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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3406 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

GOODLATTE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MARINO, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, 

Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WALKER, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. GUINTA, Ms. MOORE, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. 

EDWARDS, Mr. HARDY, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Chance Reau5 thorization Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE

8 OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL DEMONSTRATION


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

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

3 is amended— 

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

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen7 eral shall make grants to States, local governments, terri8 tories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof (in this 

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

10 with interested persons (including Federal corrections and 

11 supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit or12 ganizations for the purpose of strategic planning and im13 plementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry 

14 projects.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or re17 entry courts,’’ after ‘‘community,’’; 

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

19 the end; 

20 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe21 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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1 fined in section 4 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

2 (42 U.S.C. 17502)).’’; 

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

4 inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) COMBINED GRANT APPLICATION; PRIORITY

6 CONSIDERATION.— 

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

8 develop a procedure to allow applicants to submit a 

9 single application for a planning grant under sub10 section (e) and an implementation grant under sub11 section (f). 

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

13 General shall give priority consideration to grant ap14 plications under subsections (e) and (f) that include 

15 a commitment by the applicant to partner with a 

16 local evaluator to identify and analyze data that 

17 will— 

18 ‘‘(A) enable the grantee to target the in19 tended offender population; and 

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

21 the evaluation. 

22 ‘‘(e) PLANNING GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para24 graph (3), the Attorney General may make a grant 

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1 velop a strategic, collaborative plan for an adult or 

2 juvenile offender reentry demonstration project as 

3 described in subsection (h) that includes— 

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

5 ‘‘(B) a description of the outcome meas6 ures that will be used to measure the effective7 ness of the program in promoting public safety 

8 and public health; 

9 ‘‘(C) the activities proposed; 

10 ‘‘(D) a schedule for completion of the ac11 tivities described in subparagraph (C); and 

12 ‘‘(E) a description of the personnel nec13 essary to complete the activities described in 

14 subparagraph (C). 

15 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM TOTAL GRANTS AND GEO16 GRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 

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

18 General may not make initial planning grants 

19 and implementation grants to 1 eligible entity 

20 in a total amount that is more than a 

21 $1,000,000. 

22 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The At23 torney General shall make every effort to en24 sure equitable geographic distribution of grants 

25 under this section and take into consideration 


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1 the needs of underserved populations, including 

2 rural and tribal communities. 

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

4 made under this subsection shall be for a period of 

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

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

7 ‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

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

9 an implementation grant under this subsection shall 

10 submit to the Attorney General an application 

11 that— 

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

13 described in subsection (h), which describes the 

14 long-term strategy and incorporates a detailed 

15 implementation schedule, including the plans of 

16 the applicant to fund the program after Federal 

17 funding is discontinued; 

18 ‘‘(B) identifies the local government role 

19 and the role of governmental agencies and non20 profit organizations that will be coordinated by, 

21 and that will collaborate on, the offender re22 entry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the 

23 involvement of such agencies and organizations; 

24 ‘‘(C) describes the evidence-based method25 ology and outcome measures that will be used 


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1 to evaluate the program funded with a grant 

2 under this subsection, and specifically explains 

3 how such measurements will provide valid meas4 ures of the impact of that program; and 

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

6 broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effec7 tive. 

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

9 may make a grant to an applicant under this sub10 section only if the application— 

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

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

13 unit of local government, territory, or Indian 

14 tribe applying for a grant under this subsection; 

15 ‘‘(B) provides discussion of the role of 

16 Federal corrections, State corrections depart17 ments, community corrections agencies, juvenile 

18 justice systems, and tribal or local jail systems 

19 in ensuring successful reentry of offenders into 

20 their communities; 

21 ‘‘(C) provides evidence of collaboration 

22 with State, local, or tribal government agencies 

23 overseeing health, housing, child welfare, edu24 cation, substance abuse, victims services, and 


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1 employment services, and with local law en2 forcement agencies; 

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

4 statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice5 based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into 

6 the community; 

7 ‘‘(E) includes the use of a State, local, ter8 ritorial, or tribal task force, described in sub9 section (i), to carry out the activities funded 

10 under the grant; 

11 ‘‘(F) provides a plan for continued collabo12 ration with a local evaluator as necessary to 

13 meeting the requirements under subsection (h); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(G) demonstrates that the applicant par16 ticipated in the planning grant process or en17 gaged in comparable planning for the reentry 

18 project. 

