---
title: "First Step Act Time Credits"
citation: "28 C.F.R. §§ 523.40–523.44"
authority_id: "AUTH-CFR-28-523-SUBPART-E"
authority_type: "regulation"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_regulation"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2025-title28-vol2/pdf/CFR-2025-title28-vol2-part523.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CFR-28-523-SUBPART-E/"
legal_review: "2026-08-24"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# 28 C.F.R. Part 523, Subpart E

## Propositions supported

- FTC definitions, earning eligibility, earning dates, and ten- or fifteen-day rates.
- The distinction between earning and application, including final removal orders.
- General, prerelease-custody, and supervised-release application criteria.
- Loss, administrative review, and restoration structure.

## Material limitations

The 2025 official annual CFR was cross-checked against the eCFR current through August 21, 2026. Parts 541 and 542 and individual Bureau records are required for case-specific application.

## Official sources

- 2025 annual CFR: <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2025-title28-vol2/pdf/CFR-2025-title28-vol2-part523.pdf>
- Current eCFR cross-check: <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-V/subchapter-B/part-523/subpart-E>


## Used in

- [18 U.S.C. § 3632 — First Step Act Time Credits](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/first-step-act-time-credits.md)
- [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md)
- [Prerelease Custody, Residential Reentry, Home Confinement, and the CARES Act](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/prerelease-custody-home-confinement-and-cares-act.md)