§ 4047. — Prison impact assessments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC4047]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
CHAPTER 303--BUREAU OF PRISONS
Sec. 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 construction 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 the 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.
(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20402(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1824.)
