Revisions to the Sentencing Guidelines for the United States Courts

Resumo

The Sentencing Commission hereby gives notice of the following actions: (1) Pursuant to its authority under section 80001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987, and section 217(a) of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (28 U.S.C. 994 (a) and (p)), the Commission has promulgated a new guideline, Sec. 5C1.2 (Limitation on Application of Statutory Minimum Sentences in Certain Cases), with accompanying commentary, to assist federal courts in applying section 3553(f) of title 18 (a statutory provision enacted by section 80001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) and has made conforming amendments to the commentary of Secs. 2D1.1 and 2D2.1; and (2) pursuant to its authority under section 217(a) of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (28 U.S.C. 994 (a) and (u)), the Commission has reviewed amendments previously submitted to Congress that may result in a lower guideline range and has designated two such amendments for inclusion in policy statement Sec. 1B1.10 (Retroactivity of Amended Guideline Range).