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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community 

in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve 

reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2007 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COBLE, 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. 

FORBES, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. 

CLARKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders 

into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning 

and implementation, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Chance Act 

5 of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Preven6 tion’’ or the ‘‘Second Chance Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Findings. 

Sec. 4. Submission of reports to Congress. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME 

CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968 

Subtitle A—Improvements to Existing Programs 

Sec. 101. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry 

demonstration projects. 

Sec. 102. Improvement of the residential substance abuse treatment for State 

offenders program. 

Subtitle B—New and Innovative Programs to Improve Offender Reentry 

Services 

Sec. 111. State and local reentry courts. 

Sec. 112. Grants for comprehensive and continuous offender reentry task 

forces. 

Sec. 113. Prosecution drug treatment alternative to prison programs. 

Sec. 114. Grants for family substance abuse treatment alternatives to incarceration. 

Sec. 115. Prison-based family treatment programs for incarcerated parents of 

minor children. 

Sec. 116. Grant programs relating to educational methods at prisons, jails, and 

juvenile facilities. 

Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 121. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant funding for demonstration project activities. 

TITLE II—ENHANCED DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTORING 

GRANT PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 

Sec. 201. Grants for demonstration programs to reduce drug use and recidivism in long-term substance abusers. 

Sec. 202. Grants for demonstration programs by local partnerships to reduce 

illegal drug demand by providing drug treatment. 

Sec. 203. Offender drug treatment incentive grants. 

Sec. 204. Ensuring availability and delivery of new pharmacological drug treatment services. 

Sec. 205. Study of effectiveness of depot naltrexone for heroin addiction. 

Subtitle B—Job Training 

Sec. 211. Technology careers training demonstration grants. 

Subtitle C—Mentoring 


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Sec. 221. Mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations. 

Sec. 222. Bureau of Prisons policy on mentoring contacts. 

Subtitle D—Administration of Justice Reforms 

CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL OFFENDER REENTRY

Sec. 231. Federal prisoner reentry program. 

Sec. 232. Identification and release assistance for Federal prisoners. 

Sec. 233. Improved reentry procedures for Federal prisoners. 

Sec. 234. Duties of the Bureau of Prisons. 

Sec. 235. Authorization of appropriations for Bureau of Prisons. 

Sec. 236. Encouragement of employment of former prisoners. 

Sec. 237. Elderly nonviolent offender pilot program. 

CHAPTER 2—REENTRY RESEARCH

Sec. 241. Offender reentry research. 

Sec. 242. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations 

and revocations. 

Sec. 243. Addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents. 

CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS TO EXISTING LAW

Sec. 251. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in community corrections. 

Sec. 252. Residential drug abuse program in Federal prisons. 

Sec. 253. Medical care for prisoners. 

Sec. 254. Contracting for services for post-conviction supervision offenders. 

1 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) In 2002, over 7,000,000 people were incar4 cerated in Federal, State, or local prisons or jails, or 

5 were under parole or court supervision. Nearly 

6 650,000 people are released from Federal and State 

7 incarceration into communities nationwide each year. 

8 (2) There are over 3,200 jails throughout the 

9 United States, the vast majority of which are oper10 ated by county governments. Each year, these jails 

11 will release more than 10,000,000 people back into 

12 the community. 


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(3) Nearly 2 1 ⁄3 of released State prisoners are 

2 expected to be rearrested for a felony or serious mis3 demeanor within 3 years after release. 

4 (4) According to the Bureau of Justice Statis5 tics, expenditures on corrections alone increased 

6 from $9,000,000,000 in 1982 to $59,600,000,000 in 

7 2002. These figures do not include the cost of arrest 

8 and prosecution, nor do they take into account the 

9 cost to victims. 

10 (5) The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry 

11 Initiative provided $139,000,000 in funding for 

12 State governments to develop and implement edu13 cation, job training, mental health treatment, and 

14 substance abuse treatment for serious and violent of15 fenders. This Act seeks to build upon the innovative 

16 and successful State reentry programs developed 

17 under the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Ini18 tiative, which terminated after fiscal year 2005. 

19 (6) Between 1991 and 1999, the number of 

20 children with a parent in a Federal or State correc21 tional facility increased by more than 100 percent, 

22 from approximately 900,000 to approximately 

23 2,000,000. According to the Bureau of Prisons, 

24 there is evidence to suggest that inmates who are 

25 connected to their children and families are more 


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1 likely to avoid negative incidents and have reduced 

2 sentences. 

3 (7) Released prisoners cite family support as 

4 the most important factor in helping them stay out 

5 of prison. Research suggests that families are an 

6 often underutilized resource in the reentry process. 

7 (8) Approximately 100,000 juveniles (ages 17 

8 years and under) leave juvenile correctional facilities, 

9 State prison, or Federal prison each year. Juveniles 

10 released from secure confinement still have their 

11 likely prime crime years ahead of them. Juveniles re12 leased from secure confinement have a recidivism 

13 rate ranging from 55 to 75 percent. The chances 

14 that young people will successfully transition into so15 ciety improve with effective reentry and aftercare 

16 programs. 

17 (9) Studies have shown that between 15 percent 

18 and 27 percent of prisoners expect to go to homeless 

19 shelters upon release from prison. 

20 (10) Fifty-seven percent of Federal and 70 per21 cent of State inmates used drugs regularly before 

22 going to prison, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

23 report titled ‘‘Trends in State Parole, 1990–2000’’ 

24 estimates the use of drugs or alcohol around the 


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1 time of the offense that resulted in the incarceration 

2 of the inmate at as high as 84 percent. 

3 (11) Family-based treatment programs have 

4 proven results for serving the special populations of 

5 female offenders and substance abusers with chil6 dren. An evaluation by the Substance Abuse and 

7 Mental Health Services Administration of family8 based treatment for substance-abusing mothers and 

9 children found that 6 months after such treatment, 

10 60 percent of the mothers remained alcohol and 

11 drug free, and drug-related offenses declined from 

12 28 percent to 7 percent. Additionally, a 2003 evalua13 tion of residential family-based treatment programs 

14 revealed that 60 percent of mothers remained clean 

15 and sober 6 months after treatment, criminal arrests 

16 declined by 43 percent, and 88 percent of the chil17 dren treated in the program with their mothers re18 mained stabilized. 

19 (12) A Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis in20 dicated that only 33 percent of Federal inmates and 

21 36 percent of State inmates had participated in resi22 dential in-patient treatment programs for alcohol 

23 and drug abuse 12 months before their release. Further, over 1 24 ⁄3 of all jail inmates have some physical 

25 or mental disability and 25 percent of jail inmates 


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1 have been treated at some time for a mental or emo2 tional problem. 

3 (13) State Substance Abuse Agency Directors, 

4 also known as Single State Authorities (SSAs), man5 age the Nation’s publicly funded substance abuse 

6 prevention and treatment systems. SSAs are respon7 sible for planning and implementing State-wide sys8 tems of care that provide clinically appropriate sub9 stance abuse services. Given the high rate of sub10 stance use disorders among offenders reentering our 

11 communities, successful reentry programs require 

12 close interaction and collaboration with SSAs when 

13 planning, implementing, and evaluating reentry pro14 grams. 

15 (14) According to the National Institute of Lit16 eracy, 70 percent of all prisoners function at the 

17 lowest literacy levels. 

18 (15) Less than 32 percent of State prison in19 mates have a high school diploma or a higher level 

20 of education, compared to 82 percent of the general 

21 population. 

22 (16) Approximately 38 percent of inmates who 

23 completed 11 years or less of school were not work24 ing before entry into prison. 


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1 (17) The percentage of State prisoners partici2 pating in educational programs decreased by more 

3 than 8 percent between 1991 and 1997, despite 

4 growing evidence of how educational programming 

5 while incarcerated reduces recidivism. 

6 (18) The National Institute of Justice has 

7 found that 1 year after release, up to 60 percent of 

8 former inmates are not employed. 

9 (19) Transitional jobs programs have proven to 

10 help people with criminal records to successfully re11 turn to the workplace and to the community, and 

12 therefore can reduce recidivism. 

13 SEC. 4. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

14 Not later than January 31 of each year, the Attorney 

15 General shall submit all reports received under this Act 

16 and the amendments made by this Act during the pre17 ceding year to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen18 ate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

19 Representatives. 


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1 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS RE2 LATED TO THE OMNIBUS 

3 CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE 

4 STREETS ACT OF 1968 

5 Subtitle A—Improvements to 

6 Existing Programs 

7 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE OF8 FENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY DEM9 ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 

10 (a) ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER DEMONSTRA11 TION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2976(b) of the 

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

13 U.S.C. 3797w(b)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 

14 through (4) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) establishing or improving the system or 

16 systems under which— 

17 ‘‘(A) correctional agencies and other crimi18 nal and juvenile justice agencies of the grant 

19 recipient develop and carry out plans to facili20 tate the reentry into the community of each of21 fender in the custody of the jurisdiction in22 volved; 

23 ‘‘(B) the supervision and services provided 

24 to offenders in the custody of the jurisdiction 

25 involved are coordinated with the supervision 


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1 and services provided to offenders after reentry 

2 into the community, including coordination with 

3 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re4 entry Task Forces under section 2902 or with 

5 similar planning groups; 

6 ‘‘(C) the efforts of various public and pri7 vate entities to provide supervision and services 

8 to offenders after reentry into the community, 

9 and to family members of such offenders, are 

10 coordinated; and 

11 ‘‘(D) offenders awaiting reentry into the 

12 community are provided with documents (such 

13 as identification papers, referrals to services, 

14 medical prescriptions, job training certificates, 

15 apprenticeship papers, and information on ob16 taining public assistance) useful in achieving a 

17 successful transition from prison, jail, or a juve18 nile facility; 

19 ‘‘(2) carrying out programs and initiatives by 

20 units of local government to strengthen reentry serv21 ices for individuals released from local jails, includ22 ing coordination with Comprehensive and Contin23 uous Offender Reentry Task Forces under section 

24 2902 or with similar planning groups; 


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1 ‘‘(3) assessing the literacy, educational, and vo2 cational needs of offenders in custody and identi3 fying and providing services appropriate to meet 

4 those needs, including follow-up assessments and 

5 long-term services; 

6 ‘‘(4) facilitating collaboration among corrections 

7 (including community corrections), technical schools, 

8 community colleges, businesses, nonprofit, and the 

9 workforce development and employment service sec10 tors— 

11 ‘‘(A) to promote, where appropriate, the 

12 employment of people released from prison, jail, 

13 or a juvenile facility through efforts such as 

14 educating employers about existing financial in15 centives; 

16 ‘‘(B) to facilitate the creation of job oppor17 tunities, including transitional jobs and time18 limited subsidized work experience (where ap19 propriate); 

20 ‘‘(C) to connect offenders to employment 

21 (including supportive employment and employ22 ment services before their release to the com23 munity), provide work supports (including 

24 transportation and retention services), as ap25 propriate, and identify labor market needs to 


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1 ensure that education and training are appro2 priate; and 

3 ‘‘(D) to address obstacles to employment 

4 that are not directly connected to the offense 

5 committed and the risk that the offender pre6 sents to the community and provide case man7 agement services as necessary to prepare of8 fenders for jobs that offer the potential for ad9 vancement and growth; 

10 ‘‘(5) providing offenders with education, job 

11 training, responsible parenting and healthy relation12 ship skills training (designed specifically to address 

13 the needs of fathers and mothers in or transitioning 

14 from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility), English lit15 eracy education, work experience programs, self-re16 spect and life skills training, and other skills useful 

17 in achieving a successful transition from prison, jail, 

18 or a juvenile facility; 

19 ‘‘(6) providing structured post-release housing 

20 and transitional housing (including group homes for 

21 recovering substance abusers (with appropriate safe22 guards that may include single-gender housing)) 

23 through which offenders are provided supervision 

24 and services immediately following reentry into the 

25 community; 


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1 ‘‘(7) assisting offenders in securing permanent 

2 housing upon release or following a stay in transi3 tional housing; 

4 ‘‘(8) providing substance abuse treatment and 

5 services, including providing a full continuum of sub6 stance abuse treatment services that encompasses 

7 outpatient services, comprehensive residential serv8 ices and recovery, and recovery home services to of9 fenders reentering the community from prison, jail, 

