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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1675 

To reduce recidivism and increase public safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2013 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reduce recidivism and increase public safety, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Recidivism Reduction 

5 and Public Safety Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EVIDENCE-BASED RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PRO7 GRAMMING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3621 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

11 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(f) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAMMING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

5 ‘‘(A) the term ‘evidence-based recidivism 

6 reduction programming’— 

7 ‘‘(i) means a course of instruction or 

8 activities that have been demonstrated to 

9 reduce recidivism or promote successful re10 entry, which may include vocational train11 ing, cognitive behavioral programming, 

12 prison employment, and educational pro13 gramming; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) includes recovery programming; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) the term ‘recovery programming’ 

17 means a course of instruction or activities, 

18 other than a course described in subsection (e), 

19 that have been demonstrated to reduce drug or 

20 alcohol abuse or dependence among partici21 pants, or to promote recovery among individuals 

22 who have previously abused alcohol or drugs. 

23 ‘‘(2) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAMS.— 

24 Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Bu25 reau of Prisons shall offer evidence-based recidivism 


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1 reduction programs to prisoners who have been as2 sessed, pursuant to section 3 of the Recidivism Re3 duction and Public Safety Act of 2013, to need to 

4 participate in the programs. 

5 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub6 section, the Bureau of Prisons shall consult with 

7 other relevant agencies within the Department of 

8 Justice, including the National Institute of Justice 

9 and the Criminal Division, as well as with the Ad10 ministrative Office of the Courts, United States Pro11 bation and Pretrial Services, the United States Sen12 tencing Commission, and any other entity as appro13 priate. 

14 ‘‘(4) CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPA15 TION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The period a prisoner 

17 remains in custody after successfully partici18 pating in an evidence-based recidivism reduc19 tion program may be reduced, in the discretion 

20 of the Bureau of Prisons, by no more than 60 

21 days per year of participation in the program, 

22 from the term the prisoner must otherwise 

23 serve. 

24 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS LAST25 ING LESS THAN 1 YEAR.—The credit described 


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1 in subparagraph may be prorated for prisoners 

2 who successfully participate in evidence-based 

3 recidivism reduction programs lasting less than 

4 1 year. 

5 ‘‘(C) BUREAU OF PRISONS DETERMINA6 TION.—Any determination as to whether a pris7 oner has successfully participated in an evi8 dence-based recidivism reduction program shall 

9 be in the sole discretion of the Bureau of Pris10 ons and no prisoner shall be entitled to a reduc11 tion in sentence pursuant to this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN SEN13 TENCE.—The combined credit awarded under 

14 this subsection and subsection (e) may not ex15 ceed 15 percent of the total sentence imposed. 

16 ‘‘(5) PARTNERSHIPS WITH NON-PROFIT ORGA17 NIZATIONS.—In carrying out this subsection, the 

18 Bureau of Prisons shall enter into partnerships, as 

19 appropriate, with non-profit organizations, including 

20 faith- and community-based organizations and edu21 cational institutions, that offer appropriate evidence22 based recidivism reduction programming. 

23 ‘‘(6) PRIORITIZATION.—In offering program24 ming to prisoners under this subsection, the Bureau 

25 of Prisons shall give preference to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) prisoners with earlier anticipated re2 lease dates; and 

3 ‘‘(B) prisoners who have demonstrated the 

4 greatest need for such programming. 

5 ‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning 2 

6 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

7 every year thereafter, the Bureau of Prisons shall 

8 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and 

11 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a re12 port that describes— 

13 ‘‘(A) all evidence-based recidivism reduc14 tion programming offered pursuant to this sec15 tion and the Bureau of Prisons facilities in 

16 which such programming was offered; 

17 ‘‘(B) the number of participants in each 

18 such recidivism reduction program at each in19 stitution; the number who successfully partici20 pated in such program; and the amount of cred21 it for such successful participation awarded; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(C) the partnerships with non-profit orga24 nizations entered into pursuant to paragraph 

25 (5).’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 3. INDIVIDUAL RECIDIVISM RISK FACTOR AND NEEDS 

5 ASSESSMENT. 

6 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY AND PROCE7 DURES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

10 General shall develop a methodology and procedure 

11 to assess the recidivism risk factors of all prisoners 

12 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons 

13 for a term of imprisonment other than life imprison14 ment and to identify programming to reduce the risk 

15 factors. 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the meth17 odology and procedure required under paragraph 

18 (1), and in updating the methodology and procedure 

19 as appropriate, the Attorney General shall— 

20 (A) use available research in the field; 

21 (B) consult with academic and other ex22 perts as appropriate; and 

23 (C) consult with the Administrative Office 

24 of the Courts, United States Probation and 

25 Pretrial Services, the United States Sentencing 


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1 Commission, and any other entity as appro2 priate. 