19 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attor20 ney General shall give priority to grant applications 

21 under this subsection that best— 

22 ‘‘(A) focus initiative on geographic areas 

23 with a disproportionate population of offenders 

24 released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facili25 ties; 


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1 ‘‘(B) include— 

2 ‘‘(i) input from nonprofit organiza3 tions, in any case where relevant input is 

4 available and appropriate to the grant ap5 plication; 

6 ‘‘(ii) consultation with crime victims 

7 and offenders who are released from pris8 ons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 

9 ‘‘(iii) coordination with families of of10 fenders; 

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

12 the juvenile justice coordinating council of 

13 the region; 

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

15 the reentry coordinating council of the re16 gion; or 

17 ‘‘(vi) input, where appropriate, from 

18 other interested persons; 

19 ‘‘(C) demonstrate effective case assessment 

20 and management abilities in order to provide 

21 comprehensive and continuous reentry, includ22 ing— 

23 ‘‘(i) planning for prerelease transi24 tional housing and community release that 

25 begins upon admission for juveniles and 


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1 jail inmates, and, as appropriate, for pris2 on inmates, depending on the length of the 

3 sentence; 

4 ‘‘(ii) establishing prerelease planning 

5 procedures to ensure that the eligibility of 

6 an offender for Federal, tribal, or State 

7 benefits upon release is established prior to 

8 release, subject to any limitations in law, 

9 and to ensure that offenders obtain all nec10 essary referrals for reentry services, includ11 ing assistance identifying and securing 

12 suitable housing; or 

13 ‘‘(iii) delivery of continuous and ap14 propriate mental health services, drug 

15 treatment, medical care, job training and 

16 placement, educational services, vocational 

17 services, and any other service or support 

18 needed for reentry; 

19 ‘‘(D) review the process by which the ap20 plicant adjudicates violations of parole, proba21 tion, or supervision following release from pris22 on, jail, or a juvenile facility, taking into ac23 count public safety and the use of graduated, 

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1 vision (specifically those violations that are not 

2 otherwise, and independently, a violation of 

3 law); 

4 ‘‘(E) provide for an independent evaluation 

5 of reentry programs that include, to the max6 imum extent possible, random assignment and 

7 controlled studies to determine the effectiveness 

8 of such programs; 

9 ‘‘(F) target moderate and high-risk offend10 ers for reentry programs through validated as11 sessment tools; or 

12 ‘‘(G) target offenders with histories of 

13 homelessness, substance abuse, or mental ill14 ness, including a prerelease assessment of the 

15 housing status of the offender and behavioral 

16 health needs of the offender with clear coordi17 nation with mental health, substance abuse, and 

18 homelessness services systems to achieve stable 

19 and permanent housing outcomes with appro20 priate support service. 

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

22 this subsection shall be effective for a 2-year pe23 riod— 


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

2 planning grant awarded under subsection (e) 

3 concludes; or 

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

5 grant awarded to an eligible entity that did not 

6 receive a planning grant, beginning on the date 

7 on which the implementation grant is award8 ed.’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (h)— 

10 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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

12 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert13 ing the following: 

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

15 financial assistance under subsection (f), each appli16 cation shall develop a comprehensive reentry stra17 tegic plan that— 

18 ‘‘(A) contains a plan to assess inmate re19 entry needs and measurable annual and 3-year 

20 performance outcomes; 

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

22 randomly assigned and controlled studies, or 

23 rigorous quasi-experimental studies with 

24 matched comparison groups, to determine the 


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1 effectiveness of the program funded with a 

2 grant under subsection (f); and 

3 ‘‘(C) includes as a goal of the plan to re4 duce the rate of recidivism for offenders re5 leased from prison, jail or a juvenile facility 

6 with funds made available under subsection (f). 

