February 2017
Public Comment Received on Proposed Amendments
(81 FR 92003)
Proposed Amendment No. 1: First Offenders / Alternatives to Incarceration
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Civil Liberties Union and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
CAUTIONclick
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Florida Action Committee
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pastor Hank Jones
Weldon Long, Author
Pastor John Morton
John D. Olive, Senior U.S. Probation Officer, Cheyenne, WY
Jay V. Surgent, Esq., Weiner Law Group LLP
Reverend James Tibbs
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 2: Tribal Issues
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 3: Youthful Offenders
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Civil Liberties Union and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth and Campaign for Youth Justice
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 4: Criminal History Issues
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Civil Liberties Union and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Pew Charitable Trusts
Tony Guerra, Supervisory U.S. Probation Officer, Little Rock, AR
John D. Olive, Senior U.S. Probation Officer, Cheyenne, WY
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 5: Bipartisan Budget Act
Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 6: Acceptance of Responsibility
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Civil Liberties Union and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Amendment No. 7: Miscellaneous
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
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Proposed Amendment No. 8: Marihuana Equivalency
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
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Proposed Amendment No. 9: Technical
Federal Public and Community Defenders
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