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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2908

To authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local

communities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 24 (legislative day, JULY 21), 2000

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

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal

offenders into local communities.

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 ‘‘Offender Reentry and

5 Community Safety Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds the following:

8 (1) There are now nearly 1,900,000 individuals

9 in our country’s prisons and jails, including over
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1 140,000 individuals under the jurisdiction of the

2 Federal Bureau of Prisons.

3 (2) Enforcement of offender violations of condi4 tions of releases has sharply increased the number

5 of offenders who return to prison—while revocations

6 comprised 17 percent of State prison admissions in

7 1980, they rose to 36 percent in 1998.

8 (3) Although prisoners generally are serving

9 longer sentences than they did a decade ago, most

10 eventually reenter communities; for example, in

11 1999, approximately 538,000 State prisoners and

12 over 50,000 Federal prisoners a record number were

13 returned to American communities. Approximately

14 100,000 State offenders return to communities and

15 received no supervision whatsoever.

16 (4) Historically, two-thirds of returning State

17 prisoners have been rearrested for new crimes within

18 three years, so these individuals pose a significant

19 public safety risk and a continuing financial burden

20 to society.

21 (5) A key element to effective post-incarceration

22 supervision is an immediate, predetermined, and ap23 propriate response to violations of the conditions of

24 supervision.
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1 (6) An estimated 187,000 State and Federal

2 prison inmates have been diagnosed with mental

3 health problems; about 70 percent of State prisoners

4 and 57 percent of Federal prisoners have a history

5 of drug use or abuse; and nearly 75 percent of re6 leased offenders with heroin or cocaine problems re7 turn to using drugs within three months if un8 treated; however, few States link prison mental

9 health treatment programs with those in the return

10 community.

11 (7) Between 1987 and 1997, the volume of ju12 venile adjudicated cases resulting in court-ordered

13 residential placements rose 56 percent. In 1997

14 alone, there were a total of 163,200 juvenile court15 ordered residential placements. The steady increase

16 of youth exiting residential placement has strained

17 the juvenile justice aftercare system, however, with18 out adequate supervision and services, youth are

19 likely to relapse, recidivate, and return to confine20 ment at the public’s expense.

21 (8) Emerging technologies and multidisciplinary

22 community-based strategies present new opportuni23 ties to alleviate the public safety risk posed by re24 leased prisoners while helping offenders to reenter

25 their communities successfully.
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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

2 The purposes of this Act are to—

3 (1) establish demonstration projects in several

4 Federal judicial districts, the District of Columbia,

5 and in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, using new

6 strategies and emerging technologies that alleviate

7 the public safety risk posed by released prisoners by

8 promoting their successful reintegration into the

9 community;

10 (2) establish court-based programs to monitor

11 the return of offenders into communities, using

12 court sanctions to promote positive behavior;

13 (3) establish offender reentry demonstration

14 projects in the states using government and commu15 nity partnerships to coordinate cost efficient strate16 gies that ensure public safety and enhance the suc17 cessful reentry into communities of offenders who

18 have completed their prison sentences;

19 (4) establish intensive aftercare demonstration

20 projects that address public safety and ensure the

21 special reentry needs of juvenile offenders by coordi22 nating the resources of juvenile correctional agen23 cies, juvenile courts, juvenile parole agencies, law en24 forcement agencies, social service providers, and

25 local Workforce Investment Boards; and
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1 (5) rigorously evaluate these reentry programs

2 to determine their effectiveness in reducing recidi3 vism and promoting successful offender reintegra4 tion.

5 TITLE I—FEDERAL REENTRY

6 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

7 SEC. 101. FEDERAL REENTRY CENTER DEMONSTRATION.

8 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM9 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

10 carry out this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation

11 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the

12 United States Courts, shall establish the Federal Reentry

13 Center Demonstration project. The project shall involve

14 appropriate prisoners from the Federal prison population

15 and shall utilize community corrections facilities, home

16 confinement, and a coordinated response by Federal agen17 cies to assist participating prisoners, under close moni18 toring and more seamless supervision, in preparing for

19 and adjusting to reentry into the community.

