1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safer Supervision Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Over 110,000 people were on Federal supervised release as of June 2021. (2) The Supreme Court of the United States explained in Johnson v. United States that Supervised release departed from the parole system it replaced by giving district courts the freedom to provide postrelease supervision for those, and only those, who needed it. … Congress aimed, then, to use the district courts’ discretionary judgment to allocate supervision to those releasees who needed it most. . (3) Federal probation officers report significant caseloads that can exceed 100 cases per officer. This can create a difficult burden for the officers and limit their ability to provide appropriate supervision to those who need it. (4) The potential for early termination or other modifications of supervision, when consistent with public safety, can not only reduce burdens and save valuable judicial resources, but also create positive incentives for compliance and rehabilitation consistent with the purposes of supervision. In the 12-month period ending in June 2021, early terminations were 23 percent of successful supervised release closures. (5) The Administrative Office of the United States Courts has explained that excessive correctional intervention for low-risk defendants may increase the probability of recidivism by disrupting prosocial activities and exposing defendants to antisocial associates. . (6) Supervised release is and should remain an important tool for the Federal courts to use, as appropriate, to, among other items, protect the public from further crimes, deter future criminal conduct, and help the defendant become a contributing member of society by recovering from substance use disorder, participating in rehabilitation and training programs, and providing restitution to victims, among other outcomes. (7) Better tailoring when and how supervised release is imposed, encouraging early termination when