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Calendar No. 580 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1690 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2013 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

FRANKEN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. BROWN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. KING, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. COONS, 

Ms. COLLINS, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

OCTOBER 1, 2014 

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of September 18, 2014, 

by Mr. LEAHY, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

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 ‘‘Second Chance Reau5 thorization Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE

3 OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL DEMONSTRATION

4 PROJECTS.—Section 2976 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen10 eral shall make grants to States, local governments, terri11 tories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof (in this 

12 section referred to as an ‘eligible entity’), in partnership 

13 with interested persons (including Federal corrections and 

14 supervision agencies), services providers, and nonprofit or15 ganizations for the purpose of strategic planning and im16 plementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry 

17 projects.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or re20 entry courts,’’ after ‘‘community,’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe24 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (D) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(8) promoting employment opportunities con2 sistent with the Transitional Jobs strategy (as de3 fined in section 4 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

4 (42 U.S.C. 17502)).’’; 

5 (3) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f) and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) COMBINED GRANT APPLICATION; PRIORITY

8 CONSIDERATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

10 develop a procedure to allow applicants to submit a 

11 single application for a planning grant under sub12 section (e) and an implementation grant under sub13 section (f). 

14 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Attorney 

15 General shall give priority consideration to grant ap16 plications under subsections (e) and (f) that include 

17 a commitment by the applicant to partner with a 

18 local evaluator to identify and analyze data that 

19 will— 

20 ‘‘(A) enable the grantee to target the in21 tended offender population; and 

22 ‘‘(B) serve as a baseline for purposes of 

23 the evaluation. 

24 ‘‘(e) PLANNING GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (3), the Attorney General may make a grant 

3 to an eligible entity of not more than $75,000 to de4 velop a strategic, collaborative plan for an adult or 

5 juvenile offender reentry demonstration project as 

6 described in subsection (h) that includes— 

7 ‘‘(A) a budget and a budget justification; 

8 ‘‘(B) a description of the outcome meas9 ures that will be used to measure the effective10 ness of the program in promoting public safety 

11 and public health; 

12 ‘‘(C) the activities proposed; 

13 ‘‘(D) a schedule for completion of the ac14 tivities described in subparagraph (C); and 

15 ‘‘(E) a description of the personnel nec16 essary to complete the activities described in 

17 subparagraph (C). 

18 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM TOTAL GRANTS AND GEO19 GRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 

20 ‘‘(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney 

21 General may not make planning grants and im22 plementation grants to 1 eligible entity in a 

23 total amount that is more than a $1,000,000. 

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1 sure equitable geographic distribution of grants 

2 under this section and take into consideration 

3 the needs of underserved populations, including 

4 rural and tribal communities. 

5 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A planning grant 

6 made under this subsection shall be for a period of 

7 not longer than 1 year, beginning on the first day 

8 of the month in which the planning grant is made. 

9 ‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring 

11 an implementation grant under this subsection shall 

12 submit to the Attorney General an application 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(A) contains a reentry strategic plan as 

15 described in subsection (h), which describes the 

16 long-term strategy and incorporates a detailed 

17 implementation schedule, including the plans of 

18 the applicant to fund the program after Federal 

19 funding is discontinued; 

20 ‘‘(B) identifies the local government role 

21 and the role of governmental agencies and non22 profit organizations that will be coordinated by, 

23 and that will collaborate on, the offender re24 entry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the 

25 involvement of such agencies and organizations; 


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1 ‘‘(C) describes the evidence-based method2 ology and outcome measures that will be used 

3 to evaluate the program funded with a grant 

4 under this subsection, and specifically explains 

5 how such measurements will provide valid meas6 ures of the impact of that program; and 

7 ‘‘(D) describes how the project could be 

8 broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effec9 tive. 

