[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3717]
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Part VI
Department of Justice
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Bureau of Prisons
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28 CFR Part 524
Progress Reports: Triennial Preparation; Final Rule
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 30 / Friday, February 13, 1998 /
Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Prisons
28 CFR Part 524
[BOP-1067-F]
RIN 1120-AA63
Progress Reports: Triennial Preparation
AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Prisons is amending its regulations on progress
reports to require that progress reports for designated inmates be
prepared at least once every 36 months. The purpose of this change is
to streamline operations at Bureau facilities while continuing to
provide appropriate program services to inmates.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Rules Unit, Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons,
HOLC Room 754, 320 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Nanovic, Office of General
Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, phone (202) 514-6655.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Prisons is amending its
regulations on progress reports (28 CFR part 524, subpart E). A
proposed rule on this subject was published in the Federal Register on
March 5, 1997 (62 FR 10164).
Progress reports are used to maintain current information on an
inmate such as his/her institutional adjustment, program participation,
and readiness for release. Paragraph (e) of Sec. 524.41 had previously
specified that a progress report shall be prepared on each federal
inmate at least once every 24 months, if for no other reason than to
update report information. This paragraph was amended in 1995 to allow
for a triennial rather than biennial progress report for inmates at
independent camps. This amendment allowed the Bureau to allocate staff
resources at independent camps in a more efficient manner. In order to
extend such streamlining of operations to its other facilities, the
Bureau proposed to require that a progress report be prepared on each
designated inmate at least once every 36 months if not previously
generated for another reason required by Sec. 524.41. No comment was
received on the proposed rule. The Bureau is therefore adopting the
proposed rule as final without change.
Members of the public may submit further comments concerning this
rule by writing to the previously cited address. These comments will be
considered but will receive no response in the Federal Register.
The Bureau of Prisons has determined that this rule is not a
significant regulatory action for the purpose of E.O. 12866, and
accordingly was not reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
After review of the law and regulations, the Director, Bureau of
Prisons has certified that this rule, for the purpose of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), does not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Because this rule
pertains to the correctional management of offenders committed to the
custody of the Attorney General or the Director of the Bureau of
Prisons, its economic impact is limited to the Bureau's appropriated
funds.
List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 524
Prisoners.
Kathleen M. Hawk,
Director, Bureau of Prisons.
Accordingly, pursuant to the rulemaking authority vested in the
Attorney General in 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and delegated to the Director,
Bureau of Prisons in 28 CFR 0.96(p), part 524 in subchapter B of 28
CFR, chapter V is amended as set forth below.
SUBCHAPTER B--INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER
PART 524--CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES
1. The authority citation for 28 CFR part 524 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3521-3528, 3621, 3622, 3624,
4001, 4042, 4046, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses
committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October
12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 21 U.S.C.
848; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99.
2. In Sec. 524.41, paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 524.41 Types of progress reports.
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(e) Triennial report--prepared on each designated inmate at least
once every 36 months if not previously generated for another reason
required by this section.
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[FR Doc. 98-3717 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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