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Union Calendar No. 82 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 110–140] 

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 

MAY 9, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ISSA, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

GUTIERREZ, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. 

RAMSTAD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. STARK, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. MOORE

of Wisconsin, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. 

LEE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. REYES, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. 

SHAYS, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MEEKS of New 

York, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MORAN

of Virginia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 

Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FILNER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. KUCINICH, 

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. MILLENDERMCDONALD, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. WATT, Mr. 


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ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. RUSH, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Ms. SUTTON, 

Mr. WOLF, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

and Mr. MELANCON

Deleted sponsor: Mr. JONES of North Carolina (added April 16, 2007; deleted 

April 19, 2007) 

MAY 9, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

8 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. 


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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 

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


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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. 

(3) Nearly 2 13 ⁄3 of released State prisoners are 

14 expected to be rearrested for a felony or serious mis15 demeanor within 3 years after release. 

16 (4) According to the Bureau of Justice Statis17 tics, expenditures on corrections alone increased 

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

19 2002. These figures do not include the cost of arrest 


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1 and prosecution, nor do they take into account the 

2 cost to victims. 

3 (5) The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry 

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

5 State governments to develop and implement edu6 cation, job training, mental health treatment, and 

7 substance abuse treatment for serious and violent of8 fenders. This Act seeks to build upon the innovative 

9 and successful State reentry programs developed 

10 under the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Ini11 tiative, which terminated after fiscal year 2005. 

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

13 children with a parent in a Federal or State correc14 tional facility increased by more than 100 percent, 

15 from approximately 900,000 to approximately 

16 2,000,000. According to the Bureau of Prisons, 

17 there is evidence to suggest that inmates who are 

18 connected to their children and families are more 

19 likely to avoid negative incidents and have reduced 

20 sentences. 

21 (7) Released prisoners cite family support as 

22 the most important factor in helping them stay out 

23 of prison. Research suggests that families are an 

24 often underutilized resource in the reentry process. 


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

2 years and under) leave juvenile correctional facilities, 

3 State prison, or Federal prison each year. Juveniles 

4 released from secure confinement still have their 

5 likely prime crime years ahead of them. Juveniles re6 leased from secure confinement have a recidivism 

7 rate ranging from 55 to 75 percent. The chances 

8 that young people will successfully transition into so9 ciety improve with effective reentry and aftercare 

10 programs. 

11 (9) Studies have shown that between 15 percent 

12 and 27 percent of prisoners expect to go to homeless 

13 shelters upon release from prison. 

14 (10) Fifty-seven percent of Federal and 70 per15 cent of State inmates used drugs regularly before 

16 going to prison, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

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

18 estimates the use of drugs or alcohol around the 

19 time of the offense that resulted in the incarceration 

20 of the inmate at as high as 84 percent. 

21 (11) Family-based treatment programs have 

22 proven results for serving the special populations of 

23 female offenders and substance abusers with chil24 dren. An evaluation by the Substance Abuse and 

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1 based treatment for substance-abusing mothers and 

2 children found that 6 months after such treatment, 

3 60 percent of the mothers remained alcohol and 

4 drug free, and drug-related offenses declined from 

5 28 percent to 7 percent. Additionally, a 2003 evalua6 tion of residential family-based treatment programs 

7 revealed that 60 percent of mothers remained clean 

8 and sober 6 months after treatment, criminal arrests 

9 declined by 43 percent, and 88 percent of the chil10 dren treated in the program with their mothers re11 mained stabilized. 

12 (12) A Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis in13 dicated that only 33 percent of Federal inmates and 

14 36 percent of State inmates had participated in resi15 dential in-patient treatment programs for alcohol 

16 and drug abuse 12 months before their release. Further, over 1 17 ⁄3 of all jail inmates have some physical 

18 or mental disability and 25 percent of jail inmates 

19 have been treated at some time for a mental or emo20 tional problem. 

21 (13) State Substance Abuse Agency Directors, 

22 also known as Single State Authorities (SSAs), man23 age the Nation’s publicly funded substance abuse 

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1 tems of care that provide clinically appropriate sub2 stance abuse services. Given the high rate of sub3 stance use disorders among offenders reentering our 

4 communities, successful reentry programs require 

5 close interaction and collaboration with SSAs when 

6 planning, implementing, and evaluating reentry pro7 grams. 

8 (14) According to the National Institute of Lit9 eracy, 70 percent of all prisoners function at the 

10 lowest literacy levels. 

11 (15) Less than 32 percent of State prison in12 mates have a high school diploma or a higher level 

13 of education, compared to 82 percent of the general 

14 population. 

15 (16) Approximately 38 percent of inmates who 

16 completed 11 years or less of school were not work17 ing before entry into prison. 

18 (17) The percentage of State prisoners partici19 pating in educational programs decreased by more 

20 than 8 percent between 1991 and 1997, despite 

21 growing evidence of how educational programming 

22 while incarcerated reduces recidivism. 

23 (18) The National Institute of Justice has 

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

25 former inmates are not employed. 


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1 (19) Transitional jobs programs have proven to 

2 help people with criminal records to successfully re3 turn to the workplace and to the community, and 

4 therefore can reduce recidivism. 

