforcement agen-
cies. However, a large proportion of officer injuries 
and deaths are not the result of interaction with of-
fenders but the outcome of poor physical health due 
to poor nutrition, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, 
and substance abuse. Yet these causes are often 
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overlooked or given scant attention. Many other in-
juries and fatalities are the result of vehicular acci-
dents. The wellness and safety of law enforcement 
officers is critical not only to themselves, their col-
leagues, and their agencies, but also to public safety. 
(2) Officer suicide is also a problem. Police died 
from suicide 2.4 times as often as from homicides. 
And though depression resulting from traumatic ex-
periences is often the cause, routine work and life 
stressors—serving hostile communities, working long 
shifts, lack of family or departmental support—are 
frequent motivators too. 
(3) According to estimates of the United States 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 100,000 law 
enforcement professionals are injured in the line of 
duty each year. Many are the result of assaults, 
which underscores the need for body armor, but 
most are due to vehicular accidents. 
(b) AUTHORIZED USES.—Funds obligated, but sub-
sequently unspent and deobligated, may remain available, 
to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for use as 
specified under this section in ensuing fiscal years. The 
further obligation of such funds by the Attorney General 
for such purpose shall not be delayed, directly or indi-
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rectly, in any manner by any officer or employee in the 
executive branch. 
(1) A national ‘‘Blue Alert’’ warning system to 
enlist the help of the public in finding suspects after 
a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of 
duty. 
(2) Counseling and support services for family 
members of law enforcement officers who are killed 
in the line of duty. 
(3) National toll-free mental health hotline spe-
cifically for law enforcement officers, which is both 
anonymous and peer-driven and has the ability and 
resources to refer the caller to professional help if 
needed. 
(4) Continuing research in the efficacy and im-
plementation of an annual fitness, resilience, nutri-
tion, and mental health check, in recognition that 
many health problems afflicting law enforcement of-
ficers, notably cardiac issues, are cumulative. 
(5) Expanding Federal pension plans and 
incentivizing State and local pension plans to recog-
nize fitness for duty exams as definitive evidence of 
valid duty or nonduty related disability in recogni-
tion of the fact that officers injured in the line of 
duty are often caught in limbo, without pay, unable 
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to work but also unable to obtain benefits because 
‘‘fitness for duty’’ exams are not recognized as valid 
proof of disability and because they cannot receive 
Social Security. 
(6) Implementing research-based findings into 
the number of hours an officer should work consecu-
tively and in total within a 24–48 hour period, in-
cluding special findings on the maximum number of 
hours an officer should work in a high-risk or high- 
stress environment (e.g. public demonstrations or 
emergency situations) by implementing those find-
ings federally and providing incentives for State and 
local law enforcement to do the same. 
(7) Providing individual tactical first-aid kits 
that contain tourniquets, an Olaes modular bandage, 
and QuickClot gauze, and training in hemorrhage 
control to every law enforcement officer on the Fed-
eral level and providing incentives for State and 
local enforcement agencies to do so. 
(8) Providing antiballistic vests and body armor 
to every law enforcement officer on the Federal level, 
and providing incentives for State and local law en-
forcement agencies to do so. 
(9) Providing pepper spray to every correctional 
worker in medium, high, and maximum security 
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Federal prisons and instituting a training program 
to educate workers on how to use the spray respon-
sibly and effectively for self-defense purposes only, 
and providing incentives for State and law enforce-
ment agencies to do so. 
(10) Researching and developing the design 
specifications or modifications for body-worn cam-
eras with the input of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement leaders and providing the devices or 
funding to purchase the device to every Federal law 
enforcement and correctional agency and State and 
local officer, in recognition of the fact that these de-
vices reduce unwarranted complaints against officers 
while also vindicating civilians who have been mis-
treated. 
(11) Researching, developing, and providing 
best practices for Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement on the acquisition, use, retention, and dis-
semination of auditory, visual, and biometric data 
from law enforcement in a constitutional manner, in 
consultation with civil rights and civil liberties orga-
nizations, as well as law enforcement research 
groups and other experts. 
(12) Hiring of additional law enforcement and 
correctional officers at the Federal level and pro-
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viding incentives for State and local governments to 
do so, in recognition of the fact that it is not the 
length of incarceration but the certainty of being 
caught that has a deterrent effect. 
(13) Hiring of social workers by the Bureau of 
Prisons and providing incentives for State and local 
governments to do so because social workers are 
uniquely qualified to address the release preparation 
needs of aging inmates, such as aftercare planning 
and ensuring continuity of medical care. 
(14) Providing funding and training federally 
and to State and local law enforcement agencies on 
community-based policing principles to repair and 
rebuild trust and collaborative relationships. 