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

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

9 require the local evaluator to use the baseline data 

10 and target population characteristics developed 

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

12 target goal for recidivism reduction during the 3- 

13 year period beginning on the date of implementation 

14 of the program.’’; 

15 (5) in subsection (i)(1)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A), by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub20 section (e)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

21 (f)(2)(D)’’; 

22 (6) in subsection (j)— 

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

24 implementation grant under subsection (f)’’ 

25 after ‘‘applicant’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

4 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (F), 

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

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

7 administer reentry services; 

8 ‘‘(G) increased proportion of individuals 

9 served by the program among those eligible to 

10 receive services; 

11 ‘‘(H) increased number of individuals re12 ceiving risk screening needs assessment, and 

13 case planning services; 

14 ‘‘(I) increased enrollment in, and comple15 tion of treatment services, including substance 

16 abuse and mental health services among those 

17 assessed as needing such services; 

18 ‘‘(J) increased enrollment in and degrees 

19 earned from educational programs, including 

20 high school, GED, vocational training, and col21 lege education; 

22 ‘‘(K) increased number of individuals ob23 taining and retaining employment; 

24 ‘‘(L) increased number of individuals ob25 taining and maintaining housing; 


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

2 community living, including stability of living 

3 situation and positive family relationships; 

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

5 and 

6 ‘‘(O) reduction in recidivism rates for indi7 viduals receiving reentry services after release, 

8 as compared to either baseline recidivism rates 

9 in the jurisdiction of the grantee or recidivism 

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

11 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘facili12 ties.’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities, including a cost13 benefit analysis to determine the cost effective14 ness of the reentry program.’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this sec16 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 

17 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this sec18 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

19 (7) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘this sec20 tion’’ each place the term appears and inserting 

21 ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

22 (8) in subsection (l)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘begin24 ning on the date on which the most recent im25 plementation grant is made to the grantee 


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

2 and 

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

4 2-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the 2-year 

5 period described in paragraph (2)’’; 

6 (9) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘appro7 priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol8 lowing: ‘‘appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2020.’’; and 

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

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

12 court’ means a program that— 

13 ‘‘(1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offend14 ers reentering the community; 

15 ‘‘(2) provides continual judicial supervision; 

16 ‘‘(3) provides juvenile and adult eligible offend17 ers reentering the community with coordinated and 

18 comprehensive reentry services and programs, such 

19 as— 

20 ‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess21 ment for treatment; 

22 ‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 

23 a substance abuse professional who is approved 

24 by the State or Indian tribe and licensed by the 


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1 appropriate entity to provide alcohol and drug 

2 addiction treatment, as appropriate; 

3 ‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment, including 

4 medication-assisted treatment, from a provider 

5 that is approved by the State or Indian tribe, 

6 and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical 

7 and other health services; 

8 ‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv9 ices and assessment; 

10 ‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv11 ices that— 

12 ‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 

13 and related health services; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 

15 and related health services; and 

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

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

18 impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 

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

20 community services to juvenile and adult eligible of21 fenders, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) housing assistance; 

23 ‘‘(B) education; 

24 ‘‘(C) job training; 

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1 ‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 

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

3 ‘‘(6) establishes and implements graduated 

4 sanctions and incentives.’’. 

5 (b) GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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

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

8 et seq.) is amended— 

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

10 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘non11 profit organizations,’’ before ‘‘and Indian’’; 

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

13 adding at the end the following: 

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

15 General shall give priority consideration to grant applica16 tions for grants under section 2921 that are submitted 

17 by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a relation18 ship with State and local criminal justice agencies, includ19 ing— 

20 ‘‘(1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial 

21 agencies; or 

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

23 shall be documented by a written agreement that de24 tails the terms of access to facilities and participants 

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1 nization of working with correctional populations.’’; 

2 and 

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

4 3797s–5(a)), and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap6 propriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of 

7 fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

8 (c) GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE

9 EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVE10 NILE FACILITIES.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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

12 is amended— 

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

14 3797ee et seq.) as part LL; 

15 (2) by redesignating the second part designated 

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

17 2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 Stat. 677), relating 

18 to grants to evaluate and improve educational meth19 ods, as part KK; 

20 (3) by redesignating the second section des21 ignated as section 3001 and section 3002 (42 U.S.C. 