5 SEC. 4. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

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

7 General shall submit all reports received under this Act 

8 and the amendments made by this Act during the pre9 ceding year to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen10 ate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

11 Representatives. 

12 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS RE13 LATED TO THE OMNIBUS 

14 CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE 

15 STREETS ACT OF 1968 

16 Subtitle A—Improvements to 

17 Existing Programs 

18 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE OF19 FENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY DEM20 ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 

21 (a) ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER DEMONSTRA22 TION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2976(b) of the 

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

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

25 through (4) and inserting the following: 


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

2 systems under which— 

3 ‘‘(A) correctional agencies and other crimi4 nal and juvenile justice agencies of the grant 

5 recipient develop and carry out plans to facili6 tate the reentry into the community of each of7 fender in the custody of the jurisdiction in8 volved; 

9 ‘‘(B) the supervision and services provided 

10 to offenders in the custody of the jurisdiction 

11 involved are coordinated with the supervision 

12 and services provided to offenders after reentry 

13 into the community, including coordination with 

14 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re15 entry Task Forces under section 2902 or with 

16 similar planning groups; 

17 ‘‘(C) the efforts of various public and pri18 vate entities to provide supervision and services 

19 to offenders after reentry into the community, 

20 and to family members of such offenders, are 

21 coordinated; and 

22 ‘‘(D) offenders awaiting reentry into the 

23 community are provided with documents (such 

24 as identification papers, referrals to services, 

25 medical prescriptions, job training certificates, 


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1 apprenticeship papers, and information on ob2 taining public assistance) useful in achieving a 

3 successful transition from prison, jail, or a juve4 nile facility; 

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

6 units of local government to strengthen reentry serv7 ices for individuals released from local jails, includ8 ing coordination with Comprehensive and Contin9 uous Offender Reentry Task Forces under section 

10 2902 or with similar planning groups; 

11 ‘‘(3) assessing the literacy, educational, and vo12 cational needs of offenders in custody and identi13 fying and providing services appropriate to meet 

14 those needs, including follow-up assessments and 

15 long-term services; 

16 ‘‘(4) facilitating collaboration among corrections 

17 (including community corrections), technical schools, 

18 community colleges, businesses, nonprofit, and the 

19 workforce development and employment service sec20 tors— 

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

22 employment of people released from prison, jail, 

23 or a juvenile facility through efforts such as 

24 educating employers about existing financial in25 centives; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to facilitate the creation of job oppor2 tunities, including transitional jobs and time3 limited subsidized work experience (where ap4 propriate); 

5 ‘‘(C) to connect offenders to employment 

6 (including supportive employment and employ7 ment services before their release to the com8 munity), provide work supports (including 

9 transportation and retention services), as ap10 propriate, and identify labor market needs to 

11 ensure that education and training are appro12 priate; and 

13 ‘‘(D) to address obstacles to employment 

14 that are not directly connected to the offense 

15 committed and the risk that the offender pre16 sents to the community and provide case man17 agement services as necessary to prepare of18 fenders for jobs that offer the potential for ad19 vancement and growth; 

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

21 training, responsible parenting and healthy relation22 ship skills training (designed specifically to address 

23 the needs of fathers and mothers in or transitioning 

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1 spect and life skills training, and other skills useful 

2 in achieving a successful transition from prison, jail, 

3 or a juvenile facility; 

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

5 and transitional housing (including group homes for 

6 recovering substance abusers (with appropriate safe7 guards that may include single-gender housing)) 

8 through which offenders are provided supervision 

9 and services immediately following reentry into the 

10 community; 

11 ‘‘(7) assisting offenders in securing permanent 

12 housing upon release or following a stay in transi13 tional housing; 

14 ‘‘(8) providing substance abuse treatment and 

15 services, including providing a full continuum of sub16 stance abuse treatment services that encompasses 

17 outpatient services, comprehensive residential serv18 ices and recovery, and recovery home services to of19 fenders reentering the community from prison, jail, 

20 or a juvenile facility; 

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

22 centers that offer family-based comprehensive treat23 ment services for parents and their children as a 

24 complete family unit, as appropriate to the safety, 

25 security, and well-being of the family; 


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1 ‘‘(10) encouraging collaboration among juvenile 

2 and adult corrections, community corrections, and 

3 community health centers to allow access to afford4 able and quality primary health care for offenders 

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

6 a juvenile facility; 

7 ‘‘(11) providing or facilitating health care serv8 ices to offenders (including substance abuse screen9 ing, treatment, and aftercare, infectious disease 

10 screening and treatment, and screening, assessment, 

11 and aftercare for mental health services) to protect 

12 the communities in which offenders will live; 

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

14 mentors of offenders to remain in contact with those 

15 offenders (including through the use of all available 

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

17 and after reentry into the community, and encour18 aging the involvement of prison, jail, or a juvenile 

19 facility mentors in the reentry process; 

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

21 offenders are involved in facilitating the successful 

22 reentry of those offenders into the community (as 

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

24 the family), including removing obstacles to the 

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1 fender is in custody, strengthening the family’s ca2 pacity to function as a stable living situation during 

3 reentry, and involving family members in the plan4 ning and implementation of the reentry process; 

