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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5567

An act to authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders

into local communities

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 26, 2000

Mr. CONYERS 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

An act to authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal

offenders into local communities

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Community Safety Act of 2000.’’

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress finds the following:

6 (a) There are now nearly 1.9 million individuals

7 in our country’s prisons and jails, including over

8 140,000 individuals under the jurisdiction of the

9 Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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1 (b) Enforcement of offender violations of condi2 tions of releases has sharply increased the number

3 of offenders who return to prison—while revocations

4 comprised 17 percent of State prison admissions in

5 1980, they rose to 36 percent in 1998.

6 (c) Although prisoners generally are serving

7 longer sentences than they did a decade ago, most

8 eventually reenter communities; for example, in

9 1999, approximately 538,000 State prisoners and

10 over 50,000 Federal prisoners—a record number—

11 were returned to American communities. Approxi12 mately 100,000 State offenders return to commu13 nities and received no supervision whatsoever.

14 (d) Historically, two-thirds of returning State

15 prisoners have been rearrested for new crimes within

16 three years, so these individuals pose a significant

17 public safety risk and a continuing financial burden

18 to society.

19 (e) A key element to effective post-incarceration

20 supervision in an immediate, predetermined, and ap21 propriate response to violations of the conditions of

22 supervision.

23 (f) An estimated 187,000 State and federal

24 prison inmates have been diagnosed with mental

25 health problems; about 70 percent of State prisoners
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1 and 57 percent of federal prisoners have a history of

2 drug abuse; and nearly 75 percent of released of3 fenders with heroin or cocaine problems return to

4 using drugs within three months if untreated; how5 ever, few States link prison mental health treatment

6 programs with those in the return community.

7 (g) Between 1987 and 1997, the volume of ju8 venile adjudicated cases resulting in court-ordered

9 residential placements rose 56 percent. In 1997

10 alone, there were a total of 163,200 juvenile court11 ordered residential placements. The steady increase

12 of youth exiting residential placement has strained

13 the juvenile justice aftercare system, however, with14 out adequate supervision and services, youth are

15 likely to relapse, recidivate, and return to confine16 ment at the public’s expense.

17 (h) Emerging technologies and multidisciplinary

18 community-based strategies present new opportuni19 ties to alleviate the public safety risk posed by re20 leased prisoners while helping offenders to reenter

21 their communities successfully.

22 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

23 The purposes of this Act are to—

24 (a) establish demonstration projects in several

25 federal judicial districts, the District of Columbia,
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1 and in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, using new

2 strategies and emerging technologies that alleviate

3 the public safety risk posed by released prisoners by

4 promoting their successful reintegration into the

5 community;

6 (b) establish court-based programs to monitor

7 the return of offenders into communities, using

8 court sanctions to promote positive behavior;

9 (c) establish offender reentry demonstration

10 projects in the states using government and commu11 nity partnerships to coordinate cost efficient strate12 gies that ensure public safety and enhance the suc13 cessful reentry into communities of offenders who

14 have completed their prison sentences;

15 (d) establish intensive aftercare demonstration

16 projects that address public safety and ensure the

17 special reentry needs of juvenile offenders by coordi18 nating the resources of juvenile correctional agen19 cies, juvenile courts, juvenile parole agencies, law en20 forcement agencies, social service providers, and

21 local Workforce Investment Boards; and

22 (e) rigorously evaluate these reentry programs

23 to determine their effectiveness in reducing recidi24 vism and promoting successful offender reintegra25 tion.
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1 TITLE I—FEDERAL REENTRY

2 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

3 SEC. 101. FEDERAL REENTRY CENTER DEMONSTRATION.

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

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

7 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the

8 United States Courts, shall establish the Federal Reentry

9 Center Demonstration project. The project shall involve

10 appropriate prisoners from the Federal prison population

11 and shall utilize community corrections facilities, home

12 confinement, and a coordinated response by federal agen13 cies to assist participating prisoners, under close moni14 toring and more seamless supervision, in preparing for

15 and adjusting to reentry into the community.

