110 STAT. 3056 PUBLIC LAW 104-232—OCT. 2, 1996 18 USC 4201 SEC. 3. REPORTS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) IN GENERAL. — Beginning in the year 1998, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress not later than May 1 of each year through the year 2002 on the status of the United States Parole Commission. Unless the Attorney General, in such report, certifies that the continuation of the Commission is the most effective and cost-efficient manner for carrying out the Commission's functions, the Attorney General shall include in such report an alternative plan for a transfer of the Commission's functions to another entity. Effective dates. (b) TRANSFER WiTHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. — (1) EFFECT OF PLAN. —If the Attorney General includes such a plan in the report, and that plan provides for the transfer of the Commission's functions and powers to another entity within the Department of Justice, such plan shall take effect according to its terms on November 1 of that year in which the report is made, unless Congress by law provides otherwise. In the event such plan takes effect, all laws pertaining to the authority and jurisdiction of the Commission with respect to individual offenders shall remain in effect notwithstanding the expiration of the period specified in section 2 of this Act. 18 USC 3551 (2) CONDITIONAL REPEAL.—Effective on the date such plan "lote. takes effect, paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 2032) are repealed. 18 USC 3551 SEC. 4. REPEAL. °*®" Section 235(b)(2) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 2032) is repealed. Approved October 2, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1507: SENATE REPORTS: No. 104-789 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 141 (1995): Dec. 22, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 142 (1996): Sept. 17, considered and passed House, amended. Sept. 20, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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