10 or a juvenile facility; 

11 ‘‘(9) expanding family-based drug treatment 

12 centers that offer family-based comprehensive treat13 ment services for parents and their children as a 

14 complete family unit, as appropriate to the safety, 

15 security, and well-being of the family; 

16 ‘‘(10) encouraging collaboration among juvenile 

17 and adult corrections, community corrections, and 

18 community health centers to allow access to afford19 able and quality primary health care for offenders 

20 during the period of transition from prison, jail, or 

21 a juvenile facility; 

22 ‘‘(11) providing or facilitating health care serv23 ices to offenders (including substance abuse screen24 ing, treatment, and aftercare, infectious disease 

25 screening and treatment, and screening, assessment, 


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1 and aftercare for mental health services) to protect 

2 the communities in which offenders will live; 

3 ‘‘(12) enabling prison, jail, or juvenile facility 

4 mentors of offenders to remain in contact with those 

5 offenders (including through the use of all available 

6 technology) while in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility 

7 and after reentry into the community, and encour8 aging the involvement of prison, jail, or a juvenile 

9 facility mentors in the reentry process; 

10 ‘‘(13) systems under which family members of 

11 offenders are involved in facilitating the successful 

12 reentry of those offenders into the community (as 

13 appropriate to the safety, security, and well-being of 

14 the family), including removing obstacles to the 

15 maintenance of family relationships while the of16 fender is in custody, strengthening the family’s ca17 pacity to function as a stable living situation during 

18 reentry, and involving family members in the plan19 ning and implementation of the reentry process; 

20 ‘‘(14) creating, developing, or enhancing of21 fender and family assessments, curricula, policies, 

22 procedures, or programs (including mentoring pro23 grams)— 

24 ‘‘(A) to help offenders with a history or 

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1 lence, sexual assault, or stalking reconnect with 

2 their families and communities (as appropriate 

3 to the safety, security, and well-being of the 

4 family), and become non-abusive parents or 

5 partners; and 

6 ‘‘(B) under which particular attention is 

7 paid to the safety of children affected and the 

8 confidentiality concerns of victims, and efforts 

9 are coordinated with victim service providers; 

10 ‘‘(15) maintaining the parent-child relationship, 

11 as appropriate to the safety, security, and well-being 

12 of the child as determined by the relevant correc13 tions and child protective services agencies, includ14 ing— 

15 ‘‘(A) implementing programs in correc16 tional agencies to include the collection of infor17 mation regarding any dependent children of an 

18 offender as part of intake procedures, including 

19 the number, age, and location or jurisdiction of 

20 such children; 

21 ‘‘(B) connecting those identified children 

22 with services as appropriate and needed; 

23 ‘‘(C) carrying out programs (including 

24 mentoring) that support children of incarcer25 ated parents, including those in foster care and 


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1 those cared for by grandparents or other rel2 atives (which is commonly referred to as kin3 ship care); 

4 ‘‘(D) developing programs and activities 

5 (including mentoring) that support parent-child 

6 relationships, as appropriate to the safety, secu7 rity, and well-being of the family, including 

8 technology to promote the parent-child relation9 ship and to facilitate participation in parent10 teacher conferences, books on tape programs, 

11 family days, and visitation areas for children 

12 while visiting an incarcerated parent; 

13 ‘‘(E) helping incarcerated parents to learn 

14 responsible parenting and healthy relationship 

15 skills; 

16 ‘‘(F) addressing visitation obstacles to chil17 dren of an incarcerated parent, such as the lo18 cation of facilities in remote areas, telephone 

19 costs, mail restrictions, and visitation policies; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(G) identifying and addressing obstacles 

22 to collaborating with child welfare agencies in 

23 the provision of services jointly to offenders in 

24 custody and to the children of such offenders; 


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1 ‘‘(16) carrying out programs for the entire fam2 ily unit, including the coordination of service delivery 

3 across agencies; 

4 ‘‘(17) facilitating and encouraging timely and 

5 complete payment of restitution and fines by offend6 ers to victims and the community; 

7 ‘‘(18) providing services as necessary to victims 

8 upon release of offenders, including security services 

9 and counseling, and facilitating the inclusion of vic10 tims, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry process; 

11 ‘‘(19) establishing or expanding the use of re12 entry courts and other programs to— 

13 ‘‘(A) monitor offenders returning to the 

14 community; 

15 ‘‘(B) provide returning offenders with— 

16 ‘‘(i) drug and alcohol testing and 

17 treatment; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) mental and medical health as19 sessment and services; 

20 ‘‘(C) facilitate restorative justice practices 

21 and convene family or community impact pan22 els, family impact educational classes, victim 

23 impact panels, or victim impact educational 

24 classes; 


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1 ‘‘(D) provide and coordinate the delivery of 

2 other community services to offenders, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(i) employment training; 

5 ‘‘(ii) education; 

6 ‘‘(iii) housing assistance; 

7 ‘‘(iv) children and family support, to 

8 include responsible parenting and healthy 

9 relationship skill training designed specifi10 cally to address the needs of incarcerated 

11 and transitioning fathers and mothers; 

12 ‘‘(v) conflict resolution skills training; 

13 ‘‘(vi) family violence intervention pro14 grams; and 

15 ‘‘(vii) other appropriate services; and 

16 ‘‘(E) establish and implement graduated 

17 sanctions and incentives; 

18 ‘‘(20) developing a case management reentry 

19 program that— 

20 ‘‘(A) provides services to eligible veterans, 

21 as defined by the Attorney General; and 

22 ‘‘(B) provides for a reentry service network 

23 solely for such eligible veterans that coordinates 

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1 fenders who qualify for such veterans services; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(21) protecting communities against dan4 gerous offenders, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) conducting studies in collaboration 

6 with Federal research initiatives in effect on the 

7 date of enactment of the Second Chance Act of 

8 2007, to determine which offenders are return9 ing to prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities and 

10 which of those returning offenders represent the 

11 greatest risk to community safety; 

12 ‘‘(B) developing and implementing proce13 dures to assist relevant authorities in deter14 mining when release is appropriate and in the 

15 use of data to inform the release decision; 

16 ‘‘(C) using validated assessment tools to 

17 assess the risk factors of returning inmates, 

18 and developing or adopting procedures to en19 sure that dangerous felons are not released 

20 from prison prematurely; and 

21 ‘‘(D) developing and implementing proce22 dures to identify efficiently and effectively those 

23 violators of probation, parole, or post-incarcer24 ation supervision who represent the greatest 

25 risk to community safety.’’. 


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1 (b) JUVENILE OFFENDER DEMONSTRATION

2 PROJECTS REAUTHORIZED.—Section 2976(c) of the Om3 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3797w(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘may be ex5 pended for’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

6 end and inserting ‘‘may be expended for any activity re7 ferred to in subsection (b).’’. 

8 (c) APPLICATIONS; REQUIREMENTS; PRIORITIES; 

9 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS.—Section 2976 of the 

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

11 U.S.C. 3797w) is further amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub13 section (o); and 

14 (2) by striking subsections (d) through (g) and 

15 inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—A State, unit of local govern17 ment, territory, or Indian tribe, or combination thereof, 

18 desiring a grant under this section shall submit an appli19 cation to the Attorney General that— 

20 ‘‘(1) contains a reentry strategic plan, as de21 scribed in subsection (h), which describes the long22 term strategy and incorporates a detailed implemen23 tation schedule, including the plans of the applicant 

24 to pay for the program after the Federal funding is 

25 discontinued; 


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1 ‘‘(2) identifies the local government role and 

2 the role of governmental agencies and nonprofit or3 ganizations that will be coordinated by, and that will 

4 collaborate on, the offender reentry strategy of the 

5 applicant and certifies their involvement; and 

6 ‘‘(3) describes the evidence-based methodology 

7 and outcome measures that will be used to evaluate 

8 the program, and specifically explains how such 

9 measurements will provide valid measures of the 

10 program’s impact. 

11 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General may 

12 make a grant to an applicant under this section only if 

13 the application— 

14 ‘‘(1) reflects explicit support of the chief execu15 tive officer of the State, unit of local government, 

16 territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under 

17 this section; 

18 ‘‘(2) provides extensive discussion of the role of 

19 State corrections departments, community correc20 tions agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail 

21 systems in ensuring successful reentry of offenders 

22 into their communities; 

23 ‘‘(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration 

24 with State and local government agencies overseeing 

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1 abuse, victims services, and employment services, 

2 and with local law enforcement; 

3 ‘‘(4) provides a plan for analysis of the statu4 tory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based hur5 dles to reintegration of offenders into the commu6 nity; and 

7 ‘‘(5) includes the use of a State, local, terri8 torial, or tribal task force, described in subsection 

9 (i), to carry out the activities funded under the 

10 grant. 

11 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attorney 

12 General shall give priority to grant applications under this 

13 section that best— 

14 ‘‘(1) focus initiative on geographic areas with a 

15 disproportionate population of offenders released 

16 from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 

17 ‘‘(2) include— 

18 ‘‘(A) input from nonprofit organizations, in 

19 any case where relevant input is available and 

20 appropriate to the grant application; 

21 ‘‘(B) consultations with crime victims and 

22 offenders who are released from prisons, jails, 

23 and juvenile facilities; and 

24 ‘‘(C) coordination with families of offend25 ers; 


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1 ‘‘(3) demonstrate effective case assessment and 

2 management abilities in order to provide comprehen3 sive and continuous reentry, including— 

4 ‘‘(A) planning while offenders are in pris5 on, jail, or a juvenile facility, pre-release transi6 tion housing, and community release; 

7 ‘‘(B) establishing pre-release planning pro8 cedures to ensure that the eligibility of an of9 fender for Federal or State benefits upon re10 lease is established prior to release, subject to 

11 any limitations in law, and to ensure that of12 fenders obtain all necessary referrals for reentry 

13 services; and 

14 ‘‘(C) delivery of continuous and appro15 priate drug treatment, medical care, job train16 ing and placement, educational services, or any 

17 other service or support needed for reentry; 

18 ‘‘(4) review the process by which the applicant 

19 adjudicates violations of parole, probation, or super20 vision following release from prison, jail, or a juve21 nile facility, taking into account public safety and 

22 the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for 

23 minor and technical violations of parole, probation, 

24 or supervision (specifically those violations that are 

25 not otherwise, and independently, a violation of law); 


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1 ‘‘(5) provide for an independent evaluation of 

2 reentry programs that include, to the maximum ex3 tent possible, random assignment and controlled 

4 studies to determine the effectiveness of such pro5 grams; and 

6 ‘‘(6) target high-risk offenders for reentry pro7 grams through validated assessment tools. 

8 ‘‘(g) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

11 subparagraph (B), the Federal share of a grant 

12 received under this section may not exceed 75 

13 percent of the project funded under such grant 

14 in fiscal year 2008. 

15 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—Subparagraph (A) shall 

16 not apply if the Attorney General— 

17 ‘‘(i) waives, in whole or in part, the 

18 requirement of this paragraph; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) publishes in the Federal Register 

20 the rationale for the waiver. 

21 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal 

22 funds received under this section shall be used to 

23 supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that 

24 would otherwise be available for the activities funded 

25 under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(h) REENTRY STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

3 financial assistance under this section, each appli4 cant shall develop a comprehensive strategic reentry 

5 plan that contains measurable annual and 5-year 

6 performance outcomes, and that uses, to the max7 imum extent possible, random assigned and con8 trolled studies to determine the effectiveness of the 

9 program. One goal of the plan shall be to reduce the 

10 rate of recidivism (as defined by the Attorney Gen11 eral, consistent with the research on offender reentry 

12 undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics) for 

13 offenders released from prison, jail, or a juvenile fa14 cility who are served with funds made available 

15 under this section. 

16 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In developing a reentry 

17 plan under this subsection, an applicant shall coordi18 nate with communities and stakeholders, including 

19 persons in the fields of public safety, juvenile and 

20 adult corrections, housing, health, education, sub21 stance abuse, children and families, victims services, 

22 employment, and business and members of nonprofit 

23 organizations that can provide reentry services. 