3 (b) ASSESSMENTS OF PRISONERS.—The Bureau of 

4 Prisons shall use the methodology and procedure devel5 oped under subsection (a) to assess each prisoner’s recidi6 vism risk factors and to identify evidence-based recidivism 

7 reduction programming (as defined in section 3621(f) of 

8 title 18, United States Code, as added by this Act) likely 

9 to address such recidivism risk factors. 

10 (c) TIME PERIOD FOR ASSESSMENTS.— 

11 (1) SENTENCING AFTER DATE OF ENACT12 MENT.—For prisoners sentenced to a term of im13 prisonment after the date that is 180 days after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Prisons 

15 shall complete the assessment required by this sec16 tion as soon as is practicable after the prisoner is 

17 sentenced. 

18 (2) PRIOR SENTENCING.— 

19 (A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

20 term ‘‘covered prisoner’’ means a prisoner sen21 tenced to a term of imprisonment, other than 

22 life imprisonment, on or before the date that is 

23 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

24 Act. 


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1 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Bureau of Pris2 ons shall complete the assessment required by 

3 this section— 

4 (i) for not less than 20 percent of the 

5 total number of covered prisoners not later 

6 than 2 years after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act; 

8 (ii) for not less than 40 percent of the 

9 total number of covered prisoners not later 

10 than 3 years after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act; 

12 (iii) for not less than 60 percent of 

13 the total number of covered prisoners not 

14 later than 4 years after the date of enact15 ment of this Act; 

16 (iv) for not less than 80 percent of the 

17 total number of covered prisoners not later 

18 than 5 years after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act; and 

20 (v) for all covered prisoners not later 

21 than 6 years after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act. 

23 (d) UPDATE OF ASSESSMENTS.—The Bureau of 

24 Prisons shall update the assessment of each prisoner re25 quired by this section on an appropriate schedule of review 


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1 and reassessment, as determined by the Bureau of Pris2 ons. 

3 (e) REPORTING ON RECIDIVISM RATES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, and every year there6 after, United States Probation and Pretrial Services 

7 shall report to Congress and the Department of Jus8 tice on rates of recidivism among individuals who 

9 have been released from Federal prison and who are 

10 under the supervision of United States Probation 

11 and Pretrial Services. 

12 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

13 paragraph (1) shall contain information on rates of 

14 recidivism among former Federal prisoners, includ15 ing information on rates of recidivism among former 

16 Federal prisoners based on the following criteria: 

17 (A) Primary offense charged. 

18 (B) Length of sentence. 

19 (C) Bureau of Prisons facility or facilities 

20 in which the prisoner’s sentence was served. 

21 (D) Recidivism reduction programming in 

22 which the prisoner successfully participated, if 

23 any. 

24 (E) The prisoner’s assessed risk of recidi25 vism pursuant to subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 4. PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL REENTRY. 

2 (a) FEDERAL REENTRY DEMONSTRATION

3 PROJECTS.— 

4 (1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING BEST PRACTICES

5 FOR REENTRY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrative 

7 Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Attor8 ney General, shall— 

9 (A) evaluate best practices used for the re10 entry into society of individuals released from 

11 the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, including 

12 conducting examinations of reentry practices in 

13 State and local justice systems and consulting 

14 with Federal, State, and local prosecutors, Fed15 eral, State, and local public defenders, and non16 profit organizations that provide reentry serv17 ices; and 

18 (B) shall submit to the Committee on the 

19 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 

20 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

21 a report that details the evaluation conducted 

22 under subparagraph (A). 

