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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5563

To authorize funding for programs that reduce recidivism and promote

successful offender reintegration into the community.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 26, 2000

Mr. HYDE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of

the committee concerned

A BILL

To authorize funding for programs that reduce recidivism

and promote successful offender reintegration into the

community.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Offender Reentry and

5 Community Safety Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

7 The purposes of this Act are to—
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1 (1) establish demonstration projects in several

2 Federal judicial districts, the District of Columbia,

3 and in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, using new

4 strategies and emerging technologies that alleviate

5 the public safety risk posed by released prisoners by

6 promoting their successful reintegration into the

7 community;

8 (2) establish court-based programs to monitor

9 the return of offenders into communities, using

10 court sanctions to promote positive behavior;

11 (3) establish offender reentry demonstration

12 projects in the states using government and commu13 nity partnerships to coordinate cost efficient strate14 gies that ensure public safety and enhance the suc15 cessful reentry into communities of offenders who

16 have completed their prison sentences;

17 (4) establish intensive aftercare demonstration

18 projects that address public safety and ensure the

19 special reentry needs of juvenile offenders by coordi20 nating the resources of juvenile correctional agen21 cies, juvenile courts, juvenile parole agencies, law en22 forcement agencies, social service providers, and

23 local Workforce Investment Boards; and

24 (5) rigorously evaluate these reentry programs

25 to determine their effectiveness in reducing recidi-
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1 vism and promoting successful offender reintegra2 tion.

3 TITLE I—FEDERAL REENTRY

4 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

5 SEC. 101. FEDERAL REENTRY CENTER DEMONSTRATION.

6 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM7 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

8 carry out this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation

9 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the

10 United States Courts, shall establish the Federal Reentry

11 Center Demonstration project. The project shall involve

12 appropriate prisoners from the Federal prison population

13 and shall utilize community corrections facilities, home

14 confinement, and a coordinated response by Federal agen15 cies to assist participating prisoners, under close moni16 toring and more seamless supervision, in preparing for

17 and adjusting to reentry into the community.

18 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

19 subsection (a) shall include—

20 (1) a Reentry Review Team for each prisoner,

21 consisting of representatives from the Bureau of

22 Prisons, the United States Probation System, and

23 the relevant community corrections facility, who

24 shall initially meet with the prisoner to develop a re25 entry plan tailored to the needs of the prisoner and
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1 incorporating victim impact information, and will

2 thereafter meet regularly to monitor the prisoner’s

3 progress toward reentry and coordinate access to ap4 propriate reentry measures and resources;

5 (2) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

6 (3) a system of graduated levels of supervision

7 within the community corrections facility to promote

8 community safety, provide incentives for prisoners to

9 complete the reentry plan, including victim restitu10 tion, and provide a reasonable method for imposing

11 immediate sanctions for a prisoner’s minor or tech12 nical violation of the conditions of participation in

13 the project;

14 (4) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

15 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

16 vocational and educational training, life skills in17 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

18 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

19 affordable housing, and other programming to pro20 mote effective reintegration into the community as

21 needed;

22 (5) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

23 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including

24 volunteers from the faith-based and business com-
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1 munities, to serve as advisers and mentors to pris2 oners being released into the community;

3 (6) a description of the methodology and out4 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro5 gram; and

6 (7) notification to victims on the status and na7 ture of offenders’ reentry plan.

8 (c) PROBATION OFFICERS.—From funds made avail9 able to carry out this Act, the Director of the Administra10 tive Office of the United States Courts shall assign one

11 or more probation officers from each participating judicial

12 district to the Reentry Demonstration project. Such offi13 cers shall be assigned to and stationed at the community

14 corrections facility and shall serve on the Reentry Review

15 Teams.

16 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Reentry Center Dem17 onstration project shall begin not later than 6 months fol18 lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,

19 and shall last 3 years. The Attorney General may extend

20 the project for a period of up to 6 months to enable partic21 ipant prisoners to complete their involvement in the

22 project.

23 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Attorney Gen24 eral, in consultation with the Judicial Conference of the

25 United States, shall select an appropriate number of Fed-
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1 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Reentry

2 Center Demonstration project.

3 (f) COORDINATION OF PROJECTS.—The Attorney

4 General, may, if appropriate, include in the Reentry Cen5 ter Demonstration project offenders who participated in

6 the Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and

7 Training Demonstration project established by section 105

8 of this Act.

