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This proposed rule would codify the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) procedures regarding "Time Credits" as authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA). The FSA provides that eligible inmates may earn FSA Time Credits towards pre-release custody or early transfer to supervised release for successfully completing an approved Evidence-Based Recidivism Reduction program or Productive Activity that is assigned to the inmate based on the inmate's risk and needs assessment. As required by the FSA, an inmate cannot earn Time Credits if he or she is serving a sentence for a disqualifying offense or has a disqualifying prior conviction. However, these inmates can still earn other benefits, as authorized by the Bureau, for successfully completing recidivism reduction programming.