II 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1994 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2017 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. LEE) 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Elimi6 nating Costs for Taxpayers In Our National System Act 

7 of 2017’’ or the ‘‘CORRECTIONS Act’’. 

8 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

9 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CORRECTIONS ACT 


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Sec. 101. Recidivism reduction programming and productive activities. 

Sec. 102. Post-sentencing risk and needs assessment system. 

Sec. 103. Prerelease custody. 

Sec. 104. Reports. 

Sec. 105. Additional tools to promote recovery and prevent drug and alcohol 

abuse and dependence. 

Sec. 106. Promoting successful reentry. 

Sec. 107. Parole for juveniles. 

Sec. 108. Compassionate release initiative. 

TITLE II—BUREAU OF PRISONS SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Findings. 

Sec. 203. Secure firearms storage. 

TITLE III—NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Findings. 

Sec. 303. Establishment of commission. 

Sec. 304. Purpose of the commission. 

Sec. 305. Review, recommendations, and report. 

Sec. 306. Membership. 

Sec. 307. Administration. 

Sec. 308. Authorization for use of funds. 

Sec. 309. Sunset. 

1 TITLE I—CORRECTIONS ACT 

2 SEC. 101. RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAMMING AND 

3 PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

6 shall— 

7 (1) conduct a review of recidivism reduction 

8 programming and productive activities, including 

9 prison jobs, offered in correctional institutions, in10 cluding programming and activities offered in State 

11 correctional institutions, which shall include a review 

12 of research on the effectiveness of such programs; 


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1 (2) conduct a survey to identify products, in2 cluding products purchased by Federal agencies, 

3 that are currently manufactured overseas and could 

4 be manufactured by prisoners participating in a 

5 prison work program without reducing job opportu6 nities for other workers in the United States; and 

7 (3) submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

9 and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com10 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives a strategic plan for the expansion of recidi12 vism reduction programming and productive activi13 ties, including prison jobs, in Bureau of Prisons fa14 cilities required by section 3621(h)(1) of title 18, 

15 United States Code, as added by subsection (b). 

16 (b) AMENDMENT.—Section 3621 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(h) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAMMING AND

20 PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 

22 of Prisons, shall, subject to the availability of appro23 priations, make available to all eligible prisoners ap24 propriate recidivism reduction programming or proVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Oct 20, 2017 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1994.IS S1994

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1 ductive activities, including prison jobs, in accord2 ance with paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) EXPANSION PERIOD.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 

5 subsection, the Director of the Bureau of Pris6 ons shall, not later than 5 years after the date 

7 of enactment of this subsection, ensure appro8 priate recidivism reduction programming and 

9 productive activities, including prison jobs, are 

10 available for all eligible prisoners. 

11 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The National In13 stitute of Corrections shall evaluate all re14 cidivism reduction programming or produc15 tive activities that are made available to el16 igible prisoners and determine whether 

17 such programming or activities may be cer18 tified as evidence-based and effective at re19 ducing or mitigating offender risk and re20 cidivism. 

21 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In deter22 mining whether or not to issue a certifi23 cation under clause (i), the National Insti24 tute of Corrections shall consult with inter25 nal or external program evaluation experts, 


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1 including the Office of Management and 

2 Budget and the Comptroller General of the 

3 United States to identify appropriate eval4 uation methodologies for each type of pro5 gram offered, and may use analyses of 

6 similar programs conducted in other cor7 rectional settings. 

8 ‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 

9 Not later than 18 months after the date of enact10 ment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall 

11 issue regulations requiring the official in charge of 

12 each correctional facility to ensure, subject to the 

13 availability of appropriations, that appropriate re14 cidivism reduction programming and productive ac15 tivities, including prison jobs, are available for all el16 igible prisoners within the time period specified in 

17 paragraph (2), by entering into partnerships with 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Nonprofit and other private organiza20 tions, including faith-based and community21 based organizations, that provide recidivism re22 duction programming, on a paid or volunteer 

23 basis. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Educational institutions that will de2 liver academic classes in Bureau of Prisons fa3 cilities, on a paid or volunteer basis. 

4 ‘‘(C) Nonprofit or other private organiza5 tions, including faith-based and community6 based organizations, that will— 

7 ‘‘(i) deliver occupational and voca8 tional training and certifications in Bureau 

9 of Prisons facilities; 

10 ‘‘(ii) provide equipment to facilitate 

11 occupational and vocational training or em12 ployment opportunities for prisoners; 

13 ‘‘(iii) employ prisoners; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) assist prisoners in prerelease 

15 custody or supervised release in finding 

16 employment. 

17 ‘‘(D) Industry-sponsored organizations 

18 that deliver workforce development and training 

19 that lead to recognized certification and employ20 ment. 

21 ‘‘(4) ASSIGNMENTS.—In assigning prisoners to 

22 recidivism reduction programming and productive 

23 activities, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 

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1 sessment System described in section 3621A and 

2 shall ensure that— 

3 ‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, prisoners 

4 are separated from prisoners of other risk clas5 sifications in accordance with best practices for 

6 effective recidivism reduction; 

7 ‘‘(B) a prisoner who has been classified as 

8 low risk and without need for recidivism reduc9 tion programming shall participate in and suc10 cessfully complete productive activities, includ11 ing prison jobs, in order to maintain a low-risk 

12 classification; 

13 ‘‘(C) a prisoner who has successfully com14 pleted all recidivism reduction programming to 

15 which the prisoner was assigned shall partici16 pate in productive activities, including a prison 

17 job; and 

18 ‘‘(D) to the extent practicable, each eligible 

19 prisoner shall participate in and successfully 

20 complete recidivism reduction programming or 

21 productive activities, including prison jobs, 

22 throughout the entire term of incarceration of 

23 the prisoner. 

24 ‘‘(5) MENTORING SERVICES.—Any person who 

25 provided mentoring services to a prisoner while the 


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1 prisoner was in a penal or correctional facility of the 

2 Bureau of Prisons shall be permitted to continue 

3 such services after the prisoner has been transferred 

4 into prerelease custody, unless the person in charge 

5 of the penal or correctional facility of the Bureau of 

6 Prisons demonstrates, in a written document sub7 mitted to the person, that such services would be a 

8 significant security risk to the prisoner, persons who 

9 provide such services, or any other person. 

10 ‘‘(6) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAM INCEN11 TIVES AND REWARDS.—Prisoners who have success12 fully completed recidivism reduction programs and 

13 productive activities shall be eligible for the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A) TIME CREDITS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 

17 (ii) and (iii), a prisoner who has success18 fully completed a recidivism reduction pro19 gram or productive activity that has been 

20 certified under paragraph (2)(B) shall re21 ceive time credits of 5 days for each period 

22 of 30 days of successful completion of such 

23 program or activity. A prisoner who is 

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1 riod of 30 days of successful completion of 

2 such program or activity. 

3 ‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY.—A prisoner may 

4 not receive time credits under this sub5 paragraph for successfully completing a re6 cidivism reduction program or productive 

7 activity— 

8 ‘‘(I) before the date of enactment 

9 of this subsection; or 

10 ‘‘(II) during official detention be11 fore the date on which the prisoner’s 

12 sentence commences under section 

13 3585(a). 

14 ‘‘(iii) EXCLUSIONS.—No credit shall 

15 be awarded under this subparagraph to a 

16 prisoner serving a sentence for a second or 

17 subsequent conviction for a Federal offense 

18 imposed after the date on which the pris19 oner’s first such conviction became final, 

20 which shall not include any offense under 

21 section 1152 or section 1153 for which the 

22 prisoner was sentenced to less than 13 

23 months. No credit shall be awarded under 

24 this subparagraph to a prisoner with 13 or 

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1 mined under the sentencing guidelines, at 

2 the time of sentencing, unless the court de3 termines in writing at sentencing that the 

4 defendant’s criminal history category sub5 stantially overrepresents the seriousness of 

6 the defendant’s criminal history or the 

7 likelihood that the defendant will commit 

8 other crimes and exercises its authority to 

9 lower the defendant’s criminal history cat10 egory. No credit shall be awarded under 

11 this subparagraph to any prisoner serving 

12 a sentence of imprisonment for conviction 

13 for any of the following offenses: 

14 ‘‘(I) A Federal crime of ter15 rorism, as defined in section 

16 2332b(g)(5). 

17 ‘‘(II) A Federal crime of violence, 

18 as defined in section 16. 

19 ‘‘(III) A Federal sex offense, as 

20 described in section 111 of the Sex 

21 Offender Registration and Notifica22 tion Act (34 U.S.C. 20911). 

23 ‘‘(IV) Engaging in a continuing 

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1 tion 408 of the Controlled Substances 

2 Act (21 U.S.C. 848). 

3 ‘‘(V) A Federal crime involving 

4 child exploitation, as defined in sec5 tion 2 of the PROTECT Our Children 

6 Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101). 

7 ‘‘(VI) A violation of— 

8 ‘‘(aa) chapter 11 (relating to 

9 bribery, graft, and conflicts of in10 terest); 

11 ‘‘(bb) chapter 29 (relating to 

12 elections and political activities); 

13 ‘‘(cc) section 1028A, 1031, 

14 or 1040 (relating to fraud); 

15 ‘‘(dd) chapter 63 involving a 

16 scheme or artifice to deprive an17 other of the intangible right of 

18 honest services; 

19 ‘‘(ee) chapter 73 (relating to 

20 obstruction of justice); 

21 ‘‘(ff) chapter 95 or 96 (re22 lating to racketeering and rack23 eteer influenced and corrupt or24 ganizations); or 


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1 ‘‘(gg) chapter 110 (relating 

2 to sexual exploitation and other 

3 abuse of children). 

4 ‘‘(iv) IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED

5 OFFENSES.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of enactment of this subsection, 

7 the United States Sentencing Commission 

8 shall prepare and submit to the Director of 

9 the Bureau of Prisons a list of all Federal 

10 offenses described in subclauses (I) 

11 through (VI) of clause (iii), and shall up12 date such list on an annual basis. 

13 ‘‘(B) OTHER INCENTIVES.—The Bureau of 

14 Prisons shall develop policies to provide appro15 priate incentives for successful completion of re16 cidivism reduction programming and productive 

17 activities, other than time credit pursuant to 

18 subparagraph (A), including incentives for pris19 oners who are precluded from earning credit 

20 under subparagraph (A)(iii). Such incentives 

21 may include additional telephone or visitation 

22 privileges for use with family, close friends, 

23 mentors, and religious leaders. 