20 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

21 subsection (a) shall include—

22 (1) a Reentry Review Team for each prisoner,

23 consisting of representatives from the Bureau of

24 Prisons, the United States Probation System, and

25 the relevant community corrections facility, who
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1 shall initially meet with the prisoner to develop a re2 entry plan tailored to the needs of the prisoner and

3 incorporating victim impact information, and will

4 thereafter meet regularly to monitor the prisoner’s

5 progress toward reentry and coordinate access to ap6 propriate reentry measures and resources;

7 (2) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

8 (3) a system of graduated levels of supervision

9 within the community corrections facility to promote

10 community safety, provide incentives for prisoners to

11 complete the reentry plan, including victim restitu12 tion, and provide a reasonable method for imposing

13 immediate sanctions for a prisoner’s minor or tech14 nical violation of the conditions of participation in

15 the project;

16 (4) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

17 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

18 vocational and educational training, life skills in19 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

20 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

21 affordable housing, and other programming to pro22 mote effective reintegration into the community as

23 needed;

24 (5) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

25 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including
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1 volunteers from the faith-based and business com2 munities, to serve as advisers and mentors to pris3 oners being released into the community;

4 (6) a description of the methodology and out5 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro6 gram; and

7 (7) notification to victims on the status and na8 ture of offenders’ reentry plan.

9 (c) PROBATION OFFICERS.—From funds made avail10 able to carry out this Act, the Director of the Administra11 tive Office of the United States Courts shall assign one

12 or more probation officers from each participating judicial

13 district to the Reentry Demonstration project. Such offi14 cers shall be assigned to and stationed at the community

15 corrections facility and shall serve on the Reentry Review

16 Teams.

17 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Reentry Center Dem18 onstration project shall begin not later than 6 months fol19 lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,

20 and shall last 3 years. The Attorney General may extend

21 the project for a period of up to 6 months to enable partic22 ipant prisoners to complete their involvement in the

23 project.

24 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Attorney Gen25 eral, in consultation with the Judicial Conference of the
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1 United States, shall select an appropriate number of Fed2 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Reentry

3 Center Demonstration project.

4 (f) COORDINATION OF PROJECTS.—The Attorney

5 General, may, if appropriate, include in the Reentry Cen6 ter Demonstration project offenders who participated in

7 the Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and

8 Training Demonstration project established by section 105

9 of this Act.

10 SEC. 102. FEDERAL HIGH-RISK OFFENDER REENTRY DEM11 ONSTRATION.

12 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM13 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

14 carry out this Act, the Director of the Administrative Of15 fice of the United States Courts, in consultation with the

16 Attorney General, shall establish the Federal High-Risk

17 Offender Reentry Demonstration project. The project

18 shall involve Federal offenders under supervised release

19 who have previously violated the terms of their release fol20 lowing a term of imprisonment and shall utilize, as appro21 priate and indicated, community corrections facilities,

22 home confinement, appropriate monitoring technologies,

23 and treatment and programming to promote more effec24 tive reentry into the community.
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1 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

2 subsection (a) shall include—

3 (1) participation by Federal prisoners who have

4 previously violated the terms of their release fol5 lowing a term of imprisonment;

6 (2) use of community corrections facilities and

7 home confinement that, together with the technology

8 referenced in paragraph (5), will be part of a system

9 of graduated levels of supervision;

10 (3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

11 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

12 vocational and educational training, life skills in13 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

14 intervention programs, and other programming to

15 promote effective reintegration into the community

16 as appropriate;

17 (4) involvement of a victim advocate and the

18 family of the prisoner, if it is safe for the victim(s),

19 especially in domestic violence cases, to be involved;

20 (5) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap21 propriate and indicated, to monitor and supervise

22 participating offenders in the community;

23 (6) a description of the methodology and out24 come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro25 gram; and
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1 (7) notification to victims on the status and na2 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

3 (c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RE4 LEASE.—In each of the judicial districts in which the dem5 onstration project is in effect, appropriate offenders who

6 are found to have violated a previously imposed term of

7 supervised release and who will be subject to some addi8 tional term of supervised release, shall be designated to

9 participate in the demonstration project. With respect to

10 these offenders, the court shall impose additional manda11 tory conditions of supervised release that each offender

12 shall, as directed by the probation officer, reside at a com13 munity corrections facility or participate in a program of

14 home confinement, or both, and submit to appropriate

15 monitoring, and otherwise participate in the project.