9 SEC. 102. FEDERAL HIGH-RISK OFFENDER REENTRY DEM10 ONSTRATION.

11 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM12 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

13 carry out this Act, the Director of the Administrative Of14 fice of the United States Courts, in consultation with the

15 Attorney General, shall establish the Federal High-Risk

16 Offender Reentry Demonstration project. The project

17 shall involve Federal offenders under supervised release

18 who have previously violated the terms of their release fol19 lowing a term of imprisonment and shall utilize, as appro20 priate and indicated, community corrections facilities,

21 home confinement, appropriate monitoring technologies,

22 and treatment and programming to promote more effec23 tive reentry into the community.

24 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

25 subsection (a) shall include—
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1 (1) participation by Federal prisoners who have

2 previously violated the terms of their release fol3 lowing a term of imprisonment;

4 (2) use of community corrections facilities and

5 home confinement that, together with the technology

6 referenced in paragraph (5), will be part of a system

7 of graduated levels of supervision;

8 (3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

9 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

10 vocational and educational training, life skills in11 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

12 intervention programs, and other programming to

13 promote effective reintegration into the community

14 as appropriate;

15 (4) involvement of a victim advocate and the

16 family of the prisoner, if it is safe for the victim(s),

17 especially in domestic violence cases, to be involved;

18 (5) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap19 propriate and indicated, to monitor and supervise

20 participating offenders in the community;

21 (6) a description of the methodology and out22 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro23 gram; and

24 (7) notification to victims on the status and na25 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.
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1 (c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RE2 LEASE.—In each of the judicial districts in which the dem3 onstration project is in effect, appropriate offenders who

4 are found to have violated a previously imposed term of

5 supervised release and who will be subject to some addi6 tional term of supervised release, shall be designated to

7 participate in the demonstration project. With respect to

8 these offenders, the court shall impose additional manda9 tory conditions of supervised release that each offender

10 shall, as directed by the probation officer, reside at a com11 munity corrections facility or participate in a program of

12 home confinement, or both, and submit to appropriate

13 monitoring, and otherwise participate in the project.

14 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Federal High-Risk

15 Offender Reentry Demonstration shall begin not later

16 than six months following the availability of funds to carry

17 out this section, and shall last 3 years. The Director of

18 the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may

19 extend the project for a period of up to six months to en20 able participating prisoners to complete their involvement

21 in the project.

22 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con23 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At24 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed-
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1 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal

2 High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project.

3 SEC. 103. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTENSIVE SUPER4 VISION, TRACKING, AND REENTRY TRAINING

5 (DC ISTART) DEMONSTRATION.

6 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM7 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

8 carry out this Act, the Trustee of the Court Services and

9 Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,

10 as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and

11 Self Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law

12 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) shall establish the District of Co13 lumbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry

14 Training Demonstration (DC ISTART) project. The

15 project shall involve high risk District of Columbia parol16 ees who would otherwise be released into the community

17 without a period of confinement in a community correc18 tions facility and shall utilize intensive supervision, moni19 toring, and programming to promote such parolees’ suc20 cessful reentry into the community.

21 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

22 subsection (a) shall include—

23 (1) participation by appropriate high risk parol24 ees;
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1 (2) use of community corrections facilities and

2 home confinement;

3 (3) a Reentry Review Team that includes a vic4 tim witness professional for each parolee which shall

5 meet with the parolee—by video conference or other

6 means as appropriate—before the parolee’s release

7 from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

8 to develop a reentry plan that incorporates victim

9 impact information and is tailored to the needs of

10 the parolee and which will thereafter meet regularly

11 to monitor the parolee’s progress toward reentry and

12 coordinate access to appropriate reentry measures

13 and resources;

14 (4) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

15 (5) a system of graduated levels of supervision

16 within the community corrections facility to promote

17 community safety, encourage victim restitution, pro18 vide incentives for prisoners to complete the reentry

19 plan, and provide a reasonable method for imme20 diately sanctioning a prisoner’s minor or technical

21 violation of the conditions of participation in the

22 project;

23 (6) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

24 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

25 vocational and educational training, life skills in-
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1 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

2 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

3 affordable housing, and other programming to pro4 mote effective reintegration into the community as

5 needed and indicated;

6 (7) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap7 propriate;

8 (8) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

9 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including

10 volunteers from the faith-based communities, to

11 serve as advisers and mentors to prisoners being re12 leased into the community; and

13 (9) notification to victims on the status and na14 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

15 (c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF PAROLE.—For those

16 offenders eligible to participate in the demonstration

17 project, the United States Parole Commission shall impose

18 additional mandatory conditions of parole such that the

19 offender when on parole shall, as directed by the commu20 nity supervision officer, reside at a community corrections

21 facility or participate in a program of home confinement,

22 or both, submit to electronic and other remote monitoring,

23 and otherwise participate in the project.

