REPORT ON MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING PROVISIONS.

SEC. 1703. REPORT ON MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING PROVISIONS. (a) Report.— Not less than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing Commission shall transmit to the respective Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in Federal law. (b) Components of Report.— The report mandated by subsection (a) shall include: (1) a compilation of all mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in Federal law; (2) an assessment of the effect of mandatory minimum sentencing provisions on the goal of eliminating unwarranted sentencing disparity; (3) a projection of the impact of mandatory minimum sentencing provisions on the Federal prison population; 104 STAT. 4846 (4) an assessment of the compatibility of mandatory minimum sentencing provisions and the sentencing guidelines system established by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984; (5) a description of the interaction between mandatory minimum sentencing provisions and plea agreements; (6) a detailed empirical research study of the effect of mandatory minimum penalties in the Federal system; (7) a discussion of mechanisms other than mandatory minimum sentencing laws by which Congress can express itself with respect to sentencing policy, such as: (A) specific statutory instructions to the Sentencing Commission; (B) general statutory instructions to the Sentencing Commission; (C) increasing or decreasing the maximum sentence authorized for particular crimes; (D) Sense of Congress resolutions; and (8) any other information that the Commission would contribute to a thorough assessment of mandatory minimum sentencing provisions. (c) Amendment of Report.— The Commission may amend or update the report mandated by subsection (a) at any time after its transmittal.