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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3963

To amend title 18 to provide grants to States to assist in the incarceration

of violent repeat offenders and to manage the problems associated with

overcapacity in correctional facilities and programs and to support comprehensive programs that will reduce the rate of recidivism.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 7, 1994

Mr. HUGHES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18 to provide grants to States to assist

in the incarceration of violent repeat offenders and to

manage the problems associated with overcapacity in correctional facilities and programs and to support comprehensive programs that will reduce the rate of recidivism.

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 ‘‘Violent Repeat

5 Offender Incarceration Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

2 Chapter 319 of title 18, United States Code, is

3 amended by adding at the end the following new section:

4 ‘‘SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

5 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen6 eral may make grants to individual States and to States,

7 organized as multi-State compacts, to develop, expand,

8 modify, or improve correctional facilities and programs to

9 ensure that prison cell space is available for the confine10 ment of violent repeat offenders.

11 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant

12 under this Act a State or States, organized as multi-State

13 compacts, shall submit an application to the Attorney

14 General which includes—

15 ‘‘(1) assurances that the State or States, have

16 implemented, or will implement, correctional policies

17 and programs that are designed to provide suffi18 ciently severe punishment for violent repeat offend19 ers and that the prison time served is appropriately

20 related to the determination that the inmate is a vio21 lent repeat offender and for a period of time deemed

22 necessary to protect the public;

23 ‘‘(2) assurances that the State or States have

24 implemented policies that provide for the recognition

25 of the rights and needs of crime victims;
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1 ‘‘(3) assurances that funds received under this

2 Act will be used to develop, expand, modify, or im3 prove correctional facilities and programs to ensure

4 that prison cell space is available for the confine5 ment of violent repeat offenders;

6 ‘‘(4) assurances that the State or States have

7 a comprehensive correctional plan which represents

8 an integrated approach to the management and op9 eration of correctional facilities and programs and

10 which includes diversional programs, particularly

11 drug diversion programs, community corrections

12 programs, a prisoner screening and security classi13 fication system, prisoner rehabilitation and treat14 ment programs, prisoner work activities and job

15 skills programs, a pre-release prisoner assessment to

16 provide risk reduction management, post-release as17 sistance, and an assessment of recidivism rates;

18 ‘‘(5) assurances that funds received under this

19 section will be used to supplement, not supplant,

20 other Federal, State, and local funds; and

21 ‘‘(6) documentation of the multi-State compact

22 agreement that specifies the development, expansion,

23 modification, or improvement of correctional facili24 ties and programs.
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1 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal share

2 of grants received under this Act may not exceed 75 per3 cent of the costs of a proposal described in an application

4 approved under this Act.’’.

5 SEC. 3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.

6 The Attorney General shall issue rules and regula7 tions regarding the uses of grant funds received under this

8 Act not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment

9 of this Act.

10 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

11 The Attorney General may request that the Director

12 of the National Institute of Corrections and the Director

13 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons provide technical assist14 ance and training to a State or States that receive a grant

15 under this Act to achieve the purposes of this Act.

16 SEC. 5. EVALUATION.

17 The Attorney General may request the Director of

18 the National Institute of Corrections to assist with an

19 evaluation of programs established with funds under this

20 Act.

21 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 There are authorized to be appropriated

23 $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through

24 1999 to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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