24 ‘‘(3) MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS.—Each re25 entry plan developed under this subsection shall 


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1 measure the progress of the applicant toward in2 creasing public safety by reducing rates of recidivism 

3 and enabling released offenders to transition suc4 cessfully back into their communities. 

5 ‘‘(i) REENTRY TASK FORCE.— 

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

7 financial assistance under this section, each appli8 cant shall establish or empower a Reentry Task 

9 Force, or other relevant convening authority, to— 

10 ‘‘(A) examine ways to pool resources and 

11 funding streams to promote lower recidivism 

12 rates for returning offenders and minimize the 

13 harmful effects of offenders’ time in prison, jail, 

14 or a juvenile facility on families and commu15 nities of offenders by collecting data and best 

16 practices in offender reentry from demonstra17 tion grantees and other agencies and organiza18 tions; and 

19 ‘‘(B) provide the analysis described in sub20 section (e)(4). 

21 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force or other 

22 authority under this subsection shall be comprised 

23 of— 

24 ‘‘(A) relevant State, tribal, territorial, or 

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1 ‘‘(B) representatives of relevant— 

2 ‘‘(i) agencies; 

3 ‘‘(ii) service providers; 

4 ‘‘(iii) nonprofit organizations; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) stakeholders. 

6 ‘‘(j) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicant shall iden8 tify in the reentry strategic plan developed under 

9 subsection (h), specific performance outcomes re10 lated to the long-term goals of increasing public 

11 safety and reducing recidivism. 

12 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The perform13 ance outcomes identified under paragraph (1) shall 

14 include, with respect to offenders released back into 

15 the community— 

16 ‘‘(A) reduction in recidivism rates, which 

17 shall be reported in accordance with the meas18 ure selected by the Director of the Bureau of 

19 Prisons under section 234(c)(2) of the Second 

20 Chance Act of 2007; 

21 ‘‘(B) reduction in crime; 

22 ‘‘(C) increased employment and education 

23 opportunities; 

24 ‘‘(D) reduction in violations of conditions 

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1 ‘‘(E) increased child support; 

2 ‘‘(F) increased housing opportunities; 

3 ‘‘(G) reduction in drug and alcohol abuse; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(H) increased participation in substance 

6 abuse and mental health services. 

7 ‘‘(3) OTHER OUTCOMES.—A grantee under this 

8 section may include in their reentry strategic plan 

9 other performance outcomes that increase the suc10 cess rates of offenders who transition from prison, 

11 jails, or juvenile facilities. 

12 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—A grantee under this 

13 section shall coordinate with communities and stake14 holders about the selection of performance outcomes 

15 identified by the applicant, and shall consult with 

16 the Attorney General for assistance with data collec17 tion and measurement activities as provided for in 

18 the grant application materials. 

19 ‘‘(5) REPORT.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each grantee under 

21 this section shall submit an annual report to 

22 the Attorney General that— 

23 ‘‘(i) identifies the progress of the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) describes other activities con2 ducted by the grantee to increase the suc3 cess rates of the reentry population, such 

4 as programs that foster effective risk man5 agement and treatment programming, of6 fender accountability, and community and 

7 victim participation. 

8 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On an 

9 annual basis, the Attorney General shall submit 

10 all reports received under this paragraph during 

11 the previous year to the Committee on the Judi12 ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

13 Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

14 ‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 

16 consultation with grantees under this section, 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) identify primary and secondary 

19 sources of information to support the measure20 ment of the performance indicators identified 

21 under this section; 

22 ‘‘(B) identify sources and methods of data 

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1 ‘‘(C) provide to all grantees technical as2 sistance and training on performance measures 

3 and data collection for purposes of this section; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(D) consult with the Substance Abuse 

6 and Mental Health Services Administration and 

7 the National Institute on Drug Abuse on stra8 tegic performance outcome measures and data 

9 collection for purposes of this section relating to 

10 substance abuse and mental health. 

11 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Attorney General 

12 shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to iden13 tify national and other sources of information to 

14 support performance measurement of grantees. 

15 ‘‘(3) STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.—Any statis16 tical analysis of population data conducted pursuant 

17 to this section shall be conducted in accordance with 

18 the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 

19 relating to classification standards. 

20 ‘‘(l) FUTURE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive 

21 a grant under this section in any fiscal year after the fiscal 

22 year in which a grantee receives a grant under this section, 

23 a grantee shall submit to the Attorney General such infor24 mation as is necessary to demonstrate that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the grantee has adopted a reentry plan 

2 that reflects input from nonprofit organizations, in 

3 any case where relevant input is available and appro4 priate to the grant application; 

5 ‘‘(2) the reentry plan of the grantee includes 

6 performance measures to assess the progress of the 

7 grantee toward increasing public safety by reducing 

8 the rate at which individuals released from prisons, 

9 jails, or juvenile facilities who participate in the re10 entry system supported by Federal funds are recom11 mitted to prisons, jails, or juvenile facilities; and 

12 ‘‘(3) the grantee will coordinate with the Attor13 ney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant 

14 input from nonprofit organizations is available and 

15 appropriate), and other experts regarding the selec16 tion and implementation of the performance meas17 ures described in subsection (k). 

18 ‘‘(m) NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER

19 REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.— 

20 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may, 

21 using amounts made available to carry out this sub22 section, make a grant to an eligible organization to 

23 provide for the establishment of a National Adult 

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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—An organiza2 tion eligible for the grant under paragraph (1) is 

3 any national nonprofit organization approved by the 

4 Interagency Task Force on Federal Programs and 

5 Activities Relating to the Reentry of Offenders Into 

6 the Community, that provides technical assistance 

7 and training to, and has special expertise and broad, 

8 national-level experience in, offender reentry pro9 grams, training, and research. 

10 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiv11 ing the grant under paragraph (1) shall establish a 

12 National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Re13 source Center to— 

14 ‘‘(A) provide education, training, and tech15 nical assistance for States, tribes, territories, 

16 local governments, service providers, nonprofit 

17 organizations, and corrections institutions; 

18 ‘‘(B) collect data and best practices in of19 fender reentry from demonstration grantees and 

20 others agencies and organizations; 

21 ‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation 

22 tools, mechanisms, and measures to better as23 sess and document coalition performance meas24 ures and outcomes; 


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1 ‘‘(D) disseminate information to States 

2 and other relevant entities about best practices, 

3 policy standards, and research findings; 

4 ‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to 

5 assist relevant authorities in determining when 

6 release is appropriate and in the use of data to 

7 inform the release decision; 

8 ‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to 

9 identify efficiently and effectively those violators 

10 of probation, parole, or supervision following re11 lease from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility who 

12 should be returned to prisons, jails, or juvenile 

13 facilities and those who should receive other 

14 penalties based on defined, graduated sanctions; 

15 ‘‘(G) collaborate with the Interagency Task 

16 Force on Federal Programs and Activities Re17 lating to the Reentry of Offenders Into the 

18 Community, and the Federal Resource Center 

19 for Children of Prisoners; 

20 ‘‘(H) develop a national reentry research 

21 agenda; 

22 ‘‘(I) bridge the gap between reentry re23 search and practice by translating knowledge 

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1 ‘‘(J) establish a database to enhance the 

2 availability of information that will assist of3 fenders in areas such as housing, employment, 

4 counseling, mentoring, medical and mental 

5 health services, substance abuse treatment, 

6 transportation, and daily living skills. 

7 ‘‘(4) LIMIT.—Of amounts made available to 

8 carry out this section, not more than 4 percent shall 

9 be available to carry out this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(n) ADMINISTRATION.—Of amounts made available 

11 to carry out this section— 

12 ‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent shall be available 

13 for administrative expenses in carrying out this sec14 tion; and 

15 ‘‘(2) not more than 2 percent shall be made 

16 available to the National Institute of Justice to 

17 evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration 

18 projects funded under this section, using a method19 ology that— 

20 ‘‘(A) includes, to the maximum extent fea21 sible, random assignment of offenders (or enti22 ties working with such persons) to program de23 livery and control groups; and 

24 ‘‘(B) generates evidence on which reentry 

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1 (d) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 2976(a) of the 

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

3 U.S.C. 3797w(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘States, Terri4 tories’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

5 and inserting the following: ‘‘States, local governments, 

6 territories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof, 

7 in partnership with stakeholders, service providers, and 

8 nonprofit organizations.’’. 

9 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 2976(o) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

11 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w), as so redesignated by 

12 subsection (c) of this section, is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

14 for fiscal year 2003’’ and all that follows and insert15 ing ‘‘$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 

16 $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’; and 

17 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail20 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not 

21 more than 3 percent or less than 2 percent may be 

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1 SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 

2 ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE OFFENDERS 

3 PROGRAM. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPONENT.— 

5 Section 1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

6 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1(c)), is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in9 serting ‘‘REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPO10 NENT.—’’; and 

11 (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(1) To be eligible for funding under this part, 

14 a State shall ensure that individuals who participate 

15 in the substance abuse treatment program estab16 lished or implemented with assistance provided 

17 under this part will be provided with aftercare serv18 ices, which may include case management services 

19 and a full continuum of support services that ensure 

20 providers furnishing services under the program are 

21 approved by the appropriate State or local agency, 

22 and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical treat23 ment or other health services.’’. 

24 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 1904(d) of the Omnibus 

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

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1 ‘‘(d) RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

2 PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘residential 

3 substance abuse treatment program’ means a course of 

4 comprehensive individual and group substance abuse 

5 treatment services, lasting a period of at least 6 months, 

6 in residential treatment facilities set apart from the gen7 eral population of a prison or jail, which may include the 

8 use of pharmacological treatment, where appropriate, that 

9 may extend beyond such period.’’. 

10 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY AND REPORT ON

11 AFTERCARE SERVICES.—The Attorney General, through 

12 the National Institute of Justice, and in consultation with 

13 the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shall conduct a 

14 study on the use and effectiveness of funds used by the 

15 Department of Justice for aftercare services under section 

16 1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

17 Act of 1968, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 

18 for offenders who reenter the community after completing 

19 a substance abuse program in prison or jail. 

20 Subtitle B—New and Innovative 

21 Programs to Improve Offender 

22 Reentry Services 

23 SEC. 111. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part FF of title I of the Omnibus 

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1 3797w et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further 

2 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2978. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 

4 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

5 shall award grants, in accordance with this section, of not 

6 more than $500,000 to— 

7 ‘‘(1) State and local courts; and 

8 ‘‘(2) State agencies, municipalities, public agen9 cies, nonprofit organizations, territories, and Indian 

10 tribes that have agreements with courts to take the 

11 lead in establishing a reentry court (as described in 

12 section 2976(b)(19)). 

13 ‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded 

14 under this section shall be administered in accordance 

15 with such guidelines, regulations, and procedures as pro16 mulgated by the Attorney General, and may be used to— 

17 ‘‘(1) monitor juvenile and adult offenders re18 turning to the community; 

19 ‘‘(2) provide juvenile and adult offenders re20 turning to the community with coordinated and com21 prehensive reentry services and programs such as— 

22 ‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess23 ment for treatment; 

24 ‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 

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1 by the State and licensed by the appropriate en2 tity to provide alcohol and drug addiction treat3 ment, as appropriate; 

4 ‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 

5 provider that is approved by the State, and li6 censed, if necessary, to provide medical and 

7 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 ‘‘(3) convene community impact panels, victim 

18 impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 

19 ‘‘(4) provide and coordinate the delivery of com20 munity services to juvenile and adult offenders, in21 cluding— 

22 ‘‘(A) housing assistance; 

23 ‘‘(B) education; 

24 ‘‘(C) employment training; 

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1 ‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 

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

3 ‘‘(5) establish and implement graduated sanc4 tions and incentives. 

5 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec6 tion shall be construed as preventing a grantee that oper7 ates a drug court under part EE at the time a grant is 

8 awarded under this section from using funds from such 

9 grant to supplement the drug court under part EE in ac10 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 

11 (b). 