5 ‘‘(14) creating, developing, or enhancing of6 fender and family assessments, curricula, policies, 

7 procedures, or programs (including mentoring pro8 grams)— 

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

10 identified risk of domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, or stalking reconnect with 

12 their families and communities (as appropriate 

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

14 family), and become non-abusive parents or 

15 partners; and 

16 ‘‘(B) under which particular attention is 

17 paid to the safety of children affected and the 

18 confidentiality concerns of victims, and efforts 

19 are coordinated with victim service providers; 

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

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

22 of the child as determined by the relevant correc23 tions and child protective services agencies, includ24 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(A) implementing programs in correc2 tional agencies to include the collection of infor3 mation regarding any dependent children of an 

4 offender as part of intake procedures, including 

5 the number, age, and location or jurisdiction of 

6 such children; 

7 ‘‘(B) connecting those identified children 

8 with services as appropriate and needed; 

9 ‘‘(C) carrying out programs (including 

10 mentoring) that support children of incarcer11 ated parents, including those in foster care and 

12 those cared for by grandparents or other rel13 atives (which is commonly referred to as kin14 ship care); 

15 ‘‘(D) developing programs and activities 

16 (including mentoring) that support parent-child 

17 relationships, as appropriate to the safety, secu18 rity, and well-being of the family, including 

19 technology to promote the parent-child relation20 ship and to facilitate participation in parent21 teacher conferences, books on tape programs, 

22 family days, and visitation areas for children 

23 while visiting an incarcerated parent; 


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1 ‘‘(E) helping incarcerated parents to learn 

2 responsible parenting and healthy relationship 

3 skills; 

4 ‘‘(F) addressing visitation obstacles to chil5 dren of an incarcerated parent, such as the lo6 cation of facilities in remote areas, telephone 

7 costs, mail restrictions, and visitation policies; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(G) identifying and addressing obstacles 

10 to collaborating with child welfare agencies in 

11 the provision of services jointly to offenders in 

12 custody and to the children of such offenders; 

13 ‘‘(16) carrying out programs for the entire fam14 ily unit, including the coordination of service delivery 

15 across agencies; 

16 ‘‘(17) facilitating and encouraging timely and 

17 complete payment of restitution and fines by offend18 ers to victims and the community; 

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

20 upon release of offenders, including security services 

21 and counseling, and facilitating the inclusion of vic22 tims, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry process; 

23 ‘‘(19) establishing or expanding the use of re24 entry courts and other programs to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) monitor offenders returning to the 

2 community; 

3 ‘‘(B) provide returning offenders with— 

4 ‘‘(i) drug and alcohol testing and 

5 treatment; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) mental and medical health as7 sessment and services; 

8 ‘‘(C) facilitate restorative justice practices 

9 and convene family or community impact pan10 els, family impact educational classes, victim 

11 impact panels, or victim impact educational 

12 classes; 

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

14 other community services to offenders, includ15 ing— 

16 ‘‘(i) employment training; 

17 ‘‘(ii) education; 

18 ‘‘(iii) housing assistance; 

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

20 include responsible parenting and healthy 

21 relationship skill training designed specifi22 cally to address the needs of incarcerated 

23 and transitioning fathers and mothers; 

24 ‘‘(v) conflict resolution skills training; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) family violence intervention pro2 grams; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) other appropriate services; and 

4 ‘‘(E) establish and implement graduated 

5 sanctions and incentives; 

6 ‘‘(20) developing a case management reentry 

7 program that— 

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

9 as defined by the Attorney General; and 

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

11 solely for such eligible veterans that coordinates 

12 community services and veterans services for of13 fenders who qualify for such veterans services; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(21) protecting communities against dan16 gerous offenders, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) conducting studies in collaboration 

18 with Federal research initiatives in effect on the 

19 date of enactment of the Second Chance Act of 

20 2007, to determine which offenders are return21 ing to prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities and 

22 which of those returning offenders represent the 

23 greatest risk to community safety; 

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1 mining when release is appropriate and in the 

2 use of data to inform the release decision; 

3 ‘‘(C) using validated assessment tools to 

4 assess the risk factors of returning inmates, 

5 and developing or adopting procedures to en6 sure that dangerous felons are not released 

7 from prison prematurely; and 

8 ‘‘(D) developing and implementing proce9 dures to identify efficiently and effectively those 

10 violators of probation, parole, or post-incarcer11 ation supervision who represent the greatest 

12 risk to community safety.’’. 

13 (b) JUVENILE OFFENDER DEMONSTRATION

14 PROJECTS REAUTHORIZED.—Section 2976(c) of the Om15 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

16 U.S.C. 3797w(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘may be ex17 pended for’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

18 end and inserting ‘‘may be expended for any activity re19 ferred to in subsection (b).’’. 