22 3797dd and 3797dd–1), as added by the Second 

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

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1 prove educational methods, as sections 3005 and 

2 3006, respectively; 

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

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

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

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

9 and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(4) implement methods to improve academic 

13 and vocational education for offenders in prisons, 

14 jails, and juvenile facilities consistent with the best 

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

16 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub17 section (d); and 

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

19 following: 

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

21 after the date of enactment of the Second Chance Reau22 thorization Act of 2015, the Attorney General shall iden23 tify and publish best practices relating to academic and 

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1 uations performed and recommendations made under 

2 grants made under subsection (a) before the date of enact3 ment of the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 

4 2015.’’; and 

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

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

7 ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2016, 

8 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for grants for purposes 

9 described in section 3005(a)(4)’’. 

10 (d) CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRATION

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

12 (42 U.S.C. 17511) is amended— 

13 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TECHNOLOGY

14 CAREERS’’ and inserting ‘‘CAREERS’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

18 (B) by striking ‘‘technology career training 

19 to prisoners’’ and inserting ‘‘career training, in20 cluding subsidized employment, when part of a 

21 training program, to prisoners and reentering 

22 youth and adults’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (b)— 

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

2 (C) by inserting ‘‘, as well as upon transi3 tion and reentry into the community’’ after ‘‘fa4 cility’’; 

5 (4) by striking subsection (e); 

6 (5) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

7 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

8 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—Priority consider11 ation shall be given to any application under this section 

12 that— 

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

14 employees in the geographic areas to which offenders 

15 are likely to return; 

16 ‘‘(2) conducts individualized reentry career 

17 planning upon the start of incarceration or post-re18 lease employment planning for each offender served 

19 under the grant; 

20 ‘‘(3) demonstrates connections to employers 

21 within the local community; or 

22 ‘‘(4) tracks and monitors employment out23 comes.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 

4 2019, and 2020.’’. 

5 (e) OFFENDER REENTRY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND

6 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—Section 

7 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

8 17521(f)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

11 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

12 (f) COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING AND TRANSI13 TIONAL SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA14 TIONS.— 

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

16 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531) is amend17 ed— 

18 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘MEN19 TORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI20 ZATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY21 BASED MENTORING AND TRANSITIONAL

22 SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI23 ZATIONS’’; 

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1 (C) in subsection (b), by striking para2 graph (2) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) transitional services to assist in the re4 integration of offenders into the community, includ5 ing— 

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

7 services and the Transitional Jobs strategy; 

8 ‘‘(B) substance abuse treatment and serv9 ices; 

10 ‘‘(C) coordinated supervision and com11 prehensive services for offenders, including 

12 housing and mental and physical health care; 

13 ‘‘(D) family services; and 

14 ‘‘(E) validated assessment tools to assess 

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

16 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘this sec17 tion’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol18 lowing: ‘‘this section $15,000,000 for each of 

19 fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

20 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

21 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

22 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note) is amended by 

23 striking the item relating to section 211 and insert24 ing the following: 

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

25 (g) DEFINITIONS.— 


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

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

3 to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

5 ‘‘In this Act— 

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

7 who— 

8 ‘‘(A) has been convicted of a Federal, trib9 al, or State offense that is punishable by a term 

10 of imprisonment of more than 1 year; 

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

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

13 or State prison or correctional facility as a re14 sult of the conviction described in subparagraph 

15 (A); and 

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

17 innocent of the offense described in subpara18 graph (A); 

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

20 given in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

22 3791); 

