[CHAPTER 311 - REPEALED]
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[§§ 4201 to 4218 Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 218(a)(5), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027]
“SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.
“This Act [enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under section 3551 of this title ] may be cited as the ‘Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1996’.
“SEC. 2 EXTENSION OF PAROLE COMMISSION.
(“(a) In General.— For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 [ Pub. L. 98–473 , set out as a note under section 3551 of this title ] ( 98 Stat. 2032 ) as it related to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘ten years’ or ‘ten-year period’ shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘fifteen years’ or ‘fifteen-year period’, respectively.
(“(b) Powers and Duties of Parole Commission.— Notwithstanding section 4203 of title 18 , United States Code, the United States Parole Commission may perform its functions with any quorum of Commissioners, or Commissioner, as the Commission may prescribe by regulation.
(“(c) The United States Parole Commission shall have no more than five members.
“SEC. 3 REPORTS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(“(a) In General.— Beginning in the year 1998, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress not later than May 1 of each year through the year 2002 on the status of the United States Parole Commission. Unless the Attorney General, in such report, certifies that the continuation of the Commission is the most effective and cost-efficient manner for carrying out the Commission’s functions, the Attorney General shall include in such report an alternative plan for a transfer of the Commission’s functions to another entity.
(“(b) Transfer Within the Department of Justice.— If the Attorney General includes such a plan in the report, and that plan provides for the transfer of the Commission’s functions and powers to another entity within the Department of Justice, such plan shall take effect according to its terms on November 1 of that year in which the report is made, unless Congress by law provides otherwise. In the event such plan takes effect, all laws pertaining to the authority and jurisdiction of the Commission with respect to individual offenders shall remain in effect notwithstanding the expiration of the period specified in section 2 of this Act. Effective on the date such plan takes effect, paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 [ Pub. L. 98–473 , set out as a note under section 3551 of this title ] ( 98 Stat. 2032 ) are repealed.”