20 (c) APPLICATIONS; REQUIREMENTS; PRIORITIES; 

21 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS.—Section 2976 of the 

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

23 U.S.C. 3797w) is further amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub25 section (o); and 


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

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—A State, unit of local govern4 ment, territory, or Indian tribe, or combination thereof, 

5 desiring a grant under this section shall submit an appli6 cation to the Attorney General that— 

7 ‘‘(1) contains a reentry strategic plan, as de8 scribed in subsection (h), which describes the long9 term strategy and incorporates a detailed implemen10 tation schedule, including the plans of the applicant 

11 to pay for the program after the Federal funding is 

12 discontinued; 

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

14 the role of governmental agencies and nonprofit or15 ganizations that will be coordinated by, and that will 

16 collaborate on, the offender reentry strategy of the 

17 applicant and certifies their involvement; and 

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

19 and outcome measures that will be used to evaluate 

20 the program, and specifically explains how such 

21 measurements will provide valid measures of the 

22 program’s impact. 

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

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

25 the application— 


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1 ‘‘(1) reflects explicit support of the chief execu2 tive officer of the State, unit of local government, 

3 territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under 

4 this section; 

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

6 State corrections departments, community correc7 tions agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail 

8 systems in ensuring successful reentry of offenders 

9 into their communities; 

10 ‘‘(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration 

11 with State and local government agencies overseeing 

12 health, housing, child welfare, education, substance 

13 abuse, victims services, and employment services, 

14 and with local law enforcement; 

15 ‘‘(4) provides a plan for analysis of the statu16 tory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based hur17 dles to reintegration of offenders into the commu18 nity; and 

19 ‘‘(5) includes the use of a State, local, terri20 torial, or tribal task force, described in subsection 

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

22 grant. 

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

24 General shall give priority to grant applications under this 

25 section that best— 


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

2 disproportionate population of offenders released 

3 from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 

4 ‘‘(2) include— 

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

6 any case where relevant input is available and 

7 appropriate to the grant application; 

8 ‘‘(B) consultations with crime victims and 

9 offenders who are released from prisons, jails, 

10 and juvenile facilities; and 

11 ‘‘(C) coordination with families of offend12 ers; 

13 ‘‘(3) demonstrate effective case assessment and 

14 management abilities in order to provide comprehen15 sive and continuous reentry, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) planning while offenders are in pris17 on, jail, or a juvenile facility, pre-release transi18 tion housing, and community release; 

19 ‘‘(B) establishing pre-release planning pro20 cedures to ensure that the eligibility of an of21 fender for Federal or State benefits upon re22 lease is established prior to release, subject to 

23 any limitations in law, and to ensure that of24 fenders obtain all necessary referrals for reentry 

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1 ‘‘(C) delivery of continuous and appro2 priate drug treatment, medical care, job train3 ing and placement, educational services, or any 

4 other service or support needed for reentry; 

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

6 adjudicates violations of parole, probation, or super7 vision following release from prison, jail, or a juve8 nile facility, taking into account public safety and 

9 the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for 

10 minor and technical violations of parole, probation, 

11 or supervision (specifically those violations that are 

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

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

14 reentry programs that include, to the maximum ex15 tent possible, random assignment and controlled 

16 studies to determine the effectiveness of such pro17 grams; and 

18 ‘‘(6) target high-risk offenders for reentry pro19 grams through validated assessment tools. 

20 ‘‘(g) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

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

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1 percent of the project funded under such grant 

2 in fiscal year 2008. 

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

4 not apply if the Attorney General— 

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

6 requirement of this paragraph; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) publishes in the Federal Register 

8 the rationale for the waiver. 

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

10 funds received under this section shall be used to 

11 supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that 

12 would otherwise be available for the activities funded 

13 under this section. 

14 ‘‘(h) REENTRY STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

16 financial assistance under this section, each appli17 cant shall develop a comprehensive strategic reentry 

18 plan that contains measurable annual and 5-year 

19 performance outcomes, and that uses, to the max20 imum extent possible, random assigned and con21 trolled studies to determine the effectiveness of the 

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

23 rate of recidivism (as defined by the Attorney Gen24 eral, consistent with the research on offender reentry 

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1 offenders released from prison, jail, or a juvenile fa2 cility who are served with funds made available 

3 under this section. 

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

5 plan under this subsection, an applicant shall coordi6 nate with communities and stakeholders, including 

7 persons in the fields of public safety, juvenile and 

8 adult corrections, housing, health, education, sub9 stance abuse, children and families, victims services, 

10 employment, and business and members of nonprofit 

11 organizations that can provide reentry services. 

12 ‘‘(3) MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS.—Each re13 entry plan developed under this subsection shall 

14 measure the progress of the applicant toward in15 creasing public safety by reducing rates of recidivism 

16 and enabling released offenders to transition suc17 cessfully back into their communities. 

18 ‘‘(i) REENTRY TASK FORCE.— 

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

20 financial assistance under this section, each appli21 cant shall establish or empower a Reentry Task 

22 Force, or other relevant convening authority, to— 

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

24 funding streams to promote lower recidivism 

25 rates for returning offenders and minimize the 


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

2 or a juvenile facility on families and commu3 nities of offenders by collecting data and best 

4 practices in offender reentry from demonstra5 tion grantees and other agencies and organiza6 tions; and 

7 ‘‘(B) provide the analysis described in sub8 section (e)(4). 

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

10 authority under this subsection shall be comprised 

11 of— 

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

13 local leaders; and 

14 ‘‘(B) representatives of relevant— 

15 ‘‘(i) agencies; 

16 ‘‘(ii) service providers; 

17 ‘‘(iii) nonprofit organizations; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) stakeholders. 