24 (d) PROGRAM DURATION.—The District of Columbia

25 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training
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1 Demonstration shall begin not later than 6 months fol2 lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,

3 and shall last 3 years. The Trustee of the Court Services

4 and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Colum5 bia may extend the project for a period of up to 6 months

6 to enable participating prisoners to complete their involve7 ment in the project.

8 SEC. 104. FEDERAL INTENSIVE SUPERVISION, TRACKING,

9 AND REENTRY TRAINING (FED ISTART) DEM10 ONSTRATION.

11 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM12 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

13 carry out this section, the Director of the Administrative

14 Office of the United States Courts shall establish the Fed15 eral Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

16 Demonstration (FED ISTART) project. The project shall

17 involve appropriate high risk Federal offenders who are

18 being released into the community without a period of con19 finement in a community corrections facility.

20 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

21 subsection (a) shall include—

22 (1) participation by appropriate high risk Fed23 eral offenders;

24 (2) significantly smaller caseloads for probation

25 officers participating in the demonstration project;
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1 (3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

2 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

3 vocational and educational training, life skills in4 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

5 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

6 affordable housing, and other programming to pro7 mote effective reintegration into the community as

8 needed; and

9 (4) notification to victims on the status and na10 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

11 (c) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Federal Intensive

12 Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstra13 tion shall begin not later than 6 months following the

14 availability of funds to carry out this section, and shall

15 last 3 years. The Director of the Administrative Office of

16 the United States Courts may extend the project for a pe17 riod of up to six months to enable participating prisoners

18 to complete their involvement in the project.

19 (d) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con20 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At21 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed22 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal

23 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

24 Demonstration project.
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1 SEC. 105. FEDERAL ENHANCED IN-PRISON VOCATIONAL AS2 SESSMENT AND TRAINING AND DEMONSTRA3 TION.

4 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM5 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

6 carry out this section, the Attorney General shall establish

7 the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment

8 and Training Demonstration project in selected institu9 tions. The project shall provide in-prison assessments of

10 prisoners’ vocational needs and aptitudes, enhanced work

11 skills development, enhanced release readiness program12 ming, and other components as appropriate to prepare

13 Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the commu14 nity.

15 (b) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Enhanced In-Prison

16 Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration shall

17 begin not later than six months following the availability

18 of funds to carry out this section, and shall last 3 years.

19 The Attorney General may extend the project for a period

20 of up to 6 months to enable participating prisoners to

21 complete their involvement in the project.

22 SEC. 106. RESEARCH AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

23 (a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years

24 after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall

25 report to Congress on the progress of the demonstration

26 projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act.
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1 Not later than 1 year after the end of the demonstration

2 projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act,

3 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shall report

4 to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry projects

5 authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act on post6 release outcomes and recidivism. The report shall address

7 post-release outcomes and recidivism for a period of 3

8 years following release from custody. The reports sub9 mitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the

10 Committees on the Judiciary in the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate.

12 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED

13 STATES COURTS.—Not later than 2 years after the enact14 ment of this Act, Director of the Administrative Office of

15 the United States Courts shall report to Congress on the

16 progress of the demonstration projects authorized by sec17 tions 102 and 104 of this Act. Not later than 180 days

18 after the end of the demonstration projects authorized by

19 sections 102 and 104 of this Act, the Director of the Ad20 ministrative Office of the United States Courts shall re21 port to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry

22 projects authorized by sections 102 and 104 of this Act

23 on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The report

24 should address post-release outcomes and recidivism for

25 a period of 3 years following release from custody. The
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1 reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be sub2 mitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the House

3 of Representatives and the Senate.

