[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15198-15199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05958]


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UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION


Request for Applications; Sentence Impact Advisory Group

AGENCY: United States Sentencing Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has decided to establish a Sentence Impact 
Advisory Group as a standing advisory group to the Commission. Having 
adopted a formal charter for the Sentence Impact Advisory Group, the 
Commission is constituting the initial membership of the advisory group 
under that charter. The Commission hereby invites any individual who is 
eligible to be appointed to the Sentence Impact Advisory Group to apply 
by sending a letter of interest and resume to the Commission as 
indicated in the ADDRESSES section below. Application materials should 
be received by the Commission not later than June 6, 2025.

DATES: Application materials for membership of the Sentence Impact 
Advisory Group should be received not later than June 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: An applicant for membership of the Sentence Impact Advisory 
Group should apply by sending a letter of interest and resume to the 
Commission by electronic mail or regular mail. The email address is 
[email protected]. The regular mail address is United States 
Sentencing Commission, One Columbus Circle NE, Suite 2-500, South 
Lobby, Washington, DC 20002-8002, Attention: Public Affairs--SIAG 
Membership.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Dukes, Senior Public Affairs 
Specialist, (202) 502-4597. More information about the Sentence Impact 
Advisory Group is available on the Commission's website at 
www.ussc.gov/advisory-groups.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Sentencing Commission is 
an independent agency in the judicial branch of the United States 
Government. The Commission promulgates sentencing guidelines and policy 
statements for federal courts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(a). The 
Commission also periodically reviews and revises previously promulgated 
guidelines pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(o) and submits guideline 
amendments to the Congress not later than the first day of May each 
year pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(p).
    The Commission recently adopted a formal charter for the Sentence 
Impact Advisory Group (the ``SIAG''). The SIAG is a standing advisory 
group to the Commission established under 28 U.S.C. 995 and Rule 5.4 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Under the charter of 
the SIAG, the purpose of the advisory group is:
    (1) to assist the Commission in carrying out its statutory 
responsibilities under 28 U.S.C. 994(o);
    (2) to provide to the Commission its views on the Commission's 
activities and work, including proposed priorities and amendments, as 
they relate to sentenced individuals;
    (3) to disseminate information regarding federal sentencing issues 
to other sentenced individuals, families of sentenced individuals, and 
advocacy groups, as appropriate;
    (4) to provide to the Commission its views on how the Commission 
may better incorporate into its work the perspectives of individuals 
affected by federal sentences;
    (5) to assist the Commission in determining how it can best fulfill 
its duty under 28 U.S.C. 994(s) to ``give due consideration to any 
petition filed by a defendant requesting modification of the guidelines 
utilized in the sentencing of such defendant, on the basis of changed 
circumstances unrelated to the defendant''; and
    (6) to perform any other related functions as the Commission 
requests.
    The SIAG shall consist of no more than nine members. Each member is 
appointed by the Commission. To be eligible to serve in the SIAG, a 
member must be (1) an individual sentenced for a federal offense, or 
(2) a family member of an individual sentenced for a federal offense. 
For appointment of the initial members of the SIAG and thereafter as 
vacancies arise, the Commission intends to openly solicit applications 
for membership from sentenced individuals and their families. The 
Commission intends that the SIAG membership shall be appointed in a 
manner that ensures diverse representation in background, demographics, 
types of offenses that led to sentencing, types of sentences imposed, 
geographic location, and other unique characteristics. The Commission 
also intends that the SIAG membership should aim to reflect the many 
perspectives within the federally sentenced population, including 
perspectives informed by differences in terms of age, disability, 
ethnicity,

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gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, 
sexual orientation, and tribal membership.
    All members of the SIAG shall serve not more than two consecutive 
three-year terms. However, the terms of the initial membership shall be 
staggered so that 3 members serve a term of three years, 3 members 
serve a term of two years, and 3 members serve a term of one year.
    The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed to the SIAG to apply by sending a letter of interest and a 
resume to the Commission as indicated in the ADDRESSES section above.

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 994(a), (o), (p), 995; USSC Rules of Practice 
and Procedure 2.2(c), 5.4.)

Carlton W. Reeves,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2025-05958 Filed 4-7-25; 8:45 am]
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