24 ‘‘(C) PENALTIES.—The Bureau of Prisons 

25 may reduce rewards a prisoner has previously 


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1 earned under subparagraph (A) for prisoners 

2 who violate the rules of the penal or correc3 tional facility in which the prisoner is impris4 oned, a recidivism reduction program, or a pro5 ductive activity. 

6 ‘‘(D) RELATION TO OTHER INCENTIVE

7 PROGRAMS.—The incentives described in this 

8 paragraph shall be in addition to any other re9 wards or incentives for which a prisoner may be 

10 eligible, except that a prisoner shall not be eligi11 ble for the time credits described in subpara12 graph (A) if the prisoner has accrued time cred13 its under another provision of law based solely 

14 upon participation in, or successful completion 

15 of, such program. 

16 ‘‘(7) SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION.—For purposes 

17 of this subsection, a prisoner— 

18 ‘‘(A) shall be considered to have success19 fully completed a recidivism reduction program 

20 or productive activity, if the Bureau of Prisons 

21 determines that the prisoner— 

22 ‘‘(i) regularly attended and partici23 pated in the recidivism reduction program 

24 or productive activity; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) regularly completed assignments 

2 or tasks in a manner that allowed the pris3 oner to realize the criminogenic benefits of 

4 the recidivism reduction program or pro5 ductive activity; 

6 ‘‘(iii) did not regularly engage in dis7 ruptive behavior that seriously undermined 

8 the administration of the recidivism reduc9 tion program or productive activity; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) satisfied the requirements of 

11 clauses (i) through (iii) for a time period 

12 that is not less than 30 days and allowed 

13 the prisoner to realize the criminogenic 

14 benefits of the recidivism reduction pro15 gram or productive activity; and 

16 ‘‘(B) for purposes of paragraph (6)(A), 

17 may be given credit for successful completion of 

18 a recidivism reduction program or productive 

19 activity for the time period during which the 

20 prisoner participated in such program or activ21 ity if the prisoner satisfied the requirements of 

22 subparagraph (A) during such time period, not23 withstanding that the prisoner continues to par24 ticipate in such program or activity. 

25 ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE PRISONER.—The term ‘eli2 gible prisoner’ means— 

3 ‘‘(i) an individual who has been sen4 tenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant 

5 to a conviction for a Federal criminal of6 fense; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) an individual within the custody 

8 of the Bureau of Prisons, including an in9 dividual in a Bureau of Prisons contracted 

10 facility. 

11 ‘‘(B) PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY.—The term 

12 ‘productive activity’— 

13 ‘‘(i) means a group or individual ac14 tivity, including holding a job as part of a 

15 prison work program, that is designed to 

16 allow prisoners classified as having a lower 

17 risk of recidivism to maintain such classi18 fication, when offered to such prisoners; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) may include the delivery of the 

21 activities described in subparagraph 

22 (C)(i)(II) to other prisoners. 

23 ‘‘(C) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAM.— 

24 The term ‘recidivism reduction program’ 

25 means— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a group or individual activity 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(I) has been certified to reduce 

4 recidivism or promote successful re5 entry; and 

6 ‘‘(II) may include— 

7 ‘‘(aa) classes on social learn8 ing and life skills; 

9 ‘‘(bb) classes on morals or 

10 ethics; 

11 ‘‘(cc) academic classes; 

12 ‘‘(dd) cognitive behavioral 

13 treatment; 

14 ‘‘(ee) mentoring; 

15 ‘‘(ff) occupational and voca16 tional training; 

17 ‘‘(gg) faith-based classes or 

18 services; 

19 ‘‘(hh) domestic violence edu20 cation and deterrence program21 ming; 

22 ‘‘(ii) victim-impact classes or 

23 other restorative justice pro24 grams; 


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1 ‘‘(jj) industry-sponsored 

2 workforce development, edu3 cation, or training; and 

4 ‘‘(kk) a prison job; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) shall include— 

6 ‘‘(I) a productive activity; and 

7 ‘‘(II) recovery programming. 

8 ‘‘(D) RECOVERY PROGRAMMING.—The 

9 term ‘recovery programming’ means a course of 

10 instruction or activities, other than a course de11 scribed in subsection (e), that has been dem12 onstrated to reduce drug or alcohol abuse or de13 pendence among participants, or to promote re14 covery among individuals who have previously 

15 abused alcohol or drugs, to include appropriate 

16 medication-assisted treatment.’’. 

17 (c) NO CONSIDERATION OF EARNED TIME CREDIT

18 ELIGIBILITY DURING SENTENCING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3553 of title 18, 

20 United States Code, is amended— 

21 (A) by redesignating subsections (b) 

22 through (f) as subsections (c) through (g), re23 spectively; 


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1 (B) in subsection (e)(3), as so redesig2 nated, by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 

4 (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(b) In imposing a sentence, the court shall not con7 sider the defendant’s eligibility or potential eligibility for 

8 credit under section 3621(e), 3621(h), or 3624(b) or any 

9 similar provision of law, but shall not be prohibited from 

10 informing the defendant of the existence of such credits 

11 or related programs.’’. 

12 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND13 MENTS.—Section 3742 of title 18, United States 

14 Code, is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (e)(3)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘section 3553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

18 3553(d)’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik20 ing ‘‘section 3553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec21 tion 3553(c)’’; and 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

23 ‘‘section 3553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

24 3553(d)’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 3553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3553(d)’’; 

3 and 

4 (C) in subsection (j)(1)(B), by striking 

5 ‘‘section 3553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

6 3553(c)’’. 

7 SEC. 102. POST-SENTENCING RISK AND NEEDS ASSESS8 MENT SYSTEM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter C of chapter 229 of 

10 title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

11 section 3621 the following: 

12 ‘‘§ 3621A. Post-sentencing risk and needs assessment 

13 system 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 

15 the date of the enactment of this section, the Attorney 

16 General shall develop for use by the Bureau of Prisons 

17 an offender risk and needs assessment system, to be 

18 known as the ‘Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assess19 ment System’ or the ‘Assessment System’, which shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) assess and determine the recidivism risk 

21 level of all prisoners and classify each prisoner as 

22 having a low, moderate, or high risk of recidivism; 

23 ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, assess and deter24 mine the risk of violence of all prisoners; 


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1 ‘‘(3) ensure that, to the extent practicable, low2 risk prisoners are grouped together in housing and 

3 assignment decisions; 

4 ‘‘(4) assign each prisoner to appropriate recidi5 vism reduction programs or productive activities 

6 based on the prisoner’s risk level and the specific 

7 criminogenic needs of the prisoner, and in accord8 ance with section 3621(h)(4); 

9 ‘‘(5) reassess and update the recidivism risk 

10 level and programmatic needs of each prisoner pur11 suant to the schedule set forth in subsection (c)(2), 

12 and assess changes in the prisoner’s recidivism risk 

13 within a particular risk level; and 

14 ‘‘(6) provide information on best practices con15 cerning the tailoring of recidivism reduction pro16 grams to the specific criminogenic needs of each 

17 prisoner so as to effectively lower the prisoner’s risk 

18 of recidivating. 

19 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In designing the Assess21 ment System, the Attorney General shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) use available research and best prac23 tices in the field and consult with academic and 

24 other criminal justice experts as appropriate; 


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1 ‘‘(B) ensure that the Assessment System 

2 measures indicators of progress and improve3 ment, and of regression, including newly ac4 quired skills, attitude, and behavior changes 

5 over time, through meaningful consideration of 

6 dynamic risk factors, such that— 

7 ‘‘(i) all prisoners at each risk level 

8 other than low risk have a meaningful op9 portunity to progress to a lower risk classi10 fication during the period of the incarcer11 ation of the prisoner through changes in 

12 dynamic risk factors; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) all prisoners on prerelease cus14 tody, other than prisoners classified as low 

15 risk, have a meaningful opportunity to 

16 progress to a lower risk classification dur17 ing such custody through changes in dy18 namic risk factors; 

19 ‘‘(C) ensure that the Assessment System is 

20 adjusted on a regular basis, but not less fre21 quently than every 3 years, to take account of 

22 the best statistical evidence of effectiveness in 

23 reducing recidivism rates; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) ensure that the Assessment System 

2 does not result in unwarranted disparities, in3 cluding by— 

4 ‘‘(i) regularly evaluating rates of re5 cidivism among similarly classified pris6 oners to identify any unwarranted dispari7 ties in such rates, including disparities 

8 among similarly classified prisoners of dif9 ferent racial groups; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) adjusting the Assessment System 

11 to reduce such disparities to the greatest 

12 extent possible. 

13 ‘‘(2) RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOLS.— 

14 In carrying out this subsection, the Attorney Gen15 eral shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) develop a suitable intake assessment 

17 tool to perform the initial assessments and de18 terminations described in subsection (a)(1), and 

19 to make the assignments described in para20 graphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a); 

21 ‘‘(B) develop a suitable reassessment tool 

22 to perform the reassessments and updates de23 scribed in subsection (a)(5); and 


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1 ‘‘(C) develop a suitable tool to assess the 

2 recidivism risk level of prisoners in prerelease 

3 custody. 

4 ‘‘(3) USE OF EXISTING RISK AND NEEDS AS5 SESSMENT TOOLS PERMITTED.—In carrying out this 

6 subsection, the Attorney General may use existing 

7 risk and needs assessment tools, as appropriate, for 

8 the assessment tools required under paragraph (2). 

9 ‘‘(4) USE OF PRESENTENCE REPORT.—In car10 rying out this subsection, the Attorney General shall 

11 coordinate with the United States Probation and 

12 Pretrial Services to ensure that the findings of the 

13 Presentence Report of each offender are available 

14 and considered in the Assessment System. 

15 ‘‘(5) VALIDATION.—In carrying out this sub16 section, the Attorney General shall statistically vali17 date the risk and needs assessment tools on the Fed18 eral prison population, or ensure that the tools have 

19 been so validated. To the extent such validation can20 not be completed with the time period specified in 

21 subsection (a), the Attorney General shall ensure 

22 that such validation is completed as soon as is prac23 ticable. 

