SELECTED SENTENCING STATUTORY PROVISIONS

SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-473, 1984 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News, 90 Stat. 1837.

TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE; CHAPTER 58 - §§ 991-998. U.S. Sentencing Commission legal authority and the related authority and procedures for sentencing in federal courts.

TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE;
CHAPTER 227 - SENTENCES

§ 3551. Authorized sentences

(b) Sentencing of Individuals
(c) Sentencing of Organizations

§ 3552. Presentence reports

§ 3553. Imposition of a sentence

(a) Factors to be considered in imposing sentence
(b) Application of guidelines in imposing sentence
(c) Statement of reasons for imposing sentence
(d) Presentence procedure for an order of notice
(e) Limited authority to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum
(f) Limitation on applicability of statutory minimums in certain cases
[“Safety vale” provision]

§ 3559. Sentencing classification of offenses

(a) Classification of offenses
(b) Effect of classification
(c) Imprisonment of certain violent offenders

§ 3561. Sentence of probation

§ 3563. Conditions of probation

(a) Mandatory conditions
(b) Discretionary conditions
(c) Modifications of conditions

§ 3565. Revocation of probation

(a) Continuing of revocation
(b) Mandatory revocations for possession of controlled substance or firearm or refusal to comply with drug testing

§ 3571. Sentence of fine

(b) Fines for individuals
(c) Fines for organizations

§ 3581. Sentence of imprisonment

(b) Authorized terms

§ 3582. Imposition of a sentence of imprisonment

(a) Factors to be considered in imposing a term of imprisonment
(b) Effect of finality of judgment
(c) Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment

§ 3583. Inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment

(b) Authorized terms of supervised release
(c) Factors to consider in including a term of supervised release
(d) Conditions of supervised release
(e) Modifications of conditions or revocation
(g) Mandatory revocation for possession of controlled substance or firearm or for refusal to comply with drug testing
(h) Supervised release following revocation

§ 3585. Calculation of a term of imprisonment

(a) Commencement of sentence
(b) Credit for prior custody

§ 3621. Imprisonment of a convicted person

(a) Commitment to custody of Bureau of Prisons
(b) Place of imprisonment
(e) Substance abuse treatment


§ 3624. Release of prisoner

(a) Date of release
(b) Credit toward service of sentence for satisfactory behavior
[“fifty-four days at the end of each year of the prisoner’s term of imprisonment”]

§ 3661. Use of information for sentencing

“No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.”

§ 3663. Order of restitution

§ 3663A. Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes

§ 3664. Procedure for issuance and enforcement of order of restitution

§ 3742. Review of a sentence

(a) Appeal by a defendant
(b) Appeal by the Government
(c) Plea Agreements


TITLE 18, U.S. CODE, PART IV - CORRECTION OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS;
CHAPTERS 401 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; AND CHAPTER 403 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

SELECTED DRUG STATUTES:

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-570, 1986 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News
100 Stat. 3207.

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, 1988 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News, 102 Stat. 4181.

Title 21 U.S. Code § 812 - Schedules of controlled substances [“The schedules established by this section shall be updated and republished . . . on an annual basis.” For the current schedule see 21 C.F.R. § 1308.]