                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
 
                     CHAPTER 303--BUREAU OF PRISONS
 
Sec. 4047. Prison impact assessments

    (a) Any submission of legislation by the Judicial or Executive 
branch which could increase or decrease the number of persons 
incarcerated in Federal penal institutions shall be accompanied by a 
prison impact statement (as defined in subsection (b)).
    (b) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Sentencing 
Commission and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
prepare and furnish prison impact assessments under subsection (c) of 
this section, and in response to requests from Congress for information 
relating to a pending measure or matter that might affect the number of 
defendants processed through the Federal criminal justice system. A 
prison impact assessment on pending legislation must be supplied within 
21 days of any request. A prison impact assessment shall include--
        (1) projections of the impact on prison, probation, and post 
    prison supervision populations;
        (2) an estimate of the fiscal impact of such population changes 
    on Federal expenditures, including those for construction and 
    operation of correctional facilities for the current fiscal year and 
    5 succeeding fiscal years;
        (3) an analysis of any other significant factor affecting the 
    cost of the measure and its impact on the operations of components 
    of the criminal justice system; and
        (4) a statement of the methodologies and assumptions utilized in 
    preparing the assessment.

    (c) The Attorney General shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, 
by March 1 of each year, a prison impact assessment reflecting the 
cumulative effect of all relevant changes in the law taking effect 
during the preceding calendar year.

(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20402(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1824.)
