To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide appropriate standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the policy rationale for supervised release reform, citing 110,000+ people on federal supervised release, excessive caseloads for probation officers, evidence that excessive, requires comprehensive reform of federal supervised release under 18 USC 3583: (1) requires individualized assessment before imposing supervised release with on-the-record justification, and directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with OPM, to submit within 180 days a legislative proposal for providing law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) to federal. It relies on exemptions, definition changes, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Criminal Justice, Finance, and Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
Federal probation officers could gain revenue opportunities, Federal prisoners without supervised release terms would be affected, and Federal defendants on supervised release would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Administrative Office of the United States Courts would be affected, Government Accountability Office would be affected, and Federal courts would be affected.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings establishing the policy rationale for supervised release reform, citing 110,000+ people on federal supervised release, excessive caseloads for probation officers, evidence that excessive...
- Requires comprehensive reform of federal supervised release under 18 USC 3583: (1) requires individualized assessment before imposing supervised release with on-the-record justification.
- Directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with OPM, to submit within 180 days a legislative proposal for providing law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) to federal...
- Amends 18 USC 3624(g) to allow prisoners who were not sentenced to a term of supervised release to apply earned time credits under First Step Act section 3632 for early release of up to 12 months.
- Mandates GAO to initiate within 1 year a study on federal post-release supervision and reentry services, covering: number of individuals on probation/supervised release since 2019, transition processes from BOP...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the policy rationale for supervised release reform, citing 110,000+ people on federal supervised release, excessive caseloads for probation officers, evidence that excessive, requires comprehensive reform of federal supervised release under 18 USC 3583: (1) requires individualized assessment before imposing supervised release with on-the-record justification, and directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with OPM, to submit within 180 days a legislative proposal for providing law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) to federal.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Finance, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the policy rationale for supervised release reform, citing 110,000+ people on federal supervised release, excessive caseloads for probation officers, evidence that excessive, requires comprehensive reform of federal supervised release under 18 USC 3583: (1) requires individualized assessment before imposing supervised release with on-the-record justification, and directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with OPM, to submit within 180 days a legislative proposal for providing law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) to federal.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Federal probation officers
- Federal prisoners without supervised release terms
- Federal defendants on supervised release
- Federal pretrial services officers
- Federal public defenders
Identified Costs
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts
- Government Accountability Office
- Federal courts
- Bureau of Prisons
- Federal prosecutors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cramer, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Prisons, Federal defendants on supervised release, Federal pretrial services officers
Positive-direction: Federal defendants on supervised release, Federal pretrial services officers, Federal prisoners without supervised release terms, Federal probation officers
Negative-direction: Bureau of Prisons
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Federal courts
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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