16 (d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Federal High-Risk

17 Offender Reentry Demonstration shall begin not later

18 than six months following the availability of funds to carry

19 out this section, and shall last 3 years. The Director of

20 the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may

21 extend the project for a period of up to six months to en22 able participating prisoners to complete their involvement

23 in the project.

24 (e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con25 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At-
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1 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed2 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal

3 High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project.

4 SEC. 103. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTENSIVE SUPER5 VISION, TRACKING, AND REENTRY TRAINING

6 (DC ISTART) DEMONSTRATION.

7 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM8 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

9 carry out this Act, the Trustee of the Court Services and

10 Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia,

11 as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and

12 Self Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law

13 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) shall establish the District of Co14 lumbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry

15 Training Demonstration (DC iSTART) project. The

16 project shall involve high risk District of Columbia parol17 ees who would otherwise be released into the community

18 without a period of confinement in a community correc19 tions facility and shall utilize intensive supervision, moni20 toring, and programming to promote such parolees’ suc21 cessful reentry into the community.

22 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

23 subsection (a) shall include—

24 (1) participation by appropriate high risk parol25 ees;
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1 (2) use of community corrections facilities and

2 home confinement;

3 (3) a Reentry Review Team that includes a vic4 tim witness professional for each parolee which shall

5 meet with the parolee—by video conference or other

6 means as appropriate—before the parolee’s release

7 from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

8 to develop a reentry plan that incorporates victim

9 impact information and is tailored to the needs of

10 the parolee and which will thereafter meet regularly

11 to monitor the parolee’s progress toward reentry and

12 coordinate access to appropriate reentry measures

13 and resources;

14 (4) regular drug testing, as appropriate;

15 (5) a system of graduated levels of supervision

16 within the community corrections facility to promote

17 community safety, encourage victim restitution, pro18 vide incentives for prisoners to complete the reentry

19 plan, and provide a reasonable method for imme20 diately sanctioning a prisoner’s minor or technical

21 violation of the conditions of participation in the

22 project;

23 (6) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

24 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

25 vocational and educational training, life skills in-
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1 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

2 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

3 affordable housing, and other programming to pro4 mote effective reintegration into the community as

5 needed and indicated;

6 (7) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap7 propriate;

8 (8) to the extent practicable, the recruitment

9 and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including

10 volunteers from the faith-based communities, to

11 serve as advisers and mentors to prisoners being re12 leased into the community; and

13 (9) notification to victims on the status and na14 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

15 (c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF PAROLE.—For those

16 offenders eligible to participate in the demonstration

17 project, the United States Parole Commission shall impose

18 additional mandatory conditions of parole such that the

19 offender when on parole shall, as directed by the commu20 nity supervision officer, reside at a community corrections

21 facility or participate in a program of home confinement,

22 or both, submit to electronic and other remote monitoring,

23 and otherwise participate in the project.

24 (d) PROGRAM DURATION.—The District of Columbia

25 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training
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1 Demonstration shall begin not later than 6 months fol2 lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,

3 and shall last 3 years. The Trustee of the Court Services

4 and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Colum5 bia may extend the project for a period of up to 6 months

6 to enable participating prisoners to complete their involve7 ment in the project.

8 SEC. 104. FEDERAL INTENSIVE SUPERVISION, TRACKING,

9 AND REENTRY TRAINING (FED ISTART) DEM10 ONSTRATION.

11 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM12 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

13 carry out this section, the Director of the Administrative

14 Office of the United States Courts shall establish the Fed15 eral Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

16 Demonstration (FED iSTART) project. The project shall

17 involve appropriate high risk Federal offenders who are

18 being released into the community without a period of con19 finement in a community corrections facility.

20 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by

21 subsection (a) shall include—

22 (1) participation by appropriate high risk Fed23 eral offenders;

24 (2) significantly smaller caseloads for probation

25 officers participating in the demonstration project;
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1 (3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,

2 mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,

3 vocational and educational training, life skills in4 struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer

5 intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable

6 affordable housing, and other programming to pro7 mote effective reintegration into the community as

8 needed; and

9 (4) notification to victims on the status and na10 ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.

11 (c) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Federal Intensive

12 Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstra13 tion shall begin not later than 6 months following the

14 availability of funds to carry out this section, and shall

15 last 3 years. The Director of the Administrative Office of

16 the United States Courts may extend the project for a pe17 riod of up to six months to enable participating prisoners

18 to complete their involvement in the project.

