Issue Position: Permanent Reauthorization of U.S. Parole Board Necessary for Law Enforcement in D.C.

Issue Position

Norton will seek to permanently reauthorize the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC) well in advance of its expiration in November 2011 to prevent a replay of a congressional delay on its last reauthorization, which jeopardized due process for offenders and nearly resulted in court intervention. The USPC has been temporarily reauthorized five times since federal parole was abolished, but the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 transferred D.C. Code felons to the BOP and the USPC, which now gives the USPC permanent jurisdiction over felons.

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