12 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

13 this section, an entity described in subsection (a) shall, 

14 in addition to any other requirements required by the At15 torney General, submit to the Attorney General an appli16 cation that— 

17 ‘‘(1) describes the program to be assisted under 

18 this section and the need for such program; 

19 ‘‘(2) describes a long-term strategy and detailed 

20 implementation plan for such program, including 

21 how the entity plans to pay for the program after 

22 the Federal funding ends; 

23 ‘‘(3) identifies the governmental and community 

24 agencies that will be coordinated by the project; 

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1 ‘‘(A) all agencies affected by the program, 

2 including existing community corrections and 

3 parole entities, have been appropriately con4 sulted in the development of the program; 

5 ‘‘(B) there will be appropriate coordination 

6 with all such agencies in the implementation of 

7 the program; and 

8 ‘‘(C) there will be appropriate coordination 

9 and consultation with the Single State Author10 ity for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 

11 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of 

12 the State; and 

13 ‘‘(5) describes the methodology and outcome 

14 measures that will be used to evaluate the program. 

15 ‘‘(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—The Federal 

16 share of a grant under this section may not exceed 75 

17 percent of the costs of the project assisted by such grant 

18 unless the Attorney General— 

19 ‘‘(1) waives, wholly or in part, the matching re20 quirement under this subsection; and 

21 ‘‘(2) publicly delineates the rationale for the 

22 waiver. 

23 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each entity receiving a 

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1 are expended, a report, at such time and in such manner 

2 as the Attorney General may reasonably require, that con3 tains— 

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

5 under the program assisted by the grant; 

6 ‘‘(2) an assessment of whether the activities are 

7 meeting the need for the program identified in the 

8 application submitted under subsection (d); and 

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

10 General may require. 

11 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

13 appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

14 2008 and 2009 to carry out this section. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail16 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year— 

17 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent may be used 

18 by the Attorney General for salaries and admin19 istrative expenses; and 

20 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent nor less 

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1 SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS 

2 OFFENDER REENTRY TASK FORCES. 

3 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

4 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is further 

5 amended by inserting after part BB the following new 

6 part: 

7 ‘‘PART CC—GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND 

8 CONTINUOUS OFFENDER REENTRY TASK 

9 FORCES 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZATION. 

11 ‘‘The Attorney General shall carry out a grant pro12 gram under which the Attorney General makes grants to 

13 States, units of local government, territories, Indian 

14 tribes, and other public and private entities for the pur15 pose of establishing and administering task forces (to be 

16 known as ‘Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re17 entry Task Forces’), in accordance with this part. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2902. COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS OFFENDER 

19 REENTRY TASK FORCES. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, a 

21 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 

22 Force is a planning group of a State, unit of local govern23 ment, territory, or Indian tribe that— 

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1 offender to be released from a correctional facility in 

2 the applicable jurisdiction; 

3 ‘‘(2) supervises and assesses the progress of 

4 each such offender, with respect to such plan, start5 ing on a date before the offender is released from a 

6 correctional facility and ending on the date on which 

7 the court supervision of such offender ends; 

8 ‘‘(3) conducts a detailed assessment of the 

9 needs of each offender to address employment train10 ing, medical care, drug treatment, education, and 

11 any other identified need of the offender to assist in 

12 the offender’s reentry; 

13 ‘‘(4) demonstrates affirmative steps to imple14 ment such a community reentry plan by consulting 

15 and coordinating with other public and nonprofit en16 tities, as appropriate; 

17 ‘‘(5) establishes appropriate measurements for 

18 determining the efficacy of such community reentry 

19 plans by monitoring offender performance under 

20 such reentry plans; 

21 ‘‘(6) complies with applicable State, local, terri22 torial, and tribal rules and regulations regarding the 

23 provision of applicable services and treatment in the 

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1 ‘‘(7) consults and coordinates with the Single 

2 State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in 

3 section 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) 

4 and the criminal justice agencies of the State to en5 sure that offender reentry plans are coordinated and 

6 delivered in the most cost-effective manner, as deter7 mined by the Attorney General, in consultation with 

8 the grantee. 

9 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—A Comprehensive 

10 and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Force for a county 

11 or other defined geographic area shall perform the duties 

12 described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) in 

13 consultation with representatives of— 

14 ‘‘(1) the criminal and juvenile justice and cor15 rectional facilities within the county or area; 

16 ‘‘(2) the community health care services of the 

17 county or area; 

18 ‘‘(3) the drug treatment programs of the county 

19 or area; 

20 ‘‘(4) the employment opportunities available in 

21 the county or area; 

22 ‘‘(5) housing opportunities available in the 

23 county or area; and 

24 ‘‘(6) any other appropriate community services 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 2903. COMMUNITY REENTRY PLAN DESCRIBED. 

2 ‘‘For purposes of section 2902(a)(1), a community 

3 reentry plan for an offender is a plan relating to the re4 entry of the offender into the community and, according 

5 to the needs of the offender, shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) identify employment opportunities and 

7 goals; 

8 ‘‘(2) identify housing opportunities; 

9 ‘‘(3) provide for any needed drug treatment; 

10 ‘‘(4) provide for any needed mental health serv11 ices; 

12 ‘‘(5) provide for any needed health care serv13 ices; 

14 ‘‘(6) provide for any needed family counseling; 

15 ‘‘(7) provide for offender case management pro16 grams or services; and 

17 ‘‘(8) provide for any other service specified by 

18 the Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re19 entry Task Force as necessary for the offender. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 2904. APPLICATION. 

21 ‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a State 

22 or other relevant entity shall submit to the Attorney Gen23 eral an application in such form and manner and at such 

24 time as the Attorney General specifies. Such application 

25 shall contain such information as the Attorney General 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 2905. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 ‘‘Nothing in this part shall be construed as sup3 planting or modifying a sentence imposed by a court, in4 cluding any terms of supervision. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2906. REPORTS. 

6 ‘‘An entity that receives funds under this part for a 

7 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 

8 Force during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney 

9 General, not later than a date specified by the Attorney 

10 General, a report that describes and evaluates the effec11 tiveness of such Task Force during such fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2907. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated 

14 $10,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal 

15 years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

16 SEC. 113. PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE 

17 TO PRISON PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

20 et seq.), as amended by section 112 of this Act, is further 

21 amended by inserting after section 2907 the following new 

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1 ‘‘PART DD—PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT 

2 ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2911. GRANT AUTHORITY. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 

5 grants to State and local prosecutors to develop, imple6 ment, or expand qualified drug treatment programs that 

7 are alternatives to imprisonment, in accordance with this 

8 section. 

9 ‘‘(b) QUALIFIED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS DE10 SCRIBED.—For purposes of this part, a qualified drug 

11 treatment program is a program— 

12 ‘‘(1) that is administered by a State or local 

13 prosecutor; 

14 ‘‘(2) that requires an eligible offender who is 

15 sentenced to participate in the program (instead of 

16 incarceration) to participate in a comprehensive sub17 stance abuse treatment program that is approved by 

18 the State and licensed, if necessary, to provide med19 ical and other health services; 

20 ‘‘(3) that requires an eligible offender to receive 

21 the consent of the State or local prosecutor involved 

22 to participate in such program; 

23 ‘‘(4) that, in the case of an eligible offender 

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1 ecutor, in conjunction with the treatment provider, 

2 determines that the offender has not successfully 

3 completed the relevant substance abuse treatment 

4 program described in paragraph (2); 

5 ‘‘(5) that provides for the dismissal of the 

6 criminal charges involved in an eligible offender’s 

7 participation in the program if the offender is deter8 mined to have successfully completed the program; 

9 ‘‘(6) that requires each substance abuse pro10 vider treating an eligible offender under the program 

11 to— 

12 ‘‘(A) make periodic reports of the progress 

13 of the treatment of that offender to the State 

14 or local prosecutor involved and to the appro15 priate court in which the defendant was con16 victed; and 

17 ‘‘(B) notify such prosecutor and such court 

18 if the offender absconds from the facility of the 

19 treatment provider or otherwise violates the 

20 terms and conditions of the program, consistent 

21 with Federal and State confidentiality require22 ments; and 

23 ‘‘(7) that has an enforcement unit comprised of 

24 law enforcement officers under the supervision of the 

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1 which shall include verifying an offender’s addresses 

2 and other contacts, and, if necessary, locating, ap3 prehending, and arresting an offender who has ab4 sconded from the facility of a substance abuse treat5 ment provider or otherwise violated the terms and 

6 conditions of the program, consistent with Federal 

7 and State confidentiality requirements, and return8 ing such offender to court for sentencing for the 

9 crime involved. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2912. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or local prosecutor who 

12 receives a grant under this part shall use such grant for 

13 expenses of a qualified drug treatment program, including 

14 for the following expenses: 

15 ‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, 

16 and other costs directly related to the operation of 

17 the program, including the enforcement unit. 

18 ‘‘(2) Payments for substance abuse treatment 

19 providers that are approved by the State and li20 censed, if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug ad21 diction treatment to eligible offenders participating 

22 in the program, including aftercare supervision, vo23 cational training, education, and job placement. 

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1 if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug addiction 

2 treatment to offenders participating in the program. 

3 ‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants 

4 made under this part shall be used to supplement, and 

5 not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 

6 available for programs described in such subsection. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2913. APPLICATIONS. 

8 ‘‘To request a grant under this part, a State or local 

9 prosecutor shall submit an application to the Attorney 

10 General in such form and containing such information as 

11 the Attorney General may reasonably require. Each such 

12 application shall contain the certification of the State or 

13 local prosecutor that the program for which the grant is 

14 requested is a qualified drug treatment program in accord15 ance with this part. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2914. FEDERAL SHARE. 

17 ‘‘The Federal share of a grant made under this part 

18 shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the quali19 fied drug treatment program funded by such grant for the 

20 fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under 

21 this part. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2915. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 

23 ‘‘The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the ex24 tent practicable, the distribution of grants under this part 

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1 ‘‘(1) in each State; and 

2 ‘‘(2) in rural, suburban, and urban jurisdic3 tions. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 2916. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 

5 ‘‘For each fiscal year, each recipient of a grant under 

6 this part during such fiscal year shall submit to the Attor7 ney General a report with respect to the effectiveness of 

8 activities carried out using that grant. Each report shall 

9 include an evaluation in such form and containing such 

10 information as the Attorney General may reasonably re11 quire. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on 

12 which such reports shall be submitted. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 2917. DEFINITIONS. 

14 ‘‘In this part: 

15 ‘‘(1) STATE OR LOCAL PROSECUTOR.—The 

16 term ‘State or local prosecutor’ means any district 

17 attorney, State attorney general, county attorney, or 

18 corporation counsel who has authority to prosecute 

19 criminal offenses under State or local law. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE OFFENDER.—The term ‘eligible 

21 offender’ means an individual who— 

22 ‘‘(A) has been convicted, pled guilty, or ad23 mitted guilt with respect to a crime for which 

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1 ‘‘(B) has never been charged with or con2 victed of an offense, during the course of 

3 which— 

4 ‘‘(i) the person carried, possessed, or 

5 used a firearm or dangerous weapon; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) there occurred the use of force 

7 against the person of another, without re8 gard to whether any of the behavior de9 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) is an element of 

10 the offense or for which the person is 

11 charged or convicted; 

12 ‘‘(C) does not have one or more prior con13 victions for a felony crime of violence involving 

14 the use or attempted use of force against a per15 son with the intent to cause death or serious 

16 bodily harm; and 

17 ‘‘(D)(i) has received an assessment for al18 cohol or drug addiction from a substance abuse 

19 professional who is approved by the State and 

20 licensed by the appropriate entity to provide al21 cohol and drug addiction treatment, as appro22 priate; and 

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1 nificant contributing factor to that offender’s 

2 criminal conduct.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

5 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(26) There are authorized to be appropriated 

8 to carry out part DD such sums as may be nec9 essary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

10 SEC. 114. GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT11 MENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. 

12 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

13 Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is further amended 

14 by inserting after Part II the following new part: 

15 ‘‘PART JJ—GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE 

16 ABUSE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO IN17 CARCERATION 

18 ‘‘SEC. 3001. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

19 ‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States, 

20 units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 

21 to develop, implement, and expand comprehensive and 

22 clinically-appropriate family-based substance abuse treat23 ment programs as alternatives to incarceration for non24 violent parent drug offenders. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3002. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

2 ‘‘Grants made to an entity under section 3001 for 

3 a program described in such section may be used for the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, facility costs, and 

6 other costs directly related to the operation of the 

7 program. 