24 ‘‘(6) RELATIONSHIP WITH EXISTING CLASSI25 FICATION SYSTEMS.—The Bureau of Prisons may 


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1 incorporate its existing Inmate Classification System 

2 into the Assessment System if the Assessment Sys3 tem assesses the risk level and criminogenic needs of 

4 each prisoner and determines the appropriate secu5 rity level institution for each prisoner. Before the de6 velopment of the Assessment System, the Bureau of 

7 Prisons may use the existing Inmate Classification 

8 System, or a pre-existing risk and needs assessment 

9 tool that can be used to classify prisoners consistent 

10 with subsection (a)(1), or can be reasonably adapted 

11 for such purpose, for purposes of this section, sec12 tion 3621(h), and section 3624(c). 

13 ‘‘(c) RISK ASSESSMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) INITIAL ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than 12 

15 months after the date on which the Attorney Gen16 eral develops the Assessment System, the Bureau of 

17 Prisons shall determine the risk level and 

18 criminogenic needs of each prisoner using the As19 sessment System. 

20 ‘‘(2) REASSESSMENTS AND UPDATES.—The Bu21 reau of Prisons shall update the assessment of each 

22 prisoner required under paragraph (1)— 

23 ‘‘(A) not less frequently than once each 

24 year for any prisoner whose anticipated release 

25 date is within 3 years; 


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1 ‘‘(B) not less frequently than once every 2 

2 years for any prisoner whose anticipated release 

3 date is within 10 years; and 

4 ‘‘(C) not less frequently than once every 3 

5 years for any other prisoner. 

6 ‘‘(d) ASSIGNMENT OF RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PRO7 GRAMS OR PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.—The Assessment 

8 System shall provide guidance on the kind and amount 

9 of recidivism reduction programming or productive activi10 ties appropriate for each prisoner. 

11 ‘‘(e) BUREAU OF PRISONS TRAINING.—The Attorney 

12 General shall develop training protocols and programs for 

13 Bureau of Prisons officials and employees responsible for 

14 administering the Assessment System. Such training pro15 tocols shall include a requirement that personnel of the 

16 Bureau of Prisons demonstrate competence in using the 

17 methodology and procedure developed under this section 

18 on a regular basis. 

19 ‘‘(f) INFORMATION FROM PRESENTENCE REPORT.— 

20 The Attorney General shall ensure that the Bureau of 

21 Prisons uses relevant information from the Presentence 

22 Report of each offenders when conducting an assessment 

23 under this section. 

24 ‘‘(g) QUALITY ASSURANCE.—In order to ensure that 

25 the Bureau of Prisons is using the Assessment System in 


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1 an appropriate and consistent manner, the Attorney Gen2 eral shall monitor and assess the use of the Assessment 

3 System and shall conduct periodic audits of the use of the 

4 Assessment System at facilities of the Bureau of Prisons. 

5 ‘‘(h) DETERMINATIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS

6 UNREVIEWABLE.—Subject to any constitutional limita7 tions, there shall be no right of review, right of appeal, 

8 cognizable property interest, or cause of action, either ad9 ministrative or judicial, arising from any determination or 

10 classification made by any Federal agency or employee 

11 while implementing or administering the Assessment Sys12 tem, or any rules or regulations promulgated under this 

13 section. 

14 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) DYNAMIC RISK FACTOR.—The term ‘dy16 namic risk factor’ means a characteristic or at17 tribute that has been shown to be relevant to assess18 ing risk of recidivism and that can be modified 

19 based on a prisoner’s actions, behaviors, or atti20 tudes, including through completion of appropriate 

21 programming or other means, in a prison setting. 

22 ‘‘(2) RECIDIVISM RISK.—The term ‘recidivism 

23 risk’ means the likelihood that a prisoner will com24 mit additional crimes for which the prisoner could be 


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1 prosecuted in a Federal, State, or local court in the 

2 United States. 

3 ‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PROGRAM; PRO4 DUCTIVE ACTIVITY; RECOVERY PROGRAMMING.—The 

5 terms ‘recidivism reduction program’, ‘productive ac6 tivity’, and ‘recovery programming’ shall have the 

7 meaning given such terms in section 3621(h)(8).’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

9 The table of sections for subchapter C of chapter 229 of 

10 title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

11 the item relating to section 3621 the following: 

‘‘3621A. Post-sentencing risk and needs assessment system.’’. 

12 SEC. 103. PRERELEASE CUSTODY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(c) of title 18, 

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at 

16 the end of the second sentence and inserting ‘‘or 

17 home confinement, subject to the limitation that no 

18 prisoner may serve more than 10 percent of the pris19 oner’s imposed sentence in home confinement pursu20 ant to this paragraph.’’; 

21 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) CREDIT FOR RECIDIVISM REDUCTION.— 

24 Notwithstanding the 10 percent limit described in 

25 paragraph (1) and in addition to any time spent in 


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1 prerelease custody pursuant to paragraph (1), a 

2 prisoner shall spend an additional portion of the 

3 final months of the prisoner’s sentence, equivalent to 

4 the amount of time credit the prisoner has earned 

5 pursuant to section 3621(h)(6)(A), in prerelease cus6 tody, if— 

7 ‘‘(A) the prisoner’s most recent risk and 

8 needs assessment, conducted within 1 year of 

9 the date on which the prisoner would first be el10 igible for transfer to prerelease custody pursu11 ant to paragraph (1) and this paragraph, re12 flects that the prisoner is classified as low or 

13 moderate risk; and 

14 ‘‘(B) for a prisoner classified as moderate 

15 risk, the prisoner’s most recent risk and needs 

16 assessment reflects that the prisoner’s risk of 

17 recidivism has declined during the period of the 

18 prisoner’s incarceration. 

19 ‘‘(3) TYPES OF PRERELEASE CUSTODY.—A 

20 prisoner eligible to serve a portion of the prisoner’s 

21 sentence in prerelease custody pursuant to para22 graph (2) may serve such portion in a residential re23 entry center, on home confinement, or, subject to 

24 paragraph (5), on community supervision, in accord25 ance with the following guidelines: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Lower-risk, lower-need prisoners shall 

2 be placed directly into home confinement or 

3 community supervision. 

4 ‘‘(B) Residential reentry center placements 

5 shall be reserved for the higher-risk, higher6 need prisoners.’’; 

7 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

8 (6) as paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively; 

9 (4) by inserting the following after paragraph 

10 (3): 

11 ‘‘(4) HOME CONFINEMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon placement in 

13 home confinement pursuant to paragraph (2), a 

14 prisoner shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) be subject to 24-hour electronic 

16 monitoring that enables the prompt identi17 fication of any violation of clause (ii); 

18 ‘‘(ii) remain in the prisoner’s resi19 dence, with the exception of the following 

20 activities, subject to approval by the Direc21 tor of the Bureau of Prisons— 

22 ‘‘(I) participation in a job, job23 seeking activities, or job-related activi24 ties, including an apprenticeship; 


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1 ‘‘(II) participation in recidivism 

2 reduction programming or productive 

3 activities assigned by the Post-Sen4 tencing Risk and Needs Assessment 

5 System, or similar activities approved 

6 in advance by the Director of the Bu7 reau of Prisons; 

8 ‘‘(III) participation in community 

9 service; 

10 ‘‘(IV) crime victim restoration ac11 tivities; 

12 ‘‘(V) medical treatment; or 

13 ‘‘(VI) religious activities; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) comply with such other condi15 tions as the Director of the Bureau of 

16 Prisons deems appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF MONI18 TORING.—If compliance with subparagraph 

19 (A)(i) is infeasible due to technical limitations 

20 or religious considerations, the Director of the 

21 Bureau of Prisons may employ alternative 

22 means of monitoring that are determined to be 

23 as effective or more effective than electronic 

24 monitoring. 


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1 ‘‘(C) MODIFICATIONS.—The Director of 

2 the Bureau of Prisons may modify the condi3 tions of the prisoner’s home confinement for 

4 compelling reasons, if the prisoner’s record 

5 demonstrates exemplary compliance with such 

6 conditions. 

7 ‘‘(5) COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) TIME CREDIT LESS THAN 36

9 MONTHS.—Any prisoner described in subpara10 graph (D) who has earned time credit of less 

11 than 36 months pursuant to section 

12 3621(h)(6)(A) shall be eligible to serve no more 

13 than one-half of the amount of such credit on 

14 community supervision, if the prisoner satisfies 

15 the conditions set forth in subparagraph (C). 

16 ‘‘(B) TIME CREDIT OF 36 MONTHS OR

17 MORE.—Any prisoner described in subpara18 graph (D) who has earned time credit of 36 

19 months or more pursuant to section 

20 3621(h)(6)(A) shall be eligible to serve the 

21 amount of such credit exceeding 18 months on 

22 community supervision, if the prisoner satisfies 

23 the conditions set forth in subparagraph (C). 

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1 pervision shall be subject to such conditions as 

2 the Director of the Bureau of Prisons deems 

3 appropriate. A prisoner on community super4 vision may remain on community supervision 

5 until the conclusion of the prisoner’s sentence 

6 of incarceration if the prisoner— 

7 ‘‘(i) complies with all conditions of 

8 prerelease custody; 

9 ‘‘(ii) remains current on any financial 

10 obligations imposed as part of the pris11 oner’s sentence, including payments of 

12 court-ordered restitution arising from the 

13 offense of conviction; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) refrains from committing any 

15 State, local, or Federal offense. 

16 ‘‘(D) COVERED PRISONERS.—A prisoner 

17 described in this subparagraph is a prisoner 

18 who— 

19 ‘‘(i) is classified as low risk by the 

20 Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assess21 ment System in the assessment conducted 

22 for purposes of paragraph (2); or 

23 ‘‘(ii) is subsequently classified as low 

24 risk by the Post-Sentencing Risk and 

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1 ‘‘(6) VIOLATIONS.—If a prisoner violates a con2 dition of the prisoner’s prerelease custody, the Di3 rector of the Bureau of Prisons may revoke the pris4 oner’s prerelease custody and require the prisoner to 

5 serve the remainder of the prisoner’s term of incar6 ceration, or any portion thereof, in prison, or impose 

7 additional conditions on the prisoner’s prerelease 

8 custody as the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 

9 deems appropriate. If the violation is nontechnical in 

10 nature, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 

11 revoke the prisoner’s prerelease custody. 

12 ‘‘(7) CREDIT FOR PRERELEASE CUSTODY.— 

13 Upon completion of a prisoner’s sentence, any term 

14 of supervised release imposed on the prisoner shall 

15 be reduced by the amount of time the prisoner 

16 served in prerelease custody pursuant to paragraph 

17 (2). 

