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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1513 

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2015 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE

8 OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL DEMONSTRATION

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

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

11 is amended— 


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

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen4 eral shall make grants to States, local governments, terri5 tories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof (in this 

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

7 with interested persons (including Federal corrections and 

8 supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit or9 ganizations for the purpose of strategic planning and im10 plementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry 

11 projects.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or re14 entry courts,’’ after ‘‘community,’’; 

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

16 the end; 

17 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe18 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(8) promoting employment opportunities con21 sistent with the Transitional Jobs strategy (as de22 fined in section 4 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

23 (42 U.S.C. 17502)).’’; 

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

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) COMBINED GRANT APPLICATION; PRIORITY

2 CONSIDERATION.— 

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

4 develop a procedure to allow applicants to submit a 

5 single application for a planning grant under sub6 section (e) and an implementation grant under sub7 section (f). 

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

9 General shall give priority consideration to grant ap10 plications under subsections (e) and (f) that include 

11 a commitment by the applicant to partner with a 

12 local evaluator to identify and analyze data that 

13 will— 

14 ‘‘(A) enable the grantee to target the in15 tended offender population; and 

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

17 the evaluation. 

18 ‘‘(e) PLANNING GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (3), the Attorney General may make a grant 

21 to an eligible entity of not more than $75,000 to de22 velop a strategic, collaborative plan for an adult or 

23 juvenile offender reentry demonstration project as 

24 described in subsection (h) that includes— 

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


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1 ‘‘(B) a description of the outcome meas2 ures that will be used to measure the effective3 ness of the program in promoting public safety 

4 and public health; 

5 ‘‘(C) the activities proposed; 

6 ‘‘(D) a schedule for completion of the ac7 tivities described in subparagraph (C); and 

8 ‘‘(E) a description of the personnel nec9 essary to complete the activities described in 

10 subparagraph (C). 

11 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM TOTAL GRANTS AND GEO12 GRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 

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

14 General may not make initial planning grants 

15 and implementation grants to 1 eligible entity 

16 in a total amount that is more than 

17 $1,000,000. 

18 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The At19 torney General shall make every effort to en20 sure equitable geographic distribution of grants 

21 under this section and take into consideration 

22 the needs of underserved populations, including 

23 rural and tribal communities. 

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

25 made under this subsection shall be for a period of 


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

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

3 ‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

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

5 an implementation grant under this subsection shall 

6 submit to the Attorney General an application 

7 that— 

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

9 described in subsection (h), which describes the 

10 long-term strategy and incorporates a detailed 

11 implementation schedule, including the plans of 

12 the applicant to fund the program after Federal 

13 funding is discontinued; 

14 ‘‘(B) identifies the local government role 

15 and the role of governmental agencies and non16 profit organizations that will be coordinated by, 

17 and that will collaborate on, the offender re18 entry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the 

19 involvement of such agencies and organizations; 

20 ‘‘(C) describes the evidence-based method21 ology and outcome measures that will be used 

22 to evaluate the program funded with a grant 

23 under this subsection, and specifically explains 

24 how such measurements will provide valid meas25 ures of the impact of that program; and 


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

2 broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effec3 tive. 

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

5 may make a grant to an applicant under this sub6 section only if the application— 

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

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

9 unit of local government, territory, or Indian 

10 tribe applying for a grant under this subsection; 

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

12 Federal corrections, State corrections depart13 ments, community corrections agencies, juvenile 

14 justice systems, and tribal or local jail systems 

15 in ensuring successful reentry of offenders into 

16 their communities; 

17 ‘‘(C) provides evidence of collaboration 

18 with State, tribal, and local government agen19 cies overseeing health, housing, child welfare, 

20 education, substance abuse, victims services, 

21 and employment services, and with local law en22 forcement agencies; 

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

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1 based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into 

2 the community; 

3 ‘‘(E) includes the use of a State, local, ter4 ritorial, or tribal task force, described in sub5 section (i), to carry out the activities funded 

6 under the grant; 

7 ‘‘(F) provides a plan for continued collabo8 ration with a local evaluator as necessary to 

9 meeting the requirements under subsection (h); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(G) demonstrates that the applicant par12 ticipated in the planning grant process or en13 gaged in comparable planning for the reentry 

14 project. 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attor16 ney General shall give priority to grant applications 

17 under this subsection that best— 

18 ‘‘(A) focus initiative on geographic areas 

19 with a disproportionate population of offenders 

20 released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facili21 ties; 