10 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General 

11 may make a grant to an applicant under this sub12 section only if the application— 

13 ‘‘(A) reflects explicit support of the chief 

14 executive officer, or their designee, of the State, 

15 unit of local government, territory, or Indian 

16 tribe applying for a grant under this subsection; 

17 ‘‘(B) provides extensive discussion of the 

18 role of Federal corrections, State corrections 

19 departments, community corrections agencies, 

20 juvenile justice systems, and tribal or local jail 

21 systems in ensuring successful reentry of of22 fenders into their communities; 

23 ‘‘(C) provides extensive evidence of collabo24 ration with State and local government agencies 

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1 cation, substance abuse, victims services, and 

2 employment services, and with local law en3 forcement agencies; 

4 ‘‘(D) provides a plan for analysis of the 

5 statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice6 based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into 

7 the community; 

8 ‘‘(E) includes the use of a State, local, ter9 ritorial, or tribal task force, described in sub10 section (i), to carry out the activities funded 

11 under the grant; 

12 ‘‘(F) provides a plan for continued collabo13 ration with a local evaluator as necessary to 

14 meeting the requirements under subsection (h); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(G) demonstrates that the applicant par17 ticipated in the planning grant process or en18 gaged in comparable planning for the reentry 

19 project. 

20 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attor21 ney General shall give priority to grant applications 

22 under this subsection that best— 

23 ‘‘(A) focus initiative on geographic areas 

24 with a disproportionate population of offenders 


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1 released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facili2 ties; 

3 ‘‘(B) include— 

4 ‘‘(i) input from nonprofit organiza5 tions, in any case where relevant input is 

6 available and appropriate to the grant ap7 plication; 

8 ‘‘(ii) consultation with crime victims 

9 and offenders who are released from pris10 ons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 

11 ‘‘(iii) coordination with families of of12 fenders; 

13 ‘‘(iv) input, where appropriate, from 

14 the juvenile justice coordinating council of 

15 the region; 

16 ‘‘(v) input, where appropriate, from 

17 the reentry coordinating council of the re18 gion; and 

19 ‘‘(vi) other interested persons, as ap20 propriate; 

21 ‘‘(C) demonstrate effective case assessment 

22 and management abilities in order to provide 

23 comprehensive and continuous reentry, includ24 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) planning for prerelease transi2 tional housing and community release that 

3 begins upon admission for juveniles and 

4 jail inmates, and, as appropriate, for pris5 on inmates, depending on the length of the 

6 sentence; 

7 ‘‘(ii) establishing prerelease planning 

8 procedures to ensure that the eligibility of 

9 an offender for Federal, tribal, or State 

10 benefits upon release is established prior to 

11 release, subject to any limitations in law, 

12 and to ensure that offenders obtain all nec13 essary referrals for reentry services, includ14 ing assistance identifying and securing 

15 suitable housing; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) delivery of continuous and ap17 propriate mental health services, drug 

18 treatment, medical care, job training and 

19 placement, educational services, vocational 

20 services, and any other service or support 

21 needed for reentry; 

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1 count public safety and the use of graduated, 

2 community-based sanctions for minor and tech3 nical violations of parole, probation, or super4 vision (specifically those violations that are not 

5 otherwise, and independently, a violation of 

6 law); 

7 ‘‘(E) provide for an independent evaluation 

8 of reentry programs that include, to the max9 imum extent possible, random assignment and 

10 controlled studies to determine the effectiveness 

11 of such programs; 

12 ‘‘(F) target moderate and high-risk offend13 ers for reentry programs through validated as14 sessment tools; and 

15 ‘‘(G) target offenders with histories of 

16 homelessness, substance abuse, or mental ill17 ness, including a prerelease assessment of the 

18 housing status of the offender and behavioral 

19 health needs of the offender with clear coordi20 nation with mental health, substance abuse, and 

21 homelessness services systems to achieve stable 

22 and permanent housing outcomes with appro23 priate support service. 


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1 ‘‘(4) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant made 

2 under this subsection may not be more than 

3 $925,000. 

4 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A grant made under 

5 this subsection shall be effective for a 2-year pe6 riod— 

7 ‘‘(A) beginning on the date on which the 

8 planning grant awarded under subsection (e) 

9 concludes; or 

10 ‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 

11 grant awarded to an eligible entity that did not 

12 receive a planning grant, beginning on the date 

13 on which the implementation grant is award14 ed.’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (h)— 

16 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

17 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 

21 financial assistance under subsection (f), each appli22 cation shall develop a comprehensive reentry stra23 tegic plan that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) contains a plan to assess inmate re2 entry needs and measurable annual and 3-year 

3 performance outcomes; 

4 ‘‘(B) uses, to the maximum extent possible, 

5 randomly assigned and controlled studies, or 

6 rigorous quasi-experimental studies with 

7 matched comparison groups, to determine the 

8 effectiveness of the program funded with a 

9 grant under subsection (f); and 

10 ‘‘(C) includes as a goal of the plan to re11 duce the rate of recidivism for offenders re12 leased from prison, jail or a juvenile facility 

13 with funds made available under subsection (f). 