(15) Providing funding to Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies to eliminate the DNA 
backlog, in recognition that repeat, violent offenders, 
in particular sex offenders, would be identified and 
prevented from committing additional crimes. 
(16) Implementing requested and recommended 
mental health treatments to Federal law enforce-
ment and correctional officers and providing incen-
tives to State and local law enforcement and correc-
tions agencies to do the same. 
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(17) Providing incentives and support services 
to State and local law enforcement agencies to en-
hance the reporting to and usage of the National In-
cident-Based Reporting System, which collects data 
on each single incident and arrest within 22 offense 
categories made up of 46 specific crimes that are the 
major ones facing law enforcement today, including 
terrorism, white collar crime, weapons offenses, 
missing children in which criminality is involved, 
drug offenses, hate crimes, spousal/child/elder abuse, 
gang crimes, organized crime, sexual exploitation, 
DUI and alcohol-related offenses. 
(18) Providing medication-assisted treatment 
for individuals struggling with heroin, opioid, or al-
cohol abuse in residential substance abuse treatment 
programs and providing funding to State and local 
governments to do so. 
(19) Providing funding to State and local gov-
ernments and law enforcement agencies to imple-
ment the Attorney General’s best practices on infor-
mation and resource parity and innocence protec-
tion, including ‘‘open file’’ discovery practices, evi-
dence preservation, training on interrogation to 
avoid coercive tactics that lead to false or unreliable 
confessions, training on interviewing witnesses to 
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avoid suggestive tactics that lead to false or unreli-
able identifications, and training on the cross-racial 
misidentification probability. 
(20) Investing in research and training in non-
lethal tools of policing that provide a greater range 
of law enforcement response, including to de-escalate 
situations and reduce deadly uses of force. 
(21) Investing in evidence-based programs to 
assist communities in developing comprehensive re-
sponses to youth violence through coordinated pre-
vention and intervention initiatives. 
(22) Hiring social workers, psychologists, psy-
chiatrists, therapists, and counselors for Federal 
prisons and providing funding to State and local 
governments to do the same as they are uniquely 
qualified to address the release preparation needs of 
inmates. 
(23) Providing funding to State and local law 
enforcement agencies to provide and expand hiring 
and retention incentives for officers with under-
graduate and graduate degrees. 
(24) Providing additional funding to Federal, 
State, and local government agencies to provide com-
petent and effective counsel for indigent defendants. 
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(25) Providing funding for a competitive 5-year 
grant to a nationally recognized, nonpartisan, sci-
entifically sound, research organization, with an ad-
visory board comprised of local, State, and Federal 
law enforcement leaders, and subject matter experts, 
to create a national nonpunitive, forward-focused 
peer review, training, and improvement center with 
the goal of improved safety outcomes for officers and 
civilians that would— 
(A) establish a ‘‘critical incident review’’ 
mechanism, similar to those used in medicine 
and aviation, as a comprehensive, protective, 
and accurate way of examining the cir-
cumstances surrounding an incident to accu-
rately identify problems on a systemic level to 
reduce the number and types of problems, to 
improve policing outcomes, refine policies and 
practices, and build upon meaningful conversa-
tions and research to see what can be improved 
with cooperation of the law enforcement agen-
cies involved; 
(B) establish the data input form and in-
frastructure of a ‘‘near miss’’ database and for 
every policing incident in which an officer or ci-
vilian life is lost or substantial force to review 
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knowledge gained from past tragedies in order 
to disseminate it to prevent future ones and to 
encourage new learning and sustainable, stake-
holder-driven change; 
(C) study, recommend, and establish an 
‘‘officer-involved shooting database’’ for use 
when firearms have been used against law en-
forcement officers and where officers have used 
firearms against civilians to review knowledge 
gained from past tragedies to distinguish be-
tween actual risk versus perceived risk on the 
part of the civilian or officer and to develop 
best practices; 
(D) advance training, technical assistance 
and knowledge around mental health issues that 
occur within the criminal justice system, includ-
ing providing training and funding for de-esca-
lation techniques, coordination among other 
government agencies, information-sharing, di-
version initiatives, jail and prison strategies, es-
tablishment of learning sites, suicide prevention, 
and assistance and infrastructure for calls for 
service and law enforcement triage capabilities; 
(E) study, invest in, and apply policing re-
search tools that develop forecasts based upon 
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evolving technology, social movements, environ-
mental changes, economic factors, and political 
events; and 
(F) educate and facilitate the advance of 
evidence-based policing to encourage policing 
use of the best available scientific evidence to 
control crime and disorder and enhance officer 
safety and wellness. 
(26) Providing funding for Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement leaders to attend the FBI Na-
tional Academy to share best practices and support 
national coherence on important policing issues in 
this ever-changing field. 