18 ‘‘(8) AGREEMENTS WITH UNITED STATES PRO19 BATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES.—The Director of 

20 the Bureau of Prisons shall, to the greatest extent 

21 practicable, enter into agreements with the United 

22 States Probation and Pretrial Services to supervise 

23 prisoners placed in home confinement or community 

24 supervision under this subsection. Such agreements 

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1 Services to exercise the authority granted to the Di2 rector of the Bureau of Prisons pursuant to para3 graphs (4), (5), and (12). Such agreements shall 

4 take into account the resource requirements of 

5 United States Probation and Pretrial Services as a 

6 result of the transfer of Bureau of Prisons inmates 

7 to prerelease custody and shall provide for the trans8 fer of monetary sums necessary to comply with such 

9 requirements. United States Probation and Pretrial 

10 Services shall, to the greatest extent practicable, 

11 offer assistance to any prisoner not under its super12 vision during prerelease custody under this sub13 section.’’; and 

14 (5) by inserting at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(12) DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE CON16 DITIONS FOR PRERELEASE CUSTODY.—In deter17 mining appropriate conditions for prerelease custody 

18 pursuant to this subsection, and in accordance with 

19 paragraph (5), the Director of the Bureau of Pris20 ons shall, to the extent practicable, subject prisoners 

21 who demonstrate continued compliance with the re22 quirements of such prerelease custody to increas23 ingly less restrictive conditions, so as to most effec24 tively prepare such prisoners for reentry. No pris25 oner shall be transferred to community supervision 


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1 unless the length of the prisoner’s eligibility for com2 munity supervision pursuant to paragraph (5) is 

3 equivalent to or greater than the length of the pris4 oner’s remaining period of prerelease custody. 

5 ‘‘(13) ALIENS SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION.—If 

6 the prisoner is an alien whose deportation was or7 dered as a condition of supervised release or who is 

8 subject to a detainer filed by Immigration and Cus9 toms Enforcement for the purposes of determining 

10 the alien’s deportability, the Director of the Bureau 

11 of Prisons shall, upon the prisoner’s transfer to 

12 prerelease custody pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 

13 (2), deliver the prisoner to United States Immigra14 tion and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of 

15 conducting proceedings relating to the alien’s depor16 tation. 

17 ‘‘(14) NOTICE OF TRANSFER TO PRERELEASE

18 CUSTODY.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

20 Bureau of Prisons may not transfer a prisoner 

21 to prerelease custody pursuant to paragraph (2) 

22 if the prisoner has been sentenced to a term of 

23 incarceration of more than 3 years, unless the 

24 Director of the Bureau of Prisons provides 

25 prior notice to the sentencing court and the 


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1 United States Attorney’s Office for the district 

2 in which the prisoner was sentenced. 

3 ‘‘(B) TIME REQUIREMENT.—The notice re4 quired under subparagraph (A) shall be pro5 vided not later than 6 months before the date 

6 on which the prisoner is to be transferred. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONTENTS OF NOTICE.—The notice 

8 required under subparagraph (A) shall include 

9 the following information: 

10 ‘‘(i) The amount of credit earned pur11 suant to paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(ii) The anticipated date of the pris13 oner’s transfer. 

14 ‘‘(iii) The nature of the prisoner’s 

15 planned prerelease custody. 

16 ‘‘(iv) The prisoner’s behavioral record. 

17 ‘‘(v) The most recent risk assessment 

18 of the prisoner. 

19 ‘‘(D) HEARING.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On motion of the 

21 Government, the sentencing court may 

22 conduct a hearing on the prisoner’s trans23 fer to prerelease custody. 

24 ‘‘(ii) PRISONER’S PRESENCE.—The 

25 prisoner shall have the right to be present 


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1 at a hearing described in clause (i), unless 

2 the prisoner waives such right. The re3 quirement under this clause may be satis4 fied by the defendant appearing by video 

5 teleconference. 

6 ‘‘(iii) MOTION.—A motion filed by the 

7 Government seeking a hearing— 

8 ‘‘(I) shall set forth the basis for 

9 the Government’s request that the 

10 prisoner’s transfer be denied or modi11 fied pursuant to subparagraph (E) 

12 and include input from local law en13 forcement authorities regarding prior 

14 conduct or any other relevant infor15 mation; and 

16 ‘‘(II) shall not require the Court 

17 to conduct a hearing described in 

18 clause (i). 

19 ‘‘(iv) JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REVIEW

20 OF TRANSFERS TO PRERELEASE CUS21 TODY.—If the Department of Justice does 

22 not seek a hearing under this subpara23 graph to deny or modify a prisoner’s trans24 fer to prerelease custody, the Department 

25 of Justice prior to such transfer shall 


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1 make a determination to that effect in 

2 writing, including the reasons for that de3 termination. 

4 ‘‘(E) DETERMINATION OF THE COURT.— 

5 The court may deny the transfer of the prisoner 

6 to prerelease custody or modify the terms of 

7 such transfer, if, after conducting a hearing 

8 pursuant to subparagraph (D), the court finds 

9 in writing, by a preponderance of the evidence, 

10 that the transfer of the prisoner is inconsistent 

11 with the factors specified in paragraphs (2), 

12 (6), and (7) of section 3553(a).’’. 

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

14 this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 104. REPORTS. 

17 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

18 (1) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, and every year there20 after, the Attorney General, in coordination with the 

21 Comptroller General of the United States, shall sub22 mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re23 port that contains the following: 

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1 rying out this title and the amendments made 

2 by this title. 

3 (B) An assessment of the status and use 

4 of the Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assess5 ment System by the Bureau of Prisons, includ6 ing the number of prisoners classified at each 

7 risk level under the Post-Sentencing Risk and 

8 Needs Assessment System at each facility of 

9 the Bureau of Prisons. 

10 (C) A summary and assessment of the 

11 types and effectiveness of the recidivism reduc12 tion programs and productive activities in facili13 ties operated by the Bureau of Prisons, includ14 ing— 

15 (i) evidence about which programs 

16 and activities have been shown to reduce 

17 recidivism; 

18 (ii) the capacity of each program and 

19 activity at each facility, including the num20 ber of prisoners along with the risk level of 

21 each prisoner enrolled in each program and 

22 activity; and 

23 (iii) identification of any problems or 

24 shortages in capacity of such programs 


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1 and activities, and how these should be 

2 remedied. 

3 (D) An assessment of budgetary savings 

4 resulting from this title and the amendments 

5 made by this title, to include— 

6 (i) a summary of the amount of sav7 ings resulting from the transfer of pris8 oners into prerelease custody under this 

9 title and the amendments made by this 

10 title, including savings resulting from the 

11 avoidance or deferral of future construc12 tion, acquisition, or operations costs; 

13 (ii) a summary of the amount of sav14 ings resulting from any decrease in recidi15 vism that may be attributed to the imple16 mentation of the Post-Sentencing Risk and 

17 Needs Assessment System or the increase 

18 in recidivism reduction programs and pro19 ductive activities required by this title and 

20 the amendments made by this title; 

21 (iii) a strategy to reinvest such sav22 ings into other Federal, State, and local 

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1 ductive activities in the Bureau of Prisons; 

2 and 

3 (iv) a description of how the reduced 

4 expenditures on Federal corrections and 

5 the budgetary savings resulting from this 

6 title, and the amendments made by this 

7 title, are currently being used and will be 

8 used to— 

9 (I) increase investment in law en10 forcement and crime prevention to 

11 combat gangs of national significance 

12 and high-level drug traffickers 

13 through the High Intensity Drug 

14 Trafficking Areas program and other 

15 task forces; 

16 (II) hire, train, and equip law en17 forcement officers and prosecutors; 

18 and 

19 (III) promote crime reduction 

20 programs using evidence-based prac21 tices and strategic planning to help 

22 reduce crime and criminal recidivism. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first 

2 fiscal year after the first report is submitted 

3 under paragraph (1), and every fiscal year 

4 thereafter, the Attorney General shall— 

5 (i) determine the covered amount for 

6 the previous fiscal year in accordance with 

7 subparagraph (B); and 

8 (ii) use an amount of funds appro9 priated to the Department of Justice that 

10 is not less than 90 percent of the covered 

11 amount for the purposes described in sub12 paragraph (C). 

13 (B) COVERED AMOUNT.—For purposes of 

14 this paragraph, the term ‘‘covered amount’’ 

15 means, using the most recent report submitted 

16 under paragraph (1), the amount equal to the 

17 sum of the amount described in paragraph 

18 (1)(D)(i) for the fiscal year and the amount de19 scribed in paragraph (1)(D)(ii) for the fiscal 

20 year. 

21 (C) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds described 

22 in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be used, con23 sistent with paragraph (1)(D)(iii), to achieve 

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1 (i) Ensure that, not later than 6 years 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, re3 cidivism reduction programs or productive 

4 activities are available to all eligible pris5 oners. 

6 (ii) Ensure compliance with the re7 source needs of United States Probation 

8 and Pretrial Services resulting from an 

9 agreement under section 3624(c)(8) of title 

10 18, United States Code, as added by this 

11 title. 

12 (iii) Supplement funding for programs 

13 that increase public safety by providing re14 sources to State and local law enforcement 

15 officials, including for the adoption of in16 novative technologies and information 

17 sharing capabilities. 

18 (b) PRISON WORK PROGRAMS REPORT.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

20 the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate com21 mittees of Congress a report on the status of prison work 

22 programs at facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons, 

23 including— 

24 (1) a strategy to expand the availability of such 

25 programs without reducing job opportunities for 


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1 workers in the United States who are not in the cus2 tody of the Bureau of Prisons; 

3 (2) an assessment of the feasibility of expand4 ing such programs, consistent with the strategy re5 quired under paragraph (1), so that, not later than 

6 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, not 

7 less than 75 percent of eligible low-risk offenders 

8 have the opportunity to participate in a prison work 

9 program for not less than 20 hours per week; and 

10 (3) a detailed discussion of legal authorities 

11 that would be useful or necessary to achieve the 

12 goals described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 

13 (c) REPORTING ON RECIDIVISM RATES.— 

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

15 date of enactment of this Act, and every year there16 after, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 

17 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 

18 shall report to the appropriate committees of Con19 gress on rates of recidivism among individuals who 

20 have been released from Federal prison and who are 

21 under judicial supervision, including the rates of re22 cidivism at regular annual intervals during the 10- 

23 year period after release from prison. 