4 (c) DC ISTART.—Not later than 2 years after the

5 enactment of this Act, the Executive Director of the cor6 poration or institute authorized by section 11281(2) of the

7 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im8 provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)

9 shall report to Congress on the progress of the demonstra10 tion project authorized by section 103 of this Act. Not

11 later than 1 year after the end of the demonstration

12 project authorized by section 103 of this Act, the Execu13 tive Director of the corporation or institute authorized by

14 section 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization

15 and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub.

16 Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) shall report to Congress on

17 the effectiveness of the reentry project authorized by sec18 tion 103 of this Act on post-release outcomes and recidi19 vism. The report shall address post-release outcomes and

20 recidivism for a period of three years following release

21 from custody. The reports submitted pursuant to this sec22 tion shall be submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary

23 in the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the

24 event that the corporation or institute authorized by sec25 tion 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and
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1 Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law

2 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) is not in operation 1 year after

3 the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Insti4 tute of Justice shall prepare and submit the reports re5 quired by this section and may do so from funds made

6 available to the Court Services and Offender Supervision

7 Agency of the District of Columbia, as authorized by the

8 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im9 provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)

10 to carry out this Act.

11 SEC. 107. DEFINITIONS.

12 In this title:

13 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate prisoner’’ means a

14 person who is considered by prison authorities—

15 (A) to pose a medium to high risk of com16 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com17 munity, and

18 (B) to lack the skills and family support

19 network that facilitate successful reintegration

20 into the community; and

21 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate high risk parolees’’

22 means parolees considered by prison authorities—

23 (A) to pose a medium to high risk of com24 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com25 munity; and
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1 (B) to lack the skills and family support

2 network that facilitate successful reintegration

3 into the community.

4 SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap6 propriated, to remain available until expended, the fol7 lowing amounts:

8 (1) To the Federal Bureau of Prisons—

9 (A) $1,375,000 for fiscal year 2001;

10 (B) $1,110,000 for fiscal year 2002;

11 (C) $1,130,000 for fiscal year 2003;

12 (D) $1,155,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

13 (E) $1,230,000 for fiscal year 2005.

14 (2) To the Federal Judiciary—

15 (A) $3,380,000 for fiscal year 2001;

16 (B) $3,540,000 for fiscal year 2002;

17 (C) $3,720,000 for fiscal year 2003;

18 (D) $3,910,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

19 (E) $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.

20 (3) To the Court Services and Offender Super21 vision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au22 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and

23 Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub.

24 Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)—

25 (A) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 (B) $4,510,000 for fiscal year 2002;

2 (C) $4,620,000 for fiscal year 2003;

3 (D) $4,740,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

4 (E) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2005.

5 TITLE II—STATE REENTRY

6 GRANT PROGRAMS

7 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL

8 AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime

10 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711

11 et seq.) as amended, is amended—

12 (1) by redesignating part Z as part AA;

13 (2) by redesignating section 2601 as section

14 2701; and

15 (3) by inserting after part Y the following new

16 part:

17 ‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COM18 MUNITY SAFETY

19 ‘‘SEC. 2601. ADULT OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY

20 PARTNERSHIPS.

21 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen22 eral shall make grants of up to $1,000,000 to States and

23 Indian tribes, in partnership with units of local govern24 ment and nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of es25 tablishing adult offender reentry demonstration projects.
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1 Funds may be expended by the projects for the following

2 purposes:

3 ‘‘(1) oversight/monitoring of released offenders;

4 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

5 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental health

6 assessment and services;

7 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic8 tim impact panels or victim impact educational

9 classes;

10 ‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of

11 other community services to offenders such as hous12 ing assistance, education, employment training, con13 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

14 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

15 and

16 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

17 sanctions and incentives.

18 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

19 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor20 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

21 shall—

22 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

23 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

24 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund25 ing ends;
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1 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

2 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

3 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

4 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

5 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen6 cies in the implementation of the program, including

7 existing community corrections and parole; and

8 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

9 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro10 gram.

11 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

12 under 2601(a)—

13 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

14 under subsection 2601(b); and

15 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

16 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro17 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

18 carry out the purposes of this part.

19 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

20 grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent

21 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

22 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re23 quirements of this section.

24 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

25 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for
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1 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

2 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man3 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

4 contains:

5 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

6 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

7 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap8 plication funded under this part; and

9 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

10 General may require.

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

13 appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000

14 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; and such sums as

15 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,

16 2004, and 2005.

