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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide appropriate standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3077 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3077 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide appropriate standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 30, 2025 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide appropriate standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Supervision Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Over 110,000 people were on Federal supervised release as of December 2024. (2) The Supreme Court of the United States explained in Johnson v. United States that ``Supervised release departed from the parole system it replaced by giving district courts the freedom to provide postrelease supervision for those, and only those, who needed it. ... Congress aimed, then, to use the district courts' discretionary judgment to allocate supervision to those releasees who needed it most.''. (3) Federal probation officers report significant caseloads that can exceed 100 cases per officer. This can create a difficult burden for the officers and limit their ability to provide appropriate supervision to those who need it. (4) The potential for early termination or other modifications of supervision, when consistent with public safety, can not only reduce burdens and save

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Joni Ernst U.S. Senator
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