22 ‘‘(B) include— 

23 ‘‘(i) input from nonprofit organiza24 tions, in any case where relevant input is 


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1 available and appropriate to the grant ap2 plication; 

3 ‘‘(ii) consultation with crime victims 

4 and offenders who are released from pris5 ons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 

6 ‘‘(iii) coordination with families of of7 fenders; 

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

9 the juvenile justice coordinating council of 

10 the region; 

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

12 the reentry coordinating council of the re13 gion; or 

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

15 other interested persons; 

16 ‘‘(C) demonstrate effective case assessment 

17 and management abilities in order to provide 

18 comprehensive and continuous reentry, includ19 ing— 

20 ‘‘(i) planning for prerelease transi21 tional housing and community release that 

22 begins upon admission for juveniles and 

23 jail inmates, and, as appropriate, for pris24 on inmates, depending on the length of the 

25 sentence; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) establishing prerelease planning 

2 procedures to ensure that the eligibility of 

3 an offender for Federal, tribal, or State 

4 benefits upon release is established prior to 

5 release, subject to any limitations in law, 

6 and to ensure that offenders obtain all nec7 essary referrals for reentry services, includ8 ing assistance identifying and securing 

9 suitable housing; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) delivery of continuous and ap11 propriate mental health services, drug 

12 treatment, medical care, job training and 

13 placement, educational services, vocational 

14 services, and any other service or support 

15 needed for reentry; 

16 ‘‘(D) review the process by which the ap17 plicant adjudicates violations of parole, proba18 tion, or supervision following release from pris19 on, jail, or a juvenile facility, taking into ac20 count public safety and the use of graduated, 

21 community-based sanctions for minor and tech22 nical violations of parole, probation, or super23 vision (specifically those violations that are not 

24 otherwise, and independently, a violation of 

25 law); 


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1 ‘‘(E) provide for an independent evaluation 

2 of reentry programs that include, to the max3 imum extent possible, random assignment and 

4 controlled studies to determine the effectiveness 

5 of such programs; 

6 ‘‘(F) target moderate and high-risk offend7 ers for reentry programs through validated as8 sessment tools; or 

9 ‘‘(G) target offenders with histories of 

10 homelessness, substance abuse, or mental ill11 ness, including a prerelease assessment of the 

12 housing status of the offender and behavioral 

13 health needs of the offender with clear coordi14 nation with mental health, substance abuse, and 

15 homelessness services systems to achieve stable 

16 and permanent housing outcomes with appro17 priate support service. 

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

19 this subsection shall be effective for a 2-year pe20 riod— 

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

22 planning grant awarded under subsection (e) 

23 concludes; or 

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

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1 receive a planning grant, beginning on the date 

2 on which the implementation grant is award3 ed.’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (h)— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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

7 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert8 ing the following: 

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

10 financial assistance under subsection (f), each appli11 cation shall develop a comprehensive reentry stra12 tegic plan that— 

13 ‘‘(A) contains a plan to assess inmate re14 entry needs and measurable annual and 3-year 

15 performance outcomes; 

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

17 randomly assigned and controlled studies, or 

18 rigorous quasi-experimental studies with 

19 matched comparison groups, to determine the 

20 effectiveness of the program funded with a 

21 grant under subsection (f); and 

22 ‘‘(C) includes as a goal of the plan to re23 duce the rate of recidivism for offenders re24 leased from prison, jail or a juvenile facility 

25 with funds made available under subsection (f). 


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

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

3 require the local evaluator to use the baseline data 

4 and target population characteristics developed 

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

6 target goal for recidivism reduction during the 3- 

7 year period beginning on the date of implementation 

8 of the program.’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (i)(1)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

11 (A), by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub14 section (e)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

15 (f)(2)(D)’’; 

16 (6) in subsection (j)— 

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

18 implementation grant under subsection (f)’’ 

19 after ‘‘applicant’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

23 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (F), 

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


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

2 administer reentry services; 

3 ‘‘(G) increased proportion of individuals 

4 served by the program among those eligible to 

5 receive services; 

6 ‘‘(H) increased number of individuals re7 ceiving risk screening needs assessment, and 

8 case planning services; 

9 ‘‘(I) increased enrollment in, and comple10 tion of treatment services, including substance 

11 abuse and mental health services among those 

12 assessed as needing such services; 

13 ‘‘(J) increased enrollment in and degrees 

14 earned from educational programs, including 

15 high school, GED, vocational training, and col16 lege education; 