14 ‘‘(2) LOCAL EVALUATOR.—A partnership with a 

15 local evaluator described in subsection (d)(2) shall 

16 require the local evaluator to use the baseline data 

17 and target population characteristics developed 

18 under a subsection (e) planning grant to derive a 

19 feasible and meaningful target goal for recidivism re20 duction during the 3-year period beginning on the 

21 date of implementation of the program.’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (i)(1)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

24 (A), by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub2 section (e)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (f)(2)(D)’’; 

4 (6) in subsection (j)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for an 

6 implementation grant under subsection (f)’’ 

7 after ‘‘applicant’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

10 ‘‘, where appropriate’’ after ‘‘support’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (F), 

12 (G), and (H), and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(F) increased number of staff trained to 

14 administer reentry services; 

15 ‘‘(G) increased proportion of individuals 

16 served by the program among those eligible to 

17 receive services; 

18 ‘‘(H) increased number of individuals re19 ceiving risk screening needs assessment, and 

20 case planning services; 

21 ‘‘(I) increased enrollment in, and comple22 tion of treatment services, including substance 

23 abuse and mental health services among those 

24 assessed as needing such services; 


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1 ‘‘(J) increased enrollment in and degrees 

2 earned from educational programs, including 

3 high school, GED, vocational training, and col4 lege education; 

5 ‘‘(K) increased number of individuals ob6 taining and retaining employment; 

7 ‘‘(L) increased number of individuals ob8 taining and maintaining housing; 

9 ‘‘(M) increased self-reports of successful 

10 community living, including stability of living 

11 situation and positive family relationships; 

12 ‘‘(N) reduction in drug and alcohol use; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(O) reduction in recidivism rates for indi15 viduals receiving reentry services after release, 

16 as compared to either baseline recidivism rates 

17 in the jurisdiction of the grantee or recidivism 

18 rates of the control or comparison group.’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘facili20 ties.’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities, including a cost21 benefit analysis to determine the cost effective22 ness of the reentry program.’’; 

23 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this sec24 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 


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1 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this sec2 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

3 (7) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘this sec4 tion’’ each place the term appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

6 (8) in subsection (l)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘begin8 ning on the date on which the most recent im9 plementation grant is made to the grantee 

10 under subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘2-year period’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘over a 

13 2-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the 2-year 

14 period described in paragraph (2)’’; 

15 (9) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘appro16 priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol17 lowing: ‘‘appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 

18 years 2014 through 2018.’’; and 

19 (10) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(p) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘reentry 

21 court’ means a program that— 

22 ‘‘(1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offend23 ers reentering the community; 

24 ‘‘(2) provides continual judicial supervision; 


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1 ‘‘(3) provides juvenile and adult eligible offend2 ers reentering the community with coordinated and 

3 comprehensive reentry services and programs, such 

4 as— 

5 ‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess6 ment for treatment; 

7 ‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 

8 a substance abuse professional who is approved 

9 by the State or Indian tribe and licensed by the 

10 appropriate entity to provide alcohol and drug 

11 addiction treatment, as appropriate; 

12 ‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 

13 provider that is approved by the State or Indian 

14 tribe, and licensed, if necessary, to provide med15 ical and other health services; 

16 ‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv17 ices and assessment; 

18 ‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv19 ices that— 

20 ‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 

21 and related health services; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 

23 and related health services; and 

24 ‘‘(F) any other services needed for reentry; 


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1 ‘‘(4) convenes community impact panels, victim 

2 impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 

3 ‘‘(5) provides and coordinates the delivery of 

4 community services to juvenile and adult eligible of5 fenders, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) housing assistance; 

7 ‘‘(B) education; 

8 ‘‘(C) job training; 

9 ‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 

10 ‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 

11 ‘‘(F) other appropriate social services; and 

12 ‘‘(6) establishes and implements graduated 

13 sanctions and incentives.’’. 