19 ‘‘(j) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicant shall iden21 tify in the reentry strategic plan developed under 

22 subsection (h), specific performance outcomes re23 lated to the long-term goals of increasing public 

24 safety and reducing recidivism. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The perform2 ance outcomes identified under paragraph (1) shall 

3 include, with respect to offenders released back into 

4 the community— 

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

6 shall be reported in accordance with the meas7 ure selected by the Director of the Bureau of 

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

9 Chance Act of 2007; 

10 ‘‘(B) reduction in crime; 

11 ‘‘(C) increased employment and education 

12 opportunities; 

13 ‘‘(D) reduction in violations of conditions 

14 of supervised release; 

15 ‘‘(E) increased child support; 

16 ‘‘(F) increased housing opportunities; 

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

18 and 

19 ‘‘(H) increased participation in substance 

20 abuse and mental health services. 

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

22 section may include in their reentry strategic plan 

23 other performance outcomes that increase the suc24 cess rates of offenders who transition from prison, 

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

2 section shall coordinate with communities and stake3 holders about the selection of performance outcomes 

4 identified by the applicant, and shall consult with 

5 the Attorney General for assistance with data collec6 tion and measurement activities as provided for in 

7 the grant application materials. 

8 ‘‘(5) REPORT.— 

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

10 this section shall submit an annual report to 

11 the Attorney General that— 

12 ‘‘(i) identifies the progress of the 

13 grantee toward achieving its strategic per14 formance outcomes; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) describes other activities con16 ducted by the grantee to increase the suc17 cess rates of the reentry population, such 

18 as programs that foster effective risk man19 agement and treatment programming, of20 fender accountability, and community and 

21 victim participation. 

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

23 annual basis, the Attorney General shall submit 

24 all reports received under this paragraph during 

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1 ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

2 Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

3 ‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 

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

5 consultation with grantees under this section, 

6 shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) identify primary and secondary 

8 sources of information to support the measure9 ment of the performance indicators identified 

10 under this section; 

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

12 collection in support of performance measure13 ment required under this section; 

14 ‘‘(C) provide to all grantees technical as15 sistance and training on performance measures 

16 and data collection for purposes of this section; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) consult with the Substance Abuse 

19 and Mental Health Services Administration and 

20 the National Institute on Drug Abuse on stra21 tegic performance outcome measures and data 

22 collection for purposes of this section relating to 

23 substance abuse and mental health. 

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

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1 tify national and other sources of information to 

2 support performance measurement of grantees. 

3 ‘‘(3) STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.—Any statis4 tical analysis of population data conducted pursuant 

5 to this section shall be conducted in accordance with 

6 the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 

7 relating to classification standards. 

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

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

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

11 a grantee shall submit to the Attorney General such infor12 mation as is necessary to demonstrate that— 

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

14 that reflects input from nonprofit organizations, in 

15 any case where relevant input is available and appro16 priate to the grant application; 

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

18 performance measures to assess the progress of the 

19 grantee toward increasing public safety by reducing 

20 the rate at which individuals released from prisons, 

21 jails, or juvenile facilities who participate in the re22 entry system supported by Federal funds are recom23 mitted to prisons, jails, or juvenile facilities; and 

24 ‘‘(3) the grantee will coordinate with the Attor25 ney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant 


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1 input from nonprofit organizations is available and 

2 appropriate), and other experts regarding the selec3 tion and implementation of the performance meas4 ures described in subsection (k). 

5 ‘‘(m) NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER

6 REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.— 

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

8 using amounts made available to carry out this sub9 section, make a grant to an eligible organization to 

10 provide for the establishment of a National Adult 

11 and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. 

12 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—An organiza13 tion eligible for the grant under paragraph (1) is 

14 any national nonprofit organization approved by the 

15 Interagency Task Force on Federal Programs and 

16 Activities Relating to the Reentry of Offenders Into 

17 the Community, that provides technical assistance 

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

19 national-level experience in, offender reentry pro20 grams, training, and research. 

21 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiv22 ing the grant under paragraph (1) shall establish a 

23 National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Re24 source Center to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) provide education, training, and tech2 nical assistance for States, tribes, territories, 

3 local governments, service providers, nonprofit 

4 organizations, and corrections institutions; 

5 ‘‘(B) collect data and best practices in of6 fender reentry from demonstration grantees and 

7 others agencies and organizations; 

8 ‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation 

9 tools, mechanisms, and measures to better as10 sess and document coalition performance meas11 ures and outcomes; 

12 ‘‘(D) disseminate information to States 

13 and other relevant entities about best practices, 

14 policy standards, and research findings; 

15 ‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to 

16 assist relevant authorities in determining when 

17 release is appropriate and in the use of data to 

18 inform the release decision; 

19 ‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to 

20 identify efficiently and effectively those violators 

21 of probation, parole, or supervision following re22 lease from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility who 

23 should be returned to prisons, jails, or juvenile 

24 facilities and those who should receive other 

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1 ‘‘(G) collaborate with the Interagency Task 

2 Force on Federal Programs and Activities Re3 lating to the Reentry of Offenders Into the 

4 Community, and the Federal Resource Center 

5 for Children of Prisoners; 

6 ‘‘(H) develop a national reentry research 

7 agenda; 

8 ‘‘(I) bridge the gap between reentry re9 search and practice by translating knowledge 

10 from research into practical information; and 

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

12 availability of information that will assist of13 fenders in areas such as housing, employment, 

14 counseling, mentoring, medical and mental 

15 health services, substance abuse treatment, 

16 transportation, and daily living skills. 