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

17 subsection (a) shall include the following core elements—

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

19 consisting of representative from the Bureau of Pris20 ons, the United States Probation System, the United

21 States Parole Commission, and the relevant commu22 nity corrections facility, who shall initially meet with

23 the prisoner to develop a reentry plan tailored to the

24 needs of the prisoner and incorporating victim im25 pact information, and will thereafter meet regularly
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1 to monitor the prisoner’s progress toward reentry

2 and coordinate access to appropriate reentry meas3 ures and resources;

4 (2) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

5 (3) a system of graduated levels of supervision

6 within the community corrections facility to promote

7 community safety, provide incentives for prisoners to

8 complete the reentry plan, including victim restitu9 tion, and provide a reasonable method for imposing

10 immediate sanctions for a prisoner’s minor or tech11 nical violation of the conditions of participation in

12 the project;

13 (4) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

14 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

15 vocational and educational training, life skills in16 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

17 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

18 affordable housing, and other programming to pro19 mote effective reintegration into the community as

20 needed;

21 (5) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

22 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including

23 volunteers from the faith-based and business com24 munities, to serve as advisors and mentors to pris25 oners being released into the community;
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1 (6) a description of the methodology and out2 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro3 gram; and

4 (7) notification to victims on the status and na5 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

6 (c) PROBATION OFFICERS.—From funds made avail7 able to carry out this Act, the Director of the Administra8 tive Office of the United States Courts shall assign one

9 or more probation officers from each participating judicial

10 district to the Reentry Demonstration project. Such offi11 cers shall be assigned to and stationed at the community

12 corrections facility and shall serve on the Reentry Review

13 Teams.

14 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Reentry Center Dem15 onstration project shall begin not later than six months

16 following the availability of funds to carry out this section,

17 and shall last three years. The Attorney General may ex18 tend the project for a period of up to six months to enable

19 participant prisoners to complete their involvement in the

20 project.

21 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Attorney Gen22 eral, in consultation with the Judicial Conference of the

23 United States, shall select an appropriate number of fed24 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Reentry

25 Center Demonstration project.
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1 (f) COORDINATION OF PROJECTS.—The Attorney

2 General, may, if appropriate, include in the Reentry Cen3 ter Demonstration project offenders who participated in

4 the Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and

5 Training Demonstration project established by section 105

6 of this Act.

7 SEC. 102. FEDERAL REMOTE SATELLITE TRACKING AND

8 RETRAINING (ReSTART) DEMONSTRATION.

9 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM10 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

11 carry out this Act, the Director of the Administrative Of12 fice of the United States Courts, in consultation with the

13 Attorney General, shall establish the Federal Remote Sat14 ellite Tracking and Reentry Training (ReSTART) Dem15 onstration project. The project shall involve federal offend16 ers under supervised released who have previously violated

17 the terms of their release following a term of imprison18 ment and shall utilize, as appropriate and indicated,

19 emerging satellite tracking and global positioning tech20 nologies, other monitoring technologies, community cor21 rections facilities, home confinement, and treatment and

22 programming to promote more effective reentry into the

23 community.

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

25 subsection (a) shall include the following core elements—
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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) the use of global positioning, remote sat5 ellite, and other monitoring technologies, as appro6 priate and indicated, to monitor and supervise par7 ticipating offenders in the community;

8 (3) use of community corrections facilities and

9 home confinement that, together with the technology

10 referenced in paragraph (b), will be part of a system

11 of graduated levels of supervision;

12 (4) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

13 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

14 vocational and educational training, life skills in15 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

16 intervention programs, and other programming to

17 promote effective reintegration into the community

18 as appropriate;

19 (5) involvement of a victim advocate and the

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

21 especially in domestic violence cases, to be involved;

22 (6) a description of the methodology and out23 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro24 gram; and
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1 (7) notification to victims on the status and na2 ture of prisoner’s reentry plan.

3 (c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RE4 LEASE.—In each of the judicial districts in which the dem5 onstration project is in effect, appropriate offenders who

6 are found to have violated a previously imposed term of

7 supervised release and who will be subject to some addi8 tional term of supervised release, shall be designated to

9 participate in the demonstration project. With respect to

10 these offenders, the court shall impose additional manda11 tory conditions of supervised release that each offender

12 shall, as directed by the probation officer, reside at a com13 munity corrections facility or participate in a program of

14 home confinement, or both, and submit to electronic and

15 other remote monitoring, and otherwise participate in the

16 project.

17 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Remote Satellite

18 Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration shall begin

19 not later than six months following the availability of

20 funds to carry out this section, and shall last three years.

21 The Director of the Administrative Office of the United

22 States Courts may extend the project for a period of up

23 to six months to enable participating prisoners to complete

24 their involvement in the project.
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1 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con2 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At3 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of fed4 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Remote

5 Satellite Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration

6 project.

7 SEC. 103. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTENSIVE SUPER8 VISION, TRACKING, AND REENTRY TRAINING

9 (DC iSTART) DEMONSTRATION.