8 ‘‘(2) Payments to providers of substance abuse 

9 treatment for providing treatment and case manage10 ment to nonviolent parent drug offenders partici11 pating in the program, including comprehensive 

12 treatment for mental health disorders, parenting 

13 classes, educational classes, vocational training, and 

14 job placement. 

15 ‘‘(3) Payments to public and nonprofit private 

16 entities to provide substance abuse treatment to 

17 nonviolent parent drug offenders participating in the 

18 program. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 3003. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

20 ‘‘A program for which a grant is made under section 

21 3001 shall comply with the following requirements: 

22 ‘‘(1) The program shall ensure that all pro23 viders of substance abuse treatment are approved by 

24 the State and are licensed, if necessary, to provide 

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1 ‘‘(2) The program shall provide for appropriate 

2 coordination and consultation with the Single State 

3 Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 

4 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of the 

5 State in which the program is located. 

6 ‘‘(3) The program shall consist of clinically-ap7 propriate, comprehensive, and long-term family 

8 treatment, including the treatment of the nonviolent 

9 parent drug offender, the child of such offender, and 

10 any other appropriate member of the family of the 

11 offender. 

12 ‘‘(4) The program shall be provided in a resi13 dential setting that is not a hospital setting or an 

14 intensive outpatient setting. 

15 ‘‘(5) The program shall provide that if a non16 violent parent drug offender who participates in the 

17 program does not successfully complete the program 

18 the offender shall serve an appropriate sentence of 

19 imprisonment with respect to the underlying crime 

20 involved. 

21 ‘‘(6) The program shall ensure that a deter22 mination is made as to whether or not a nonviolent 

23 drug offender has completed the substance abuse 

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1 ‘‘(7) The program shall include the implementa2 tion of a system of graduated sanctions (including 

3 incentives) that are applied based on the account4 ability of the nonviolent parent drug offender in5 volved throughout the course of the program to en6 courage compliance with the program. 

7 ‘‘(8) The program shall develop and implement 

8 a reentry plan for each nonviolent parent drug of9 fender that shall include reinforcement strategies for 

10 family involvement as appropriate, relapse strategies, 

11 support groups, placement in transitional housing, 

12 and continued substance abuse treatment, as need13 ed. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 3004. DEFINITIONS. 

15 ‘‘In this part: 

16 ‘‘(1) NONVIOLENT PARENT DRUG OFFEND17 ERS.—The term ‘nonviolent parent drug offender’ 

18 means an offender who is a parent of a minor and 

19 who is convicted of a drug (or drug-related) felony 

20 that is a nonviolent offense. 

21 ‘‘(2) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘non22 violent offense’ has the meaning given such term 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 3005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 

4 2009.’’. 

5 SEC. 115. PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAMS 

6 FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS OF MINOR 

7 CHILDREN. 

8 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is further amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating Part X at the end (relating 

12 to grants for sex offender apprehension and juvenile 

13 sex offender treatment) as Part KK; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new part: 

15 ‘‘PART LL—PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT 

16 PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS 

17 OF MINOR CHILDREN 

18 ‘‘SEC. 3021. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

19 ‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States, 

20 units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 

21 to provide prison-based family treatment programs for in22 carcerated parents of minor children. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 3022. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

24 ‘‘An entity that receives a grant under this part shall 

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1 ‘‘(1) develop, implement, and expand prison2 based family treatment programs in correctional fa3 cilities for incarcerated parents with minor children, 

4 excluding from the programs those parents with re5 spect to whom there is reasonable evidence of do6 mestic violence or child abuse; 

7 ‘‘(2) coordinate the design and implementation 

8 of such programs between appropriate correctional 

9 facility representatives, the Single State Authority 

10 for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 201(e) of 

11 the Second Chance Act of 2007), and other appro12 priate governmental agencies; and 

13 ‘‘(3) develop and implement a pre-release as14 sessment and a reentry plan for each incarcerated 

15 parent scheduled to be released to the community, 

16 and such plan shall include— 

17 ‘‘(A) a treatment program for the incarcer18 ated parent to receive continuous substance 

19 abuse treatment services and related support 

20 services, as needed; 

21 ‘‘(B) a housing plan during transition from 

22 incarceration to reentry, as needed; 

23 ‘‘(C) a vocational or employment plan, in24 cluding training and job placement services; 

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1 ‘‘(D) any other services necessary to pro2 vide successful reentry into the community. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3023. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

4 ‘‘A prison-based family treatment program for incar5 cerated parents with respect to which a grant is made 

6 shall comply with the following requirements: 

7 ‘‘(1) The program shall integrate techniques to 

8 assess the strengths and needs of immediate and ex9 tended family of the incarcerated parent to support 

10 a treatment plan of the incarcerated parent. 

11 ‘‘(2) The program shall ensure that each partic12 ipant in the program has access to consistent and 

13 uninterrupted care if transferred to a different cor14 rectional facility within the State or other relevant 

15 entity. 

16 ‘‘(3) The program shall be located in an area 

17 separate from the general population of the prison 

18 or jail. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 3024. APPLICATIONS. 

20 ‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part for a pris21 on-based family treatment program, an entity described 

22 in section 3021 shall, in addition to any other requirement 

23 specified by the Attorney General, submit an application 

24 to the Attorney General in such form and manner and 

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1 application shall include a description of the methods and 

2 measurements the entity will use for purposes of evalu3 ating the program involved and such other information as 

4 the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 3025. REPORTS. 

6 ‘‘An entity that receives a grant under this part for 

7 a prison-based family treatment program during a fiscal 

8 year shall submit to the Attorney General, not later than 

9 a date specified by the Attorney General, a report that 

10 describes and evaluates the effectiveness of such program 

11 during such fiscal year. Such evaluation shall be based on 

12 evidence-based data and shall use the methods and meas13 urements described in the application of the entity for pur14 poses of evaluating the program. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 3026. PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAM 

16 DEFINED. 

17 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘prison-based family treat18 ment program’ means a program for incarcerated parents 

19 in a correctional facility that provides a comprehensive re20 sponse to offender needs, including substance abuse treat21 ment, child early intervention services, family counseling, 

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1 lapse prevention, transportation, and vocational or GED 

2 training. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3027. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 

6 2009.’’. 

7 SEC. 116. GRANT PROGRAMS RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL 

8 METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 

9 FACILITIES. 

10 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

12 by section 115 of this Act, is further amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new part: 

14 ‘‘PART MM—GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE 

15 EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, 

16 AND JUVENILE FACILITIES 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3031. GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE EDUCATIONAL 

18 METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 

19 FACILITIES. 

20 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

21 General shall carry out a grant program under which the 

22 Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 

23 government, territories, Indian tribes, and other public 

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1 ‘‘(1) evaluate methods to improve academic and 

2 vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, 

3 and juvenile facilities; and 

4 ‘‘(2) identify, and make recommendations to the 

5 Attorney General regarding, best practices relating 

6 to academic and vocational education for offenders 

7 in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, based on the 

8 evaluation under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

10 this section, a State or other entity described in subsection 

11 (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an application 

12 in such form and manner and at such time as the Attorney 

13 General specifies. Such application shall contain such in14 formation as the Attorney General specifies. 

15 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the last 

16 day of the final fiscal year for which an entity described 

17 in subsection (a) receives a grant under such subsection, 

18 such an entity shall submit to the Attorney General a de19 tailed report of the aggregate findings and conclusions of 

20 the evaluation described in subsection (a)(1), and the rec21 ommendations to the Attorney General described in sub22 section (a)(2). 

23 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 ‘‘(1) to carry out subsection (a)(1), $5,000,000 

2 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009; and 

3 ‘‘(2) to carry out subsection (a)(2), $5,000,000 

4 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 3032. GRANTS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 

6 IN PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILI7 TIES. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

9 General shall carry out a grant program under which the 

10 Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 

11 government, territories, and Indian tribes for the purpose 

12 of improving the academic and vocational education pro13 grams available to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 

14 facilities. 

15 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

16 this section, an entity described in subsection (a) shall 

17 submit to the Attorney General an application in such 

18 form and manner and at such time as the Attorney Gen19 eral specifies. Such application shall contain such informa20 tion as the Attorney General specifies. 

21 ‘‘(c) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant 

22 under subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later 

23 than the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to 

24 the Attorney General a report that describes and assesses 

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

2 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 

3 out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

4 Subtitle C—Conforming 

5 Amendments 

6 SEC. 121. USE OF VIOLENT OFFENDER TRUTH-IN-SEN7 TENCING GRANT FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRA8 TION PROJECT ACTIVITIES. 

9 Section 20102(a) of the Violent Crime Control and 

10 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13702(a)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

13 end; 

14 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) to carry out any activity referred to in sec19 tion 2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(b)).’’. 


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1 TITLE II—ENHANCED DRUG 

2 TREATMENT AND MEN3 TORING GRANT PROGRAMS 

4 Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 

5 SEC. 201. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO 

6 REDUCE DRUG USE AND RECIDIVISM IN 

7 LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. 

8 (a) AWARDS REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 

9 shall make competitive grants to eligible partnerships, in 

10 accordance with this section, for the purpose of estab11 lishing demonstration programs to reduce the use of alco12 hol and other drugs by supervised long-term substance 

13 abusers during the period in which each such long-term 

14 substance abuser is in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, 

15 and until the completion of parole or court supervision of 

16 such abuser. 

17 (b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant made under 

18 subsection (a) to an eligible partnership for a demonstra19 tion program, shall be used— 

20 (1) to support the efforts of the agencies, orga21 nizations, and researchers included in the eligible 

22 partnership, with respect to the program; 

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1 riod described in subsection (a), which shall in2 clude— 

3 (A) alcohol and drug abuse assessments 

4 that— 

5 (i) are provided by a State-approved 

6 program; and 

7 (ii) provide adequate incentives for 

8 completion of a comprehensive alcohol or 

9 drug abuse treatment program, including 

10 through the use of graduated sanctions; 

11 and 

12 (B) coordinated and continuous delivery of 

13 drug treatment and case management services 

14 during such period; and 

15 (3) to provide addiction recovery support serv16 ices (such as job training and placement, peer sup17 port, mentoring, education, and other related serv18 ices) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for long19 term substance abusers. 

20 (c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

21 subsection (a) for a demonstration program, an eligible 

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1 (1) identifies the role, and certifies the involve2 ment, of each agency or organization involved in 

3 such partnership, with respect to the program; 

4 (2) includes a plan for using judicial or other 

5 criminal or juvenile justice authority to supervise the 

6 long-term substance abusers who are participating in 

7 a demonstration program under this section, includ8 ing for— 

9 (A) administering drug tests for such 

10 abusers on a regular basis; and 

11 (B) swiftly and certainly imposing an es12 tablished set of graduated sanctions for non13 compliance with conditions for reentry into the 

14 community relating to drug abstinence (whether 

15 imposed as a pre-trial, probation, or parole con16 dition, or otherwise); 

17 (3) includes a plan to provide supervised long18 term substance abusers with coordinated and contin19 uous services that are based on evidence-based strat20 egies that assist such abusers by providing such 

21 abusers with— 

22 (A) drug treatment while in prison, jail, or 

23 a juvenile facility; 

24 (B) continued treatment during the period 

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1 is in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, and until 

2 the completion of parole or court supervision of 

3 such abuser; 

4 (C) addiction recovery support services; 

5 (D) employment training and placement; 

6 (E) family-based therapies; 

7 (F) structured post-release housing and 

8 transitional housing, including housing for re9 covering substance abusers; and 

10 (G) other services coordinated by appro11 priate case management services; 

12 (4) includes a plan for coordinating the data in13 frastructures among the entities included in the eli14 gible partnership and between such entities and the 

15 providers of services under the demonstration pro16 gram involved (including providers of technical as17 sistance) to assist in monitoring and measuring the 

18 effectiveness of demonstration programs under this 

19 section; and 

20 (5) includes a plan to monitor and measure the 

21 number of long-term substance abusers— 

22 (A) located in each community involved; 

23 and 

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1 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

2 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Sep3 tember 30, 2008, the Attorney General shall submit 

4 to Congress a report that identifies the best prac5 tices relating to the comprehensive and coordinated 

6 treatment of long-term substance abusers, including 

7 the best practices identified through the activities 

8 funded under this section. 