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

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

19 be available to carry out this subsection. 

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

21 to carry out this section— 

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

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

2 available to the National Institute of Justice to 

3 evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration 

4 projects funded under this section, using a method5 ology that— 

6 ‘‘(A) includes, to the maximum extent fea7 sible, random assignment of offenders (or enti8 ties working with such persons) to program de9 livery and control groups; and 

10 ‘‘(B) generates evidence on which reentry 

11 approaches and strategies are most effective.’’. 

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

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

14 U.S.C. 3797w(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘States, Terri15 tories’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

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

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

18 in partnership with stakeholders, service providers, and 

19 nonprofit organizations.’’. 

20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

21 2976(o) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

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

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

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

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1 ing ‘‘$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 

2 $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’; and 

3 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail6 able to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not 

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

8 used for technical assistance and training.’’. 

9 SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 

10 ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE OFFENDERS 

11 PROGRAM. 

12 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPONENT.— 

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

14 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1(c)), is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in17 serting ‘‘REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPO18 NENT.—’’; and 

19 (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol20 lows: 

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

22 a State shall ensure that individuals who participate 

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1 ices, which may include case management services 

2 and a full continuum of support services that ensure 

3 providers furnishing services under the program are 

4 approved by the appropriate State or local agency, 

5 and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical treat6 ment or other health services.’’. 

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

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

9 3796ff–3(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(d) RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

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

12 substance abuse treatment program’ means a course of 

13 comprehensive individual and group substance abuse 

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

15 in residential treatment facilities set apart from the gen16 eral population of a prison or jail, which may include the 

17 use of pharmacological treatment, where appropriate, that 

18 may extend beyond such period.’’. 

19 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY AND REPORT ON

20 AFTERCARE SERVICES.—The Attorney General, through 

21 the National Institute of Justice, and in consultation with 

22 the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shall conduct a 

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

24 Department of Justice for aftercare services under section 

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

2 for offenders who reenter the community after completing 

3 a substance abuse program in prison or jail. 

4 Subtitle B—New and Innovative 

5 Programs to Improve Offender 

6 Reentry Services 

7 SEC. 111. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 

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

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

10 3797w et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further 

11 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

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

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

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

15 more than $500,000 to— 

16 ‘‘(1) State and local courts; and 

17 ‘‘(2) State agencies, municipalities, public agen18 cies, nonprofit organizations, territories, and Indian 

19 tribes that have agreements with courts to take the 

20 lead in establishing a reentry court (as described in 

21 section 2976(b)(19)). 

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

23 under this section shall be administered in accordance 

24 with such guidelines, regulations, and procedures as pro25 mulgated by the Attorney General, and may be used to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) monitor juvenile and adult offenders re2 turning to the community; 

3 ‘‘(2) provide juvenile and adult offenders re4 turning to the community with coordinated and com5 prehensive reentry services and programs such as— 

6 ‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess7 ment for treatment; 

8 ‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 

9 a substance abuse professional who is approved 

10 by the State and licensed by the appropriate en11 tity to provide alcohol and drug addiction treat12 ment, as appropriate; 

13 ‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 

14 provider that is approved by the State, and li15 censed, if necessary, to provide medical and 

16 other health services; 

17 ‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv18 ices and assessment; 

19 ‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv20 ices that— 

21 ‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 

22 and related health services; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 

24 and related health services; and 

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

2 impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 

3 ‘‘(4) provide and coordinate the delivery of com4 munity services to juvenile and adult offenders, in5 cluding— 

6 ‘‘(A) housing assistance; 

7 ‘‘(B) education; 

8 ‘‘(C) employment training; 

9 ‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 

10 ‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 

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

12 ‘‘(5) establish and implement graduated sanc13 tions and incentives. 

14 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec15 tion shall be construed as preventing a grantee that oper16 ates a drug court under part EE at the time a grant is 

17 awarded under this section from using funds from such 

18 grant to supplement the drug court under part EE in ac19 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 

20 (b). 

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

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

23 in addition to any other requirements required by the At24 torney General, submit to the Attorney General an appli25 cation that— 


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

2 this section and the need for such program; 

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

4 implementation plan for such program, including 

5 how the entity plans to pay for the program after 

6 the Federal funding ends; 

7 ‘‘(3) identifies the governmental and community 

8 agencies that will be coordinated by the project; 

9 ‘‘(4) certifies that— 

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

11 including existing community corrections and 

12 parole entities, have been appropriately con13 sulted in the development of the program; 

14 ‘‘(B) there will be appropriate coordination 

15 with all such agencies in the implementation of 

16 the program; and 

17 ‘‘(C) there will be appropriate coordination 

18 and consultation with the Single State Author19 ity for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 

20 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of 

21 the State; and 

22 ‘‘(5) describes the methodology and outcome 

23 measures that will be used to evaluate the program. 

