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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 › Section 5011

Extension of Existence of Parole Commission

Section 5011 · Sec. 5011 ·

What this chapter is about

This part holds off an end date in a 1984 law. The end date does not apply from October 1, 2025 to January 30, 2031. The heading names the group that decides parole in federal cases.

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The document says “shall notWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5011 in the PDF
What the document says

“Any expiration date established by section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-473), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall not apply during the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 2031.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5011

Section 5011 provides that any expiration date set by section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, so far as that section relates to chapter 311 of title 18 and the United States Parole Commission, does not apply between October 1, 2025 and January 30, 2031.

What the document actually says

“Any expiration date established by section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-473), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall not apply during the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 2031.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5011
That sentence, in plain words

An older law set an end date for the parole board. That end date does not count from October 1, 2025 until January 30, 2031.

What this is about

Parole is early release from prison, with rules. A federal board decides some of those cases. An older law would have closed it.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The one thing the section does: switch off, for a stated period, any expiration date set by section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 as it relates to chapter 311 of title 18 and the United States Parole Commission.

Nothing else. The section is a single sentence.

The section works on an older law and on a chapter of the United States Code. Neither is indexed here, so what section 235(b) or chapter 311 provides is not recorded on this site.