14 (b) GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE

15 TREATMENT.—Part DD of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

16 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797s 

17 et seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 2921 (42 U.S.C. 3797s), in the 

19 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘non20 profit organizations,’’ before ‘‘and Indian’’; 

21 (2) in section 2923 (42 U.S.C. 3797s–2), by 

22 adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attorney 

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1 by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a relation2 ship with State and local criminal justice agencies, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial 

5 agencies; or 

6 ‘‘(2) with the local corrections agencies, which 

7 shall be documented by a written agreement that de8 tails the terms of access to facilities and participants 

9 and provides information on the history of the orga10 nization of working with correctional populations.’’; 

11 and 

12 (3) by striking section 2926(a) (42 U.S.C. 

13 3797s–5(a)), and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap15 propriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of 

16 fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

17 (c) GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE

18 EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVE19 NILE FACILITIES.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

20 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating part KK (42 U.S.C. 

23 3797ee et seq.) as part LL; 

24 (2) by redesignating the second part designated 

25 as part JJ, as added by the Second Chance Act of 


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1 2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 Stat. 677), relating 

2 to grants to evaluate and improve educational meth3 ods, as part KK; 

4 (3) by redesignating the second section des5 ignated as section 3001 and section 3002 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3797dd and 3797dd–1), as added by the Second 

7 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 

8 Stat. 677), relating to grants to evaluate and im9 prove educational methods, as sections 3005 and 

10 3006, respectively; 

11 (4) in section 3005, as so redesignated— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

17 and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(4) implement methods to improve academic 

21 and vocational education for offenders in prisons, 

22 jails, and juvenile facilities consistent with the best 

23 practices identified in subsection (c).’’; 

24 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub25 section (d); and 


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1 (C) by inserting after subsection (b), the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of enactment of the Second Chance Reau5 thorization Act of 2013, the Attorney General shall iden6 tify and publish best practices relating to academic and 

7 vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and ju8 venile facilities. The best practices shall consider the eval9 uations performed and recommendations made under 

10 grants made under subsection (a) before the date of enact11 ment of the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 

12 2013.’’; and 

13 (5) in section 3006, as so redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘to carry’’ and all that follows through 

15 ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2014, 

16 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 for grants for purposes 

17 described in section 3005(a)(4)’’. 

18 (d) CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRATION

19 GRANTS.—Section 115 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

20 (42 U.S.C. 17511) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and Indian’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘nonprofit organizations, and Indian’’; and 

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1 cluding subsidized employment, when part of a 

2 training program, to prisoners and reentering 

3 youth and adults’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘technology careers train6 ing’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘technology-based’’; and 

8 (C) by inserting ‘‘, as well as upon transi9 tion and reentry into the community’’ after ‘‘fa10 cility’’; 

11 (3) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

12 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—Priority consider15 ation shall be given to any application under this section 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(1) provides assessment of local demand for 

18 employees in the geographic areas to which offenders 

19 are likely to return; 

20 ‘‘(2) conducts individualized reentry career 

21 planning upon the start of incarceration or post-re22 lease employment planning for each offender served 

23 under the grant; 

24 ‘‘(3) demonstrates connections to employers 

25 within the local community; or 


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1 ‘‘(4) tracks and monitors employment out2 comes.’’; and 

3 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 

7 2017, and 2018.’’. 

8 (e) OFFENDER REENTRY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND

9 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—Section 

10 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

11 17521(f)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

13 appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 

14 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

15 (f) COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING AND TRANSI16 TIONAL SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA17 TIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the Second 

19 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531) is amend20 ed— 

21 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘MEN22 TORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI23 ZATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY24 BASED MENTORING AND TRANSITIONAL


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1 SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI2 ZATIONS’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘men4 toring and other’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (b), by striking para6 graph (2) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) transitional services to assist in the re8 integration of offenders into the community, includ9 ing— 

10 ‘‘(A) educational, literacy, and vocational, 

11 services and the Transitional Jobs strategy; 

12 ‘‘(B) substance abuse treatment and serv13 ices; 

14 ‘‘(C) coordinated supervision and com15 prehensive services for offenders, including 

16 housing and mental and physical health care; 

17 ‘‘(D) family services; and 

18 ‘‘(E) validated assessment tools to assess 

19 the risk factors of returning inmates; and’’; and 

20 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘this sec21 tion’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol22 lowing: ‘‘this section $15,000,000 for fiscal 

23 years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

24 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

25 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 


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1 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note Public Law 110– 

2 199; 122 Stat. 657) is amended by striking the item 

3 relating to section 211 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 211. Community-based mentoring and transitional service grants.’’. 

