February 2024
Sample of Public Comment Received on Proposed Amendments
88 FR 89142
The Commission reviews and catalogs all public comment submissions for future reference and official recordkeeping purposes. A representative sample of public comment is carefully selected, redacted, and posted online to provide the public with the kind of information considered by the Commissioners during their deliberations.
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View comment submissions by topic:
- Rule for Calculating Loss
- Youthful Individuals
- Acquitted Conduct
- Circuit Conflicts
- Miscellaneous
- Technical Amendment
- Simplification of the Three-Step Process
(PDF file is 25 MB, 867 pages)
Proposed Amendment No. 1 – Rule for Calculating Loss
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [22]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [60]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [220]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [251]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [268]
- Victims Advisory Group [283]
- National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys [463]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [468]
- Tzedek Association [536]
- Betty Bash, Religious Leader [664]
- Daniel Halimi, Attorney at Law [669]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Rosalis Pimentel, Religious Leader [702]
- Sample Citizen Letters [715, 717, 729, 737, 750, 759, 774, 786, 825, 829, 830, 843, 844, 849, 850]
Proposed Amendment No. 2 – Youthful Individuals
- Joint Letter from U.S. Senators Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Peter Welch, & Alex Padilla [12]
- U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty [17]
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [26]
- Chief U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell, District of Rhode Island [42]
- U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough, Western District of Missouri [43]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [46]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [89]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [224]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [252]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [269]
- Victims Advisory Group [283]
- Center for Justice and Human Dignity & Aleph Institute [333]
- Duke Law School Children's Law Clinic & Criminal Defense Clinic [336]
- Justice Action Network & Due Process Institute [343]
- Juvenile Law Center, The Sentencing Project, The Gault Center, National Youth Justice Network, & Citizens for Juvenile Justice [349]
- American Litigation Consultant, LLC [368]
- Camellia House [370]
- Coalition for Civil Freedoms [371]
- FAMM [372]
- FWD.us [389]
- Human Rights for Kids [403]
- Hygieia, Inc. [433]
- L'chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty [434]
- Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law & Policy [435]
- Mass Inc. [437]
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. [449]
- National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys [463]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [470]
- National Center for Youth Law [482]
- Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center [505]
- The Legal Aid Society [520]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [540]
- Youth Represent [545]
- Ian Marcus Amelkin & Nicholas Pugliese, Attorneys at Law [554]
- Jl Angell, Religious Leader [663]
- Robert Batey, Professor/Researcher [665]
- Bob Elmendorf, Religious Leader [666]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Esther Hong, Professor/Researcher [671]
- Rosalis Pimentel, Religious Leader [702]
- Michael Plummer, Religious Leader [703]
- Michael Sorensen, Nonprofit Leader [706]
- Mike Wilson, U.S. Probation Officer, Western District of Kentucky [713]
- Sample Citizen Letters [718, 726, 728, 738, 740, 742, 744, 747, 749, 753, 757, 771, 772, 773, 778, 779, 781, 783, 785, 788, 789, 798, 803, 804, 805, 806, 808, 812, 814, 815, 817, 819, 820, 823, 827, 834, 837, 838, 840, 847, 852, 853, 857, 860, 863, 865]
Proposed Amendment No. 3 – Acquitted Conduct
- Joint Letter from U.S. Senators Richard J. Durbin & Cory A. Booker [14]
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [23]
- Joint Letter from the U.S. District Judges of the Northern District of Georgia [40]
- Chief U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell, District of Rhode Island [42]
- U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough, Western District of Missouri [43]
- New York State Judge Charles W. Lander (Retired) [44]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [47]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [126]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [Letter]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [229]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [257]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [272]
- Victims Advisory Group [303]
- Center for Justice and Human Dignity & Aleph Institute [326]
- Justice Action Network & Due Process Institute [344]
- American Litigation Consultant, LLC [368]
- Apex Alternative Solutions [369]
- FAMM [376]
- Fresh Start Project [386]
- FWD.us [401]
- L'chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty [434]
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. [458]
- National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys [464]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [473]
- National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls [491]
- New York City Bar Association [497]
- Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center [510]
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights [518]
- Towers for Change Organization [530]
- Tzedek Association [531]
- U.S. Citizens [538]
- John Elwood & Elie Salamon, Attorneys at Law [627]
- Jl Angell, Religious Leader [663]
- Robert Batey, Professor/Researcher [665]
- Issa Ghannoum, Religious Leader [667]
- Randee Golder, Attorney at Law [668]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Lucius Outlaw III, Professor/Researcher [678]
- Michael Plummer, Religious Leader [704]
- Frank Salvato, Attorney at Law [705]
- William Stanton, Attorney at Law [707]
- Meagan Temple, Attorney at Law [708]
- Mike Wilson, U.S. Probation Officer, Western District of Kentucky [713]
- Sample Citizen Letters [726, 730, 731, 734, 741, 743, 745, 748, 752, 754, 756, 760, 782, 784, 787, 790, 795, 797, 799, 802, 809, 810, 811, 813, 816, 821, 822, 826, 828, 831, 833, 834, 836, 839, 855, 856, 864, 866]
Proposed Amendment No. 4 – Circuit Conflicts
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [64]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General [85]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [237]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [260]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [273]
- Victims Advisory Group [312]
- National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys [466]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Rosalis Pimentel, Religious Leader [702]
- Michael Plummer, Religious Leader [704]
Proposed Amendment No. 5 – Miscellaneous
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [69]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General [83]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [Letter]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [241]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [261]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [276]
- Victims Advisory Group [315]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [542]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Sample Citizen Letters [746, 755, 818, 841, 842, 846, 859, 862]
Proposed Amendment No. 7 – Simplification of the Three-Step Process
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [36]
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division [55]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [165]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [Letter]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [245]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [264]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [279]
- Victims Advisory Group [317]
- FAMM [384]
- National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys [466]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [477]
- Cynthia Hill, Religious Leader [670]
- Sample Citizen Letters [770, 835]