17 ‘‘(K) increased number of individuals ob18 taining and retaining employment; 

19 ‘‘(L) increased number of individuals ob20 taining and maintaining housing; 

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

22 community living, including stability of living 

23 situation and positive family relationships; 

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

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1 ‘‘(O) reduction in recidivism rates for indi2 viduals receiving reentry services after release, 

3 as compared to either baseline recidivism rates 

4 in the jurisdiction of the grantee or recidivism 

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

6 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘facili7 ties.’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities, including a cost8 benefit analysis to determine the cost effective9 ness of the reentry program.’’; 

10 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this sec11 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 

12 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this sec13 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

14 (7) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘this sec15 tion’’ each place the term appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

17 (8) in subsection (l)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘begin19 ning on the date on which the most recent im20 plementation grant is made to the grantee 

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

22 and 

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

24 2-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the 2-year 

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1 (9) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘appro2 priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol3 lowing: ‘‘appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 

4 years 2016 through 2020.’’; and 

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

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

7 court’ means a program that— 

8 ‘‘(1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offend9 ers reentering the community; 

10 ‘‘(2) provides continual judicial supervision; 

11 ‘‘(3) provides juvenile and adult eligible offend12 ers reentering the community with coordinated and 

13 comprehensive reentry services and programs, such 

14 as— 

15 ‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess16 ment for treatment; 

17 ‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 

18 a substance abuse professional who is approved 

19 by the State or Indian tribe and licensed by the 

20 appropriate entity to provide alcohol and drug 

21 addiction treatment, as appropriate; 

22 ‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment, including 

23 medication assisted treatment, from a provider 

24 that is approved by the State or Indian tribe, 


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1 and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical 

2 and other health services; 

3 ‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv4 ices and assessment; 

5 ‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv6 ices that— 

7 ‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 

8 and related health services; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 

10 and related health services; and 

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

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

13 impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 

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

15 community services to juvenile and adult eligible of16 fenders, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) housing assistance; 

18 ‘‘(B) education; 

19 ‘‘(C) job training; 

20 ‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 

21 ‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 

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

23 ‘‘(6) establishes and implements graduated 

24 sanctions and incentives.’’. 


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1 (b) GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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

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

4 et seq.) is amended— 

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

6 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘non7 profit organizations,’’ before ‘‘and Indian’’; 

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

9 adding at the end the following: 

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

11 General shall give priority consideration to grant applica12 tions for grants under section 2921 that are submitted 

13 by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a relation14 ship with State and local criminal justice agencies, includ15 ing— 

16 ‘‘(1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial 

17 agencies; or 

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

19 shall be documented by a written agreement that de20 tails the terms of access to facilities and participants 

21 and provides information on the history of the orga22 nization of working with correctional populations.’’; 

23 and 

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

25 3797s–5(a)), and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap2 propriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of 

3 fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

4 (c) GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE

5 EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVE6 NILE FACILITIES.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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

8 is amended— 

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

10 3797ee et seq.) as part LL; 

11 (2) by redesignating the second part designated 

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

13 2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 Stat. 677), relating 

14 to grants to evaluate and improve educational meth15 ods, as part KK; 

16 (3) by redesignating the second section des17 ignated as section 3001 and section 3002 (42 U.S.C. 

18 3797dd and 3797dd–1), as added by the Second 

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

20 Stat. 677), relating to grants to evaluate and im21 prove educational methods, as sections 3005 and 

22 3006, respectively; 

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

24 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

5 and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(4) implement methods to improve academic 

9 and vocational education for offenders in prisons, 

10 jails, and juvenile facilities consistent with the best 

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

12 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub13 section (d); and 

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

15 following: 

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

17 after the date of enactment of the Second Chance Reau18 thorization Act, the Attorney General shall identify and 

19 publish best practices relating to academic and vocational 

20 education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facili21 ties. The best practices shall consider the evaluations per22 formed and recommendations made under grants made 

23 under subsection (a) before the date of enactment of the 

24 Second Chance Reauthorization Act .’’; and 


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

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

3 ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2016, 

4 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for grants for purposes 

5 described in section 3005(a)(4)’’. 

