Guidance Documents

This Program Statement transmits the "Sentence Computation Manual" which establishes the policies and procedures for the computation of sentences imposed for violations of the United States Code under the statutes of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (CCCA).

The purpose of this open letter is to inform you that the Colorado Department of Public Safety recently notified ATF that the State of Colorado will again act as the point of contact for NICS checks for all firearms transactions. Therefore, beginning August 1, 1999, in order to request a NICS check for any firearm transaction, you must contact the Colorado Bureau of Investigatio.

To provide guidance and direction to staff with management and oversight responsibility for sentenced inmates requiring drug abuse treatment while in the community. These inmates may be transfers from a Bureau facility to a Community Corrections Centers (CCCs). Other inmates may be placed in the CCC as a condition of their supervision, or as direct commitments to the CCC for service of a sentence. The CCC’s purpose is to provide a period of transition from the institution setting to the community, while remaining under the Bureau’s supervision and authority. The majority of the inmates participating in the Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment(TDAT) are transfers from Bureau facilities who are graduates of the Bureau’s Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). However, other inmates identified as needing drug treatment may also be required to participate in TDAT.

This document sets forth requirements relating to certification of prison industry programs that operate in interstate commerce.

The purpose of this letter is to nofiy FFLs that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation will cease its operations as the NICS point of contact on March 31, 1999. Therefore, beginning April 1, 1999, in order to initiate a NICS check for any firearm, Colorado licensees must contact the FBI’s NICS Operations Center.

What’s In This Issue: Canadian Firearms Issues; ATF Distribution Center; NICS and Returned Firearms; Age Restrictions on Firearms Transactions; Modern Muzzleloading Issues; Secure Gun Storage Devices Amendment; Relief of Disability; Nonresident Alien Prohibited Persons; Gunshows; Sales of Semiautomatic Assault Weapons to Law Enforcement; Sales of Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices to Campus Police; Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices Markings; Licensees Who Discontinue Business

The expected result of this program is that assignments in housing, work and programs will be available to inmates on an equal opportunity basis.

The expected result of this program is: Inmates contributions to political parties, candidates for election, international, national, or local organizations will be made in compliance with all applicable laws or regulations.

Policy clarification affecting 28 C.F.R. part 23, which governs use of certain grant funds for criminal intelligence information sharing systems.

To outline responsibilities and procedures for a Bureau employee to represent an inmate at a parole hearing. The U.S. Parole Commission allows inmates to be represented at parole hearings by a person of the inmate's choice. Occasionally, inmates request a Bureau employee as their representative.