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USSC proposes restructuring 2B1.1 loss table and new enhancements for non-economic victim harm

United States Sentencing Commission · February 5, 2026
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The Commission's proposal would restructure loss-table ranges in section 2B1.1 and add bracketed specific-offense characteristics, including a potential +2/ +3/ +4 enhancement for substantial non-economic harm; Commission presented victim-harm data and proposed guidance on the sophisticated-means enhancement.

Ellen Dinsmore, a senior research associate at the United States Sentencing Commission, presented proposed revisions to section 2B1.1 (Primary Economic Crime Guideline). Part A would restructure the loss table into wider ranges (examples: no offense-level increase for losses up to $15,000 under the restructured table); Part B would add and amend specific-offense characteristics, including a new bracketed enhancement for substantial non-economic harm.

"Part b of the…

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