2013 USSC GUIDELINES MANUAL

CHAPTER EIGHT - Sentencing of Organizations (PDF) (HTML)

Part A - General Application Principles

Part B - Remedying Harm from Criminal Conduct, and Effective Compliance and Ethics Program

Part C - Fines

  1. Determining the Fine - Criminal Purpose Organizations
    §8C1.1. Determining the Fine - Criminal Purpose Organizations
  2. Determining the Fine - Other Organizations
    §8C2.1. Applicability of Fine Guidelines
    §8C2.2. Preliminary Determination of Inability to Pay Fine
    §8C2.3. Offense Level
    §8C2.4. Base Fine
    §8C2.5. Culpability Score
    §8C2.6. Minimum and Maximum Multipliers
    §8C2.7. Guideline Fine Range - Organizations
    §8C2.8. Determining the Fine Within the Range (Policy Statement)
    §8C2.9. Disgorgement
    §8C2.10. Determining the Fine for Other Counts
  3. Implementing the Sentence of a Fine
    §8C3.1. Imposing a Fine
    §8C3.2. Payment of the Fine - Organizations
    §8C3.3. Reduction of Fine Based on Inability to Pay
    §8C3.4. Fines Paid by Owners of Closely Held Organizations
  4. Departures from the Guideline Fine Range
    §8C4.1. Substantial Assistance to Authorities - Organizations (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.2. Risk of Death or Bodily Injury (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.3. Threat to National Security (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.4. Threat to the Environment (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.5. Threat to a Market (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.6. Official Corruption (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.7. Public Entity (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.8. Members or Beneficiaries of the Organization as Victims (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.9. Remedial Costs that Greatly Exceed Gain (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.10. Mandatory Programs to Prevent and Detect Violations of Law (Policy Statement)
    §8C4.11. Exceptional Organizational Culpability (Policy Statement)

Part D - Organizational Probation

Part E - Special Assessments, Forfeitures, and Costs

Part F - Violations of Probation - Organizations

(EFFECTIVE November 1, 2013)

United States Sentencing Commission