9 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September 

10 30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit to Con11 gress a report on the demonstration programs fund12 ed under this section, including on the matters spec13 ified in paragraph (1). 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi16 ble partnership’’ means a partnership that in17 cludes— 

18 (A) the applicable Single State Authority 

19 for Substance Abuse; 

20 (B) the State, local, territorial, or tribal 

21 criminal or juvenile justice authority involved; 

22 (C) a researcher who has experience in evi23 dence-based studies that measure the effective24 ness of treating long-term substance abusers 

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1 under the supervision of the criminal or juvenile 

2 justice system involved; 

3 (D) community-based organizations that 

4 provide drug treatment, related recovery serv5 ices, job training and placement, educational 

6 services, housing assistance, mentoring, or med7 ical services; and 

8 (E) Federal agencies (such as the Drug 

9 Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, 

10 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and United 

11 States Attorney’s offices). 

12 (2) LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE ABUSER.—The 

13 term ‘‘long-term substance abuser’’ means an of14 fender, who— 

15 (A) is in a prison, jail, or juvenile facility; 

16 (B) has abused illegal drugs or alcohol for 

17 a significant number of years; and 

18 (C) is scheduled to be released from pris19 on, jail, or a juvenile facility within the next 24 

20 months. 

21 (3) SINGLE STATE AUTHORITY FOR SUBSTANCE

22 ABUSE.—The term ‘‘Single State Authority for Sub23 stance Abuse’’ means an entity designated by the 

24 Governor or chief executive officer of a State as the 

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1 the planning, development, implementation, moni2 toring, regulation, and evaluation of substance abuse 

3 services. 

4 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

7 SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY 

8 LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE ILLEGAL 

9 DRUG DEMAND BY PROVIDING DRUG TREAT10 MENT. 

11 (a) GRANT AWARDS REQUIRED.—The Attorney Gen12 eral shall make competitive awards for demonstration pro13 grams by eligible partnerships for the purpose of reducing 

14 illegal drug demand by providing for drug treatment upon 

15 request programs through evidence-based models of such 

16 programs that— 

17 (1) increase the accessibility of such a program 

18 to any individual who requests to participate in such 

19 program; 

20 (2) increase public awareness of the availability 

21 of such programs; and 

22 (3) decrease the cost of drug treatment. 

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1 (1) to support the efforts of the agencies, orga2 nizations, and researchers included in the eligible 

3 partnership; 

4 (2) to develop a program that provides drug 

5 treatment upon request— 

6 (A) at no cost to an individual who partici7 pates in the program; and 

8 (B) within a reasonable period to any indi9 vidual that requests such treatment; 

10 (3) to increase awareness of the availability of 

11 such a program to any individual that may be inter12 ested in participating in such a program; and 

13 (4) to record the outcomes of the program de14 veloped. 

15 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

16 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Sep17 tember 30, 2008 the Attorney General shall submit 

18 to Congress a report that identifies the best prac19 tices in providing for drug treatment upon request 

20 programs, including the best practices identified 

21 through the activities funded under this section. 

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1 ed under this section, including on the matters spec2 ified in paragraph (1). 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

4 (1) DRUG TREATMENT UPON REQUEST.—The 

5 term ‘‘drug treatment upon request’’ means a drug 

6 treatment program that provides to any individual 

7 who requests to participate in such program full 

8 availability and accessibility to such program with9 out delay. 

10 (2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi11 ble partnership’’ means a working group whose ap12 plication to the Attorney General— 

13 (A) identifies the roles played, and certifies 

14 the involvement of, two or more agencies or or15 ganizations, which may include— 

16 (i) State or local agencies (such as 

17 those carrying out police, probation, pros18 ecution, courts, corrections, parole, or 

19 treatment functions); 

20 (ii) Federal agencies (such as the 

21 Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of 

22 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo23 sives, and United States Attorney offices); 

24 and 

25 (iii) community-based organizations; 


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1 (B) includes a qualified researcher; 

2 (C) includes a plan for identifying, with re3 spect to the date of the enactment of this Act— 

4 (i) the availability, as of such date, of 

5 each drug treatment upon request pro6 gram; 

7 (ii) the demand, as of such date, for 

8 drug treatment that has not been met 

9 through programs in existence before such 

10 date; 

11 (iii) the ease and quality of access to 

12 drug treatment, as of such date; and 

13 (iv) the criteria that have influenced 

14 the outcome of drug treatment upon re15 quest programs; and 

16 (D) includes a plan that describes the 

17 methodology and outcome measures proposed 

18 for evaluating the impact of each model used 

19 for a drug treatment upon request program. 

20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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1 SEC. 203. OFFENDER DRUG TREATMENT INCENTIVE 

2 GRANTS. 

3 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

4 General shall carry out a grant program under which the 

5 Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 

6 government, territories, and Indian tribes in an amount 

7 described in subsection (c) to improve the provision of 

8 drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 

9 facilities. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION.—To be eligi11 ble to receive a grant under subsection (a) for a given fis12 cal year, an entity described in such subsection shall, in 

13 addition to any other requirements specified by the Attor14 ney General, submit to the Attorney General an applica15 tion that demonstrates that, with respect to offenders in 

16 prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities who require drug 

17 treatment and who are in the custody of the jurisdiction 

18 involved, during the previous fiscal year the entity pro19 vided drug treatment meeting standards set forth by the 

20 Single State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined 

21 in section 201(e)) to a number of such offenders that is 

22 two times the number of such offenders to whom the entity 

23 provided such drug treatment in the fiscal year that was 

24 two years before such given fiscal year. Such application 

25 shall be submitted in such form and manner and at such 

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1 (c) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS BASED ON

2 DRUG TREATMENT PERCENT DEMONSTRATED.—In allo3 cating grant amounts under this part, the Attorney Gen4 eral shall base the amount allocated to an entity for a fis5 cal year on the percent of offenders described in sub6 section (b) to whom the entity provided drug treatment 

7 in the previous fiscal year, as demonstrated by the entity 

8 in its application under such subsection. 

9 (d) USES OF GRANTS.—A grant awarded to an entity 

10 under subsection (a) shall be used— 

11 (1) for continuing and improving drug treat12 ment programs provided at prisons, jails, and juve13 nile facilities of such entity; and 

14 (2) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for of15 fenders by providing addiction recovery support serv16 ices, such as job training and placement, education, 

17 peer support, mentoring, and other similar services. 

18 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney General 

19 may provide technical assistance to any entity awarded a 

20 grant under this section to establish or expand drug treat21 ment services under this section if such entity does not 

22 have any (or has only a few) prisons, jails, or juvenile fa23 cilities that offer such services. 

24 (f) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 

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1 the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At2 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

3 uses of such grant. 

4 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 

6 out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

7 SEC. 204. ENSURING AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY OF NEW 

8 PHARMACOLOGICAL DRUG TREATMENT 

9 SERVICES. 

10 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

11 General, through the National Institute of Justice, and in 

12 consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse 

13 and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad14 ministration, shall carry out a grant program under which 

15 the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of 

16 local government, territories, Indian tribes, and public and 

17 private organizations to establish pharmacological drug 

18 treatment services as part of the available drug treatment 

19 programs being offered by such grantees to offenders who 

20 are in prison or jail. 

21 (b) CONSIDERATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREAT22 MENTS.—In awarding grants under this section to eligible 

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1 (1) the number and availability of pharma2 cological treatments offered under the proposed or 

3 existing program involved; and 

4 (2) the participation of researchers who are fa5 miliar with evidence-based studies and are able to 

6 measure the effectiveness of such treatments using 

7 randomized trials. 

8 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant 

10 under this section, an entity described in subsection 

11 (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an applica12 tion in such form and manner and at such time as 

13 the Attorney General specifies. 

14 (2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—An application 

15 submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 

16 (A) provide assurances that grant funds 

17 will be used only toward a program that is cre18 ated in coordination with (or approved by) the 

19 Single State Authority for Substance Abuse, as 

20 defined in section 201(e), of the State involved 

21 to ensure pharmacological drug treatment serv22 ices provided under such program are clinically 

23 appropriate; 

24 (B) demonstrate how pharmacological drug 

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1 or existing program are part of a clinically-ap2 propriate and comprehensive treatment plan; 

3 and 

4 (C) contain such other information as the 

5 Attorney General specifies. 

6 (d) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 

7 subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than 

8 the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At9 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

10 uses of such grant. 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 

13 out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

14 SEC. 205. STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPOT 

15 NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION. 

16 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

17 General, through the National Institute of Justice, and in 

18 consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 

19 shall carry out a grant program under which the Attorney 

20 General makes grants to public and private research enti21 ties (including consortia, single private research entities, 

22 and individual institutions of higher education) to evaluate 

23 the effectiveness of depot naltrexone for the treatment of 

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1 (b) EVALUATION PROGRAM.—To be eligible to receive 

2 a grant under this section, an entity described in sub3 section (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an appli4 cation that— 

5 (1) contains such information as the Attorney 

6 General specifies, including information that dem7 onstrates that— 

8 (A) the applicant conducts research at a 

9 private or public institution of higher education; 

10 (B) the applicant has an established or 

11 proposed plan to work with parole officers or 

12 probation officers for offenders who are under 

13 court supervision; and 

14 (C) the evaluation described in subsection 

15 (a) will measure the effectiveness of such treat16 ments using randomized trials; and 

17 (2) is in such form and manner and at such 

18 time as the Attorney General specifies. 

19 (c) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 

20 subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than 

21 the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At22 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

23 uses of such grant. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 

3 this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

4 Subtitle B—Job Training 

5 SEC. 211. TECHNOLOGY CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRA6 TION GRANTS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 

8 made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen9 eral shall make grants to States, units of local govern10 ment, territories, and Indian tribes to provide technology 

11 career training to prisoners. 

12 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub13 section (a) may be used for establishing a technology ca14 reers training program to train prisoners during the 3- 

15 year period before release from prison, jail, or a juvenile 

16 facility for technology-based jobs and careers. 

17 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than the last day of each 

18 fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub19 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 

20 to the Attorney General a report that describes and as21 sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 

22 year. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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1 Subtitle C—Mentoring 

2 SEC. 221. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA3 TIONS. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 

5 made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen6 eral shall make grants to nonprofit organizations for the 

7 purpose of providing mentoring and other transitional 

8 services essential to reintegrating offenders into the com9 munity. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 

11 subsection (a) may be used for— 

12 (1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders dur13 ing incarceration, through transition back to the 

14 community, and post-release; 

15 (2) transitional services to assist in the re16 integration of offenders into the community; and 

17 (3) training regarding offender and victims 

18 issues. 

19 (c) APPLICATION; PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

21 grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 

22 shall submit an application to the Attorney General 

23 based on criteria developed by the Attorney General. 

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1 (A) includes a plan to implement activities 

2 that have been demonstrated effective in facili3 tating the successful reentry of offenders; and 

4 (B) provides for an independent evaluation 

5 that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, 

6 random assignment of offenders to program de7 livery and control groups. 

8 (d) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The At9 torney General shall require each applicant under this sec10 tion to identify specific performance outcomes related to 

11 the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing 

12 recidivism (using a measure that is consistent with the re13 search undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics pur14 suant to section 241(b)(6)), and reintegrating offenders 

15 into society. 

16 (e) REPORTS.—Not later than the last day of each 

17 fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub18 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 

19 to the Attorney General a report that describes and as20 sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 

21 year and that identifies the progress of the grantee toward 

22 achieving its strategic performance outcomes. 

23 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 

2 years 2008 and 2009. 

3 SEC. 222. BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY ON MENTORING 

4 CONTACTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 

7 of Prisons shall, in order to promote stability and contin8 ued assistance to offenders after release from prison, 

9 adopt and implement a policy to ensure that persons who 

10 provide mentoring services to incarcerated offenders are 

11 permitted to continue such services after the offender is 

12 released from prison. The policy shall permit the continu13 ation of such mentoring services unless the Director can 

14 demonstrate that such services would be a significant se15 curity risk to the offender, incarcerated offenders, persons 

16 who provide such services, or any other person. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2008, 

18 the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Con19 gress a report on the extent to which the policy described 

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1 Subtitle D—Administration of 

2 Justice Reforms 

3 CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL 

4 OFFENDER REENTRY 

5 SEC. 231. FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY PROGRAM. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Bureau 

7 of Prisons (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 

8 ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a prisoner reentry program (re9 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) to prepare 

10 prisoners for release and successful reentry into the com11 munity. 

