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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3968

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 8, 1994

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

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General

3 may make grants to individual States and to States, orga4 nized as multi-State compacts, to develop, expand, modify,

5 or improve correctional facilities and programs to ensure

6 that prison cell space is available for the confinement of

7 violent repeat offenders.

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

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

10 compacts, shall submit an application to the Attorney

11 General which includes—

12 (1) assurances that the State or States, have

13 implemented, or will implement, correctional policies

14 and programs that are designed to provide suffi15 ciently severe punishment for violent repeat offend16 ers and that the prison time served is appropriately

17 related to the determination that the inmate is a vio18 lent repeat offender and for a period of time deemed

19 necessary to protect the public;

20 (2) assurances that the State or States have

21 implemented policies that provide for the recognition

22 of the rights and needs of crime victims;

23 (3) assurances that funds received under this

24 Act will be used to develop, expand, modify, or im25 prove correctional facilities and programs to ensure
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1 that prison cell space is available for the confine2 ment of violent repeat offenders;

3 (4) assurances that the State or States have a

4 comprehensive correctional plan which represents an

5 integrated approach to the management and oper6 ation of correctional facilities and programs and

7 which includes diversional programs, particularly

8 drug diversion programs, community corrections

9 programs, a prisoner screening and security classi10 fication system, prisoner rehabilitation and treat11 ment programs, prisoner work activities and job

12 skills programs, a pre-release prisoner assessment to

13 provide risk reduction management, post-release as14 sistance, and an assessment of recidivism rates;

15 (5) assurances that funds received under this

16 section will be used to supplement, not supplant,

17 other Federal, State, and local funds; and

18 (6) documentation of the multi-State compact

19 agreement that specifies the development, expansion,

20 modification, or improvement of correctional facili21 ties and programs.

22 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal share

23 of a grant received under this Act may not exceed 75 per24 cent of the costs of a proposal described in an application

25 approved under this Act.
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1 SEC. 3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.

2 The Attorney General shall issue rules and regula3 tions regarding the uses of grant funds received under this

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

5 of this Act.

6 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

7 The Attorney General may request that the Director

8 of the National Institute of Corrections and the Director

9 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons provide technical assist10 ance and training to a State or States that receive a grant

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

12 SEC. 5. EVALUATION.

13 The Attorney General may request the Director of

14 the National Institute of Corrections to assist with an

15 evaluation of programs established with funds under this

16 Act.

17 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 There are authorized to be appropriated

19 $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through

20 1998 to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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