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

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

2 means an employment strategy for youth and adults 

3 who are chronically unemployed or those that have 

4 barriers to employment that— 

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

6 local governments, State, tribal, and local work7 force boards, and nonprofit organizations; 

8 ‘‘(B) provides time-limited employment 

9 using individual placements, team placements, 

10 and social enterprise placements, without dis11 placing existing employees; 

12 ‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with appli13 cable law, but in no event less than the higher 

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

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

16 206(a)(1)) or the applicable State or local min17 imum wage law, which are subsidized, in whole 

18 or in part, by public funds; 

19 ‘‘(D) combines time-limited employment 

20 with activities that promote skill development, 

21 remove barriers to employment, and lead to un22 subsidized employment such as a thorough ori23 entation and individual assessment, job readi24 ness and life skills training, case management 

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1 training, child support-related services, job re2 tention support and incentives, and other simi3 lar activities; 

4 ‘‘(E) places participants into unsubsidized 

5 employment; and 

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

7 services, and continuing and vocational edu8 cation to ensure continuing participation in un9 subsidized employment and identification of op10 portunities for advancement.’’. 

11 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

12 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

13 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note) is amended by 

14 striking the item relating to section 4 and inserting 

15 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 4. Definitions.’’. 

16 (h) EXTENSION OF THE LENGTH OF SECTION 2976 

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

18 (42 U.S.C. 17504(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or under 

19 section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

20 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w)’’ after ‘‘and 212’’. 

21 SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

23 (1) the term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 

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1 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17511, 

2 17521, and 17531); 

3 (2) the term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi4 ent of a grant from a covered grant program; 

5 (3) the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with re6 spect to an organization, means an organization that 

7 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev8 enue Code of 1986, and is exempt from taxation 

9 under section 501(a) of such code; and 

10 (4) the term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 

11 an audit report finding in a final audit report of the 

12 Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 

13 a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 

14 that grantee under a covered grant program for an 

15 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

16 cost that is not closed or resolved during a 12-month 

17 period prior to the date on which the final audit re18 port is issued. 

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

20 2016, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of 

21 the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 

22 grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds 

23 awarded under covered grant programs. The Inspector 

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

2 found to have an unresolved audit finding under an audit 

3 conducted under subsection (b) may not receive grant 

4 funds under a covered grant program in the fiscal year 

5 following the fiscal year to which the finding relates. 

6 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 

7 awarded funds under the covered grant program from 

8 which it received a grant award during the one-fiscal year 

9 period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 

10 an allocation of grant funds under subsection (c), the At11 torney General shall— 

12 (1) deposit into the General Fund of the Treas13 ury an amount that is equal to the amount of the 

14 grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 

15 covered grantee; and 

16 (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

17 to the Fund from the covered grantee that was im18 properly awarded the grant funds. 

19 (e) PRIORITY OF GRANT AWARDS.—The Attorney 

20 General, in awarding grants under a covered grant pro21 gram shall give priority to eligible entities that during the 

22 2-year period preceding the application for a grant have 

23 not been found to have an unresolved audit finding. 

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1 (1) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 

2 that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur3 pose of avoiding the tax described in section 511(a) 

4 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall not be 

5 eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any funds 

6 from a covered grant program. 

7 (2) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

8 that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica9 tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 

10 such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc11 tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 

12 description of the criteria relied on to determine 

13 such compensation. 

14 (g) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

16 under a covered grant program may not be used by 

17 any covered grantee to— 

18 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart19 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

20 funding; or 

21 (B) lobby any representative of the Federal 

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1 (2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter2 mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 

3 (1), the Attorney General shall— 

4 (A) require the covered grantee to repay 

5 the grant in full; and 

6 (B) prohibit the covered grantee from re7 ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro8 gram from which it received a grant award dur9 ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 

10 date of such violation. 

11 SEC. 4. FEDERAL REENTRY IMPROVEMENTS. 

12 (a) RESPONSIBLE REINTEGRATION OF OFFEND13 ERS.—Section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 

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

15 (b) FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.— 

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

17 17541) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (g)— 

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

20 out during fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and in21 serting ‘‘carried out during fiscal years 2016 

22 through 2020’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (5)(A)(ii), by striking 

24 ‘‘the greater of 10 years or’’; 

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

2 (h); and 

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

4 striking ‘‘2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 

5 through 2020’’. 