23 (2) CREATION OF REENTRY DEMONSTRATION

24 PROJECTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

25 enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in con26 sultation with the Administrative Office of the 


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1 United States Courts, shall select an appropriate 

2 number of Federal judicial districts which shall con3 duct Federal reentry demonstration projects using 

4 the best practices identified in the evaluation con5 ducted under paragraph (1). The Attorney General 

6 shall determine the appropriate number of Federal 

7 judicial districts to conduct demonstration projects 

8 under this paragraph. 

9 (3) PROJECT DESIGN.—For each Federal judi10 cial district selected under paragraph (2), the United 

11 States Attorney, in consultation with the Chief 

12 Judge, Chief Federal Defender, and the Chief Pro13 bation Officer, shall design a Federal reentry dem14 onstration project for the Federal judicial district in 

15 accordance with paragraph (4). 

16 (4) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—A project designed 

17 under paragraph (3) shall coordinate efforts by Fed18 eral agencies to assist participating prisoners in pre19 paring for and adjusting to reentry into the commu20 nity and may include, as appropriate— 

21 (A) the use of community correctional fa22 cilities and home confinement, as determined to 

23 be appropriate by the Bureau of Prisons; 

24 (B) a reentry review team for each pris25 oner to develop a reentry plan specific to the 


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1 needs of the prisoner, and to meet with the 

2 prisoner following transfer to monitor the re3 entry plan; 

4 (C) steps to assist the prisoner in obtain5 ing health care, housing, and employment, be6 fore the prisoner’s release from a community 

7 correctional facility or home confinement; 

8 (D) regular drug testing; 

9 (E) a system of graduated levels of super10 vision and immediate sanctions for violations of 

11 the conditions of participation in the project; 

12 (F) substance abuse treatment, medical 

13 treatment, including mental health treatment, 

14 vocational and educational training, life skills 

15 instruction, recovery support, conflict resolution 

16 training, and other programming to promote ef17 fective reintegration into the community; 

18 (G) the participation of volunteers to serve 

19 as advisors and mentors to prisoners being re20 leased into the community; and 

21 (H) steps to ensure that the prisoner 

22 makes satisfactory progress toward satisfying 

23 any obligations to victims of the prisoner’s of24 fense, including any obligation to pay restitu25 tion. 


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1 (5) REVIEW OF PROJECT OUTCOMES.—Not 

2 later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 

3 this Act, the Administrative Office of the Courts, in 

4 consultation with the Attorney General, shall— 

5 (A) evaluate the results from each Federal 

6 judicial district selected under paragraph (2), 

7 including the extent to which participating pris8 oners released from the custody of the Bureau 

9 of Prisons were successfully reintegrated into 

10 their communities, maintained employment, and 

11 refrained from committing further offenses; and 

12 (B) submit to the Committee on the Judi13 ciary of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a re15 port that contains— 

16 (i) the evaluation of the best practices 

17 identified in the report required under 

18 paragraph (1); and 

19 (ii) the results of the demonstration 

20 projects required under paragraph (2). 

21 (b) STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF REENTRY ON CER22 TAIN COMMUNITIES.— 

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

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen25 eral, in consultation with the Administrative Office 


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1 of the Courts, shall submit to the Committee on the 

2 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report 

4 on the impact of reentry of prisoners on commu5 nities in which a disproportionate number of individ6 uals reside upon release from incarceration. 

7 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

8 paragraph (1) shall analyze the impact of reentry of 

9 individuals released from both State and Federal 

10 correctional systems as well as State and Federal ju11 venile justice systems, and shall include— 

12 (A) an assessment of the reentry burdens 

13 borne by local communities; 

14 (B) a review of the resources available in 

15 such communities to support successful reentry, 

16 including resources provided by State, local, 

17 and Federal governments, the extent to which 

18 those resources are used effectively; and 

19 (C) recommendations to strengthen the re20 sources in such communities available to sup21 port successful reentry and to lessen the burden 

22 placed on such communities by the need to sup23 port reentry. 


