---
title: "Development of risk and needs assessment system"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3632"
authority_id: "AUTH-USC-18-3632"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_enacted_positive_law_title"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3632"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-18-3632/"
legal_review: "2026-08-24"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# 18 U.S.C. § 3632

## Propositions supported

- The 210-day public system-development requirement and dynamic reassessment.
- FTC earning rates and pre-enactment or pre-sentence exclusions.
- The enumerated-offense earning bar and final-removal-order application bar.
- The statutory handoff from earning to application under § 3624(g).

## Material limitations

The exact current text controls individualized offense screening. This record does not resolve aggregated sentences, computation disputes, or habeas remedies.

## Official source

<https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3632>


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