- The Commission promulgates guidelines that judges consult when sentencing federal offenders. When the guidelines are amended, a subsequent Guidelines Manual is published.
- In this section, you will find the Commission’s comprehensive archive of yearly amendments and Guidelines Manuals dating back to 1987.
Primers
- Aggravating and Mitigating Role Adjustments (August 2016)
- Commercial Sex Acts and Sexual Abuse of a Minor (August 2016)
- Criminal History (August 2016)
- Departures and Variances (August 2016)
- Drugs (August 2016)
- Economic Crime Victims (August 2016)
- Fines Under the Organizational Guidelines (August 2016)
- Firearms (August 2016)
- Immigration (December 2016)
- Loss Calculation (August 2016)
- Retroactivity (August 2016)
- Sexual Abuse and Failure to Register Offenses (August 2016)
- Supervised Release (August 2016)