4 (g) DEFINITIONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Second 

6 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17502) is amended 

7 to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

9 ‘‘In this Act— 

10 ‘‘(1) the term ‘exoneree’ means an individual 

11 who— 

12 ‘‘(A) has been convicted of a Federal, trib13 al, or State offense that is punishable by a term 

14 of imprisonment of more than 1 year; 

15 ‘‘(B) has served a term of imprisonment 

16 for not less than 6 months in a Federal, tribal, 

17 or State prison or correctional facility as a re18 sult of the conviction described in subparagraph 

19 (A); and 

20 ‘‘(C) has been determined to be factually 

21 innocent of the offense described in subpara22 graph (A); 

23 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

24 given in section 901 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

25 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791); 


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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘offender’ includes an exoneree; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Transitional Jobs strategy’ 

4 means an employment strategy for youth and adults 

5 who are chronically unemployed or those that have 

6 barriers to employment that— 

7 ‘‘(A) is conducted by State, tribal, and 

8 local governments, State, tribal, and local work9 force boards, and nonprofit organizations; 

10 ‘‘(B) provides time-limited employment 

11 using individual placements, team placements, 

12 and social enterprise placements, without dis13 placing existing employees; 

14 ‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with appli15 cable law, but in no event less than the higher 

16 of the rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the 

17 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

18 206(a)(1)) or the applicable State or local min19 imum wage law, which are subsidized, in whole 

20 or in part, by public funds; 

21 ‘‘(D) combines time-limited employment 

22 with activities that promote skill development, 

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1 ness and life skills training, case management 

2 and supportive services, adult education and 

3 training, child support-related services, job re4 tention support and incentives, and other simi5 lar activities; 

6 ‘‘(E) places participants into unsubsidized 

7 employment; and 

8 ‘‘(F) provides job retention, re-employment 

9 services, and continuing and vocational edu10 cation to ensure continuing participation in un11 subsidized employment and identification of op12 portunities for advancement.’’. 

13 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

14 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

15 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note Public Law 110– 

16 199; 122 Stat. 657) is amended by striking the item 

17 relating to section 4 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 4. Definitions.’’. 

18 (h) EXTENSION OF THE LENGTH OF SECTION 2976 

19 GRANTS.—Section 6(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

20 (42 U.S.C. 17504(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘211, and 

21 212’’ and inserting ‘‘and 211 or under section 2976 of title 

22 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

23 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w)’’ after ‘‘and 212’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES. 

2 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘unre3 solved audit finding’’ means an audit report finding or rec4 ommendation that a grantee has used grant funds for an 

5 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 

6 that is not closed or resolved during a 1-year period begin7 ning on the date of an initial notification of the finding 

8 or recommendation. 

9 (b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal year 

10 2013, and every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General 

11 of the Department of Justice shall conduct an audit of 

12 not less than 5 percent of all grantees that are awarded 

13 funding under— 

14 (1) section 2976(b) of title I of the Omnibus 

15 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

16 U.S.C. 3797w(b)); 

17 (2) part CC of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

19 3797q et seq.), as amended by this Act; 

20 (32) part DD of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

22 3797s et seq.); 

23 (43) part JJ of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

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1 (54) section 115, 201, or 211 of the Second 

2 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17511, 17521, and 

3 17531). 

4 (c) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A grantee that is 

5 found to have an unresolved audit finding under an audit 

6 conducted under subsection (b) may not receive grant 

7 funds under the grant programs described in paragraphs 

8 (1) through (5) of subsection (b) in the fiscal year fol9 lowing the fiscal year to which the finding relates. 

10 (d) PRIORITY OF GRANT AWARDS.—The Attorney 

11 General, in awarding grants under the programs described 

12 in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) shall give 

13 priority to eligible entities that during the 2-year period 

14 preceding the application for a grant have not been found 

15 to have an unresolved audit finding. 

16 (e) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be ap18 propriated to carry out a grant program described in 

19 paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) may not 

20 be used by any grant recipient to— 

21 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart22 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

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1 (B) lobby any representative of a Federal, 

2 State, local, or tribal government regarding the 

3 award of grant funding. 

