The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted on amendments to sentencing guidelines, but the text of the guidelines as approved by the commission are not yet available on the web. The following are excerpts from the U.S. Sentencing Commission Votes to Amend Guidelines for Terrorism Sex Offenses, Intellectual Property Offenses and Crack Cocaine Offenses, Sentencing Commission Press Release, Apr. 27, 2007:
At its April 18, 2007 meeting, the Federal Sentencing Commission "voted to promulgate and submit to Congress sentencing guideline amendments regarding offenses that include terrorism, sex offenses, and intellectual property offenses. It also took action to address sentencing disparities resulting from federal cocaine sentencing policies." ....
"[T]he Commission also announced its intention to form a standing victims advisory group to provide the Commission with input regarding federal crime victimization." .....
"The text of the Commission’s amendments and its accompanying 2007 report to Congress, Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy, will be available in the coming weeks on the Commission’s website, www.ussc.gov."
In other sentencing guideline news, "Pursuant to section 4 of the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 (the "Telephone Act"), Pub. L. 109-476, the Commission hereby gives notice of a temporary, emergency amendment to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and commentary. This notice sets forth the temporary, emergency amendment and the reason for amendment (72 FR 20576-20577). " See Sentencing Commission's Homepage.