Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 4047: Prison impact assessments

Civil

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This statute requires that legislative submissions affecting federal prison populations be accompanied by impact assessments projecting incarceration changes, fiscal costs, and criminal justice system effects.

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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)). projections of the impact on prison, probation, and post prison supervision populations; an estimate of the fiscal impact of such population changes on Federal expenditures, including those for construction and operation of correctional facilities for the current fiscal year and 5 succeeding fiscal years; 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 a statement of the methodologies and assumptions utilized in preparing the assessment. 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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