---
title: "Duties of the United States Sentencing Commission"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 994"
authority_id: "AUTH-USC-28-994"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_statute"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title28/html/USCODE-2024-title28-partIII-chap58-sec994.htm"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-28-994/"
legal_review: "2026-11-02"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Duties of the United States Sentencing Commission

## Propositions supported

- Section 994(t): rehabilitation alone is not an extraordinary and compelling reason; § 994(p) amendment submission and effective date.

## Material limitations

Check for later amendments before relying on the 2024 edition.

## Official source and locator

28 U.S.C. § 994: <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title28/html/USCODE-2024-title28-partIII-chap58-sec994.htm>


## Used in

- [18 U.S.C. § 3582 — Sentence-Modification Remedy Router](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/section-3582-remedy-router.md)
