[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 145 (Monday, October 14, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6579-H6580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION ACT OF 2013

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 3190) to provide for the continued performance of the 
functions of the United States Parole Commission, and for other 
purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3190

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``United States Parole 
     Commission Extension Act of 2013''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984.

       For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act 
     of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-473; 98 Stat. 
     2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, 
     United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, 
     each reference in such section to ``26 years'' or ``26-year 
     period'' shall be deemed a reference to ``31 years'' or ``31-
     year period'', respectively.

     SEC. 3. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the United States Parole Commission 
     shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives the following for fiscal years 
     2012 and 2013:
       (1) The number of offenders in each type of case over which 
     the Commission has jurisdiction, including the number of 
     Sexual or Violent Offender Registry offenders and Tier Levels 
     offenders.
       (2) The number of hearings, record reviews and National 
     Appeals Board considerations conducted by the Commission in 
     each type of case over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (3) The number of hearings conducted by the Commission by 
     type of hearing in each type of case over which the 
     Commission has jurisdiction.
       (4) The number of record reviews conducted by the 
     Commission by type of consideration in each type of case over 
     which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (5) The number of warrants issued and executed compared to 
     the number requested in each type of case over which the 
     Commission has jurisdiction.
       (6) The number of revocation determinations by the 
     Commission in each type of case over which the Commission has 
     jurisdiction.
       (7) The distribution of initial offenses, including violent 
     offenses, for offenders in each type of case over which the 
     Commission has jurisdiction.
       (8) The distribution of subsequent offenses, including 
     violent offenses, for offenders in each type of case over 
     which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (9) The percentage of offenders paroled or re-paroled 
     compared with the percentage of offenders continued to 
     expiration of sentence (less any good time) in each type of 
     case over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (10) The percentage of cases (except probable cause 
     hearings and hearings in which a continuance was ordered) in 
     which the primary and secondary examiner disagreed on the 
     appropriate disposition of the case (the amount of time to be 
     served before release), the release conditions to be imposed, 
     or the reasons for the decision in each type of case over 
     which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (11) The percentage of decisions within, above, or below 
     the Commission's decision guidelines for Federal initial 
     hearings (28 C.F.R. 2.20) and Federal and D.C. Code 
     revocation hearings (28 C.F.R. 2.21).
       (12) The percentage of revocation and non-revocation 
     hearings in which the offender is accompanied by a 
     representative in each type of case over which the Commission 
     has jurisdiction.
       (13) The number of administrative appeals and the action of 
     the National Appeals Board in relation to those appeals in 
     each type of case over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (14) The projected number of Federal offenders that will be 
     under the Commission's jurisdiction as of October 31, 2018.

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       (15) An estimate of the date on which no Federal offenders 
     will remain under the Commission's jurisdiction.
       (16) The Commission's annual expenditures for offenders in 
     each type of case over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
       (17) The annual expenditures of the Commission, including 
     travel expenses and the annual salaries of the members and 
     staff of the Commission.
       (b) Succeeding Fiscal Years.--For each of fiscal years 2014 
     through 2018, not later than 90 days after the end of the 
     fiscal year, the United States Parole Commission shall report 
     to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives the items in paragraphs (1) through (17) of 
     subsection (a), for the fiscal year.
       (c) District of Columbia Parole Failure Rate Report.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the United States Parole Commission shall report to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives the following:
       (1) The parole failure rate for the District of Columbia 
     for the last full fiscal year immediately preceding the date 
     of the report.
       (2) The factors that cause that parole failure rate.
       (3) Remedial measures that might be undertaken to reduce 
     that parole failure rate.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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