19 (d) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con20 ference of the United States, in consultation with the At21 torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed22 eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal

23 Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training

24 Demonstration project.
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1 SEC. 105. FEDERAL ENHANCED IN-PRISON VOCATIONAL AS2 SESSMENT AND TRAINING AND DEMONSTRA3 TION.

4 (a) AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEM5 ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to

6 carry out this section, the Attorney General shall establish

7 the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment

8 and Training Demonstration project in selected institu9 tions. The project shall provide in-prison assessments of

10 prisoners’ vocational needs and aptitudes, enhanced work

11 skills development, enhanced release readiness program12 ming, and other components as appropriate to prepare

13 Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the commu14 nity.

15 (b) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Enhanced In-Prison

16 Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration shall

17 begin not later than six months following the availability

18 of funds to carry out this section, and shall last 3 years.

19 The Attorney General may extend the project for a period

20 of up to 6 months to enable participating prisoners to

21 complete their involvement in the project.

22 SEC. 106. RESEARCH AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

23 (a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years

24 after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall

25 report to Congress on the progress of the demonstration

26 projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act.
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1 Not later than 1 year after the end of the demonstration

2 projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act,

3 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shall report

4 to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry projects

5 authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act on post6 release outcomes and recidivism. The report shall address

7 post-release outcomes and recidivism for a period of 3

8 years following release from custody. The reports sub9 mitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the

10 Committees on the Judiciary in the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate.

12 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED

13 STATES COURTS.—Not later than 2 years after the enact14 ment of this Act, Director of the Administrative Office of

15 the United States Courts shall report to Congress on the

16 progress of the demonstration projects authorized by sec17 tions 102 and 104 of this Act. Not later than 180 days

18 after the end of the demonstration projects authorized by

19 sections 102 and 104 of this Act, the Director of the Ad20 ministrative Office of the United States Courts shall re21 port to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry

22 projects authorized by sections 102 and 104 of this Act

23 on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The report

24 should address post-release outcomes and recidivism for

25 a period of 3 years following release from custody. The
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1 reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be sub2 mitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the House

3 of Representatives and the Senate.

4 (c) DC ISTART.—Not later than 2 years after the

5 enactment of this Act, the Executive Director of the cor6 poration or institute authorized by section 11281(2) of the

7 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im8 provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)

9 shall report to Congress on the progress of the demonstra10 tion project authorized by section 6 of this Act. Not later

11 than 1 year after the end of the demonstration project

12 authorized by section 103 of this Act, the Executive Direc13 tor of the corporation or institute authorized by section

14 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self15 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–

16 33; 111 Stat. 712) shall report to Congress on the effec17 tiveness of the reentry project authorized by section 103

18 of this Act on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The

19 report shall address post-release outcomes and recidivism

20 for a period of three years following release from custody.

21 The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be

22 submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the

23 House of Representatives and the Senate. In the event

24 that the corporation or institute authorized by section

25 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
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1 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–

2 33; 111 Stat. 712) is not in operation 1 year after the

3 enactment of this Act, the Director of National Institute

4 of Justice shall prepare and submit the reports required

5 by this section and may do so from funds made available

6 to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency

7 of the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National

8 Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement

9 Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) to carry

10 out this Act.

11 SEC. 107. DEFINITIONS.

12 In this title:

13 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate prisoner’’ means a

14 person who is considered by prison authorities—

15 (A) to pose a medium to high risk of com16 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com17 munity, and

18 (B) to lack the skills and family support

19 network that facilitate successful reintegration

20 into the community; and

21 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate high risk parolees’’

22 means parolees considered by prison authorities—

23 (A) to pose a medium to high risk of com24 mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com25 munity; and
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1 (B) to lack the skills and family support

2 network that facilitate successful reintegration

3 into the community.

4 SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap6 propriated, to remain available until expended, the fol7 lowing amounts:

8 (1) To the Federal Bureau of Prisons—

9 (A) $1,375,000 for fiscal year 2001;

10 (B) $1,110,000 for fiscal year 2002;

11 (C) $1,130,000 for fiscal year 2003;

12 (D) $1,155,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

13 (E) $1,230,000 for fiscal year 2005.