6 (d) CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRATION

7 GRANTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 115 of the Second 

9 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17511) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TECH12 NOLOGY CAREERS’’ and inserting ‘‘CA13 REERS’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (a)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and Indian’’ and in16 serting ‘‘nonprofit organizations, and In17 dian’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘technology career 

19 training to prisoners’’ and inserting ‘‘ca20 reer training, including subsidized employ21 ment, when part of a training program, to 

22 prisoners and reentering youth and 

23 adults’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘technology careers 

2 training’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘technology-based’’; 

4 and 

5 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, as well as upon 

6 transition and reentry into the commu7 nity’’ after ‘‘facility’’; 

8 (D) by striking subsection (e); 

9 (E) by redesignating subsections (c) and 

10 (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

11 (F) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—Priority consider14 ation shall be given to any application under this section 

15 that— 

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

17 employees in the geographic areas to which offenders 

18 are likely to return; 

19 ‘‘(2) conducts individualized reentry career 

20 planning upon the start of incarceration or post-re21 lease employment planning for each offender served 

22 under the grant; 

23 ‘‘(3) demonstrates connections to employers 

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1 ‘‘(4) tracks and monitors employment out2 comes.’’; and 

3 (G) by inserting after subsection (e), as re4 designated, the following: 

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

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 

8 2019, and 2020.’’. 

9 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

10 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

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

12 striking the item relating to section 115 and insert13 ing the following: 

‘‘Sec. 115. Careers training demonstration grants.’’. 

14 (e) OFFENDER REENTRY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND

15 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—Section 

16 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

17 17521(f)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

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

21 (f) COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING AND TRANSI22 TIONAL SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA23 TIONS.— 


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

2 Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531) is amend3 ed— 

4 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘MEN5 TORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI6 ZATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY7 BASED MENTORING AND TRANSITIONAL

8 SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI9 ZATIONS’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘men11 toring and other’’; 

12 (C) in subsection (b), by striking para13 graph (2) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) transitional services to assist in the re15 integration of offenders into the community, includ16 ing— 

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

18 services and the Transitional Jobs strategy; 

19 ‘‘(B) substance abuse treatment and serv20 ices; 

21 ‘‘(C) coordinated supervision and com22 prehensive services for offenders, including 

23 housing and mental and physical health care; 

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1 ‘‘(E) validated assessment tools to assess 

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

3 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘this sec4 tion’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol5 lowing: ‘‘this section $15,000,000 for each of 

6 fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

7 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

8 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

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

10 striking the item relating to section 211 and insert11 ing the following: 

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

12 (g) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

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

15 to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

17 ‘‘In this Act— 

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

19 who— 

20 ‘‘(A) has been convicted of a Federal, trib21 al, or State offense that is punishable by a term 

22 of imprisonment of more than 1 year; 

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

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

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1 sult of the conviction described in subparagraph 

2 (A); and 

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

4 innocent of the offense described in subpara5 graph (A); 

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

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

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

9 3791); 

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

11 ‘‘(4) the term ‘recidivism’ shall be defined in ac12 cordance with the measure selected by the Director 

13 of the Bureau of Justice Statistics under section 

14 231(d)(3)(B); and 

15 ‘‘(5) the term ‘Transitional Jobs strategy’ 

16 means an employment strategy for youth and adults 

17 who are chronically unemployed or those that have 

18 barriers to employment that— 

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

20 local governments, State, tribal, and local work21 force boards, and nonprofit organizations; 

22 ‘‘(B) provides time-limited employment 

23 using individual placements, team placements, 

24 and social enterprise placements, without dis25 placing existing employees; 


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1 ‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with appli2 cable law, but in no event less than the higher 

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

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

5 206(a)(1)) or the applicable State or local min6 imum wage law, which are subsidized, in whole 

7 or in part, by public funds; 

8 ‘‘(D) combines time-limited employment 

9 with activities that promote skill development, 

10 remove barriers to employment, and lead to un11 subsidized employment such as a through ori12 entation and individual assessment, job readi13 ness and life skills training, case management 

14 and supportive services, adult education and 

15 training, child support-related services, job re16 tention support and incentives, and other simi17 lar activities; 

18 ‘‘(E) places participants into unsubsidized 

19 employment; and 

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

21 services, and continuing and vocational edu22 cation to ensure continuing participation in un23 subsidized employment and identification of op24 portunities for advancement.’’. 


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1 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

2 table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 

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

4 striking the item relating to section 4 and inserting 

5 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 4. Definitions.’’. 