10 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM11 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

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

13 Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia,

14 as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and

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

16 105–33, 111 Stat. 712) shall establish the District of Co17 lumbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry

18 Training Demonstration (DC iSTART) project. The

19 project shall involve high risk District of Columbia parol20 ees who would otherwise be released into the community

21 without a period of confinement in a community correc22 tions facility and shall utilize intensive supervision, moni23 toring, and programming to promote such parolees’ suc24 cessful entry into the community.
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1 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

2 subsection (a) shall include the following core elements—

3 (1) participation by appropriate high risk parol4 ees;

5 (2) use of community corrections facilities and

6 home confinement;

7 (3) a Reentry Review Team that includes a vic8 tim witness professional for each parolee which shall

9 meet with the parolee—by video conference or other

10 means as appropriate—before the parolee’s release

11 from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

12 to develop a reentry plan that incorporates victim

13 impact information and is tailored to the needs of

14 the parolee and which will thereafter meet regularly

15 to monitor the parolee’s progress toward reentry and

16 coordinate access to appropriate reentry measures

17 and resources;

18 (4) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

19 (5) a system of graduated levels of supervision

20 within the community corrections facility to promote

21 community safety, encourage victim restitution, pro22 vide incentives for prisoners to complete the reentry

23 plan, and provide a reasonable method for imme24 diately sanctioning a prisoner’s minor or technical
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1 violation of the conditions of participation in the

2 project;

3 (6) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

4 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

5 vocational and educational training, life skills in6 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

7 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

8 affordable housing, and other programming to pro9 mote effective reintegration into the community as

10 needed and indicated;

11 (7) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap12 propriate;

13 (8) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

14 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including

15 volunteers from the faith-based communities, to

16 serve as advisors and mentors to prisoners being re17 leased into the community; and

18 (9) notification to victims on the status and na19 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

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

21 offenders eligible to participate in the demonstration

22 project, the United States Parole Commission shall impose

23 additional mandatory conditions of parole such that the

24 offender when on parole shall, as directed by the commu25 nity supervision officer, reside at a community corrections
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1 facility or participate in a program of home confinement,

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

3 and otherwise participate in the project.

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

5 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

6 Demonstration shall begin not later than six months fol7 lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,

8 and shall last three years. The Trustee of the Court Serv9 ices and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of

10 Columbia may extend the project for a period of up to

11 six months to enable participating prisoners to complete

12 their involvement in the project.

13 SEC. 104. FEDERAL INTENSIVE SUPERVISION, TRACKING,

14 AND REENTRY TRAINING (FED iSTART) DEM15 ONSTRATION.

16 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM17 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

18 carry out this section, the Director of the Administrative

19 Office of the United States Courts shall establish the Fed20 eral Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

21 Demonstration (FED iSTART) project. The project shall

22 involve appropriate high risk federal offenders who are

23 being released into the community without a period of con24 finement in a community corrections facility.
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1 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

2 subsection (a) shall include the following core elements—

3 (1) participation by appropriate high risk fed4 eral offenders;

5 (2) significantly smaller caseloads for probation

6 officers participating in the demonstration project;

7 (3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

8 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

9 vocational and educational training, life skills in10 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

11 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

12 affordable housing, and other programming to pro13 mote effective reintegration into the community as

14 needed; and

15 (4) notification to victims on the status and na16 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

17 (c) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Federal Intensive

18 Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstra19 tion shall begin not later than six months following the

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

21 last three years. The Director of the Administrative Office

22 of the United States Courts may extend the project for

23 a period of up to six months to enable participating pris24 oners to complete their involvement in the project.
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1 (d) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con2 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At3 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of fed4 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal

5 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

6 Demonstration project.

7 SEC. 105. FEDERAL ENHANCED IN-PRISON VOCATIONAL AS8 SESSMENT AND TRAINING AND DEMONSTRA9 TION.

10 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM11 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

12 carry out this section, the Attorney General shall establish

13 the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment

14 and Training Demonstration project in selected institu15 tions. The project shall provide in-prison assessments of

16 prisoners’ vocational needs and aptitudes, enhanced work

17 skills development, enhanced release readiness program18 ming, and other components as appropriate to prepare

19 federal prisoners for release and reentry into the commu20 nity.

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

22 Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration shall

23 begin not later than six months following the availability

24 of funds to carry out this section, and shall last three

25 years. The Attorney General may extend the project for
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1 a period of up to six months to enable participating pris2 oners to complete their involvement in the project.

3 SEC. 106. RESEARCH AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

4 (a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than two years

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

6 report to Congress on the progress of the demonstration

7 projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act.

