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- 2026 Guideline Amendments: Higher Fraud Loss Thresholds and Simpler Multiple-Count Rules
Amendments sent to Congress on April 30, 2026 raise the dollar amounts in the fraud loss table for inflation and rewrite the multiple-count rules.
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines Drop "Departures" Starting November 1, 2025
The 2025 guideline amendments removed departures and moved federal sentencing to a two-step process.
- Commission Declines to Make 2025 Drug "Mitigating Role" Change Retroactive
On August 6, 2025, a motion to make the 2025 mitigating-role-cap amendment retroactive failed 3–2 because four votes are required.