Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-84
§2 EXTENSION OF PAROLE COMMISSION.
Title 18 › Part PART III— - PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter [CHAPTER 311— - REPEALED] › § 2
Summary
It says that when the Sentencing Reform Act talks about a ten-year time period for the Parole Commission and related rules, that ten years must be treated as fifteen years. The Parole Commission can carry out its duties with whatever number of commissioners it sets in its own rules, including just one. The Commission must have no more than five members.
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Title 18, §2
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“(a)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)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.
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18 U.S.C. § 2
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 22, 2026
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