U.S. Sentencing Commission

Public Meeting Materials
December 12, 2000

• Proposed amendment to reference new offense of stealing anhydrous ammonia to §2D1.12.
• Proposed amendment to include 21 U.S.C. § 853(q) in mandatory restitution provisions of §5E1.1.
• Proposed amendment to implement the directive in section 3611 of Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 regarding amphetamine offenses.
• Proposed amendment to implement the directive in section 3663 of Ecstacy Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 regarding increased penalties for ecstasy offenses.
• Proposed re-promulgation as permanent amendment of temporary, emergency amendment that implements section 102 of the Methamphetamine and Club Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 regarding increased penalties for certain methamphetamine and amphetamine offenses.
• Proposed amendment for money laundering offenses.
• Proposed amendment to implement the directive in section 112 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 regarding new peonage and involuntary servitude offenses.
• Proposed amendment to implement section 1107 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 regarding stalking and domestic violence offenses.
• Proposed amendment to implement the sense of Congress in section 1423(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 regarding nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon offenses.
• Proposed amendment to consolidate the theft and fraud guidelines.
• Proposed amendment for guidelines that refer to the loss tables in either §2B1.1 or §2F1.1.
• Proposed amendment to address case law issue regarding application of §2B1.1(b)(4)(B).
• Proposed amendment to address circuit conflict regarding calculation of tax loss in cases that involve both individual and corporate tax returns.
• Proposed amendment to address directive in section 3 of the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 regarding increased penalties for the misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or providing financial assistance for higher education.
• Proposed amendment to implement the "pattern of activity" and transportation offenses directives in the Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998, and to address certain grouping issues.