- The Commission promulgates guidelines that judges consult when sentencing federal offenders. When the guidelines are amended, a subsequent Guidelines Manual is published.
- In this section, you will find the Commission’s comprehensive archive of yearly amendments and Guidelines Manuals dating back to 1987.
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Immigration
Primer
(September 2017) This primer is intended to provide an overview of sentencing-related criminal immigration topics. It is not a comprehensive compilation of issues and is not a substitute for reading and interpreting the actual cases, statutes, and Guidelines Manual . Rather, it should serve as a helpful supplement to those primary sources.
2016 Guideline Amendments
eLearning Course
2016 Guideline Amendments This eLearning program focuses on changes to §2L1.2, the guideline for Unlawfully Entering or...
Adopted Amendments (effective November 1, 2016)
April 28, 2016
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Adopted Amendments
Federal Register Notice: Submission of 2016 Amendments to Congress
April 28, 2016
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Adopted Amendments
The Commission delivered to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines on April 28, 2016 (effective...
April 15, 2016
Press Releases
Commission votes to promulgate amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, including amendments to the immigration...
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Adopted Amendments
Federal Register Notice: Proposed 2016 Amendments, Request for Comment
January 15, 2016
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Proposed Amendments
This notice sets forth proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, a synopsis of each proposed amendment...
"Reader-Friendly" Version of Proposed 2016 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
January 8, 2016
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Proposed Amendments
Public Meeting - January 8, 2016
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Proposed Amendments
Commissioners met to vote to promulgate a proposed crime of violence amendment and publish other proposed amendments.
January 8, 2016
Press Releases
Commissioners voted at a public meeting to promulgate an amendment to the guideline definition of a "crime of violence...
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Proposed Amendments
Adopted Amendments
"Reader-Friendly" Version of Amendments Submitted to Congress April 30, 2014 (effective November 1, 2014)
April 30, 2014
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Adopted Amendments
Federal Register Notice of Submission to Congress 2014 Amendments, Request for Comment
April 30, 2014
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Adopted Amendments
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2014 Amendments to Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Commentary and Request for Public Comment
January 14, 2014
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Proposed Amendments
"Reader-Friendly" Version of the Proposed 2014 Guideline Amendments
January 14, 2014
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Proposed Amendments
Federal Register Notice of Final 2007 Priorities
September 11, 2007
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Proposed Priorities
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2007 Priorities and Request for Public Comment
June 20, 2007
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Proposed Priorities
BAC/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY : United States...
Federal Register Notice of Final 2006 Priorities
September 27, 2006
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Final Priorities
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2006 Priorities and Request for Public Comment
August 4, 2006
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Proposed Priorities
"Reader-Friendly" Version of Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines
May 18, 2006
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Adopted Amendments
January 27, 2006
Press Releases
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks Comment on Sentencing Guidelines For Terrorism, Firearms, Steroids, and Immigration...
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Proposed Amendments
"Reader-Friendly" Version of the Proposed 2006 Guideline Amendments
January 27, 2006
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Proposed Amendments
Federal Register Notice of proposed 2006 amendments, request for comment, notice of public hearings
January 27, 2006
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Proposed Amendments
Federal Register Notice of Final 2005 Priorities
August 1, 2005
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Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY : United...
Federal Register Notice of proposed priorities and request for public comment
January 1, 2005
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Proposed Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY : United...
Federal Register Notice of Final 2004 Priorities
September 1, 2004
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Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2004 Priorities
June 28, 2004
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Proposed Priorities
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2004 Amendments
January 14, 2004
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Proposed Amendments
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY : United...
Federal Register Notice of Final 2003 Priorities
September 2, 2003
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Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
Federal Register Notice of Proposed 2003 Priorities, Request for Comment
July 1, 2003
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Proposed Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
Notice of final policy priorities for amendment cycle ending May 1, 2003
September 4, 2002
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Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
Notice of Promulgation of Certain Temporary, Emergency Guideline Amendments and a Proposal to Re-promulgate These Amendments as Permanent Amendments.
March 26, 1997
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Adopted Amendments
BAC2210-40 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES COURTS AGENCY: United States...
Promulgation of Emergency Amendment; Notice of Proposed Amendments - Part II
February 25, 1997
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Adopted Amendments
Proposed Amendments
BAC2210-40 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES COURTS AGENCY: United States...
Federal Register Notice of Proposed Emergency and Non-Emergency Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines for 1997
January 2, 1997
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Proposed Amendments
BAC2210-40 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES COURTS (NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR...
Public Comment from March 21, 2016