24 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

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1 recidivism among former Federal prisoners, includ2 ing information on rates of recidivism among former 

3 Federal prisoners based on the following criteria: 

4 (A) Primary offense charged. 

5 (B) Length of sentence imposed and 

6 served. 

7 (C) Bureau of Prisons facility or facilities 

8 in which the prisoner’s sentence was served. 

9 (D) Recidivism reduction programming 

10 that the prisoner successfully completed, if any. 

11 (E) The prisoner’s assessed risk of recidi12 vism. 

13 (3) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrative Office of 

14 the United States Courts shall provide to the Attor15 ney General any information in its possession that is 

16 necessary for the completion of the report required 

17 under paragraph (1). 

18 (d) REPORTING ON EXCLUDED PRISONERS.—Not 

19 later than 8 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

20 the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate com21 mittees of Congress a report on the effectiveness of recidi22 vism reduction programs and productive activities offered 

23 to prisoners described in section 3621(h)(6)(A)(iii) of title 

24 18, United States Code, as added by this title, as well as 

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1 section 3624(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, as 

2 added by this title, which shall review the effectiveness of 

3 different categories of incentives in reducing recidivism. 

4 (e) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees 

5 of Congress’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

7 Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 

8 Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropria9 tions of the Senate; and 

10 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

11 Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 

12 Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropria13 tions of the House of Representatives. 

14 SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO PROMOTE RECOVERY 

15 AND PREVENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 

16 AND DEPENDENCE. 

17 (a) REENTRY AND RECOVERY PLANNING.— 

18 (1) PRESENTENCE REPORTS.—Section 3552 of 

19 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

21 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec22 tively; 

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

24 following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the informa2 tion required by rule 32(d) of the Federal Rules of 

3 Criminal Procedure, the report submitted pursuant 

4 to subsection (a) shall contain the following informa5 tion, unless such information is required to be ex6 cluded pursuant to rule 32(d)(3) of the Federal 

7 Rules of Criminal Procedure or except as provided 

8 in paragraph (2): 

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

10 history of substance abuse and addiction, if ap11 plicable. 

12 ‘‘(B) Information about the defendant’s 

13 service in the Armed Forces of the United 

14 States and veteran status, if applicable. 

15 ‘‘(C) A detailed plan, which shall include 

16 the identification of programming provided by 

17 the Bureau of Prisons that is appropriate for 

18 the defendant’s needs, that the probation officer 

19 determines will— 

20 ‘‘(i) reduce the likelihood the defend21 ant will abuse drugs or alcohol if the de22 fendant has a history of substance abuse; 

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

24 of recidivism by addressing the defendant’s 

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1 ‘‘(iii) assist the defendant preparing 

2 for reentry into the community. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The information described 

4 in paragraph (1)(C)(iii) shall not be required to be 

5 included under paragraph (1), in the discretion of 

6 the Probation Officer, if the applicable sentencing 

7 range under the sentencing guidelines, as deter8 mined by the probation officer, includes a sentence 

9 of life imprisonment or a sentence of probation.’’; 

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

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

12 (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (d)’’; and 

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

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

15 ‘‘subsection (a) or (c)’’. 

16 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND17 MENT.—Section 3672 of title 18, United States 

18 Code, is amended in the eighth undesignated para19 graph by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘subsection (c) or (d)’’. 

21 (b) PROMOTING FULL UTILIZATION OF RESIDEN22 TIAL DRUG TREATMENT.—Section 3621(e)(2) of title 18, 

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

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) COMMENCEMENT OF TREATMENT.— 

2 Not later than 12 months after the date of en3 actment of this subparagraph, the Director of 

4 the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each el5 igible prisoner has an opportunity to commence 

6 participation in treatment under this subsection 

7 by such date as is necessary to ensure that the 

8 prisoner completes such treatment not later 

9 than 1 year before the date on which the pris10 oner would otherwise be released from custody 

11 prior to the application of any reduction in sen12 tence pursuant to this paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(D) OTHER CREDITS.—The Director of 

14 the Bureau of Prisons may, in the Director’s 

15 discretion, reduce the credit awarded under 

16 subsection (h)(6)(A) to a prisoner who receives 

17 a reduction under subparagraph (B), but such 

18 reduction may not exceed one-half the amount 

19 of the reduction awarded to the prisoner under 

20 subparagraph (B).’’. 

21 (c) SUPERVISED RELEASE PILOT PROGRAM TO RE22 DUCE RECIDIVISM AND IMPROVE RECOVERY FROM ALCO23 HOL AND DRUG ABUSE.— 

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

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1 Office of the United States Courts shall establish a 

2 recidivism reduction and recovery enhancement pilot 

3 program, premised on high-intensity supervision and 

4 the use of swift, predictable, and graduated sanc5 tions for noncompliance with program rules, in Fed6 eral judicial districts selected by the Administrative 

7 Office of the United States Courts in consultation 

8 with the Attorney General. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Participa10 tion in the pilot program required under paragraph 

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

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

13 court shall notify program participants of the 

14 rules of the program and consequences for vio15 lating such rules, including the penalties to be 

16 imposed as a result of such violations pursuant 

17 to subparagraph (E). 

18 (B) Probation officers shall conduct reg19 ular drug testing of all pilot program partici20 pants with a history of substance abuse. 

21 (C) In the event that a probation officer 

22 determines that a participant has violated a 

23 term of supervised release, the officer shall no24 tify the court within 24 hours of such deter25 mination, absent good cause. 


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

2 case more than 1 week after the violation was 

3 reported by the probation officer, absent good 

4 cause, the court shall conduct a hearing on the 

5 alleged violation. 

6 (E) If the court determines that a program 

7 participant has violated a term of supervised re8 lease, it shall impose an appropriate sanction, 

9 which may include the following, if appropriate: 

10 (i) Modification of the terms of such 

11 participant’s supervised release, which may 

12 include imposition of a period of home con13 finement. 

14 (ii) Referral to appropriate substance 

15 abuse treatment. 

16 (iii) Revocation of the defendant’s su17 pervised release and the imposition of a 

18 sentence of incarceration that is no longer 

19 than necessary to punish the participant 

20 for such violation and deter the participant 

21 from committing future violations. 

22 (iv) For participants who habitually 

23 fail to abide by program rules or pose a 

24 threat to public safety, termination from 

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1 (3) STATUS OF PARTICIPANT IF INCARCER2 ATED.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the event that a pro4 gram participant is sentenced to incarceration 

5 as described in paragraph (2)(E)(iii), the par6 ticipant shall remain in the program upon re7 lease from incarceration unless terminated from 

8 the program in accordance with paragraph 

9 (2)(E)(iv). 

10 (B) POLICIES FOR MAINTAINING EMPLOY11 MENT.—The Bureau of Prisons, in consultation 

12 with the Chief Probation Officers of the Federal 

13 judicial districts selected for participation in the 

14 pilot program required under paragraph (1), 

15 shall develop policies to enable program partici16 pants sentenced to terms of incarceration as de17 scribed in paragraph (2)(E) to, where prac18 ticable, serve the terms of incarceration while 

19 maintaining employment, including allowing the 

20 terms of incarceration to be served on week21 ends. 

22 (4) ADVISORY SENTENCING POLICIES.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sen24 tencing Commission, in consultation with the 

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1 torneys, Federal Defenders, and Chief Judges 

2 of the districts selected for participation in the 

3 pilot program required under paragraph (1), 

4 shall establish advisory sentencing policies to be 

5 used by the district courts in imposing sen6 tences of incarceration in accordance with para7 graph (2)(E). 

8 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The advisory sen9 tencing policies established under subparagraph 

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

11 the pilot program to impose predictable and 

12 graduated sentences that are no longer than 

13 necessary for violations of program rules. 

14 (5) DURATION OF PROGRAM.—The pilot pro15 gram required under paragraph (1) shall continue 

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

17 not more than 5 years by the Administrative Office 

18 of the United States Courts. 

19 (6) ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND

20 REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad23 ministrative Office of the United States Courts 

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1 and submit to Congress a report on the results 

2 of the evaluation. 

3 (B) CONTENTS.—The report required 

4 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

5 (i) the rates of substance abuse 

6 among program participants; 

7 (ii) the rates of violations of the terms 

8 of supervised release by program partici9 pants, and sanctions imposed; 

10 (iii) information about employment of 

11 program participants; 

12 (iv) a comparison of outcomes among 

13 program participants with outcomes among 

14 similarly situated individuals under the su15 pervision of United States Probation and 

16 Pretrial Services not participating in the 

17 program; and 

18 (v) an assessment of the effectiveness 

19 of each of the relevant features of the pro20 gram. 

21 SEC. 106. PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL REENTRY. 

22 (a) FEDERAL REENTRY DEMONSTRATION

23 PROJECTS.— 

24 (1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING BEST PRACTICES

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1 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 

2 consultation with the Administrative Office of the 

3 United States Courts, shall— 

4 (A) evaluate best practices used for the re5 entry into society of individuals released from 

6 the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, includ7 ing— 

8 (i) conducting examinations of reentry 

9 practices in Federal, State, and local jus10 tice systems; and 

11 (ii) consulting with Federal, State, 

12 and local prosecutors, Federal, State, and 

13 local public defenders, nonprofit organiza14 tions that provide reentry services, and 

15 criminal justice experts; and 

16 (B) submit to the Committee on the Judi17 ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a re19 port that details the evaluation conducted under 

20 subparagraph (A). 

21 (2) CREATION OF REENTRY DEMONSTRATION

22 PROJECTS.—Not later than 3 years after the date of 

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1 ability of appropriations, select an appropriate num2 ber of Federal judicial districts to conduct Federal 

3 reentry demonstration projects using the best prac4 tices identified in the evaluation conducted under 

5 paragraph (1), which may include Federal judicial 

6 districts with existing reentry programs. The Attor7 ney General shall determine the appropriate number 

8 of Federal judicial districts to conduct demonstra9 tion projects under this paragraph. 

10 (3) PROJECT DESIGN.—For each Federal judi11 cial district selected under paragraph (2), the United 

12 States Attorney, in consultation with the Chief 

13 Judge, Chief Federal Defender, the Chief Probation 

14 Officer, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Na15 tional Institute of Justice, and criminal justice ex16 perts shall design a Federal reentry demonstration 

17 project for the Federal judicial district in accordance 

18 with paragraph (4). 