(c) FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, EX-
ISTING FUNDS.—Funds disbursed pursuant to this section 
shall not be used to supplant existing State or local funds 
utilized for these purposes, but rather to supplement them. 
(d) ACCOUNTING.—Every year, the Department of 
Justice shall provide an accounting of the reprogrammed 
funds to ensure the funds are disbursed and expended in 
a manner to maximize public safety and make needed im-
provements to the criminal justice system. The Attorney 
General shall report the findings to the relevant congres-
sional committees. 
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TITLE 
VI—PREVENTION 
AND 
INTERVENTION 
INITIATIVES 
INCREASING 
GOVERNMENT 
TRANSPARENCY ACCURACY 
SEC. 601. REPORT ON MANDATORY MINIMUMS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office 
(GAO), in coordination with the Attorney General, shall 
provide a report to Congress listing all existing mandatory 
minimum penalties in force, including brief summaries of 
the conduct prohibited by each and how frequently the 
mandatory minimum is imposed. 
SEC. 602. FEDERAL DEFENDER ADDED AS A NONVOTING 
MEMBER OF THE SENTENCING COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 991 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘one nonvoting member.’’ at the 
end of the first sentence and inserting ‘‘two non-
voting members.’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the last sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘A Federal public or community defender 
designated by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States with the advice of the Defender Services Ad-
visory Group shall be a nonvoting member of the 
Commission.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The final sentence 
of section 235(b)(5) of the Comprehensive Crime Control 
Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘nine members, including two ex officio, nonvoting mem-
bers’’ and inserting ‘‘ten members, including three non-
voting members’’. 
SEC. 603. BUDGET AND INMATE POPULATION IMPACT OF 
LEGISLATION ON THE FEDERAL CORREC-
TIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) IMPACT ANALYSIS.— 
(1) WHEN REQUIRED.—Upon request by the 
chair or ranking member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary of either the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives with respect to legislation referred to 
that committee that amends sentencing or correc-
tions policy or creates a new criminal penalty, the 
Attorney General shall, before the final committee 
vote on ordering the legislation reported, provide the 
requesting party an impact analysis. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The impact analysis shall con-
tain— 
(A) an estimate of the Federal budgetary 
impact of the legislation, both overall and bro-
ken down by each agency affected in the execu-
tive and judicial branches; and 
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(B) an estimate of the legislation’s 10-year 
prison bed impact on Federal facilities. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Upon request by the chair or 
ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate or House of Representatives with respect to any 
legislation ordered reported favorably by that committee 
with amendment, the Attorney General shall, not later 
than 30 days after the request is made, provide the re-
questing party with an updated impact analysis. 
(c) INCLUSION
OF IMPACT ANALYSIS
OR STATE-
MENT.—The chair or ranking member shall include in the 
committee report, or in additional, separate, or dissenting 
views appended to the report, as the case may be, any 
impact analysis provided at the request of that chair or 
ranking member. If the Attorney General does not provide 
an impact analysis in a timely manner, the chair or rank-
ing member shall instead include in the committee report 
or views, a statement that the impact analysis was not 
provided. 
(d) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RE-
QUIREMENTS OF SECTION.—The Attorney General shall 
make every effort to provide an impact analysis required 
under this section, and the requesting party shall make 
every effort to give the Attorney General sufficient notice 
to do so. However, failure to provide the impact analysis 
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does not give rise to any point of order regarding the legis-
lation. Failure by a chair or ranking member to include 
matter as required by this section in a report or views 
appended to the report does not give rise to a point of 
order regarding the legislation. 
SEC. 604. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS
BY
THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2016, and every year 
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Con-
gress, a report that contains the following: 
(1) Analysis of demographic (age, race/eth-
nicity, gender) data on Federal offenders, including 
by offender demographics, the types of offenses for 
which offenders in that demographic have— 
(A) had their cases presented to the De-
partment of Justice but not charged; 
(B) been charged but dismissed; 
(C) been charged initially with mandatory 
minimums, including the type of mandatory 
minimum charged; 
(D) been charged in a superseding indict-
ment with mandatory minimums; 
(E) plea bargained in exchange for the De-
partment of Justice not charging mandatory 
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minimums, including the type of mandatory 
minimum plea bargained away; 
(F) been initially charged with mandatory 
minimums but were withdrawn or dismissed, 
listed by type of mandatory minimum; and 
(G) been convicted, the length of sentence 
they received, and the judicial district in which 
they were sentenced to track whether unwar-
ranted sentencing disparities are occurring in 
certain districts. 
(2) An analysis of current and projected sav-
ings associated with this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. 
