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PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED 2026 AMENDMENTS
Drug Offenses, Economic Crimes, Simplification, and Other Topics
These proposals were published in December 2025. The comment period closed on February 10, 2026. The full Compilation of Public Comment is 1,251 pages. Use the anchor links below to navigate to a specific page of the PDF or browse the document using the PDF bookmarks panel.
- Members of Congress Laurel M. Lee et al. & U.S. Senators Michael S. Lee et al. [202]
- U.S. Senator Charles E. Grassley [205]
- U.S. Senator John Kennedy [210]
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [212]
- U.S. District Judge David Counts [222]
- U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak [241]
- U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston [243]
- Senior U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff [248]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [249]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [315]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [438]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [468]
- Sentence Impact Advisory Group [486]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [892]
- Victims' Rights Advisory Group [518]
- Drug Policy Alliance et al. [550]
- Joyful Heart Foundation & C.A. Goldberg, PLLC [555]
- The Aleph Institute & Center for Justice and Human Dignity [563]
- American Patriot Relief Organization [579]
- Beat the Streetz [581]
- Children of Incarcerated Caregivers [582]
- Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Reform Advocates [600]
- Coalition for Civil Freedoms [605]
- Confronting Injustice, Inc. [606]
- Equal Human Rights Organization [607]
- FAMM [609]
- Federal Courts Committee of the New York City Bar Association [627]
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [640]
- Infoton [652]
- JustLeadershipUSA [657]
- Legacy Resources [660]
- Loved Ones Coalition (First Letter) [662]
- Loved Ones Coalition (Second Letter) [664]
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies [665]
- MyOwn Image [706]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [710]
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers [743]
- Paralegal Project [773]
- Rescue Angel (First Letter) [775]
- Rescue Angel (Second Letter) [776]
- Restore Recovery [777]
- Right on Crime [778]
- The Gabbie Scheffer Foundation, Inc. [783]
- The Leadership Council for the Advancement of Pretrial Services [785]
- The Sentencing Project [789]
- Tzedek Association [800]
- U.S. Probation Office for the Eastern District of Michigan [824]
- U.S. Probation Office for the Western District of Michigan [834]
- Washington Legal Foundation [836]
- Barry Boss et al., Attorneys at Law [841]
- Brandon Marshall et al., Professors/Researchers [868]
- JaneAnne Murray et al., Professors/Researchers [869]
- Alison Siegler et al., Professors/Researchers [906]
- David Weber et al., Professors/Researchers [924]
- Elizabeth Atchley, Case Manager [931]
- Leslie Benjamin, Religious Leader [934]
- Matthew Bosco, Attorney at Law (Inactive) [935]
- Susan Conforti, Religious Leader [937]
- Gregory Dudley, Professor/Researcher [939]
- Jelani Exum, Professor/Researcher [944]
- Christine Fitzgerald, Probation Officer (Retired) [1017]
- Mike Gonzales, Attorney at Law [1018]
- Alison Guernsey, Professor/Researcher [1019]
- Melissa Hamilton, Professor/Researcher [1032]
- Robert Hitt, Addiction Counselor [1044]
- Stephen Hormel, Attorney at Law [1045]
- Charles Howard, MD (Retired) [1046]
- Julia Jayne, Attorney at Law [1047]
- Elaine Kauschinger, Professor/Researcher [1048]
- John Meixner, Jr., Professor/Researcher [1049]
- Riana Pfefferkorn, Professor/Researcher [1053]
- Ellen Podgor, Professor/Researcher [1058]
- Stephen Porterfield, Religious Leader [1062]
- Paul Skarupa, Deputy Chief Probation Officer [1064]
- Alan Viard, Professor/Researcher [1069]
- G. D'Anne Weise, Professor/Researcher [1077]
- Jefri Wood, Attorney at Law (Retired) [1087]
- Jonathan Wroblewski, Professor/Researcher (Economic Crimes) [1099]
- Jonathan Wroblewski, Professor/Researcher (Post-Offense Rehabilitation) [1110]
- Hannah Afshar [1118]
- Amy Alcala [1121]
- Martin Anderson [1122]
- Hans Arntsen [1123]
- Danan Ary [1125]
- Michelle Atchley [1126]
- Cyrus Boujabadi [1129]
- Ellene Broome [1132]
- Andrew Brown [1135]
- Ashleigh Burcham [1136]
- Orlando Caballero [1139]
- Noreen Carnley [1140]
- Jaclyn Castelluzzo [1142]
- Heber Centeno [1143]
- Kimberly Chanslor [1144]
- Joseph Christie [1146]
- Douglas Cornell [1147]
- Jeremy Corra [1149]
- Aaron Cox [1154]
- Sean Darragh (Drug Offenses) [1155]
- Sean Darragh (Post-Offense Rehabilitation Adjustment) [1156]
- Mauricio Davila [1158]
- David Deutsch [1160]
- Avraham Eisenberg [1162]
- Christopher George [1163]
- Claudia Diaz Guillen [1166]
- Kimberly Frock [1167]
- Cheryl Goodall-Martin [1168]
- Jonathan Green [1176]
- Derek Griffis [1177]
- Cristy Grimmett [1178]
- Gloria Grundman [1180]
- Veronica Guillen [1182]
- Steven Hecke [1183]
- Lisa Helsene [1184]
- Robert Henry [1186]
- Cameron Hepburn [1187]
- Hannah Hudson [1189]
- Daniel Irwin [1191]
- Mike Jones [1193]
- Wendy Jones [1194]
- Justin Konikow [1196]
- Eric Krieg [1197]
- Susan L [1198]
- Luca Lebberes [1200]
- Babar Malik [1201]
- Nohmaan Malik [1203]
- Pranay Mamidi [1205]
- Ester Mbaya [1206]
- Abillia McCollum [1208]
- Marina Monson [1210]
- Joseph Mora (Drug Offenses) [1211]
- Joseph Mora (Post-Offense Rehabilitation Adjustment) [1213]
- Moses Moreira [1215]
- James Norris [1216]
- Abiodun Ogunwale (Economic Crimes) [1217]
- Abiodun Ogunwale (Multiple Counts) [1218]
- Sima Patel [1219]
- Melissa Paynic [1222]
- Surage Perera [1226]
- Tabitha Raines (First Letter) [1227]
- Tabitha Raines (Second Letter) [1228]
- Samantha Smith [1230]
- Ryan Taylor [1233]
- Omoruyi Uwadiae [1235]
- Mikenzie Vernon [1239]
- Concerned Victim [1240]
- Daniel Wessel [1244]
- Adrian White [1246]
- Christopher Zamarripa [1247]
- Laura Zamora [1248]
Sentencing Options, Career Offender, Circuit Conflicts, and Human Smuggling
These proposals were published in January 2026. The comment period will remain open through March 18, 2026. A preliminary sample of comment received as of February 18, 2026 can be read here.
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