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

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

2 unless the Attorney General— 

3 ‘‘(1) waives, wholly or in part, the matching re4 quirement under this subsection; and 

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

6 waiver. 

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

8 grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen9 eral, for each fiscal year in which funds from the grant 

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

11 as the Attorney General may reasonably require, that con12 tains— 

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

14 under the program assisted by the grant; 

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

16 meeting the need for the program identified in the 

17 application submitted under subsection (d); and 

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

19 General may require. 

20 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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

23 2008 and 2009 to carry out this section. 

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

2 by the Attorney General for salaries and admin3 istrative expenses; and 

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

5 than 2 percent may be used for technical assist6 ance and training.’’. 

7 SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS 

8 OFFENDER REENTRY TASK FORCES. 

9 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

11 amended by inserting after part BB the following new 

12 part: 

13 ‘‘PART CC—GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND 

14 CONTINUOUS OFFENDER REENTRY TASK 

15 FORCES 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZATION. 

17 ‘‘The Attorney General shall carry out a grant pro18 gram under which the Attorney General makes grants to 

19 States, units of local government, territories, Indian 

20 tribes, and other public and private entities for the pur21 pose of establishing and administering task forces (to be 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 2902. COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS OFFENDER 

2 REENTRY TASK FORCES. 

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

4 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 

5 Force is a planning group of a State, unit of local govern6 ment, territory, or Indian tribe that— 

7 ‘‘(1) develops a community reentry plan, de8 scribed in section 2903, for each juvenile and adult 

9 offender to be released from a correctional facility in 

10 the applicable jurisdiction; 

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

12 each such offender, with respect to such plan, start13 ing on a date before the offender is released from a 

14 correctional facility and ending on the date on which 

15 the court supervision of such offender ends; 

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

17 needs of each offender to address employment train18 ing, medical care, drug treatment, education, and 

19 any other identified need of the offender to assist in 

20 the offender’s reentry; 

21 ‘‘(4) demonstrates affirmative steps to imple22 ment such a community reentry plan by consulting 

23 and coordinating with other public and nonprofit en24 tities, as appropriate; 

25 ‘‘(5) establishes appropriate measurements for 

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1 plans by monitoring offender performance under 

2 such reentry plans; 

3 ‘‘(6) complies with applicable State, local, terri4 torial, and tribal rules and regulations regarding the 

5 provision of applicable services and treatment in the 

6 applicable jurisdiction; and 

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

8 State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in 

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

10 and the criminal justice agencies of the State to en11 sure that offender reentry plans are coordinated and 

12 delivered in the most cost-effective manner, as deter13 mined by the Attorney General, in consultation with 

14 the grantee. 

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

16 and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Force for a county 

17 or other defined geographic area shall perform the duties 

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

19 consultation with representatives of— 

20 ‘‘(1) the criminal and juvenile justice and cor21 rectional facilities within the county or area; 

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

23 county or area; 

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

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1 ‘‘(4) the employment opportunities available in 

2 the county or area; 

3 ‘‘(5) housing opportunities available in the 

4 county or area; and 

5 ‘‘(6) any other appropriate community services 

6 available in the county or area. 

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

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

9 reentry plan for an offender is a plan relating to the re10 entry of the offender into the community and, according 

11 to the needs of the offender, shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) identify employment opportunities and 

13 goals; 

14 ‘‘(2) identify housing opportunities; 

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

16 ‘‘(4) provide for any needed mental health serv17 ices; 

18 ‘‘(5) provide for any needed health care serv19 ices; 

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

21 ‘‘(7) provide for offender case management pro22 grams or services; and 

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

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1 ‘‘SEC. 2904. APPLICATION. 

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

3 or other relevant entity shall submit to the Attorney Gen4 eral an application in such form and manner and at such 

5 time as the Attorney General specifies. Such application 

6 shall contain such information as the Attorney General 

7 specifies. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2905. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

9 ‘‘Nothing in this part shall be construed as sup10 planting or modifying a sentence imposed by a court, in11 cluding any terms of supervision. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2906. REPORTS. 

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

14 Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 

15 Force during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney 

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

17 General, a report that describes and evaluates the effec18 tiveness of such Task Force during such fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 2907. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated 

21 $10,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal 

22 years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

23 SEC. 113. PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE 

24 TO PRISON PROGRAMS. 

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

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

2 amended by inserting after section 2907 the following new 

3 part: 

4 ‘‘PART DD—PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT 

5 ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS 

6 ‘‘SEC. 2911. GRANT AUTHORITY. 

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

8 grants to State and local prosecutors to develop, imple9 ment, or expand qualified drug treatment programs that 

10 are alternatives to imprisonment, in accordance with this 

11 section. 

