§ 4047. Prison impact assessments

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title II § 20402(a) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 4047

   (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20402(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1824.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20402(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1824.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§4047. Prison impact assessments “(a) Any submission of legislation by the Judicial or Executive branch which could increase or decrease the number of persons incarcerated in Federal penal institutions shall be accompanied by a prison impact statement (as defined in subsection (b)). “(b) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Sentencing Commission and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, prepare and furnish prison impact assessments under subsection (c) of this section, and in response to requests from Congress for information relating to a pending measure or matter that might affect the number of defendants processed through the Federal criminal justice system. A prison impact assessment on pending legislation must be supplied within 21 days of any request. A prison impact assessment shall include— “(1) projections of the impact on prison, probation, and post prison supervision populations; “(2) an estimate of the fiscal impact of such population changes on Federal expenditures, including those for construc-tion and operation of correctional facilities for the current fiscal year and 5 succeeding fiscal years; “(3) an analysis of any other significant factor affecting the cost of the measure and its impact on the operations of components of the criminal justice system; and “(4) a statement of tne methodologies and assumptions utilized in preparing the assessment. “(c) The Attorney General shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, by March 1 of each year, a prison impact assessment reflecting the cumulative effect of all relevant changes in the law taking effect during the preceding calendar year.”.

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