IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6896 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 1 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 28), 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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 2018’’. 
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 ‘‘31 
years’’ or ‘‘31-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 
to ‘‘33 years’’ or ‘‘33-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 year 2018: 
(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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(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 2019 through 2021, 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. 
SEC. 4. PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION STANDARDS AUDI-
TORS. 
Section 8(e)(8) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30307(e)(8)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) STANDARDS FOR AUDITORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR AUDI-
TORS.—An individual seeking certification 
by the Department of Justice to serve as 
an auditor of prison compliance with the 
national standards described in subsection 
(a) shall, upon request, submit fingerprints 
in the manner determined by the Attorney 
General for criminal history record checks 
of the applicable State and Federal Bureau 
of Investigation repositories. 
‘‘(ii) CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS.— 
Each auditor certified under this para-
graph shall sign a certification agreement 
that includes the provisions of, or provi-
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sions that are substantially similar to, the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Auditor 
Certification Agreement in use in April 
2018. 
‘‘(iii) AUDITOR
EVALUATION.—The 
PREA Management Office of the Bureau 
of Justice Assistance shall evaluate all 
auditors based on the criteria contained in 
the certification agreement. In the case 
that an auditor fails to comply with a cer-
tification agreement or to conduct audits 
in accordance with the PREA Auditor 
Handbook, audit methodology, and instru-
ment approved by the PREA Management 
Office, the Office may take remedial or 
disciplinary action, as appropriate, includ-
ing decertifying the auditor in accordance 
with subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) AUDITOR DECERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The PREA Man-
agement Office may suspend an auditor’s 
certification during an evaluation of an 
auditor’s performance under subparagraph 
(A)(iii). The PREA Management Office 
shall promptly publish the names of audi-
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tors who have been decertified, and the 
reason for decertification. Auditors who 
have been decertified or are on suspension 
may not participate in audits described in 
subsection (a), including as an agent of a 
certified auditor. 
‘‘(ii) NOTIFICATION.—In the case that 
an auditor is decertified, the PREA Man-
agement Office shall inform each facility or 
agency at which the auditor performed an 
audit during the relevant 3-year audit 
cycle, and may recommend that the agency 
repeat any affected audits, if appropriate. 
‘‘(C) AUDIT
ASSIGNMENTS.—The PREA 
Management Office shall establish a system, to 
be administered by the Office, for assigning cer-
tified auditors to Federal, State, and local fa-
cilities. 
‘‘(D) DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTATION.— 
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
comply with each request for documentation 
necessary to conduct an audit under subsection 
(a), which is made by a certified auditor in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the certification 
agreement described in subparagraph (A)(ii). 
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The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may re-
quire an auditor to sign a confidentiality agree-
ment or other agreement designed to address 
the auditor’s use of personally identifiable infor-
mation, except that such an agreement may not 
limit an auditor’s ability to provide all such doc-
umentation to the Department of Justice, as re-
quired under section 115.401(j) of title 28, 
Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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