12 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The Program shall pro13 vide for the following, in accordance with this section: 

14 (1) VOLUNTARY ENROLLMENT.—Voluntary en15 rollment for prisoners meeting enrollment criteria es16 tablished by the Director, provided such criteria pro17 vides that a prisoner may not enroll in the Program 

18 any earlier than the first day of the two-year period 

19 preceding the prisoner’s expected release date. 

20 (2) PROGRAM PHASES.—An initial institutional 

21 phase, a transitional institution phase, and a transi22 tional community phase under subsection (c), during 

23 each of which each prisoner enrolled in the Program 

24 receives reentry education (as described in sub25 section (e)). 


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1 (3) PROGRAM INCENTIVES.—Program incen2 tives described in subsection (d) for prisoners meet3 ing the phase requirements of the Program. 

4 (c) PROGRAM PHASES.—The Program shall include 

5 the following phases: 

6 (1) INITIAL INSTITUTIONAL PHASE.—An initial 

7 institutional phase for prisoners enrolled in the Pro8 gram at each Federal institution and, to the extent 

9 feasible, in an area set apart from the general prison 

10 population. 

11 (2) TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTION PHASE.—A 

12 transitional institution phase at each Federal insti13 tution for prisoners that have completed the initial 

14 institutional phase but have not yet been released or 

15 placed in pre-release custody. 

16 (3) TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY PHASE.—A 

17 transitional community phase at each community 

18 corrections facility for prisoners that have completed 

19 the initial institutional phase, have remained eligible 

20 during the transitional institution phase, and have 

21 been transferred to a community corrections facility. 

22 (d) PROGRAM INCENTIVES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (4), 

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1 graph (2) for Program incentives may receive any of 

2 the following incentives: 

3 (A) Temporary release for reentry prepara4 tion purposes. 

5 (B) The maximum allowable period in a 

6 community corrections facility. 

7 (C) Early release, but not earlier than the 

8 date that is one year before the prisoner’s origi9 nal scheduled release. 

10 (D) Such other incentives as the Director 

11 considers appropriate. 

12 (2) ELIGIBILITY FOR INCENTIVES.— 

13 (A) INITIAL INSTITUTIONAL PHASE.—To 

14 be eligible for Program incentives during the 

15 initial institutional phase, a prisoner must suc16 cessfully complete 500 hours of reentry edu17 cation before the end of the one-year period be18 ginning on the date of the prisoner’s enrollment 

19 in the Program. 

20 (B) TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTION PHASE.— 

21 To remain eligible for Program incentives dur22 ing the transitional institution phase, a prisoner 

23 must successfully complete two hours of reentry 

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1 (i) beginning after the month the pris2 oner completes the initial institutional 

3 phase; and 

4 (ii) ending before the month the pris5 oner is released or placed in pre-release 

6 custody. 

7 (C) TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY PHASE.— 

8 To remain eligible for Program incentives dur9 ing the transitional community phase, a pris10 oner must successfully complete one hour of re11 entry education during each month— 

12 (i) beginning after the month of the 

13 prisoner’s transfer to a community correc14 tions facility; and 

15 (ii) ending before the month the pris16 oner is released. 

17 (3) REVOCATION OF INCENTIVES.—If a pris18 oner fails to meet the eligibility requirements to re19 ceive Program incentives during a given phase of the 

20 Program, the Director may revoke any Program in21 centive granted to the prisoner. 

22 (4) LIMITATIONS.— 

23 (A) CONSIDERING PUBLIC SAFETY.—When 

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1 account the prisoner’s behavior while impris2 oned and history of criminal conduct to deter3 mine whether granting such incentive would en4 danger the safety of the public. 

5 (B) INELIGIBILITY UNDER OTHER PROVI6 SION OF LAW.—For purposes of this subsection, 

7 any prisoner who is ineligible for a Program in8 centive by operation of any other provision of 

9 law shall be ineligible for such incentive. 

10 (e) PROGRAM REENTRY EDUCATION.—For purposes 

11 of subsection (b)(2), reentry education shall include class12 es and activities designed to prepare prisoners for release 

13 and successful reentry into the community. Each such 

14 class or activity shall relate to one or more of the following 

15 categories: 

16 (1) Health and nutrition issues a prisoner may 

17 face after release. 

18 (2) Finding employment and preparation for re19 entry and assimilation into the workforce. 

20 (3) Dealing with personal money management 

21 and financial planning. 

22 (4) Familiarization with available community 

23 resources, including housing availability and public 

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1 (5) Familiarization with release procedures, in2 cluding prisoner compliance with pre-release and re3 lease requirements. 

4 (6) Social skills, family relationships and devel5 opment, and relapse prevention. 

6 (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 

7 section 232, the term ‘‘prisoner’’ means an individual com8 mitted to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons under sec9 tion 3621 of title 18, United States Code. Such term does 

10 not include an individual confined in a non-Federal facil11 ity. 

12 SEC. 232. IDENTIFICATION AND RELEASE ASSISTANCE FOR 

13 FEDERAL PRISONERS. 

14 (a) OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION.—The Director of 

15 the Bureau of Prisons shall assist prisoners in obtaining 

16 identification (including social security card, driver’s li17 cense, or birth certificate) prior to release. 

18 (b) ASSISTANCE DEVELOPING RELEASE PLAN.—If a 

19 direct-release prisoner so requests, a representative of the 

20 United States Probation System shall, prior to the pris21 oner’s release, help the prisoner develop a release plan. 

22 (c) DIRECT-RELEASE PRISONER DEFINED.—In this 

23 section, the term ‘‘direct-release prisoner’’ means a pris24 oner who is scheduled for release and will not be placed 

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1 SEC. 233. IMPROVED REENTRY PROCEDURES FOR FED2 ERAL PRISONERS. 

3 The Attorney General shall take such steps as are 

4 necessary to modify the procedures and policies of the De5 partment of Justice with respect to the transition of of6 fenders from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to the 

7 community— 

8 (1) to enhance case planning and implementa9 tion of reentry programs, policies, and guidelines; 

10 and 

11 (2) to improve such transition to the commu12 nity, including placement of such individuals in com13 munity corrections facilities. 

14 SEC. 234. DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS. 

15 (a) DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS EX16 PANDED.—Section 4042(a) of title 18, United States 

17 Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

19 end; 

20 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 

21 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

23 ‘‘(6) provide for pre-release planning procedures 

24 for prisoners to ensure eligibility for Federal and 

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1 gram under title II of the Social Security Act, the 

2 supplemental security income program under title 

3 XVI of such Act, the Medicare program under title 

4 XVIII of such Act, the Medicaid program under title 

5 XIX of such Act, and a program of the Department 

6 of Veterans Affairs under title 38) is established 

7 prior to release, subject to any limitations in law; 

8 ‘‘(7) include as part of the standard intake pro9 cedures for offenders entering Federal custody the 

10 collection of information regarding the dependent 

11 children of such an offender, including the number, 

12 age, and residence of such children; 

13 ‘‘(8) ensure that all policies, practices, and fa14 cilities of the Bureau of Prisons support the rela15 tionship between parent and child; and 

16 ‘‘(9) identify and address the training needs of 

17 employees of the Bureau of Prisons with respect to 

18 the effect of incarceration on children, families, and 

19 communities, age-appropriate interactions, and com20 munity resources for the families of offenders.’’. 

21 (b) MEASURING THE REMOVAL OF OBSTACLES TO

22 REENTRY.— 

23 (1) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Director shall 

24 carry out a program under which each institution 

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1 needs and deficits of inmates as identified by an as2 sessment tool that is used to produce an individual3 ized skills development plan for each inmate. 

4 (2) TRACKING.—In carrying out the program 

5 under this subsection, the Director shall quan6 titatively track, by institution and Bureau-wide, the 

7 progress in responding to the reentry needs and defi8 cits of individual inmates. 

9 (3) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 

10 Director shall prepare and submit to the Committee 

11 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 

12 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

13 report that documents the progress of each institu14 tion within the Bureau, and of the Bureau as a 

15 whole, in responding to the reentry needs and defi16 cits of inmates. The report shall be prepared in a 

17 manner that groups institutions by security level to 

18 allow comparisons of similar institutions. 

19 (4) EVALUATION.—The Director shall— 

20 (A) implement a formal standardized proc21 ess for evaluating each institution’s success in 

22 enhancing skills and resources to assist in re23 entry; and 

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1 (i) each institution is held accountable 

2 for low performance under such an evalua3 tion; and 

4 (ii) plans for corrective action are de5 veloped and implemented as necessary. 

6 (c) MEASURING AND IMPROVING RECIDIVISM OUT7 COMES.— 

8 (1) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fis10 cal year, the Director shall submit to the Com11 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

13 Representatives a report containing the statis14 tics demonstrating the relative reduction in re15 cidivism for inmates released by the Bureau of 

16 Prisons within that fiscal year and the 2 prior 

17 fiscal years, comparing inmates who partici18 pated in major inmate programs (including resi19 dential drug treatment, vocational training, and 

20 prison industries) with inmates who did not 

21 participate in such programs. Such statistics 

22 shall be compiled separately for each such fiscal 

23 year. 

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1 fiscal year that begins before the date of the en2 actment of this Act. 

3 (C) CONTENTS.—Each report under this 

4 section shall provide the recidivism statistics for 

5 the Bureau of Prisons as a whole, and sepa6 rately for each institution of the Bureau. 

7 (2) MEASURE USED.—In preparing the reports 

8 required by subsection (a), the Director shall, in 

9 consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Jus10 tice Statistics, select a measure for recidivism (such 

11 as rearrest, reincarceration, or any other valid, evi12 dence-based measure) that the Director considers 

13 appropriate and that is consistent with the research 

14 undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics pur15 suant to section 241(b)(6). 

16 (3) GOALS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—After the Director sub18 mits the first report required by paragraph (1), 

19 the Director shall establish goals for reductions 

20 in recidivism rates and shall work to attain 

21 those goals. 

22 (B) CONTENTS.—The goals established 

23 under subparagraph (A) shall use the relative 

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1 year covered by that first report as a baseline 

2 rate, and shall include— 

3 (i) a 5-year goal to increase, at a min4 imum, the baseline relative reduction rate 

5 by 2 percent within 5 fiscal years; and 

6 (ii) a 10-year goal to increase, at a 

7 minimum, the baseline relative reduction 

8 rate by 5 percent within 10 fiscal years. 

9 (d) FORMAT.—Any written information that the Bu10 reau of Prisons provides to inmates for reentry planning 

11 purposes shall use common terminology and language. 

12 (e) MEDICAL CARE.—The Bureau of Prisons shall 

13 provide the United States Probation and Pretrial Services 

14 System with relevant information on the medical care 

15 needs and the mental health treatment needs of inmates 

16 scheduled for release from custody. The United States 

17 Probation and Pretrial Services System shall take this in18 formation into account when developing supervision plans 

19 in an effort to address the medical care and mental health 

20 care needs of such inmates. The Bureau of Prisons shall 

21 provide inmates with a sufficient amount of all necessary 

22 medications (which will normally consist of, at a minimum, 

23 a 2-week supply of such medications) upon release from 

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1 SEC. 235. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BU2 REAU OF PRISONS. 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc4 tor to carry out sections 231, 232, 233, and 234 of this 

5 chapter, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 

6 2009. 

7 SEC. 236. ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER 

8 PRISONERS. 

9 The Attorney General shall take such steps as are 

10 necessary to implement a program to educate employers 

11 about existing incentives for hiring former Federal, State, 

12 or local prisoners, including the Federal bonding program 

13 and tax credits. 