19 (4) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—A project designed 

20 under paragraph (3) shall coordinate efforts by Fed21 eral agencies to assist participating prisoners in pre22 paring for and adjusting to reentry into the commu23 nity and may include, as appropriate— 


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1 (A) the use of community correctional fa2 cilities and home confinement, as determined to 

3 be appropriate by the Bureau of Prisons; 

4 (B) a reentry review team for each pris5 oner to develop a reentry plan specific to the 

6 needs of the prisoner, and to meet with the 

7 prisoner following transfer to monitor the re8 entry plan; 

9 (C) steps to assist the prisoner in obtain10 ing health care, housing, and employment, be11 fore the prisoner’s release from a community 

12 correctional facility or home confinement; 

13 (D) regular drug testing for participants 

14 with a history of substance abuse; 

15 (E) substance abuse treatment, which may 

16 include addiction treatment medication, if ap17 propriate, medical treatment, including mental 

18 health treatment, occupational, vocational and 

19 educational training, apprenticeships, life skills 

20 instruction, recovery support, conflict resolution 

21 training, and other programming to promote ef22 fective reintegration into the community; 

23 (F) the participation of volunteers to serve 

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1 (G) steps to ensure that the prisoner 

2 makes satisfactory progress toward satisfying 

3 any obligations to victims of the prisoner’s of4 fense, including any obligation to pay restitu5 tion; and 

6 (H) the appointment of a reentry coordi7 nator in the United States Attorney’s Office. 

8 (5) REVIEW OF PROJECT OUTCOMES.—Not 

9 later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 

10 this Act, the Administrative Office of the United 

11 States Courts, in consultation with the Attorney 

12 General, shall— 

13 (A) evaluate the results from each Federal 

14 judicial district selected under paragraph (2), 

15 including the extent to which participating pris16 oners released from the custody of the Bureau 

17 of Prisons were successfully reintegrated into 

18 their communities, including whether the par19 ticipating prisoners maintained employment, 

20 and refrained from committing further offenses; 

21 and 

22 (B) submit to the Committee on the Judi23 ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

24 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a re25 port that contains— 


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1 (i) the evaluation of the best practices 

2 identified in the report required under 

3 paragraph (1); and 

4 (ii) the results of the demonstration 

5 projects required under paragraph (2). 

6 (b) STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF REENTRY ON CER7 TAIN COMMUNITIES.— 

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

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen10 eral, in consultation with the Administrative Office 

11 of the United States Courts, shall submit to the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

13 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep14 resentatives a report on the impact of reentry of 

15 prisoners on communities in which a dispropor16 tionate number of individuals reside upon release 

17 from incarceration. 

18 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

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

20 individuals released from both State and Federal 

21 correctional systems as well as State and Federal ju22 venile justice systems, and shall include— 

23 (A) an assessment of the reentry burdens 

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1 (B) a review of the resources available in 

2 such communities to support successful reentry, 

3 including resources provided by State, local, 

4 and Federal governments, the extent to which 

5 those resources are used effectively; and 

6 (C) recommendations to strengthen the re7 sources in such communities available to sup8 port successful reentry and to lessen the burden 

9 placed on such communities by the need to sup10 port reentry. 

11 (c) FACILITATING REENTRY ASSISTANCE TO VET12 ERANS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 months 

14 after the date of the commencement of a prisoner’s 

15 sentence pursuant to section 3585(a) of title 18, 

16 United States Code, the Director of the Bureau of 

17 Prisons shall notify the Secretary of Veterans Af18 fairs and the Secretary of Labor if the prisoner’s 

19 presentence report, prepared pursuant to section 

20 3552 of title 18, United States Code, indicates that 

21 the prisoner has previously served in the Armed 

22 Forces of the United States or if the prisoner has 

23 so notified the Bureau of Prisons. 

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1 oner’s prior service in the Armed Forces of the 

2 United States after the commencement of the pris3 oner’s sentence, the Director of the Bureau of Pris4 ons shall notify the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

5 and the Secretary of Labor not later than 2 months 

6 after the date on which the prisoner provides such 

7 notice. 

8 (3) CONTENTS OF NOTICE.—The notice pro9 vided by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to 

10 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary 

11 of Labor under this subsection shall include the 

12 identity of the prisoner, the facility in which the 

13 prisoner is located, the prisoner’s offense of convic14 tion, and the length of the prisoner’s sentence. 

15 (4) ACCESS TO VA AND DOL.—The Bureau of 

16 Prisons shall provide the Department of Veterans 

17 Affairs and the Department of Labor with reason18 able access to any prisoner who has previously 

19 served in the Armed Forces of the United States for 

20 purposes of facilitating that prisoner’s reentry. 

21 SEC. 107. PAROLE FOR JUVENILES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 403 of title 18, United 

23 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5032 

24 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 5032A. Modification of an imposed term of impris2 onment for violations of law committed 

3 prior to age 18 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro5 vision of law, a court may reduce a term of life imprison6 ment imposed upon a defendant convicted as an adult for 

7 an offense committed and completed before the defendant 

8 attained 18 years of age if— 

9 ‘‘(1) the defendant has served 30 years in cus10 tody for the offense; and 

11 ‘‘(2) the court finds, after considering the fac12 tors set forth in subsection (c), that the defendant 

13 is not a danger to the safety of any person or the 

14 community and that the interests of justice warrant 

15 a sentence modification. 

16 ‘‘(b) SUPERVISED RELEASE.—Any defendant whose 

17 sentence is reduced pursuant to subsection (a) shall be or18 dered to serve a period of supervised release of not less 

19 than 5 years following release from imprisonment. The 

20 conditions of supervised release and any modification or 

21 revocation of the term of supervise release shall be in ac22 cordance with section 3583. 

23 ‘‘(c) FACTORS AND INFORMATION TO BE CONSID24 ERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO MODIFY A TERM

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1 to reduce a term of imprisonment pursuant to subsection 

2 (a), shall consider— 

3 ‘‘(1) the factors described in section 3553(a), 

4 including the nature of the offense and the history 

5 and characteristics of the defendant; 

6 ‘‘(2) the age of the defendant at the time of the 

7 offense; 

8 ‘‘(3) a report and recommendation of the Bu9 reau of Prisons, including information on whether 

10 the defendant has substantially complied with the 

11 rules of each institution to which the defendant has 

12 been confined and whether the defendant has com13 pleted any educational, vocational, or other prison 

14 program, where available; 

15 ‘‘(4) a report and recommendation of the 

16 United States attorney for any district in which an 

17 offense for which the defendant is imprisoned was 

18 prosecuted; 

19 ‘‘(5) whether the defendant has demonstrated 

20 maturity, rehabilitation, and a fitness to reenter so21 ciety sufficient to justify a sentence reduction; 

22 ‘‘(6) any statement, which may be presented 

23 orally or otherwise, by any victim of an offense for 

24 which the defendant is imprisoned or by a family 

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1 ‘‘(7) any report of physical, mental, or psy2 chiatric examination of the defendant conducted by 

3 a licensed health care professional; 

4 ‘‘(8) the family and community circumstances 

5 of the defendant at the time of the offense, including 

6 any history of abuse, trauma, or involvement in the 

7 child welfare system; 

8 ‘‘(9) the extent of the role of the defendant in 

9 the offense and whether, and to what extent, an 

10 adult was involved in the offense; 

11 ‘‘(10) the diminished culpability of juveniles as 

12 compared to that of adults, and the hallmark fea13 tures of youth, including immaturity, impetuosity, 

14 and failure to appreciate risks and consequences, 

15 which counsel against sentencing them to the other16 wise applicable term of imprisonment; 

17 ‘‘(11) input from local law enforcement authori18 ties regarding prior conduct and any other relevant 

19 information; and 

20 ‘‘(12) any other information the court deter21 mines relevant to the decision of the court. 

22 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO

23 THIS SECTION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) SECOND APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 

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1 a court on an initial application under this section 

2 becomes final, a court shall entertain a second appli3 cation by the same defendant under this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) FINAL APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 5 

5 years after the date on which an order entered by 

6 a court on a second application under paragraph (1) 

7 becomes final, a court shall entertain a final applica8 tion by the same defendant under this section. 

9 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—A court may not entertain 

10 an application filed after an application filed under 

11 paragraph (2) by the same defendant. 

12 ‘‘(e) PROCEDURES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) NOTICE.—The Bureau of Prisons shall 

14 provide written notice of this section to— 

15 ‘‘(A) any defendant who has served 19 

16 years in prison for an offense committed and 

17 completed before the defendant attained 18 

18 years of age for which the defendant was con19 victed as an adult; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the sentencing court, the United 

21 States attorney, and the Federal Public De22 fender or Executive Director of the Community 

23 Defender Organization for the judicial district 

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1 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS.—Upon receiving 

2 notice under paragraph (1), the United States attor3 ney shall provide any notifications required under 

4 section 3771. 

5 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An application for a 

7 sentence reduction under this section shall be 

8 filed as a motion to reduce the sentence of the 

9 defendant and may include affidavits or other 

10 written material. 

11 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A motion to reduce 

12 a sentence under this section shall be filed with 

13 the sentencing court and a copy shall be served 

14 on the United States attorney for the judicial 

15 district in which the sentence was imposed. 

16 ‘‘(4) EXPANDING THE RECORD; HEARING.— 

17 ‘‘(A) EXPANDING THE RECORD.—After the 

18 filing of a motion to reduce a sentence under 

19 this section, the court may direct the parties to 

20 expand the record by submitting additional 

21 written materials relating to the motion. 

22 ‘‘(B) HEARING.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The court shall 

24 conduct a hearing on the motion, at which 

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1 ant shall be given the opportunity to be 

2 heard. 

3 ‘‘(ii) EVIDENCE.—In a hearing under 

4 this section, the court may allow for par5 ties to present evidence. 

6 ‘‘(iii) DEFENDANT’S PRESENCE.—At 

7 a hearing under this section, the defendant 

8 shall be present unless the defendant 

9 waives the right to be present. The re10 quirement under this clause may be satis11 fied by the defendant appearing by video 

12 teleconference. 