(3) Developments in training and development 
and research on the Department of Justice in con-
junction with the Department of Defense, on non-
lethal tools of policing. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
BUREAU OF PRISONS.—Not later than January 1, 2016, 
and every January 1 thereafter, the Director of the Bu-
reau of Prisons, in consultation with the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice, shall submit to Congress 
a report that contains the following information, cat-
egorized by race, national origin, gender, age, and religion: 
(1) PRISON DATA.— 
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(A) The number of offenders entering pris-
on on a new offense. 
(B) The number of offenders entering pris-
on on a revocation of supervision. 
(C) The average sentence length for a new 
prison sentences by offense type. 
(D) The average sentence length for of-
fenders entering prison for a probation revoca-
tion. 
(E) The average sentence length for of-
fenders entering prison for a supervised release 
revocation. 
(F) The average percentage of the sen-
tence imposed served in prison as compared to 
community, home, or residential reentry center. 
(G) The average percentage of prison sen-
tence served in prison by offense type for of-
fenders entering on a new offense. 
(H) The number of offenders in solitary 
confinement, including their race, gender, age, 
reason for solitary confinement, length of stay 
in solitary confinement, the number of total 
stays in solitary confinement, the total time of 
stay in solitary confinement, and the number of 
those offenders with mental health issues, cog-
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nitive deficits, substance abuse issues, or com-
bat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. 
(I) Total prison population by offense type 
and by the type of admission into prison. 
(J) Recidivism rate by offense type. 
(2) DATA
RELATED
TO
EXPANDED
EARNED 
TIME
CREDIT
AND
RECIDIVISM
REDUCTION
PRO-
GRAMMING.— 
(A) The number and percentage of offend-
ers who have earned time credit in the prior 
year. 
(B) The average amount of time credit 
earned per offender in the prior year. 
(C) The average amount of time credit 
earned by offenders released from prison in the 
prior year. 
(D) Additional information as requested by 
the relevant committees. 
(E) A summary and assessment of the 
types and effectiveness of the recidivism reduc-
tion programs and productive activities in facili-
ties operated by the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons, including— 
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3582(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 
who were revoked in the previous year. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS.—Not later 
than January 1, 2016, and every January 1 thereafter, 
the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, 
in consultation with the Judicial Conference, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress, and publish 
publically, a report that contains the following: 
(1) PROBATION DATA.— 
(A) The number of offenders sentenced to 
probation in the previous year. 
(B) The number of offenders supervised on 
probation. 
(C) The number of probationers revoked 
for a technical violation. 
(D) The number of probationers who were 
convicted of a new felony offense and sentenced 
to a term of imprisonment, in either a local, 
State, or Federal facility. 
(2) SUPERVISED RELEASE DATA.— 
(A) The number of offenders placed on 
postrelease supervision in the following year. 
(B) The number of offenders supervised on 
postrelease supervision. 
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(C) The number of offenders on supervised 
release revoked for a technical violation. 
(D) The number of offenders on supervised 
released who were convicted of a new felony of-
fense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, 
in either a local, State, or Federal facility. 
(3) DATA
RELATED
TO
THE
IMPOSITION
OF 
THE GRADUATED SANCTIONING SYSTEM.— 
(A) The number and percentage of offend-
ers who have one or more violations during the 
year. 
(B) The average number of violations per 
offender during the year. 
(4) DATA
RELATED
TO
THE
IMPOSITION
OF 
EARNED TIME CREDITS.— 
(A) The number and percentage of offend-
ers who qualify for earned discharge in one or 
more months of the year. 
(B) The average amount of credits earned 
per offender within the year. 
(C) The average probation sentence length 
for offenders sentenced to Federal probation. 
(D) The average supervision sentence 
length for offenders released to supervised re-
lease. 
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(E) The average time spent on Federal 
probation for offenders successfully completing 
probation. 
(F) The average time spent on supervised 
release for offenders successfully completing su-
pervised release. 
(5) DATA
RELATED
TO
PROBLEM-SOLVING 
COURTS.— 
(A) Total number of participants. 
(B) Total number of successful partici-
pants. 
(C) Total number of unsuccessful partici-
pants. 
(D) Total number of participants who were 
arrested for a new criminal offense while in the 
problem-solving court program. 
(E) Total number of participants who were 
convicted of a new felony or misdemeanor of-
fense while in the problem-solving court pro-
gram. 
(F) Any other data or information as re-
quired by the relevant committees. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this title, the following defini-
tions apply: 
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(1) 
RECIDIVISM.—The 
term 
‘‘recidivism’’ 
means the return to Federal prison of an offender 
not later than 3 years after the date of release. 
(2) SUPERVISION.—The term ‘‘supervision’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3609 of title 
18, United States Code. 
Æ 
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