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1 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO PROMOTE RECOVERY AND 

2 PREVENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 

3 DEPENDENCE. 

4 (a) REENTRY AND RECOVERY PLANNING.— 

5 (1) PRESENTENCE REPORTS.—Section 3552 of 

6 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 

8 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec9 tively; 

10 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(b) REENTRY AND RECOVERY PLANNING.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the informa14 tion required by rule 32(d) of the Federal Rules of 

15 Criminal Procedure, the report submitted pursuant 

16 to subsection (a) shall contain the following informa17 tion, unless such information is required to be ex18 cluded pursuant to rule 32(d)(3) of the Federal 

19 Rules of Criminal Procedure or except as provided 

20 in paragraph (2): 

21 ‘‘(A) Information about the defendant’s 

22 history of substance abuse and addiction, if 

23 any. 

24 ‘‘(B) A detailed plan, which shall include 

25 the identification of programming provided by 

26 the Bureau of Prisons that is appropriate for 


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1 the defendant’s needs, that the probation officer 

2 determines will— 

3 ‘‘(i) reduce the likelihood the defend4 ant will abuse drugs or alcohol; 

5 ‘‘(ii) reduce the defendant’s likelihood 

6 of recidivism by addressing the defendant’s 

7 specific recidivism risk factors; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) assist the defendant preparing 

9 for reentry into the community. 

10 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The information described 

11 in paragraph (1)(B) shall not be required to be in12 cluded under paragraph (1) if the applicable sen13 tencing range under the sentencing guidelines, as de14 termined by the probation officer, includes a sen15 tence of life imprisonment.’’; 

16 (C) in subsection (c), as redesignated, in 

17 the first sentence, by striking ‘‘subsection (a) or 

18 (c)’’ and insertion ‘‘subsection (a) or (d)’’; and 

19 (D) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by 

20 striking ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘subsection (a) or (c)’’. 

22 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND23 MENT.—Section 3672 of title 18, United States 

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1 graph by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘subsection (c) or (d)’’. 

3 (b) PROMOTING FULL UTILIZATION OF RESIDEN4 TIAL DRUG TREATMENT.—Section 3621(e)(2) of title 18, 

5 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(C) COMMENCEMENT OF TREATMENT.— 

8 Not later than 3 years after the date of enact9 ment of the Recidivism Reduction and Public 

10 Safety Act of 2013, the Bureau of Prisons shall 

11 ensure that each eligible prisoner has an oppor12 tunity to commence participation in treatment 

13 under this subsection by such date as is nec14 essary to ensure that the prisoner completes 

15 such treatment not later than 1 year before the 

16 date on which the prisoner would otherwise be 

17 released from custody prior to the application of 

18 any reduction in sentence pursuant to this 

19 paragraph.’’. 

20 (c) SUPERVISED RELEASE PILOT PROGRAM TO RE21 DUCE RECIDIVISM AND IMPROVE RECOVERY FROM ALCO22 HOL AND DRUG ABUSE.— 

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

24 the date of enactment of this Act, United States 

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1 cidivism reduction and recovery enhancement pilot 

2 program, premised on high-intensity supervision and 

3 the use of swift, predictable, and graduated sanc4 tions for noncompliance with program rules, in Fed5 eral judicial districts selected by the Administrative 

6 Office of the Courts in consultation with the Attor7 ney General. 

8 (2) REQUIREMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Participa9 tion in the pilot program required under paragraph 

10 (1) shall be subject to the following requirements: 

11 (A) Upon entry into the pilot program, the 

12 court shall notify program participants of the 

13 rules of the program and consequences for vio14 lating such rules, including the penalties to be 

15 imposed as a result of such violations pursuant 

16 to paragraph (E). 

17 (B) Probation officers shall conduct reg18 ular drug testing of all pilot program partici19 pants with a history of substance abuse. 

20 (C) In the event that a probation officer 

21 determines that a participant has violated a 

22 term of supervised release, the officer shall no23 tify the court within 24 hours of such violation. 

24 (D) As soon as is practicable, and in no 

25 case more than 1 week after the violation was 


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1 reported by the probation officer, absent good 

2 cause, the court shall conduct a hearing on the 

3 alleged violation. 

4 (E) If the court determines that a program 

5 participant has violated a term of supervised re6 lease, it shall impose an appropriate sanction, 

7 which may include the following, if appropriate: 

8 (i) Modification of the terms of such 

9 participant’s supervised release, which may 

10 include imposition of a period of home con11 finement. 

12 (ii) Referral to appropriate substance 

13 abuse treatment. 

