Report to the Congress: Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Response to the Emergency Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007

摘要

This report responds to the directive in the Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007 (the 'Disaster Fraud Act'), Pub. L. No. 110179, 121 Stat. 2556, signed by the President on January 7, 2008. The Report discusses the Disaster Fraud Act and its legislative history and explains the actions taken by the U.S. Sentencing Commission ('Commission') pursuant to the congressional directive in the Disaster Fraud Act and the Commission's policy recommendations for combating disaster fraud offenses.