Summary

Requires judges to make and state individualized findings before imposing supervised release and creates notice and a presumption process for early termination of supervised release after defendants serve specified portions of their term. Directs the courts’ administrative office to notify defendants and defender organizations about early-termination opportunities and applies victim-notice and participation rights to those proceedings. Allows the Bureau of Prisons to release certain prisoners up to 12 months earlier when a sentencing court did not impose supervised release and the prisoner earns credits; directs a report on pay parity for federal probation and pretrial services officers; and requires the Government Accountability Office to study federal post-release supervision, reentry services, probation workforce capacity, and funding incentives and report to Congress.

Key Points

• Requires courts to state an individualized assessment before imposing supervised release after imprisonment.
• Creates notice and a presumption process making early termination of supervised release more available after defendants serve specified portions of their term.
• Applies victims' rights under 18 U.S.C. § 3771 to early-termination proceedings.
• Directs AOUSC and OPM to report within 180 days with a legislative proposal for law-enforcement availability pay parity for federal probation and pretrial services officers.
• Allows the BOP Director to release inmates up to 12 months earlier if no supervised release was imposed, based on earned time credits.
• Orders a GAO study (to begin within 1 year) on federal post-release supervision, reentry programs, probation workforce capacity, and the probation funding formula.
• Makes technical edits to 18 U.S.C. § 3624(g) and substantive changes to §§ 3583 and 3624 affecting supervision and release rules.
• Does not specify new appropriations; implementation will rely on existing agency resources for reporting and study work.

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