6 (h) EXTENSION OF THE LENGTH OF SECTION 2976 

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

8 (42 U.S.C. 17504(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or under 

9 section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

11 SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 (1) the term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means— 

14 (A) grants awarded under section 115 of 

15 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

16 17511); 

17 (B) grants awarded under section 201 of 

18 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

19 17521); and 

20 (C) grants awarded under section 211 of 

21 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

22 17431); 

23 (2) the term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi24 ent of a grant from a covered grant program; and 


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1 (3) the term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 

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

3 Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 

4 a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 

5 that grantee under a covered grant program for an 

6 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

7 cost that is not closed or resolved during the 12- 

8 month period beginning on the date on which the 

9 final audit report is issued. 

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

11 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector Gen12 eral of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of 

13 covered grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 

14 such funds. The Inspector General shall determine the ap15 propriate number of covered grantees to be audited each 

16 year. 

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

18 found to have an unresolved audit finding under an audit 

19 conducted under subsection (b) may not receive grant 

20 funds under a covered grant program in the fiscal year 

21 following the fiscal year to which the finding relates. 

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

23 awarded funds under the covered grant program from 

24 which it received a grant award during the 2-fiscal year 

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1 an allocation of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), 

2 the Attorney General shall— 

3 (1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 

4 the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 

5 covered grantee into the General Fund of the Treas6 ury; and 

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

8 to the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro9 neously awarded grant funds. 

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

11 General, in awarding grants under a covered grant pro12 gram shall give priority to eligible entities that during the 

13 2-year period preceding the application for a grant have 

14 not been found to have an unresolved audit finding. 

15 (f) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub17 section, the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with re18 spect to an organization, means an organization that 

19 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev20 enue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 

21 under section 501(a) of such Code. 

22 (2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 

23 that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur24 pose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 

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1 not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any 

2 funds from a covered grant program. 

3 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

4 that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica5 tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 

6 such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc7 tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 

8 description of the criteria relied upon to determine 

9 such compensation. 

10 (g) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

11 (1) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be 

12 appropriated to the Department of Justice under 

13 this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, may 

14 be used by the Attorney General, or by any indi15 vidual or organization awarded discretionary funds 

16 through a cooperative agreement under this Act, or 

17 any amendments made by this Act, to host or sup18 port any expenditure for conferences that uses more 

19 than $20,000 in Department funds, unless the Dep20 uty Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney 

21 Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the 

22 Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides 

23 prior written authorization that the funds may be 

24 expended to host a conference. A conference that 

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1 an average of $500 in such funds for each attendee 

2 of the conference, shall not be subject to the limita3 tions of this paragraph. 

4 (2) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval 

5 under paragraph (1) shall include a written estimate 

6 of all costs associated with the conference, including 

7 the cost of all food and beverages, audiovisual equip8 ment, honoraria for speakers, and any entertain9 ment. 

10 (3) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General 

11 shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 

12 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 

14 approved conference expenditures referenced in this 

15 paragraph. 

16 (h) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

18 under a covered grant program may not be used by 

19 any covered grantee to— 

20 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart21 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

22 funding; or 

23 (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 the heading, by striking ‘‘ELDERLY

20 AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN

21 NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS PILOT PROGRAM’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AGING

23 OFFENDERS’’; 

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1 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

4 shall conduct a program to place eligible aging 

5 offenders from Bureau of Prisons facilities on 

6 home detention until the expiration of the pris7 on terms of the offenders.’’; 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘elderly’’ and in11 serting ‘‘aging’’; and 

12 (III) by inserting ‘‘, upon written 

13 request from either the Bureau of 

14 Prisons or an eligible aging offender’’ 

15 after ‘‘to home detention’’; and 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘elderly’’ and in18 serting ‘‘aging’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 

20 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘elderly’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘aging’’; 

22 (D) by striking paragraph (3); 

23 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

24 (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘elderly’’ each place the 

2 term appears and inserting ‘‘aging’’; and 

3 (ii) in the first sentence, by striking 

4 ‘‘Congress’’ and all that follows through 

5 ‘‘paragraph (3).’’ and inserting the fol6 lowing: ‘‘Congress annually the number of 

7 inmates who applied for consideration 

8 under the program; the number of applica9 tions approved and the number denied at 

10 the facility level and the number of appli11 cations approved and the number denied 

12 by the Director; for those denied at either 

13 point, the statutory basis for the denial; 

14 the average length of time to adjudicate an 

15 application, from initial filing to final de16 termination; and the cost savings associ17 ated with releasing aging inmates to home 

18 detention and additional ways to increase 

19 savings that could be achieved under the 

20 program without endangering public safe21 ty.’’; 

22 (G) in paragraph (4), as redesignated— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