14 (2) To the Federal Judiciary—

15 (A) $3,380,000 for fiscal year 2001;

16 (B) $3,540,000 for fiscal year 2002;

17 (C) $3,720,000 for fiscal year 2003;

18 (D) $3,910,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

19 (E) $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.

20 (3) To the Court Services and Offender Super21 vision Agency of the District of Columbia, as author22 ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self23 Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law

24 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)—

25 (A) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 (B) $4,510,000 for fiscal year 2002;

2 (C) $4,620,000 for fiscal year 2003;

3 (D) $4,740,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

4 (E) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2005.

5 TITLE II—STATE REENTRY

6 GRANT PROGRAMS

7 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL

8 AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime

10 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711

11 et seq.) as amended, is amended—

12 (1) by redesignating part Z as part AA;

13 (2) by redesignating section 2601 as section

14 2701; and

15 (3) by inserting after part Y the following new

16 part:

17 ‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COM18 MUNITY SAFETY

19 ‘‘SEC. 2601. ADULT OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY

20 PARTNERSHIPS.

21 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen22 eral shall make grants of up to $1,000,000 to States, Ter23 ritories, and Indian tribes, in partnership with units of

24 local government and nonprofit organizations, for the pur25 pose of establishing adult offender reentry demonstration
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1 projects. Funds may be expended by the projects for the

2 following purposes:

3 ‘‘(1) oversight/monitoring of released offenders;

4 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

5 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental health

6 assessment and services;

7 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic8 tim impact panels or victim impact educational

9 classes;

10 ‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of

11 other community services to offenders such as hous12 ing assistance, education, employment training, con13 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

14 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

15 and

16 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

17 sanctions and incentives.

18 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

19 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor20 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

21 shall—

22 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

23 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

24 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund25 ing ends;
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1 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

2 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

3 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

4 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

5 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen6 cies in the implementation of the program, including

7 existing community corrections and parole; and

8 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

9 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro10 gram.

11 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

12 under 2601(a)—

13 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

14 under subsection 2601(b); and

15 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

16 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro17 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

18 carry out the purposes of this part.

19 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

20 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

21 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

22 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re23 quirements of this section.

24 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

25 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for
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1 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

2 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man3 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

4 contains:

5 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

6 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

7 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap8 plication funded under this part; and

9 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

10 General may require.

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

13 appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000

14 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; and such sums as

15 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,

16 2004, and 2005.

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail18 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

19 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

20 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

21 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

22 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

23 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

24 and training.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2602. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS.

2 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen3 eral shall make grants of up to $500,000 to State and

4 local courts or state agencies, municipalities, public agen5 cies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes that have agree6 ments with courts to take the lead in establishing a re7 entry court. Funds may be expended by the projects for

8 the following purposes:

9 ‘‘(1) monitoring offenders returning to the com10 munity;

11 ‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug

12 and alcohol testing and treatment and mental and

13 medical health assessment and services;

14 ‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic15 tim impact panels, or victim impact educational

16 classes;

17 ‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of

18 other community services to offenders, such as hous19 ing assistance, education, employment training, con20 flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention

21 programs, and other social services as appropriate;

22 and

23 ‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated

24 sanctions and incentives.

25 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

26 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor-
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1 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

2 shall—

3 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

4 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

5 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund6 ing ends;

7 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

8 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

9 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

10 consultation with all affected agencies, including ex11 isting community corrections and parole, and there

12 will be appropriate coordination with all affected

13 agencies in the implementation of the program;

14 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

15 measures that will be used in evaluation of the pro16 gram.

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

18 under 2602(a)—

19 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

20 under subsection 2602(b); and

21 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

22 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro23 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

24 carry out the purposes of this part.
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1 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

2 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

3 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

4 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re5 quirements of this section.

6 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

7 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for

8 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

9 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man10 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

11 contains:

12 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

13 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

14 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap15 plication funded under this part; and

16 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

17 General may require.

18 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

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

21 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as

22 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,

23 2004, and 2005.

24 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail25 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—
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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

2 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

3 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

4 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

5 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

6 and training.

7 ‘‘SEC. 2603. JUVENILE OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL RE8 ENTRY PROGRAMS.