14 SEC. 237. ELDERLY NONVIOLENT OFFENDER PILOT PRO15 GRAM. 

16 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

18 3624 of title 18, United States Code, or any other 

19 provision of law, the Director shall conduct a pilot 

20 program to determine the effectiveness of removing 

21 each eligible elderly offender from a Bureau of Pris22 on facility and placing such offender on home deten23 tion until the date on which the term of imprison24 ment to which the offender was sentenced expires. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

2 pilot program under paragraph (1), the Direc3 tor shall— 

4 (i) in the case of an offender who is 

5 determined to be an eligible elderly of6 fender on or before the date specified in 

7 subparagraph (B), place such offender on 

8 home detention not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

10 and 

11 (ii) in the case of an offender who is 

12 determined to be an eligible elderly of13 fender after the date specified in subpara14 graph (B) and before the date that is 3 

15 years and 91 days after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, place such offender on 

17 home detention not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of such determination. 

19 (B) DATE SPECIFIED.—For purposes of 

20 subparagraph (A), the date specified in this 

21 subparagraph is the date that is 90 days after 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (3) VIOLATION OF TERMS OF HOME DETEN24 TION.—A violation by an eligible elderly offender of 

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1 mission of another Federal, State, or local crime, 

2 shall result in the removal of the offender from 

3 home detention and the return of the offender to the 

4 designated Bureau of Prisons institution in which 

5 the offender was imprisoned immediately before 

6 placement on home detention under paragraph (1). 

7 (b) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 

8 (1) PARTICIPATING DESIGNATED FACILITIES.— 

9 The pilot program under subsection (a) shall be con10 ducted through at least 1 Bureau of Prisons institu11 tion designated by the Director as appropriate for 

12 the pilot program. 

13 (2) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be 

14 conducted during each of fiscal years 2008 and 

15 2009. 

16 (c) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall contract 

18 with an independent organization to monitor and 

19 evaluate the progress of each eligible elderly offender 

20 placed on home detention under subsection (a)(1) 

21 for the period such offender is on home detention 

22 during the duration described in subsection (b)(2). 

23 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The organization de24 scribed in paragraph (1) shall annually submit to 

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1 program under subsection (a)(1), which shall in2 clude— 

3 (A) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 

4 the pilot program in providing a successful 

5 transition for eligible elderly offenders from in6 carceration to the community, including data 

7 relating to the recidivism rates for such offend8 ers; and 

9 (B) the cost savings to the Federal Gov10 ernment resulting from the early removal of 

11 such offenders from incarceration. 

12 (3) PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon review of 

13 the report submitted under paragraph (2), the Di14 rector shall submit recommendations to Congress for 

15 adjustments to the pilot program, including its ex16 pansion to additional facilities. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) ELIGIBLE ELDERLY OFFENDER.—The term 

19 ‘‘eligible elderly offender’’ means an offender in the 

20 custody of the Bureau of Prisons who— 

21 (A) is not less than 60 years of age; 

22 (B) is serving a term of imprisonment 

23 after conviction for an offense other than a 

24 crime of violence and has served the greater of 

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1 (C) has not been convicted in the past of 

2 any Federal or State crime of violence; 

3 (D) has not been determined by the Bu4 reau of Prisons, on the basis of information the 

5 Bureau uses to make custody classifications, 

6 and in the sole discretion of the Bureau, to 

7 have a history of violence; and 

8 (E) has not escaped, or attempted to es9 cape, from a Bureau of Prisons institution. 

10 (2) HOME DETENTION.—The term ‘‘home de11 tention’’ has the same meaning given the term in the 

12 Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and includes deten13 tion in a nursing home or other residential long-term 

14 care facility. 

15 (3) TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.—The term ‘‘term 

16 of imprisonment’’ includes multiple terms of impris17 onment ordered to run consecutively or concurrently, 

18 which shall be treated as a single, aggregate term of 

19 imprisonment for purposes of this section. 

20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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1 CHAPTER 2—REENTRY RESEARCH 

2 SEC. 241. OFFENDER REENTRY RESEARCH. 

3 (a) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—From 

4 amounts made available to carry out this Act, the National 

5 Institute of Justice may conduct research on juvenile and 

6 adult offender reentry, including— 

7 (1) a study identifying the number and charac8 teristics of minor children who have had a parent in9 carcerated, and the likelihood of such minor children 

10 becoming involved in the criminal justice system 

11 some time in their lifetime; 

12 (2) a study identifying a mechanism to compare 

13 rates of recidivism (including rearrest, violations of 

14 parole, probation, post-incarceration supervision, and 

15 reincarceration) among States; and 

16 (3) a study on the population of offenders re17 leased from custody who do not engage in recidivism 

18 and the characteristics (housing, employment, treat19 ment, family connection) of that population. 

20 (b) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.—From 

21 amounts made available to carry out this Act, the Bureau 

22 of Justice Statistics may conduct research on offender re23 entry, including— 

24 (1) an analysis of special populations, including 

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1 orders, female offenders, juvenile offenders, offend2 ers with limited English proficiency, and the elderly, 

3 that present unique reentry challenges; 

4 (2) studies to determine who is returning to 

5 prison, jail, or a juvenile facility and which of those 

6 returning prisoners represent the greatest risk to 

7 victims and community safety; 

8 (3) annual reports on the profile of the popu9 lation coming out of prisons, jails, and juvenile fa10 cilities; 

11 (4) a national recidivism study every 3 years; 

12 (5) a study of parole, probation, or post-incar13 ceration supervision violations and revocations; and 

14 (6) a study concerning the most appropriate 

15 measure to be used when reporting recidivism rates 

16 (whether rearrest, reincarceration, or any other 

17 valid, evidence-based measure). 

18 SEC. 242. GRANTS TO STUDY PAROLE OR POST-INCARCER19 ATION SUPERVISION VIOLATIONS AND REV20 OCATIONS. 

21 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 

22 available to carry out this section, the Attorney General 

23 may award grants to States to study and to improve the 

24 collection of data with respect to individuals whose parole 

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1 such individuals represent the greatest risk to victims and 

2 community safety. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—As a condition of receiving a 

4 grant under this section, a State shall— 

5 (1) certify that the State has, or intends to es6 tablish, a program that collects comprehensive and 

7 reliable data with respect to individuals described in 

8 subsection (a), including data on— 

9 (A) the number and type of parole or post10 incarceration supervision violations that occur 

11 with the State; 

12 (B) the reasons for parole or post-incarcer13 ation supervision revocation; 

14 (C) the underlying behavior that led to the 

15 revocation; and 

16 (D) the term of imprisonment or other 

17 penalty that is imposed for the violation; and 

18 (2) provide the data described in paragraph (1) 

19 to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form pre20 scribed by the Bureau. 

21 (c) ANALYSIS.—Any statistical analysis of population 

22 data under this section shall be conducted in accordance 

23 with the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 

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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

4 SEC. 243. ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF IN5 CARCERATED PARENTS. 

6 (a) BEST PRACTICES.—The Attorney General shall 

7 collect data and develop best practices of State corrections 

8 departments and child protection agencies relating to the 

9 communication and coordination between such State de10 partments and agencies to ensure the safety and support 

11 of children of incarcerated parents (including those in fos12 ter care and kinship care), and the support of parent-child 

13 relationships between incarcerated (and formerly incarcer14 ated) parents and their children, as appropriate to the 

15 health and well-being of the children. Such best practices 

16 shall include information related to policies, procedures, 

17 and programs that may be used by States to address— 

18 (1) maintenance of the parent-child bond dur19 ing incarceration; 

20 (2) parental self-improvement; and 

21 (3) parental involvement in planning for the fu22 ture and well-being of their children. 

23 (b) DISSEMINATION TO STATES.—Not later than 1 

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1 ney General shall disseminate to States and other relevant 

2 entities the best practices described in subsection (a). 

3 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that States and other relevant entities should use 

5 the best practices developed and disseminated in accord6 ance with this section to evaluate and improve the commu7 nication and coordination between State corrections de8 partments and child protection agencies to ensure the 

9 safety and support of children of incarcerated parents (in10 cluding those in foster care and kinship care), and the sup11 port of parent-child relationships between incarcerated 

12 (and formerly incarcerated) parents and their children, as 

13 appropriate to the health and well-being of the children. 

14 CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS 

15 TO EXISTING LAW 

16 SEC. 251. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRIS17 ONER IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 

18 (a) PRE-RELEASE CUSTODY.— 

19 (1) AMENDMENT.—Section 3624(c) of title 18, 

20 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(c) PRE-RELEASE CUSTODY.— 

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

23 of Prisons shall, to the extent practicable, ensure 

24 that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment 

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1 (not to exceed 12 months), under conditions that 

2 will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to 

3 adjust to and prepare for the prisoner’s reentry into 

4 the community. Such conditions may include a com5 munity correctional facility. 

6 ‘‘(2) HOME CONFINEMENT AUTHORITY.—The 

7 authority provided by this subsection may be used to 

8 place a prisoner in home confinement for the last 10 

9 percent of the term of imprisonment or the final 6 

10 months of such term, whichever is shorter. 

11 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Proba12 tion System shall, to the extent practicable, offer as13 sistance to a prisoner during such pre-release cus14 tody. 

15 ‘‘(4) NO LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this sub16 section shall be construed to limit or restrict the au17 thority of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 

18 granted under section 3621 of this title. 

19 ‘‘(5) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of enactment of the Second Chance Act of 

21 2007 (and every year thereafter), the Director of the 

22 Bureau of Prisons shall transmit to the Committees 

23 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 

24 Representatives a report describing the Bureau’s 

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1 report shall set forth the number and percentage of 

2 Federal prisoners placed in community corrections 

3 facilities during the preceding year, the average 

4 length of such placements, trends in such utilization, 

5 the reasons some prisoners are not placed in commu6 nity corrections facilities, and any other information 

7 that may be useful to the committees in determining 

8 if the Bureau is utilizing community corrections fa9 cilities in an effective manner. 

10 ‘‘(6) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Not later 

11 than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Sec12 ond Chance Act of 2007, the Director of Bureau of 

13 Prisons shall issue regulations pursuant to this sub14 section, which shall include modifications to section 

15 570.21 of the Bureau’s regulations (28 C.F.R. 

16 570.21), to ensure that such section is in accordance 

17 with the provisions of this subsection.’’. 

18 (2) APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENT.—The 

19 amendment made by this subsection shall apply with 

20 respect to any prisoner who— 

21 (A) is serving a term of imprisonment on 

22 the date of enactment of this Act; 

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1 Act, but who has not begun to serve such sen2 tence on such date of enactment; or 

3 (C) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment 

4 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (b) COURTS MAY NOT REQUIRE A SENTENCE OF IM6 PRISONMENT TO BE SERVED IN A COMMUNITY CORREC7 TIONS FACILITY.—Section 3621(b) of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: ‘‘Any order, recommendation, or request by a sen10 tencing court that a convicted person serve a term of im11 prisonment in a community corrections facility has no 

12 binding effect on the discretionary authority of the Bureau 

13 under this section to determine or change the place of im14 prisonment of that person.’’. 

15 SEC. 252. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FED16 ERAL PRISONS. 

17 Section 3621(e)(5)(A) of title 18, United States 

18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘means a course of’’ and 

19 all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘means a 

20 course of individual and group activities and treatment, 

21 lasting at least 6 months, in residential treatment facilities 

22 set apart from the general prison population, which may 

23 include the use of pharmocotherapies, where appropriate, 

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1 SEC. 253. MEDICAL CARE FOR PRISONERS. 

2 Section 3621 of title 18, United States Code, is fur3 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(g) CONTINUED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure a min7 imum standard of health and habitability, the Bu8 reau of Prisons shall ensure that each prisoner in a 

9 community confinement facility has access to nec10 essary medical care, mental health care, and medi11 cine. 

12 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

13 ‘community confinement’ has the meaning given that 

14 term in the application notes under section 5F1.1 of 

15 the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual, as in ef16 fect on the date of the enactment of the Second 

17 Chance Act of 2007.’’. 

18 SEC. 254. CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES FOR POST-CONVIC19 TION SUPERVISION OFFENDERS. 

20 Section 3672 of title 18, United States Code, is 

21 amended by inserting after the third sentence in the sev22 enth paragraph the following new sentence: ‘‘He also shall 

23 have the authority to contract with any appropriate public 

24 or private agency or person to monitor and provide serv25 ices to any offender in the community, including treat26 ment, equipment and emergency housing, corrective and 


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1 preventative guidance and training, and other rehabilita2 tive services designed to protect the public and promote 

3 the successful reentry of the offender into the commu4 nity.’’. 

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