# § 4106. Transfer of offenders on parole; parole of offenders transferred
**(a)** Upon the receipt of an offender who is on parole from the authorities of a foreign country, the Attorney General shall assign the offender to the United States Parole Commission for supervision.
**1** The United States Parole Commission and the Chairman of the Commission shall have the same powers and duties with reference to an offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence of imprisonment or who at the time of transfer is on parole as they have with reference to an offender convicted in a court of the United States except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in the pertinent treaty. Sections 4201 through 4204; 4205(d), (e), and (h); 4206 through 4215; and 4218 [^1] of this title shall be applicable.
See References in Text note below.
**(c)** An offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence of imprisonment may be released on parole at such time as the Parole Commission may determine.
**(d)** This section shall apply only to offenses committed before November 1, 1987, and the Parole Commission’s performance of its responsibilities under this section shall be subject to section 235 of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–144, § 1, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1216; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 223(m)(3), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2029; Pub. L. 100–182, § 14, Dec. 7, 1987, 101 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7072(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4405.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Sections 4201 through 4204; 4205(d), (e), and (h); 4206 through 4215; and 4218 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), were repealed effective , by , §§ 218(a)(5), 235(a)(1), (b)(1), , , 2031, 2032, subject to remaining effective for five years after , in certain circumstances.
Section 235 of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, referred to in subsec. (d), is set out as an Effective Date note under .
### Amendments
1988—Subsec. (b). substituted “4215” for “4216”.
1987— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows:
“(a) Upon the receipt of an offender who is on parole from the authorities of a foreign country, the Attorney General shall assign the offender to the United States Probation System for supervision.
“(b) An offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence of imprisonment shall be released pursuant to after serving the period of time specified in the applicable sentencing guideline promulgated pursuant to . He shall be released to serve a term of supervised release for any term specified in the applicable guideline. The provisions of apply to a sentence to a term of imprisonment under this subsection, and the United States court of appeals for the district in which the offender is imprisoned after transfer to the United States has jurisdiction to review the period of imprisonment as though it had been imposed by the United States district court.”
1984—Subsec. (a). substituted “Probation System” for “Parole Commission”.
Subsec. (b). amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The United States Parole Commission and the Chairman of the Commission shall have the same powers and duties with reference to an offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence of imprisonment or who at the time of transfer is on parole as they have with reference to an offender convicted in a court of the United States except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in the pertinent treaty. Sections 4201 through 4204; 4205(d), (e), and (h); 4206 through 4216; and 4218 of this title shall be applicable.”
Subsec. (c). struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “An offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence of imprisonment may be released on parole at such time as the Parole Commission may determine.”
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by effective , and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .