[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part VI





Department of Justice





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Bureau of Prisons



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28 CFR Part 524



Progress Reports: Triennial Preparation; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Prisons

28 CFR Part 524

[BOP-1067-F]
RIN 1120-AA63


Progress Reports: Triennial Preparation

AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Prisons is amending its regulations on progress 
reports to require that progress reports for designated inmates be 
prepared at least once every 36 months. The purpose of this change is 
to streamline operations at Bureau facilities while continuing to 
provide appropriate program services to inmates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Rules Unit, Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, 
HOLC Room 754, 320 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Nanovic, Office of General 
Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, phone (202) 514-6655.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Prisons is amending its 
regulations on progress reports (28 CFR part 524, subpart E). A 
proposed rule on this subject was published in the Federal Register on 
March 5, 1997 (62 FR 10164).
    Progress reports are used to maintain current information on an 
inmate such as his/her institutional adjustment, program participation, 
and readiness for release. Paragraph (e) of Sec. 524.41 had previously 
specified that a progress report shall be prepared on each federal 
inmate at least once every 24 months, if for no other reason than to 
update report information. This paragraph was amended in 1995 to allow 
for a triennial rather than biennial progress report for inmates at 
independent camps. This amendment allowed the Bureau to allocate staff 
resources at independent camps in a more efficient manner. In order to 
extend such streamlining of operations to its other facilities, the 
Bureau proposed to require that a progress report be prepared on each 
designated inmate at least once every 36 months if not previously 
generated for another reason required by Sec. 524.41. No comment was 
received on the proposed rule. The Bureau is therefore adopting the 
proposed rule as final without change.
    Members of the public may submit further comments concerning this 
rule by writing to the previously cited address. These comments will be 
considered but will receive no response in the Federal Register.
    The Bureau of Prisons has determined that this rule is not a 
significant regulatory action for the purpose of E.O. 12866, and 
accordingly was not reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. 
After review of the law and regulations, the Director, Bureau of 
Prisons has certified that this rule, for the purpose of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), does not have a significant 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Because this rule 
pertains to the correctional management of offenders committed to the 
custody of the Attorney General or the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons, its economic impact is limited to the Bureau's appropriated 
funds.

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 524

    Prisoners.
Kathleen M. Hawk,
Director, Bureau of Prisons.

    Accordingly, pursuant to the rulemaking authority vested in the 
Attorney General in 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and delegated to the Director, 
Bureau of Prisons in 28 CFR 0.96(p), part 524 in subchapter B of 28 
CFR, chapter V is amended as set forth below.

SUBCHAPTER B--INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER

PART 524--CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES

    1. The authority citation for 28 CFR part 524 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3521-3528, 3621, 3622, 3624, 
4001, 4042, 4046, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses 
committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 
12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 21 U.S.C. 
848; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99.

    2. In Sec. 524.41, paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 524.41  Types of progress reports.

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    (e) Triennial report--prepared on each designated inmate at least 
once every 36 months if not previously generated for another reason 
required by this section.
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