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail18 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

19 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

20 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

21 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

22 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

23 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

24 and training.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2602. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS.

2 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen3 eral shall make grants of up to $500,000 to State and

4 local courts or state agencies, municipalities, public agen5 cies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes that have agree6 ments with courts to take the lead in establishing a re7 entry court. Funds may be expended by the projects for

8 the following purposes:

9 ‘‘(1) monitoring offenders returning to the com10 munity;

11 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

12 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental and

13 medical health assessment and services;

14 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic15 tim impact panels, or victim impact educational

16 classes;

17 ‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of

18 other community services to offenders, such as hous19 ing assistance, education, employment training, con20 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

21 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

22 and

23 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

24 sanctions and incentives.

25 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

26 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor-
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1 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

2 shall—

3 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

4 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

5 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund6 ing ends;

7 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

8 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

9 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

10 consultation with all affected agencies, including ex11 isting community corrections and parole, and there

12 will be appropriate coordination with all affected

13 agencies in the implementation of the program;

14 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

15 measures that will be used in evaluation of the pro16 gram.

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

18 under 2602(a)—

19 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

20 under subsection 2602(b); and

21 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

22 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro23 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

24 carry out the purposes of this part.
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1 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

2 grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent

3 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

4 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re5 quirements of this section.

6 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

7 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for

8 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

9 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man10 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

11 contains:

12 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

13 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

14 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap15 plication funded under this part; and

16 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

17 General may require.

18 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

20 appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000

21 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as

22 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,

23 2004, and 2005.

24 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail25 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—
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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

2 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

3 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

4 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

5 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

6 and training.

7 ‘‘SEC. 2603. JUVENILE OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL RE8 ENTRY PROGRAMS.

9 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen10 eral shall make grants of up to $250,000 to States, in

11 partnership with local units of governments or nonprofit

12 organizations, for the purpose of establishing juvenile of13 fender reentry programs. Funds may be expended by the

14 projects for the following purposes:

15 ‘‘(1) providing returning juvenile offenders with

16 drug and alcohol testing and treatment and mental

17 and medical health assessment and services;

18 ‘‘(2) convening victim impact panels, restorative

19 justice panels, or victim impact educational classes

20 for juvenile offenders;

21 ‘‘(3) oversight/monitoring of released juvenile

22 offenders; and

23 ‘‘(4) providing for the planning of reentry serv24 ices when the youth is initially incarcerated and co25 ordinating the delivery of community-based services,
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1 such as education, conflict resolution skills training,

2 batterer intervention programs, employment training

3 and placement, efforts to identify suitable living ar4 rangements, family involvement and support, and

5 other services.

6 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

7 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor8 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

9 shall—

10 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

11 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

12 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund13 ing ends;

14 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

15 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

16 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

17 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

18 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen19 cies, including existing community corrections and

20 parole, in the implementation of the program;

21 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

22 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro23 gram.

24 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

25 under 2603(a)—
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1 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

2 under subsection 2603(b); and

3 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

4 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro5 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

6 carry out the purposes of this part.

7 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

8 grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent

9 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

10 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re11 quirements of this section.

12 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

13 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for

14 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

15 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man16 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

17 contains:

18 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

19 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

20 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap21 plication funded under this part; and

22 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

23 General may require.

24 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

2 appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 in

3 fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as are

4 necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004,

5 and 2005.

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail7 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

8 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

9 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

10 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

11 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

12 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

13 and training.

14 ‘‘SEC. 2604. STATE REENTRY PROGRAM RESEARCH, DEVEL15 OPMENT, AND EVALUATION.

16 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen17 eral shall make grants to conduct research on a range of

18 issues pertinent to reentry programs, the development and

19 testing of new reentry components and approaches, se20 lected evaluation of projects authorized in the preceding

21 sections, and dissemination of information to the field.

22 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

23 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

24 $5,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums
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1 as are necessary to carry out this section in fiscal years

2 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

4 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street

5 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), as amended, is

6 amended by striking the matter relating to part Z and

7 inserting the following:

‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT

‘‘Sec. 2601. Adult Offender State and Local Reentry Partnerships.

‘‘Sec. 2602. State and Local Reentry Courts.

‘‘Sec. 2603. Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Programs.

‘‘Sec. 2604. State Reentry Program Research and Evaluation.

‘‘PART AA—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER

‘‘Sec. 2701. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.

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