8 Not later than one year after the end of the demonstration

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

10 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shall report

11 to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry projects

12 authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act on post13 release outcomes and recidivism. The report shall address

14 post-release outcomes and recidivism for a period of three

15 years following release from custody. The reports sub16 mitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the

17 Committees on the Judiciary in the House of Representa18 tives and the Senate.

19 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED

20 STATES COURTS.—Not later than two years after the en21 actment of this Act, Director of the Administrative Office

22 of the United States Courts shall report to Congress on

23 the progress of the demonstration projects authorized by

24 sections 102 and 104 of this Act. Not later than 180 days

25 after the end of the demonstration projects authorized by
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1 sections 102 and 104 of this Act, the Director of the Ad2 ministrative Office of the United States Courts shall re3 port to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry

4 projects authorized by sections 102 and 104 of this Act

5 on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The report

6 should address post-release outcomes and recidivism for

7 a period of three years following release from custody. The

8 reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be sub9 mitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the House

10 of Representatives and the Senate.

11 (c) DC iSTART.—Not later than two years after the

12 enactment of this Act, the Executive Director of the cor13 poration or institute authorized by section 11281(2) of the

14 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im15 provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33, 111 Stat. 712)

16 shall report to Congress on the progress of the demonstra17 tion project authorized by section six of this Act. Not later

18 than one year after the end of the demonstration project

19 authorized by section 103 of this Act, the Executive Direc20 tor of the corporation or institute authorized by section

21 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self22 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–

23 33, 111 Stat. 712) shall report to Congress on the effec24 tiveness of the reentry project authorized by section 103

25 of this Act on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The
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1 report shall address post-release outcomes and recidivism

2 for a period of three years following release from custody.

3 The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be

4 submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the

5 House of Representatives and the Senate. In the event

6 that the corporation or institute authorized by section

7 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self8 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–

9 33, 111 Stat. 712) is not in operation one year after the

10 enactment of this Act, the Director of National Institute

11 of Justice shall prepare and submit the reports required

12 by this section and may do so from funds made available

13 to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency

14 of the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National

15 Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement

16 Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33, 111 Stat. 712) to carry

17 out this Act.

18 SEC. 107. DEFINITIONS.

19 For the purposes of this part—

20 (a) ‘‘Appropriate prisoner’’ shall mean a person

21 who is considered by prison authorities—

22 (1) to pose a medium to high risk of com23 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com24 munity, and
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1 (2) to lack the skills and family support

2 network that facilitate successful reintegration

3 into the community.

4 (b) ‘‘Appropriate high risk parolees’’ shall mean

5 parolees considered by prison authorities—

6 (1) to pose a medium to high risk of com7 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com8 munity, and

9 (2) to lack the skills and family support

10 network that facilitate successful reintegration

11 into the community.

12 SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

13 To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap14 propriate, to remain available until expended—÷÷

15 (a) to the Federal Bureau of Prisons—

16 (1) $1,375,000 for fiscal year 2001;

17 (2) $1,110,000 for fiscal year 2002;

18 (3) $1,130,000 for fiscal year 2003;

19 (4) $1,155,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

20 (5) $1,230,000 for fiscal year 2005.

21 (b) to the Federal Judiciary—

22 (1) $3,380,000 for fiscal year 2001;

23 (2) $3,540,000 for fiscal year 2002;

24 (3) $3,720,000 for fiscal year 2003;

25 (4) $3,910,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
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1 (5) $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.

2 (c) to the Court Services and Offender Super3 vision Agency of the District of Columbia, as author4 ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self5 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law

6 105–33, 111 Stat. 712)—

7 (1) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2001;

8 (2) $4,510,000 for fiscal year 2002;

9 (3) $4,620,000 for fiscal year 2003;

10 (4) $4,740,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

11 (5) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2005.

12 TITLE II—STATE REENTRY

13 GRANT PROGRAMS.

14 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL

15 AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.

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

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

18 et seq.) as amended, is amended—

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

20 (2) by redesignating section 2601 as section

21 2701; and

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

23 part:
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1 ‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY

2 SAFETY

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

4 PARTNERSHIPS.

5 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen6 eral shall make grants of up to $1,000,000 to States, Ter7 ritories, and Indian tribes, in partnership with units of

8 local government and nonprofit organizations, for the pur9 pose of establishing adult offender reentry demonstration

10 projects. Funds may be expended by the projects for the

11 following purposes:

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

13 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

14 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental health

15 assessment and services;

16 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic17 tim impact panels or victim impact educational

18 classes;

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

20 other community services to offenders such as hous21 ing assistance, education, employment training, con22 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

23 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

24 and

25 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

26 sanctions and incentives.
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1 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

2 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor3 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

4 shall—

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

6 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

7 plans to pay for the program after the federal fund8 ing ends;

9 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

10 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

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

12 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

13 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen14 cies in the implementation of the program, including

15 existing community corrections and parole; and

16 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

17 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro18 gram.