4 (2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter5 mines that any recipient of a grant under this Act 

6 has violated paragraph (1), the Attorney General 

7 shall— 

8 (A) require the grant recipient to repay the 

9 grant in full; and 

10 (B) prohibit the grant recipient from receiv11 ing another grant under any grant program de12 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of sub13 section (b) for not less than 5 years. 

14 SEC. 4. FEDERAL REENTRY IMPROVEMENTS. 

15 (a) RESPONSIBLE REINTEGRATION OF OFFEND16 ERS.—Section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 

17 U.S.C. 17532) is repealed. 

18 (b) FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.— 

19 Section 231 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

20 17541) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (g)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘carried 

23 out during fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and in24 serting ‘‘carried out during fiscal years 2014 

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1 (B) in paragraph (5)(A)— 

2 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘65 

3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘60 years’’; and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or 75 

percent’’ and inserting ‘‘or 2 5 ⁄3’’; 

6 (2) by striking subsection (h); 

7 (3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

8 (h); and 

9 (4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 

11 through 2018’’. 

12 (c) ENHANCING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PER13 TAINING TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.—Section 3624(c) 

14 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (5), in the second sentence, by 

16 inserting ‘‘, and number of prisoners not being 

17 placed in community corrections facilities for each 

18 reason set forth’’ before ‘‘, and any other informa19 tion’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the Second 

21 Chance Act of 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘the Second 

22 Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

23 (d) TERMINATION OF STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF

24 DEPOT NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.—Section 


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1 244 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17554) 

2 is repealed. 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE4 SEARCH.—Section 245 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

5 (42 U.S.C. 17555) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘243, and 244’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘and 243’’; and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of the 

9 fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014, 2015, 

11 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 

12 (f) FEDERAL PRISONER RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

13 PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3621 of title 18, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub17 section (h); and 

18 (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(g) PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RE21 ENTRY PROGRAMS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—The term ‘demonstrated to 

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1 search has been conducted and has validated the ef2 fectiveness of the type of program on recidivism. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

4 PARTNERSHIP.—A faith-based or community-based 

5 nonprofit organization that provides mentoring or 

6 other programs that have been demonstrated to re7 duce recidivism is eligible to enter into a recidivism 

8 reduction partnership with a prison or community9 based facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons. 

10 ‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 

11 The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall develop 

12 policies to require wardens of prisons and commu13 nity-based facilities to enter into recidivism reduc14 tion partnerships with faith-based and community15 based nonprofit organizations that are willing to pro16 vide, on a volunteer basis, programs described in 

17 paragraph (2). 

18 ‘‘(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Director 

19 of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress 

20 an annual report on the last day of each fiscal year 

21 that— 

22 ‘‘(A) details, for each prison and commu23 nity-based facility for the fiscal year just 

24 ended— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the number of recidivism reduc2 tion partnerships under this section that 

3 were in effect; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers that 

5 provided recidivism reduction program6 ming; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the number of recidivism reduc8 tion programming hours provided; and 

9 ‘‘(B) explains any disparities between fa10 cilities in the numbers reported under subpara11 graph (A).’’. 

12 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

13 by paragraph (1) shall take effect 180 days after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (g) REPEALS.— 

16 (1) Section 2978 of title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

18 U.S.C. 3797w–2) is repealed. 

19 (2) Part CC of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

21 3797q et seq.) is repealed. 

22 SEC. 5. TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI23 TIES RELATING TO REENTRY OF OFFENDERS. 

24 (a) TASK FORCE REQUIRED.—The Attorney General, 

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1 Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

2 Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

3 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agri4 culture, and the heads of such other agencies of the Fed5 eral Government as the Attorney General considers appro6 priate, and in collaboration with interested persons, serv7 ice providers, nonprofit organizations, States, tribal, and 

8 local governments, shall establish an interagency task 

9 force on Federal programs and activities relating to the 

10 reentry of offenders into the community (referred to in 

11 this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

12 (b) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 

13 (1) identify such programs and activities that 

14 may be resulting in overlap or duplication of serv15 ices, the scope of such overlap or duplication, and 

16 the relationship of such overlap and duplication to 

17 public safety, public health, and effectiveness and ef18 ficiency; 

19 (2) identify methods to improve collaboration 

20 and coordination of such programs and activities; 