6 (c) ENHANCING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PER7 TAINING TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.—Section 3624(c) 

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘, and number of prisoners not being 

11 placed in community corrections facilities for each 

12 reason set forth’’ before ‘‘, and any other informa13 tion’’; and 

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

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

16 Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 

17 (d) TERMINATION OF STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF

18 DEPOT NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.—Section 

19 244 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17554) 

20 is repealed. 

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE22 SEARCH.—Section 245 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

23 (42 U.S.C. 17555) is amended— 

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

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

2 fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016, 2017, 

4 2018, 2019, and 2020’’. 

5 (f) FEDERAL PRISONER RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

6 PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENT.— 

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

8 United States Code, is amended— 

9 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub10 section (h); and 

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

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(g) PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RE14 ENTRY PROGRAMS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 

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

16 reduce recidivism’ means that the Director of Bu17 reau of Prisons has determined that appropriate re18 search has been conducted and has validated the ef19 fectiveness of the type of program on recidivism. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

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

22 nonprofit organization that provides mentoring or 

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1 reduction partnership with a prison or community2 based facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons. 

3 ‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 

4 The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall develop 

5 policies to require wardens of prisons and commu6 nity-based facilities to enter into recidivism reduc7 tion partnerships with faith-based and community8 based nonprofit organizations that are willing to pro9 vide, on a volunteer basis, programs described in 

10 paragraph (2). 

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

12 of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress 

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

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(A) details, for each prison and commu16 nity-based facility for the fiscal year just 

17 ended— 

18 ‘‘(i) the number of recidivism reduc19 tion partnerships under this section that 

20 were in effect; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers that 

22 provided recidivism reduction program23 ming; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) explains any disparities between fa2 cilities in the numbers reported under subpara3 graph (A).’’. 

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

6 date of enactment of this Act. 

7 (g) REPEALS.— 

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

9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

10 U.S.C. 3797w–2) is repealed. 

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

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

13 3797q et seq.) is repealed. 

14 SEC. 5. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY REENTRY COORDINATION. 

15 (a) REENTRY COORDINATION.—The Attorney Gen16 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 

17 Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary 

18 of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv19 ices, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 

20 Agriculture, and the heads of such other agencies of the 

21 Federal Government as the Attorney General considers 

22 appropriate, and in collaboration with interested persons, 

23 service providers, nonprofit organizations, and State, trib24 al, and local governments, shall coordinate on Federal pro25 grams, policies, and activities relating to the reentry of 


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1 individuals returning from incarceration to the commu2 nity, with an emphasis on evidence-based practices and 

3 protection against duplication of services. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in con6 sultation with the Secretaries listed in subsection (a), shall 

7 submit to Congress a report summarizing the achieve8 ments under subsection (a), and including recommenda9 tions for Congress that would further reduce barriers to 

10 successful reentry. 

11 SEC. 6. CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES. 

12 (a) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be ap13 propriated to the Department of Justice under this Act, 

14 or any amendments made by this Act, may be used by 

15 the Attorney General, or by any individual or organization 

16 awarded discretionary funds under this Act, or any 

17 amendments made by this Act, to host or support any ex18 penditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in 

19 Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General 

20 or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or prin21 cipal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may des22 ignate, provides prior written authorization that the funds 

23 may be expended to host a conference. A conference that 

24 uses more than $20,000 in such funds, but less than an 

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1 conference, shall not be subject to the limitations of this 

2 section. 

3 (b) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval under 

4 subsection (a) shall include a written estimate of all costs 

5 associated with the conference, including the cost of all 

6 food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

7 speakers, and any entertainment. 

8 (c) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 

9 submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judici10 ary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

11 the House of Representatives on all approved conference 

12 expenditures referenced in this section. 

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