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

20 under 2601(a)—

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

22 under subsection 2601(b); and

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

24 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro-
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1 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

2 carry out the purposes of this part.

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

4 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

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

6 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re7 quirements of this section.

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

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

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

11 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man12 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

13 contains:

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

15 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

16 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap17 plication funded under this part; and

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

19 General may require.

20 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

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

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

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

25 2004, and 2005.
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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail2 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

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

4 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

5 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

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

7 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

8 and training

9 ‘‘SEC. 2602. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS.

10 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen11 eral shall make grants of up to $500,000 to State and

12 local courts or state agencies, municipalities, public agen13 cies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes that have agree14 ments with courts to take the lead in establishing a re15 entry court. Funds may be expended by the projects for

16 the following purposes:

17 ‘‘(1) monitoring offenders returning to the com18 munity;

19 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

20 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental and

21 medical health assessment and services;

22 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic23 tim impact panels, or victim impact educational

24 classes;
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1 ‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of

2 other community services to offenders, such as hous3 ing assistance, education, employment training, con4 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

5 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

6 and

7 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

8 sanctions and incentives.

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

10 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor11 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

12 shall—

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

14 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

15 plans to pay for the program after the federal fund16 ing ends;

17 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

18 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

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

20 consultation with all affected agencies, including ex21 isting community corrections and parole, and there

22 will be appropriate coordination with all affected

23 agencies in the implementation of the program;
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1 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

2 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro3 gram.

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants are designated

5 under 2602(a)—

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

7 under subsection 2602(b); and

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

9 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro10 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

11 carry out the purposes of this part.

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

13 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

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

15 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re16 quirements of this section.

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

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

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

20 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man21 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

22 contains—

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

24 under the grant and an assessment of whether such
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1 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap2 plication funded under this part; and

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

4 General may require.

5 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

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

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

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

10 2004, and 2005.

11 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail12 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

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

14 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

15 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

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

17 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

18 and training.

19 SEC. 2603. JUVENILE OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL RE20 ENTRY PROGRAMS.

21 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen22 eral shall make grants of up to $250,000 to States, in

23 partnership with local units of governments or nonprofit

24 organizations, for the purpose of establishing juvenile of-
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1 fender reentry program. Funds may be expended by the

2 projects for the following purposes:

3 ‘‘(1) providing returning juvenile offenders with

4 drug and alcohol testing and treatment and mental

5 and medical health assessment and services;

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

7 justice panels, or victim impact educational classes

8 for juvenile offenders;

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

10 offenders; and

11 ‘‘(4) providing for the planning of reentry serv12 ices when the youth is initially incarcerated and co13 ordinating the delivery of community-based services,

14 such as education, conflict resolution skills training,

15 batterer intervention programs, employment training

16 and placement, efforts to identify suitable living ar17 rangements, family involvement and support, and

18 other services.

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

20 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor21 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

22 shall—

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

24 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction
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1 plans to pay for the program after the federal fund2 ing ends;

3 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

4 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

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

6 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

7 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen8 cies, including existing community corrections and

9 parole, in the implementation of the program;

10 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

11 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro12 gram.

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

14 under 2603(a)—

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

16 under subsection 2603(b); and

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

18 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro19 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

20 carry out the purposes of this part.

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

22 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

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

24 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re25 quirements of this section.
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1 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

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

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

4 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man5 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

6 contains:

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

8 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

9 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap10 plication funded under this part; and

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

12 General may require.

13 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

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

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

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

18 and 2005.

19 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail20 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

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

22 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

23 for salaries and administrative expenses; and
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1 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

2 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

3 and training.

4 ‘‘SEC. 2604. STATE REENTRY PROGRAM RESEARCH, DEVEL5 OPMENT, AND EVALUATION.

6 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen7 eral shall make grants to conduct research on a range of

8 issues pertinent to reentry programs, the development and

9 testing of new reentry components and approaches, se10 lected evaluation of projects authorized in the preceding

11 sections, and dissemination of information to the field.

12 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

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

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

16 necessary to carry out this section in fiscal years

17 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

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

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

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

21 amended by striking the matter relating to part Z and

22 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.
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‘‘PART AA—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER

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

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