24 (I) in the heading, by striking 

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1 (II) in the matter preceding 

2 clause (i), by striking ‘‘elderly’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘aging’’; 

4 (III) in clause (i), by striking 

5 ‘‘65 years’’ and inserting ‘‘60 years’’; 

6 and 

7 (IV) in clause (ii)— 

8 (aa) by striking ‘‘that is not 

9 life imprisonment’’; 

10 (bb) by striking ‘‘the greater 

11 of 10 years or 75 percent’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2 12 ⁄3’’; and 

13 (cc) by inserting ‘‘, or in the 

14 case of an offender sentenced to 

15 life in prison, the offender has 

16 served 30 years’’ after ‘‘was sen17 tenced’’; 

18 (V) by striking clause (iii); 

19 (VI) by redesignating clauses (iv) 

20 through (vii) as clauses (iii) through 

21 (vi), respectively; 

22 (VII) in clause (iii), as redesig23 nated, by inserting ‘‘while in the cus24 tody of the Bureau of Prisons’’ after 

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1 (VIII) in clause (vi), as redesig2 nated, by inserting ‘‘, after reviewing 

3 the offender’s age, health, and behav4 ioral record in custody,’’ after ‘‘Pris5 ons’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘April 9, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘November 

8 1, 2014’’; and 

9 (H) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

11 date of enactment of the Second Chance Reauthor12 ization Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 

13 Congress a report on the state of accessibility for in14 mates with mobility impairments at facilities oper15 ated by the Bureau of Prisons, which shall include 

16 a description of efforts being made to address any 

17 lack of accessibility identified.’’; 

18 (2) by striking subsection (h); 

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

20 (h); and 

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

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

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1 (c) ENHANCING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PER2 TAINING TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.—Section 3624(c) 

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

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

5 inserting ‘‘, and number of prisoners not being 

6 placed in community corrections facilities for each 

7 reason set forth’’ before ‘‘, and any other informa8 tion’’; and 

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

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

11 Chance Reauthorization Act’’. 

12 (d) TERMINATION OF STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF

13 DEPOT NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.—Section 

14 244 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17554) 

15 is repealed. 

16 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE17 SEARCH.—Section 245 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 

18 (42 U.S.C. 17555) is amended— 

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

20 ‘‘and 243’’; and 

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

22 fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016, 2017, 

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1 (f) FEDERAL PRISONER RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

2 PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENT.— 

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

4 United States Code, is amended— 

5 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub6 section (h); and 

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

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(g) PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RE10 ENTRY PROGRAMS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 

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

12 reduce recidivism’ means that the Director of Bu13 reau of Prisons has determined that appropriate re14 search has been conducted and has validated the ef15 fectiveness of the type of program on recidivism. 

16 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIDIVISM REDUCTION

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

18 nonprofit organization that provides mentoring or 

19 other programs that have been demonstrated to re20 duce recidivism is eligible to enter into a recidivism 

21 reduction partnership with a prison or community22 based facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons. 

23 ‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 

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1 nity-based facilities to enter into recidivism reduc2 tion partnerships with faith-based and community3 based nonprofit organizations that are willing to pro4 vide, on a volunteer basis, programs described in 

5 paragraph (2). 

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

7 of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress 

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

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(A) details, for each prison and commu11 nity-based facility for the fiscal year just 

12 ended— 

13 ‘‘(i) the number of recidivism reduc14 tion partnerships under this section that 

15 were in effect; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers that 

17 provided recidivism reduction program18 ming; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) the number of recidivism reduc20 tion programming hours provided; and 

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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

3 date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (g) REPEALS.— 

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

6 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

7 U.S.C. 3797w–2) is repealed. 

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

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

10 3797q et seq.) is repealed. 

11 SEC. 5. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY REENTRY COORDINATION. 

12 (a) REENTRY COORDINATION.—The Attorney Gen13 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 

14 Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary 

15 of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv16 ices, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 

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

18 Federal Government as the Attorney General considers 

19 appropriate, and in collaboration with interested persons, 

20 service providers, nonprofit organizations, and State, trib21 al, and local governments, shall coordinate on Federal pro22 grams, policies, and activities relating to the reentry of 

23 individuals returning from incarceration to the commu24 nity, with an emphasis on evidence-based practices and 

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

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in con3 sultation and coordination with the participating agencies, 

4 shall provide a report to Congress summarizing achieve5 ments and including recommendations for Congress that 

6 would further reduce barriers to successful reentry. 

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