Public Comment from October 10, 2017

October 2017
Public Comment Received on Proposed Amendments
in Response to 82 FR 40651

Proposed Amendment No. 1: Bipartisan Budget Act

Department of Justice
Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Proposed Amendment No. 2: Tribal Issues

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
Kalispel Tribe of Indians
Navajo Nation
Neah Bay Public Safety, Makah Tribe
Oneida Indian Nation
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Proposed Amendment No. 3: First Offenders / Alternatives to Incarceration

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
A Better Light
American Civil Liberties Union, Gamaliel, Human Rights Watch, and Sentencing Project
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
Allen Basso, Senior Vice President, Lee & Associates
Edward W. Ewart, Assistant Pastor, Mount of Olives Lutheran Church
Sample Citizen Letters

Proposed Amendment No. 4: Acceptance of Responsibility

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
Allen Basso, Senior Vice President, Lee & Associates
Edward W. Ewart, Assistant Pastor, Mount of Olives Lutheran Church
Sample Citizen Letters

Proposed Amendment No. 5: Miscellaneous

Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Sample Citizen Letters

Proposed Amendment No. 6: Marihuana Equivalency

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Proposed Amendment No. 7: Technical

Federal Public and Community Defenders