The U.S. Sentencing Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines. The deadline for public comment is February 20, 2017. One of the proposed amendments is related to first offenders and alternatives to incarceration.
The Commission plays an important role in the sentencing of individuals convicted of federal sex offenses, including possession of child pornography. Written comments should be sent to the Commission by either electronic mail or U.S. mail.
The E-mail address is Public_Comment@ussc.gov and mailing address is U.S. Sentencing Commission, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Suite 2-500, Washington, D.C. 20002-8002, Attention: Public Affairs.
U.S. Sentecing Commission – Jan 2017
The introduction fails to note the amendment to IML that if you fail to give notice of international travel, this will be considered failure to register. But this apply to non-SORNA states? This amendment seems like a big issue.
I would say that this is the time in History when everyone participate on a massive level to voice your opinion to the Evil (want) that these Guidelines Lead us all Down a Path of Irreversible Harm especially to The Innocent Loved ones of those Held to the State of a Bondman or Bondwomen.
This is the Time to prove oneself Reliable.
Here are the Specs:
All written comment should be sent to the Commission by electronic mail or regular mail. The email address for public comment is Public_Comment@ussc.gov. The regular mail address for public comment is United States Sentencing Commission, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Suite 2-500, Washington, D.C. 20002-8002, Attention: Public Affairs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Leonard, Director, Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, (202) 502-4500, pubaffairs@ussc.gov.
7) a multi-part proposed amendment to the Guidelines Manual to respond to recently enacted legislation and miscellaneous guideline issues, including
B) International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders
Synopsis of Proposed Amendment: Part B of the proposed amendment responds to the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders Act (“International Megan’s Law”), Pub. L. 114–119 (Feb. 8, 2016).
The Act added a new notification requirement to 42 U.S.C. § 16914 (Information required in [sex offender] registration). Section 16914 states that sex offenders who are required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) must provide certain information for inclusion in the sex offender registry. Those provisions include the offender’s name, Social Security number, address of all residences, name and address where the offender is an employee, the name and address where the offender is a student, license plate number and description of any vehicle. The International Megan’s Law added as an additional requirement that the sex offender must provide “information relating to intended travel of the sex offender outside of the United States, including any anticipated dates and places of departure, arrival or return, carrier and flight numbers for air travel, destination country and address or other contact information therein, means and purpose of travel, and any other itinerary or other travel-related information required by the Attorney General.”
The International Megan’s Law also added a new criminal offense at 18 U.S.C. § 2250(b) (Failure to register). The new subsection (b) provides that whoever is required to register under SORNA who knowingly fails to provide the above described information required by SORNA relating to intended travel in foreign commerce and who engages or attempts to engage in the intended travel, is subject to a 10 year statutory maximum penalty. Section 2250 offenses are referenced in Appendix A (Statutory Index) to §2A3.5 (Failure to Register as a Sex Offender).
Part B of the proposed amendment amends Appendix A (Statutory Index) so the new offenses at 18 U.S.C. § 2250(b) are referenced to §2A3.5. The proposed amendment also brackets the possibility of adding a new application note to the Commentary to §2A3.5 providing that for purposes of §2A3.5(b), a defendant shall be deemed to be in a “failure to register status” during the period in which the defendant engaged in conduct described in 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) or (b).
Finally, Part B makes clerical changes to §2A3.6 (Aggravated Offenses Relating to Registration as Proposed Amendment:
The Commentary to §2A3.5 captioned “Statutory Provisions” is amended by striking “§ 2250(a)” and inserting “§ 2250(a), (b)”.
[The Commentary to §2A3.5 captioned “Application Notes” is amended by redesignating Note 2 as Note 3, and by inserting the following new Note 2:
“2. Application of Subsection (b)(1).—For purposes of subsection (b)(1), a defendant shall be deemed to be in a ‘failure to register status’ during the period in which the defendant engaged in conduct described in 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) or (b).”.]
Section 2A3.6(a) is amended by striking “§ 2250(c)” and inserting “§ 2250(d)”.
The Commentary to §2A3.6 captioned “Statutory Provisions” is amended by striking “2250(c)” and inserting “2250(d)”.
The Commentary to §2A3.6 captioned “Statutory provisions is amended— in Note 1 by striking “Section 2250(c)” and inserting “Section 2250(d)”, and by inserting after “18 U.S.C. § 2250(a)” the following: “or (b)”;
in Note 3 by striking “§ 2250(c)” and inserting “§ 2250(d)”;
and in Note 4 by striking “§ 2250(c)” and inserting “§ 2250(d)”.
Appendix A (Statutory Index) is amended in the line referenced to 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) by striking “§ 2250(a)” and inserting “§ 2250(a), (b)”; and in the line referenced to 18 U.S.C. § 2250(c) by striking “§ 2250(c)” and inserting “§ 2250(d)”.
As Yehovah Lives, so should we
The enforcement of the Sex Offender Registration act is punitively
redundant to that of parole and probation operations. The whole
system of sex offender registration as it stands is nothing more than
a form of conntinued parole and probation (how-be-it informal).
Reason dictates having the whole system of registration under parole
and probation at time of sentencing. Registration will only continue
until probation and parole has ended. This would create a built-in
tiered registry under probation and parole sentencing guidelines.
This would place the registry within a more controlled context. There
is a thing called life-time parole that after 20 years they too can as
part of an individual’s good standing be able to petition for removal
from parole and registration….otherwise there are still civil
commitment laws for those deemed most dangerous. For the sake of
justice the federal government and individual state resources would
greatly be served by the sex offender registry placed in this type of
context.
Hi Group,
I have about 35 people ready to write and email the United States Sentencing Commission. This is mainly for Joe123. I am wondering what you emailed to the sentencing commission. My church is ready to fill up there inbox. But little help and direction, to stop this madness. (Group any thoughts)
Together we stand to stop any laws that come our way.
My quick story, I do not register in the state I currently live in. The state I came from has me on the registry. The state I live in now will not fill out any paperwork regarding a 21 day notice. They do not even require people who have an obligation to register to do so. So I am in a real pickle…
Thank you