13 ‘‘(iv) COUNSEL.—A defendant who is 

14 unable to obtain counsel is entitled to have 

15 counsel appointed to represent the defend16 ant for proceedings under this section, in17 cluding any appeal, unless the defendant 

18 waives the right to counsel. 

19 ‘‘(v) FINDINGS.—The court shall state 

20 in open court, and file in writing, the rea21 sons for granting or denying a motion 

22 under this section. 

23 ‘‘(C) APPEAL.—The Government or the 

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1 section. The time limit for filing such appeal 

2 shall be governed by rule 4(a) of the Federal 

3 Rules of Appellate Procedure. 

4 ‘‘(f) EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE PRO5 GRAMS.—A defendant who is convicted and sentenced as 

6 an adult for an offense committed and completed before 

7 the defendant attained 18 years of age may not be de8 prived of any educational, training, or rehabilitative pro9 gram that is otherwise available to the general prison pop10 ulation.’’. 

11 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 

12 chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

13 by inserting after the item relating to section 5032 the 

14 following: 

‘‘5032A. Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for violations of law 

committed prior to age 18.’’. 

15 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

16 section shall apply to any conviction entered before, on, 

17 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 108. COMPASSIONATE RELEASE INITIATIVE. 

19 Section 231(g) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 

20 U.S.C. 60541(g)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘and eligible terminally ill 

23 offenders’’ after ‘‘elderly offenders’’ each place 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 upon written request from either the Bureau of 

3 Prisons or an eligible elderly offender or eligible 

4 terminally ill offender’’ after ‘‘to home deten5 tion’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or eligible 

7 terminally ill offender’’ after ‘‘elderly offender’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and shall be 

9 carried out during fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’; 

10 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘or eligible terminally ill 

12 offender’’ after ‘‘each eligible elderly offender’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘and eligible terminally ill 

15 offenders’’ after ‘‘eligible elderly offenders’’; 

16 and 

17 (5) in paragraph (5)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘60 years’’; and 

21 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘the greater of 10 

23 years or’’; and 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ and 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE TERMINALLY ILL OF3 FENDER.—The term ‘eligible terminally ill of4 fender’ means an offender in the custody of the 

5 Bureau of Prisons who— 

6 ‘‘(i) is serving a term of imprisonment 

7 based on conviction for an offense or of8 fenses that do not include any crime of vio9 lence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, 

10 United States Code), sex offense (as de11 fined in section 111(5) of the Sex Offender 

12 Registration and Notification Act (34 

13 U.S.C. 20911(5))), offense described in 

14 section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United 

15 States Code, or offense under chapter 37 

16 of title 18, United States Code; 

17 ‘‘(ii) satisfies the criteria specified in 

18 clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph 

19 (A); and 

20 ‘‘(iii) has been determined by a med21 ical doctor approved by the Bureau of 

22 Prisons to be— 

23 ‘‘(I) in need of care at a nursing 

24 home, intermediate care facility, or 

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1 are defined in section 232 of the Na2 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

3 1715w); or 

4 ‘‘(II) diagnosed with a terminal 

5 illness.’’. 

6 TITLE II—BUREAU OF PRISONS 

7 SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE 

8 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 

10 Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 

11 2017’’. 

12 SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 

13 Congress finds that— 

14 (1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 

15 2004 (Public Law 108–277; 118 Stat. 865) gives 

16 certain law enforcement officers, including certain 

17 correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons, the 

18 right to carry a concealed firearm in all 50 States 

19 for self-protection; 

20 (2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain 

21 law enforcement officers to protect themselves while 

22 off duty; 

23 (3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Pris24 ons have been the targets of assaults and murders 

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1 (4) while that Act allows certain law enforce2 ment officers to protect themselves off duty, the Di3 rector of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional 

4 officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store 

5 personal firearms at only 33 Federal penal and cor6 rectional institutions while at work. 

7 SEC. 203. SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘§ 4050. Secure firearms storage 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means a qualified law 

14 enforcement officer employed by the Bureau of Pris15 ons; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘firearm’ and ‘qualified law en17 forcement officer’ have the meanings given those 

18 terms in section 926B. 

19 ‘‘(b) SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE.—The Director of 

20 the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief execu21 tive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution— 

22 ‘‘(1)(A) provides a secure storage area located 

23 outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for 

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1 ‘‘(B) allows employees to store firearms in a ve2 hicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau 

3 of Prisons; and 

4 ‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, allows employees to carry concealed firearms on 

6 the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the 

7 institution.’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

9 The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 

11 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘4050. Secure firearms storage.’’. 

12 TITLE III—NATIONAL CRIMINAL 

13 JUSTICE COMMISSION 

14 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Criminal 

16 Justice Commission Act of 2017’’. 

17 SEC. 302. FINDINGS. 

18 Congress finds that— 

19 (1) it is in the interest of the Nation to estab20 lish a commission to undertake a comprehensive re21 view of the criminal justice system; 

22 (2) there has not been a comprehensive study 

23 since the President’s Commission on Law Enforce24 ment and Administration of Justice was established 

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1 (3) that commission, in a span of 18 months, 

2 produced a comprehensive report entitled ‘‘The 

3 Challenge of Crime in a Free Society’’, which con4 tained 200 specific recommendations on all aspects 

5 of the criminal justice system involving Federal, 

6 State, tribal, and local governments, civic organiza7 tions, religious institutions, business groups, and in8 dividual citizens; and 

9 (4) developments over the intervening 50 years 

10 require once again that Federal, State, tribal, and 

11 local governments, law enforcement agencies, includ12 ing rank and file officers, civil rights organizations, 

13 community-based organization leaders, civic organi14 zations, religious institutions, business groups, and 

15 individual citizens come together to review evidence 

16 and consider how to improve the criminal justice 

17 system. 

18 SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

19 There is established a commission to be known as the 

20 ‘‘National Criminal Justice Commission’’ (referred to in 

21 this title as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

22 SEC. 304. PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION. 

23 The Commission shall— 

24 (1) undertake a comprehensive review of the 

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1 (2) make recommendations for Federal criminal 

2 justice reform to the President and Congress; and 

3 (3) disseminate findings and supplemental guid4 ance to the Federal Government, as well as to State, 

5 local, and tribal governments. 

6 SEC. 305. REVIEW, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND REPORT. 

7 (a) GENERAL REVIEW.—The Commission shall un8 dertake a comprehensive review of all areas of the criminal 

9 justice system, including Federal, State, local, and tribal 

10 governments’ criminal justice costs, practices, and policies. 

11 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

13 after the first meeting of the Commission, the Com14 mission shall submit to the President and Congress 

15 recommendations for changes in Federal oversight, 

16 policies, practices, and laws designed to prevent, 

17 deter, and reduce crime and violence, reduce recidi18 vism, improve cost-effectiveness, and ensure the in19 terests of justice at every step of the criminal justice 

20 system. 

21 (2) UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUIRED.—A rec22 ommendation of the Commission may be adopted 

23 and submitted under paragraph (1) if the rec24 ommendation is approved by a unanimous vote of 


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1 the Commissioners at a meeting where a quorum is 

2 present pursuant to section 306(d). 

3 (3) REQUIREMENT.—The recommendations 

4 submitted under this subsection shall be made avail5 able to the public. 

6 (c) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

8 after the first meeting of the Commission, the Com9 mission shall also disseminate to the Federal Gov10 ernment, as well as to State, local, and tribal gov11 ernments, a report that details the findings and sup12 plemental guidance of the Commission regarding the 

13 criminal justice system at all levels of government. 

14 (2) MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.—Commission 

15 findings and supplemental guidance may be adopted 

16 and included in the report required under paragraph 

17 (1) if the findings or guidance is approved by a ma18 jority vote of the Commissioners at a meeting where 

19 a quorum is present pursuant to section 306(d), ex20 cept that any Commissioners dissenting from par21 ticular findings or supplemental guidance shall have 

22 the right to state the reason for their dissent in 

23 writing and such dissent shall be included in the re24 port of the Commission. 


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1 (3) REQUIREMENT.—The report submitted 

2 under this subsection shall be made available to the 

3 public. 

4 (d) PRIOR COMMISSIONS.—The Commission shall 

5 take into consideration the work of prior relevant commis6 sions in conducting its review. 

7 (e) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—In issuing its 

8 recommendations and report under this section, the Com9 mission shall not infringe on the legitimate rights of the 

10 States to determine their own criminal laws or the enforce11 ment of such laws. 

12 (f) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—The Commission shall con13 duct public hearings in various locations around the 

14 United States. 

15 (g) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND NON16 GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall— 

18 (A) closely consult with Federal, State, 

19 local, and tribal government and nongovern20 mental leaders, including State, local, and tribal 

21 law enforcement officials, including rank and 

22 file officers, legislators, public health officials, 

23 judges, court administrators, prosecutors, de24 fense counsel, victims’ rights organizations, pro25 bation and parole officials, criminal justice 


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1 planners, criminologists, civil rights and lib2 erties organizations, community-based organiza3 tion leaders, formerly incarcerated individuals, 

4 professional organizations, and corrections offi5 cials; and 

6 (B) include in the final report required 

7 under subsection (c) summaries of the input 

8 and recommendations of these leaders. 

9 (2) UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMIS10 SION.—To the extent the review and recommenda11 tions required by this section relate to sentencing 

12 policies and practices for the Federal criminal jus13 tice system, the Commission shall conduct such re14 view and make such recommendations in consulta15 tion with the United States Sentencing Commission. 

16 (h) SENSE OF CONGRESS, GOAL OF UNANIMITY.— 

17 It is the sense of the Congress that, given the national 

18 importance of the matters before the Commission, the 

19 Commission should work toward unanimously supported 

20 findings and supplemental guidance, and that unani21 mously supported findings and supplemental guidance 

22 should take precedence over those findings and supple23 mental guidance that are not unanimously supported. 


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1 SEC. 306. MEMBERSHIP. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com3 posed of 14 members, as follows: 

4 (1) One member shall be appointed by the 

5 President, who shall serve as co-chairman of the 

6 Commission. 

7 (2) One member shall be appointed by the lead8 er of the Senate, in consultation with the leader of 

9 the House of Representatives, that is a member of 

10 the opposite party of the President, who shall serve 

11 as co-chairman of the Commission. 

