Quick Facts
July 2026
Organizations
Organizations
April 2026
Introduction This page provides users with access to the Commission's annual and other special datafiles that support...
Topic
Primer
June 2025
This primer focuses on how a sentencing court calculates the appropriate fine for an organizational defendant pursuant...
Primer
October 2024
This primer provides a general overview of the statutes, sentencing guidelines, and case law relating to criminal...
August 2022
(August 2022) This publication summarizes the history of the organizational guidelines, several decades of trend...
Public Comment from August 10, 2018
August 2018
Summary
The Commission received comment on proposed priorities for the 2018 - 2019 amendment year (ending May 1, 2019).
May 2018
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
The Commission submitted to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines with an effective date of November...
May 2010
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
May 2010
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
Press Releases
- Commission votes to send to Congress guideline amendments providing more alternatives to incarceration, increasing...
Amendment Cycle
January 2010
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
January 2010
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
January 2010
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
January 2006
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
August 2005
Amendment Cycle
Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
January 2005
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
May 2004
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
Press Releases
- Commission Tightens Requirements for Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs.
Amendment Cycle
April 2004
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
Press Releases
- Sentencing Commission Toughens Requirements for Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs; Agency Also Announces...
Amendment Cycle
January 2004
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
December 2003
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
September 2003
Amendment Cycle
Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
July 2003
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
May 2003
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
Press Releases
- Sentencing Commission Toughens Penalties for White Collar Fraudsters; Agency Also Boosts Penalties for Cybercrime and...
Amendment Cycle
Press Releases
- Sentencing Commission Stiffens Penalties for White Collar Criminals.
Amendment Cycle
Press Releases
- Sentencing Commission Convenes Organizational Guidelines Ad Hoc Advisory Group.
September 2001
Amendment Cycle
Final Priorities
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
October 1998
Summary This report is submitted pursuant to the Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1998, which requires the...