14 (iii) Revocation of the defendant’s su15 pervised release and the imposition of a 

16 sentence of incarceration that is no longer 

17 than necessary to punish the participant 

18 for such violation and deter the participant 

19 from committing future violations. 

20 (iv) For participants who habitually 

21 fail to abide by program rules or pose a 

22 threat to public safety, termination from 

23 the program. 

24 (3) STATUS OF PARTICIPANT IF INCARCER25 ATED.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the event that a pro2 gram participant is sentenced to incarceration 

3 as described in paragraph (2)(E)(iii), the par4 ticipant shall remain in the program upon re5 lease from incarceration unless terminated from 

6 the program in accordance with paragraph 

7 (2)(E)(iv). 

8 (B) POLICIES FOR MAINTAINING EMPLOY9 MENT.—The Bureau of Prisons, in consultation 

10 with the Chief Probation Officers of the Federal 

11 judicial districts selected for participation in the 

12 pilot program required under paragraph (1), 

13 shall develop policies to enable program partici14 pants sentenced to terms of incarceration as de15 scribed in paragraph (2)(E) to, where prac16 ticable, serve the terms of incarceration while 

17 maintaining employment, including allowing the 

18 terms of incarceration to be served on week19 ends. 

20 (4) ADVISORY SENTENCING POLICIES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sen22 tencing Commission, in consultation with the 

23 Chief Probation Officers, the United States At24 torneys, Federal Defenders, and Chief Judges 

25 of the districts selected for participation in the 


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1 pilot program required under paragraph (1), 

2 shall establish advisory sentencing policies to be 

3 used by the district courts in imposing sen4 tences of incarceration in accordance with para5 graph (2)(E). 

6 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The advisory sen7 tencing policies established under subparagraph 

8 (A) shall be consistent with the stated goal of 

9 the pilot program to impose predictable and 

10 graduated sentences that are no longer than 

11 necessary for violations of program rules. 

12 (5) DURATION OF PROGRAM.—The pilot pro13 gram required under paragraph (1) shall continue 

14 for not less than 5 years and may be extended for 

15 not more than 5 years by the Administrative Office 

16 of the Courts. 

17 (6) ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND

18 REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 years 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad21 ministrative Office of the Courts shall conduct 

22 an evaluation of the pilot program and submit 

23 to Congress a report on the results of the eval24 uation. 


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1 (B) CONTENTS.—The report required 

2 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

3 (i) the rates of substance abuse 

4 among program participants; 

5 (ii) the rates of violations of the terms 

6 of supervised release by program partici7 pants, and sanctions imposed; 

8 (iii) information about employment of 

9 program participants; 

10 (iv) a comparison of outcomes among 

11 program participants with outcomes among 

12 similarly situated individuals under the su13 pervision of United States Probation and 

14 Pretrial Services not participating in the 

15 program; and 

16 (v) an assessment of the effectiveness 

17 of each of the relevant features of the pro18 gram. 

19 SEC. 6. CALCULATION OF GOOD-TIME CREDIT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b) of title 18, 

21 United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)(C), a 

25 prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of 


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1 more than 1 year, other than a term of imprison2 ment for the duration of the prisoner’s life, shall re3 ceive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sen4 tence, in addition to the time actually served by the 

5 prisoner, beginning on the date on which the sen6 tence of the prisoner commences, at the rate of 54 

7 days per year of sentence imposed, if the Bureau of 

8 Prisons determines that the prisoner has displayed 

9 exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary 

10 regulations.’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in12 serting the following: 

13 ‘‘(3)(A) This subsection shall apply to all pris14 oners serving a term of imprisonment for offenses 

15 committed on or after November 1, 1987. 

16 ‘‘(B) With respect to a prisoner serving a term 

17 of imprisonment on the date of enactment of the Re18 cidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013, 

19 this subsection shall apply to the entirety of the sen20 tence imposed on the prisoner, including time al21 ready served. 

22 ‘‘(C) A prisoner may not be awarded credit 

23 under this subsection that would cause the prisoner 

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1 ready served by the prisoner on the imposed sen2 tence.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De8 partment of Justice to carry out this Act such sums as 

9 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

10 2019. 

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