21 (3) identify areas of responsibility in which im22 proved collaboration and coordination of such pro23 grams and activities would result in increased effec24 tiveness or efficiency; 


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1 (4) develop innovative interagency or intergov2 ernmental programs, activities, or procedures that 

3 would improve outcomes of reentering offenders and 

4 children of offenders; 

5 (5) develop methods for increasing regular com6 munication among agencies that would increase 

7 interagency program effectiveness; 

8 (6) identify areas of research that can be co9 ordinated across agencies with an emphasis on ap10 plying evidence-based practices to support, treat11 ment, and intervention programs for reentering of12 fenders; 

13 (7) identify funding areas that should be co14 ordinated across agencies and any gaps in funding; 

15 and 

16 (8) in collaboration with the National Adult and 

17 Juvenile Offender Reentry Resources Center, iden18 tify successful programs currently operating and col19 lect best practices in offender reentry from dem20 onstration grantees and other agencies and organiza21 tions, determine the extent to which such programs 

22 and practices can be replicated, and make informa23 tion on such programs and practices available to 

24 States, localities, nonprofit organizations, and oth25 ers. 


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1 (c) REPORT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Task 

4 Force shall submit a report, including recommenda5 tions, to Congress on barriers to reentry. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

7 paragraph (1) shall identify Federal and other bar8 riers to successful reentry of offenders into the com9 munity and analyze the effects of such barriers on 

10 offenders and on children and other family members 

11 of offenders, including— 

12 (A) admissions and evictions from Federal 

13 housing programs; 

14 (B) child support obligations and proce15 dures; 

16 (C) Social Security benefits, veterans bene17 fits, food stamps, and other forms of Federal 

18 public assistance; 

19 (D) Medicaid Program and Medicare Pro20 gram procedures, requirements, regulations, 

21 and guidelines; 

22 (E) education programs, financial assist23 ance, and full civic participation; 


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1 (F) Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam2 ilies program funding criteria and other welfare 

3 benefits; 

4 (G) employment and training; 

5 (H) reentry procedures, case planning, and 

6 transitions of persons from the custody of the 

7 Federal Bureau of Prisons to a Federal parole 

8 or probation program or community corrections; 

9 (I) laws, regulations, rules, and practices 

10 that may require a parolee to return to the 

11 same county that they were living in before 

12 their arrest and therefore prevent offenders 

13 from changing their setting upon release; and 

14 (J) trying to establish pre-release planning 

15 procedures for prisoners to ensure that a pris16 oner’s eligibility for Federal or State benefits 

17 (including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security 

18 and veterans benefits) upon release is estab19 lished prior to release, subject to any limita20 tions in law, and to ensure that prisoners are 

21 provided with referrals to appropriate social and 

22 health services or are referred to appropriate 

23 nonprofit organizations. 

24 (d) UPDATED REPORTS.—On an annual basis, the 

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1 on the activities of the Task Force, including specific rec2 ommendations on issues described in subsections (b) and 

3 (c). 

4 SEC. 6. PROTECTING IMPORTANT FUNDING FOR CRIME VIC5 TIMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

6 Section 8(e)(1) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act 

7 of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607(e)(1)) is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.— 

10 ‘‘(i) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.— 

11 For purposes of this subsection, a grant pro12 gram shall not be considered to be covered 

13 by this subsection if the program is admin14 istered by the Office of Violence Against 

15 Women. 

16 ‘‘(ii) DELAY.—During the 4-year pe17 riod beginning on the date of enactment of 

18 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 

19 2013, for purposes of this subsection, a 

20 grant program shall not be considered to be 

21 covered by this subsection if the program is 

22 funded under subpart 1 of part E of title I 

23 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

24 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) 

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1 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

2 U.S.C. 5631), except for the portion of funds 

3 used toward the construction, administra4 tion, or operations of a police lockup, jail, 

5 prison, or other detention facility. 

6 ‘‘(iii) APPLICABILITY TO FUNDS.—No 

7 funds appropriated to programs described 

8 in clause (i) or (ii), including any funds 

9 appropriated before the date of enactment of 

10 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 

11 2013 that remain available for obligation as 

12 of such date of enactment, may be reduced 

13 under this section.’’. 


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Calendar No. 580 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1690 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

OCTOBER 1, 2014 

Reported with amendments 


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