IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 270 

To make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2008 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 

DECEMBER 17, 2007 

The Committees on the Judiciary and House Administration discharged; 

considered and agreed to 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

To make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring) That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593, 

3 the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 

4 following corrections (with page and line numbers refer5 ring to the page and line numbers of the bill as engrossed 

6 in the House): 

7 (1) Page 17, strike line 21 through page 18, 

8 line 23 and insert the following: 


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‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

a grant received under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the project funded under 

such grant. 

‘‘(B) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

(ii), the recipient of a grant under this section may meet the matching requirement 

under subparagraph (A) by making in-kind 

contributions of goods or services that are 

directly related to the purpose for which 

such grant was awarded. 

‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Not 

more than 50 percent of the amount provided by a recipient of a grant under this 

section to meet the matching requirement 

under subparagraph (A) may be provided 

through in-kind contributions under clause 

(i). 

1 (2) Page 37, strike line 22 through page 38, 

2 line 4 and insert the following: 

‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.— 


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‘‘(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 

share of a grant under this section may not exceed 

50 percent of the program funded under such grant. 

‘‘(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the recipient of a grant under this 

section may meet the matching requirement 

under paragraph (1) by making in-kind contributions of goods or services that are directly 

related to the purpose for which such grant was 

awarded. 

‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Not more 

than 50 percent of the amount provided by a 

recipient of a grant under this section to meet 

the matching requirement under paragraph (1) 

may be provided through in-kind contributions 

under subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal 

funds received under this section shall be used to 

supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that 

would otherwise be available for the activities funded 

under this section. 

1 (3) Page 43, strike lines 19 through 24 and in2 sert the following: 


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‘‘SEC. 2904. FEDERAL SHARE. 

‘‘(a) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal share 

of a grant under this part may not exceed 50 percent of 

the total costs of the qualified drug treatment program 

funded under such grant. 

‘‘(b) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

the recipient of a grant under this part may meet 

the matching requirement under subsection (a) by 

making in-kind contributions of goods or services 

that are directly related to the purpose for which 

such grant was awarded. 

‘‘(2) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Not more than 

50 percent of the amount provided by a recipient of 

a grant under this part to meet the matching requirement under subsection (a) may be provided 

through in-kind contributions under paragraph (1). 

1 (4) Page 80, after line 4 insert the following: 

(C) WAIVER.—The Attorney General is authorized to waive the requirements of section 

3624 of title 18, United States Code, as necessary to provide for the release of some or all 

eligible elderly offenders from the Bureau of 

Prisons facility to home detention for the purposes of the pilot program under this subsection. 


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1 (5) Page 80, line 18, strike ‘‘a Bureau of Pris2 ons facility’’ and insert ‘‘at least one Bureau of Pris3 ons facility’’. 

4 (6) Page 81, strike line 11 through page 83, 

5 line 12 and insert the following: 

(A) ELIGIBLE ELDERLY OFFENDER.—The 

term ‘‘eligible elderly offender’’ means an offender in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons— 

(i) who is not less than 65 years of 

age; 

(ii) who is serving a term of imprisonment that is not life imprisonment based 

on conviction for an offense or offenses 

that do not include any crime of violence 

(as defined in section 16 of title 18, United 

States Code), sex offense (as defined in 

section 111(5) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act), offense described in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 

18, United States Code, or offense under 

chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, 

and has served the greater of 10 years or 

75 percent of the term of imprisonment to 

which the offender was sentenced; 


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(iii) who has not been convicted in the 

past of any Federal or State crime of violence, sex offense, or other offense described in clause (ii); 

(iv) who has not been determined by 

the Bureau of Prisons, on the basis of information the Bureau uses to make custody classifications, and in the sole discretion of the Bureau, to have a history of violence, or of engaging in conduct constituting a sex offense or other offense described in clause (ii); 

(v) who has not escaped, or attempted 

to escape, from a Bureau of Prisons institution; 

(vi) with respect to whom the Bureau 

of Prisons has determined that release to 

home detention under this section will result in a substantial net reduction of costs 

to the Federal Government; and 

(vii) who has been determined by the 

Bureau of Prisons to be at no substantial 

risk of engaging in criminal conduct or of 

endangering any person or the public if released to home detention. 


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1 (7) Page 84, line 25, strike ‘‘section 231’’ and 

2 insert ‘‘this section’’. 

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