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112th Congress > House > Vote 708

Date: September 20, 2011

Result: 415-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 712

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Government Organization

Sponsor: SMITH, Lamar Seeligson (R-TX)

Bill number: HR2944

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 6, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011 - Extends the United States Parole Commission for two years. Directs the Commission to report the following with regard to each type of case over which it has jurisdiction for FY2006-FY2011: (1) the number of offenders; (2) the number of hearings, record reviews, and National Appeals Board considerations conducted by the Commission; (3) the number of hearings conducted by the Commission by type of hearing; (4) the number of record reviews conducted by the Commission by type of consideration; (5) the number of warrants issued and executed compared to the number requested; (6) the number of revocation determinations by the Commission; (7) the distribution of initial offenses; (8) the distribution of subsequent offenses; (9) the percentage of offenders paroled or re-paroled compared with the percentage of offenders continued to expiration of sentence; (10) the percentage of cases in which the primary and secondary examiner disagreed on the appropriate disposition of the case, the release conditions to be imposed, or the reasons for the decision; (11) the percentage of revocation and non-revocation hearings in which the offender is accompanied by a representative; (12) the number of administrative appeals and the action of the National Appeals Board in relation to those appeals; and (13) the Commission's annual expenditures for offenders. Directs the Commission also to report on: (1) the percentage of decisions within, above, or below its decision guidelines for federal initial hearings and federal and D.C. Code revocation hearings; (2) the projected number of federal offenders that will be under its jurisdiction as of October 31, 2014; (3) an estimate of the date on which no federal offenders will remain under its jurisdiction; and (4) its annual expenditures, including travel expenses and the annual salaries of its members and staff for FY2006-FY2011.

Bill titles: To provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission, and for other purposes.; United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011

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