12 (3) Two members shall be appointed by the sen13 ior member of the Senate leadership of the Demo14 cratic Party, in consultation with the Democratic 

15 leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

16 (4) Two members shall be appointed by the sen17 ior member of the Senate leadership of the Repub18 lican Party, in consultation with the Republican 

19 leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

20 (5) Two members shall be appointed by the sen21 ior member of the leadership of the House of Rep22 resentatives of the Republican Party, in consultation 

23 with the Republican leadership of the Committee on 

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1 resentatives of the Democratic Party, in consultation 

2 with the Democratic leadership of the Committee on 

3 the Judiciary. 

4 (7) Two members, who shall be State and local 

5 representatives, shall be appointed by the President 

6 in agreement with the leader of the Senate (majority 

7 or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Re8 publican Party and the leader of the House of Rep9 resentatives (majority or minority leader, as the case 

10 may be) of the Republican Party. 

11 (8) Two members, who shall be State and local 

12 representatives, shall be appointed by the President 

13 in agreement with the leader of the Senate (majority 

14 or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Demo15 cratic Party and the leader of the House of Rep16 resentatives (majority or minority leader, as the case 

17 may be) of the Democratic Party. 

18 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

19 (1) QUALIFICATIONS.—The individuals ap20 pointed from private life as members of the Commis21 sion shall be individuals with distinguished reputa22 tions for integrity and nonpartisanship who are na23 tionally recognized for expertise, knowledge, or expe24 rience in such relevant areas as— 

25 (A) law enforcement; 


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1 (B) criminal justice; 

2 (C) national security; 

3 (D) prison and jail administration; 

4 (E) prisoner reentry; 

5 (F) public health, including physical and 

6 sexual victimization, drug addiction and mental 

7 health; 

8 (G) victims’ rights; 

9 (H) civil rights; 

10 (I) civil liberties; 

11 (J) court administration; 

12 (K) social services; and 

13 (L) State, local, and tribal government. 

14 (2) DISQUALIFICATION.—An individual shall 

15 not be appointed as a member of the Commission if 

16 such individual possesses any personal financial in17 terest in the discharge of any of the duties of the 

18 Commission. 

19 (3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for 

20 the life of the Commission. 

21 (c) APPOINTMENT; FIRST MEETING.— 

22 (1) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the Commis23 sion shall be appointed not later than 45 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (2) FIRST MEETING.—The Commission shall 

2 hold its first meeting on the date that is 60 days 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act, or not later 

4 than 30 days after the date on which funds are 

5 made available for the Commission, whichever is 

6 later. 

7 (3) ETHICS.—At the first meeting of the Com8 mission, the Commission shall draft appropriate eth9 ics guidelines for commissioners and staff, including 

10 guidelines relating to conflict of interest and finan11 cial disclosure. The Commission shall consult with 

12 the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary 

13 as a part of drafting the guidelines and furnish the 

14 committees with a copy of the completed guidelines. 

15 (d) MEETINGS; QUORUM; VACANCIES.— 

16 (1) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

17 the call of the co-chairs or a majority of its mem18 bers. 

19 (2) QUORUM.—Eight members of the Commis20 sion shall constitute a quorum for purposes of con21 ducting business, except that 2 members of the 

22 Commission shall constitute a quorum for purposes 

23 of receiving testimony. 

24 (3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis25 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in 


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1 the same manner in which the original appointment 

2 was made. If vacancies in the Commission occur on 

3 any day after 45 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, a quorum shall consist of a major5 ity of the members of the Commission as of such 

6 day, so long as not less than 1 Commission member 

7 chosen by a member of each party, Republican and 

8 Democratic, is present. 

9 (e) ACTIONS OF COMMISSION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission— 

11 (A) shall, subject to the requirements of 

12 section 305, act by resolution agreed to by a 

13 majority of the members of the Commission 

14 voting and present; and 

15 (B) may establish panels composed of less 

16 than the full membership of the Commission for 

17 purposes of carrying out the duties of the Com18 mission under this title— 

19 (i) which shall be subject to the review 

20 and control of the Commission; and 

21 (ii) any findings and determinations 

22 made by such a panel shall not be consid23 ered the findings and determinations of the 

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1 (2) DELEGATION.—Any member, agent, or staff 

2 of the Commission may, if authorized by the co3 chairs of the Commission, take any action which the 

4 Commission is authorized to take pursuant to this 

5 title. 

6 SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATION. 

7 (a) STAFF.— 

8 (1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Commission 

9 shall have a staff headed by an Executive Director. 

10 The Executive Director shall be paid at a rate estab11 lished for the Certified Plan pay level for the Senior 

12 Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (2) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—The 

15 co-chairs of the Commission shall designate and fix 

16 the compensation of the Executive Director and, in 

17 accordance with rules agreed upon by the Commis18 sion, may appoint and fix the compensation of such 

19 other personnel as may be necessary to enable the 

20 Commission to carry out its functions, without re21 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

22 governing appointments in the competitive service, 

23 and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 

24 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relat25 ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 


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1 except that no rate of pay fixed under this sub2 section may exceed the equivalent of that payable for 

3 a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under 

4 section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

5 (3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Executive Director 

7 and any personnel of the Commission who are 

8 employees shall be employees under section 

9 2105 of title 5, United States Code, for pur10 poses of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 

11 and 90 of that title. 

12 (B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara13 graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 

14 members of the Commission. 

15 (4) THE COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.— 

16 Each member of the Commission may be com17 pensated at not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 

18 annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at 

19 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 

20 of title 5, United States Code, for each day during 

21 which that member is engaged in the actual per22 formance of the duties of the Commission. All mem23 bers of the Commission who are officers or employ24 ees of the United States, State, or local government 


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1 shall serve without compensation in addition to that 

2 received for their services as officers or employees. 

3 (5) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from 

4 their homes or regular places of business in the per5 formance of services for the Commission, members 

6 of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, 

7 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the 

8 same manner as persons employed intermittently in 

9 the Government service are allowed expenses under 

10 section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

11 (b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—With the ap12 proval of the Commission, the Executive Director may 

13 procure temporary and intermittent services under section 

14 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

15 (c) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Upon 

16 the request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 

17 agency may detail, without reimbursement, any of the per18 sonnel of such agency to the Commission to assist in car19 rying out the duties of the Commission. Any such detail 

20 shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service sta21 tus or privileges of the Federal employee. 

22 (d) OTHER RESOURCES.—The Commission shall 

23 have reasonable access to materials, resources, statistical 

24 data, and other information such Commission determines 

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1 of Congress, the Department of Justice, the Office of Na2 tional Drug Control Policy, the Department of State, and 

3 other agencies of the executive and legislative branches of 

4 the Federal Government. The co-chairs of the Commission 

5 shall make requests for such access in writing when nec6 essary. 

7 (e) VOLUNTEER SERVICES.—Notwithstanding the 

8 provisions of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, 

9 the Commission is authorized to accept and utilize the 

10 services of volunteers serving without compensation. The 

11 Commission may reimburse such volunteers for local travel 

12 and office supplies, and for other travel expenses, includ13 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by sec14 tion 5703 of title 5, United States Code. A person pro15 viding volunteer services to the Commission shall be con16 sidered an employee of the Federal Government in per17 formance of those services for the purposes of chapter 81 

18 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 

19 for work-related injuries, chapter 171 of title 28, United 

20 States Code, relating to tort claims, and chapter 11 of 

21 title 18, United States Code, relating to conflicts of inter22 est. 

23 (f) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission 

24 may secure directly from any agency of the United States 

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1 Upon the request of the co-chairs of the Commission, the 

2 head of that department or agency shall furnish that infor3 mation to the Commission. The Commission shall not have 

4 access to sensitive information regarding ongoing inves5 tigations. 

6 (g) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United 

7 States mails in the same manner and under the same con8 ditions as other departments and agencies of the United 

9 States. 

10 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING.—The Commission 

11 shall issue biannual status reports to Congress regarding 

12 the use of resources, salaries, and all expenditures of ap13 propriated funds. 

14 (i) CONTRACTS.—The Commission is authorized to 

15 enter into contracts with Federal and State agencies, pri16 vate firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct of 

17 activities necessary to the discharge of its duties and re18 sponsibilities. A contract, lease or other legal agreement 

19 entered into by the Commission may not extend beyond 

20 the date of the termination of the Commission. 

21 (j) GIFTS.—Subject to existing law, the Commission 

22 may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of serv23 ices or property. 

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1 sion, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 

2 services necessary for the Commission to carry out its re3 sponsibilities under this title. These administrative serv4 ices may include human resource management, budget, 

5 leasing, accounting, and payroll services. 

6 (l) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA AND PUBLIC AC7 CESS TO MEETINGS AND MINUTES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Com9 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 

10 Commission. 

11 (2) MEETINGS AND MINUTES.— 

12 (A) MEETINGS.— 

13 (i) ADMINISTRATION.—All meetings of 

14 the Commission shall be open to the pub15 lic, except that a meeting or any portion of 

16 it may be closed to the public if it concerns 

17 matters or information described in section 

18 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code. In19 terested persons shall be permitted to ap20 pear at open meetings and present oral or 

21 written statements on the subject matter 

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1 (ii) NOTICE.—All open meetings of 

2 the Commission shall be preceded by time3 ly public notice in the Federal Register of 

4 the time, place, and subject of the meeting. 

5 (B) MINUTES AND PUBLIC AVAIL6 ABILITY.—Minutes of each open meeting shall 

7 be kept and shall contain a record of the people 

8 present, a description of the discussion that oc9 curred, and copies of all statements filed. The 

10 minutes and records of all open meetings and 

11 other documents that were made available to or 

12 prepared for the Commission shall be available 

13 for public inspection and copying at a single lo14 cation in the offices of the Commission. 

15 (m) ARCHIVING.—Not later than the date of termi16 nation of the Commission, all records and papers of the 

17 Commission shall be delivered to the Archivist of the 

18 United States for deposit in the National Archives. 

19 SEC. 308. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS. 

20 For each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the Attorney 

21 General may use, from any unobligated balances made 

22 available under the heading ‘‘GENERAL ADMINISTRA23 TION’’ to the Department of Justice in an appropriations 

24 Act, such amounts as are necessary, not to exceed 

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1 total for both fiscal years, to carry out this title, except 

2 that none of the funds authorized to be used to carry out 

3 this title may be used for international travel. 

4 SEC. 309. SUNSET. 

5 The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the 

6 Commission submits the report required under section 

7 305(c) to Congress. 

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