July 2019
In the Spotlight A series of reports updating the 2011 Report to Congress on Mandatory Minimum Penalties. A 2016 report...
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Reports to the Congress
Reports to the Congress
March 2017
(March 2017) This report is submitted to Congress pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(w)(3) regarding the compliance of the...
July 2016
(July 2016) This report presents findings of the Commission's multi-year study of statutory and guideline definitions...
Press Releases
Commission issues Report to the Congress: Career Offender Enhancements. Report analyzes career offenders’ prior criminal...
June 2016
(June 2016) This report is submitted to Congress pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(w)(3) regarding the compliance of the...
August 2015
(August 2015) The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) reduced the statutory penalties for crack cocaine offenses to...
December 2012
(December 2012) This report is the result of a multi-year study by the Commission and complements and expands upon the...
December 2012
(December 2012) This report assesses the continuing impact on the federal sentencing system of the Supreme Court's 2005...
December 2011
On December 14, 2011, the Commission submitted this report to Congress pursuant to a congressional directive in section...
Press Releases
- Commission submits comprehensive report on mandatory minimum penalties to Congress.
October 2011
This report assesses the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing, particularly in light of the...
July 2009
On July 10, 2009, the Sentencing Commission submitted a report on federal mandatory minimum sentencing penalties to the...
September 2008
This Report responds to the directive in the Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007...
September 2008
September 2008 Report to the Congress: Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Response to the Emergency...
May 2007
This is the United States Sentencing Commission’s fourth report to Congress on the subject of federal cocaine sentencing...
October 2003
The United States Sentencing Commission submits this report in direct response to section 401(m) of the Prosecutorial...
March 2003
This report is submitted pursuant to section 314 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-155 (the...
March 2003
This report is submitted pursuant to section 225(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, requiring the Commission to...
January 2003
Summary This report is submitted pursuant to section 1104(a)(3) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires the...
May 2002
The purpose of this report is to contribute to the ongoing assessment of federal cocaine sentencing policy by Congress...
May 2001
This report is submitted pursuant to section 3663(e) of the Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000. Congress directed...
October 1998
Summary This report is submitted pursuant to the Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1998, which requires the...
March 1998
This Report to Congress is submitted pursuant to the directive in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of...
September 1997
This report responds to a congressional directive to comment on the Department of Justice's report on federal...
April 1997
Summary In response to directive by Congress, the Commission again has deliberated carefully over federal cocaine...
June 1996
The United States Sentencing Commission submits this report at the request of Congress on a subject of deep concern --...
June 1996
Congress has directed the Commission, pursuant to Section 805 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of...
May 1995
This is the United States Sentencing Commission’s first report to Congress on the subject of federal cocaine sentencing...
March 1995
This report discusses the operation of the sentencing guidelines with regard to federal rape cases, compares federal and...
March 1995
In this report, the Commission considers whether revisions to the sentencing guidelines were needed to accommodate...
August 1991
In 1990, Congress formally directed the Sentencing Commission to respond to a series of questions concerning the...