9 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen10 eral shall make grants of up to $250,000 to States, in

11 partnership with local units of governments or nonprofit

12 organizations, for the purpose of establishing juvenile of13 fender reentry programs. Funds may be expended by the

14 projects for the following purposes:

15 ‘‘(1) providing returning juvenile offenders with

16 drug and alcohol testing and treatment and mental

17 and medical health assessment and services;

18 ‘‘(2) convening victim impact panels, restorative

19 justice panels, or victim impact educational classes

20 for juvenile offenders;

21 ‘‘(3) oversight/monitoring of released juvenile

22 offenders; and

23 ‘‘(4) providing for the planning of reentry serv24 ices when the youth is initially incarcerated and co25 ordinating the delivery of community-based services,
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1 such as education, conflict resolution skills training,

2 batterer intervention programs, employment training

3 and placement, efforts to identify suitable living ar4 rangements, family involvement and support, and

5 other services.

6 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to

7 any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor8 ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart

9 shall—

10 ‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed

11 implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction

12 plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund13 ing ends;

14 ‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community

15 agencies that will be coordinated by this project;

16 ‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate

17 consultation with all affected agencies and there will

18 be appropriate coordination with all affected agen19 cies, including existing community corrections and

20 parole, in the implementation of the program;

21 ‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome

22 measures that will be used in evaluating the pro23 gram.

24 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated

25 under 2603(a)—
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1 ‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required

2 under subsection 2603(b); and

3 ‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance

4 with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro5 mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to

6 carry out the purposes of this part.

7 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a

8 grant received under this title may not exceed 25 percent

9 of the costs of the project funded under this title unless

10 the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re11 quirements of this section.

12 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant

13 under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for

14 each year in which funds from a grant received under this

15 part is expended, a report at such time and in such man16 ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that

17 contains:

18 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out

19 under the grant and an assessment of whether such

20 activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap21 plication funded under this part; and

22 ‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney

23 General may require.

24 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

2 appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 in

3 fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as are

4 necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004,

5 and 2005.

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail7 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—

8 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than

9 1 percent may be used by the Attorney General

10 for salaries and administrative expenses; and

11 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than

12 2 percent may be used for technical assistance

13 and training.

14 ‘‘SEC. 2604. STATE REENTRY PROGRAM RESEARCH, DEVEL15 OPMENT, AND EVALUATION.

16 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen17 eral shall make grants to conduct research on a range of

18 issues pertinent to reentry programs, the development and

19 testing of new reentry components and approaches, se20 lected evaluation of projects authorized in the preceding

21 sections, and dissemination of information to the field.

22 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

23 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

24 $5,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums
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1 as are necessary to carry out this section in fiscal years

2 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

4 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street

5 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), as amended, is

6 amended by striking the matter relating to part Z and

7 inserting the following:

‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT

‘‘Sec. 2601. Adult Offender State and Local Reentry Partnerships.

‘‘Sec. 2602. State and Local Reentry Courts.

‘‘Sec. 2603. Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Programs.

‘‘Sec. 2604. State Reentry Program Research and Evaluation.

‘‘PART AA—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER

‘‘Sec. 2701. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.

8 TITLE III—SUBSTANCE ABUSE

9 TREATMENT IN FEDERAL

10 PRISONS REAUTHORIZATION

11 SEC. 301. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN FEDERAL

12 PRISONS REAUTHORIZATION.

13 Section 3621(e)(4) of title 18, United States Code,

14 is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(E) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

17 ‘‘(F) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
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1 TITLE IV—RESIDENTIAL SUB2 STANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

3 FOR STATE PRISONERS REAU4 THORIZATION

5 SEC. 401. REAUTHORIZATION.

6 Paragraph (17) of section 1001(a) of title I of the

7 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

8 U.S.C. 3793(a)(17)) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(17) There are authorized to be appropriated

10 to carry out part S $100,000,000 for fiscal year

11 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

12 years 2002 through 2006.’’.

13 SEC. 402. USE OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT14 MENT GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOR SERVICES

15 DURING AND AFTER INCARCERATION.

16 Section 1901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

17 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff) is

18 amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—States that dem20 onstrate that they have existing in-prison drug treatment

21 programs that are in compliance with Federal require22 ments may use funds awarded under this part for treat23 ment and sanctions both during incarceration and after

24 release.’’.

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