12 ‘‘(b) QUALIFIED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS DE13 SCRIBED.—For purposes of this part, a qualified drug 

14 treatment program is a program— 

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

16 prosecutor; 

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

18 sentenced to participate in the program (instead of 

19 incarceration) to participate in a comprehensive sub20 stance abuse treatment program that is approved by 

21 the State and licensed, if necessary, to provide med22 ical and other health services; 

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

24 the consent of the State or local prosecutor involved 

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

2 who is sentenced to participate in the program, re3 quires the offender to serve a sentence of imprison4 ment with respect to the crime involved if the pros5 ecutor, in conjunction with the treatment provider, 

6 determines that the offender has not successfully 

7 completed the relevant substance abuse treatment 

8 program described in paragraph (2); 

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

10 criminal charges involved in an eligible offender’s 

11 participation in the program if the offender is deter12 mined to have successfully completed the program; 

13 ‘‘(6) that requires each substance abuse pro14 vider treating an eligible offender under the program 

15 to— 

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

17 of the treatment of that offender to the State 

18 or local prosecutor involved and to the appro19 priate court in which the defendant was con20 victed; and 

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

22 if the offender absconds from the facility of the 

23 treatment provider or otherwise violates the 

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1 with Federal and State confidentiality require2 ments; and 

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

4 law enforcement officers under the supervision of the 

5 State or local prosecutor involved, the duties of 

6 which shall include verifying an offender’s addresses 

7 and other contacts, and, if necessary, locating, ap8 prehending, and arresting an offender who has ab9 sconded from the facility of a substance abuse treat10 ment provider or otherwise violated the terms and 

11 conditions of the program, consistent with Federal 

12 and State confidentiality requirements, and return13 ing such offender to court for sentencing for the 

14 crime involved. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2912. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

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

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

18 expenses of a qualified drug treatment program, including 

19 for the following expenses: 

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

21 and other costs directly related to the operation of 

22 the program, including the enforcement unit. 

23 ‘‘(2) Payments for substance abuse treatment 

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1 diction treatment to eligible offenders participating 

2 in the program, including aftercare supervision, vo3 cational training, education, and job placement. 

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

5 entities that are approved by the State and licensed, 

6 if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug addiction 

7 treatment to offenders participating in the program. 

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

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

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

11 available for programs described in such subsection. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2913. APPLICATIONS. 

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

14 prosecutor shall submit an application to the Attorney 

15 General in such form and containing such information as 

16 the Attorney General may reasonably require. Each such 

17 application shall contain the certification of the State or 

18 local prosecutor that the program for which the grant is 

19 requested is a qualified drug treatment program in accord20 ance with this part. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2914. FEDERAL SHARE. 

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

23 shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the quali24 fied drug treatment program funded by such grant for the 


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1 fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under 

2 this part. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2915. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 

4 ‘‘The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the ex5 tent practicable, the distribution of grants under this part 

6 is equitable and includes State or local prosecutors— 

7 ‘‘(1) in each State; and 

8 ‘‘(2) in rural, suburban, and urban jurisdic9 tions. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2916. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 

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

12 this part during such fiscal year shall submit to the Attor13 ney General a report with respect to the effectiveness of 

14 activities carried out using that grant. Each report shall 

15 include an evaluation in such form and containing such 

16 information as the Attorney General may reasonably re17 quire. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on 

18 which such reports shall be submitted. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 2917. DEFINITIONS. 

20 ‘‘In this part: 

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

22 term ‘State or local prosecutor’ means any district 

23 attorney, State attorney general, county attorney, or 

24 corporation counsel who has authority to prosecute 

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

2 offender’ means an individual who— 

3 ‘‘(A) has been convicted, pled guilty, or ad4 mitted guilt with respect to a crime for which 

5 a sentence of imprisonment is required and has 

6 not completed such sentence; 

7 ‘‘(B) has never been charged with or con8 victed of an offense, during the course of 

9 which— 

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

11 used a firearm or dangerous weapon; or 

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

13 against the person of another, without re14 gard to whether any of the behavior de15 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) is an element of 

16 the offense or for which the person is 

17 charged or convicted; 

18 ‘‘(C) does not have one or more prior con19 victions for a felony crime of violence involving 

20 the use or attempted use of force against a per21 son with the intent to cause death or serious 

22 bodily harm; and 

23 ‘‘(D)(i) has received an assessment for al24 cohol or drug addiction from a substance abuse 

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1 licensed by the appropriate entity to provide al2 cohol and drug addiction treatment, as appro3 priate; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) has been found to be in need of sub5 stance abuse treatment because that offender 

6 has a history of substance abuse that is a sig7 nificant contributing factor to that offender’s 

8 criminal conduct.’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

12 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

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

14 to carry out part DD such sums as may be nec15 essary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

16 SEC. 114. GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT17 MENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. 

18 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

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1 ‘‘PART JJ—GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE 

2 ABUSE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO IN3 CARCERATION 

4 ‘‘SEC. 3001. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

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

6 units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 

7 to develop, implement, and expand comprehensive and 

8 clinically-appropriate family-based substance abuse treat9 ment programs as alternatives to incarceration for non10 violent parent drug offenders. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 3002. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

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

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

14 following: 

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

16 other costs directly related to the operation of the 

17 program. 

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

19 treatment for providing treatment and case manage20 ment to nonviolent parent drug offenders partici21 pating in the program, including comprehensive 

22 treatment for mental health disorders, parenting 

23 classes, educational classes, vocational training, and 

24 job placement. 

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

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1 nonviolent parent drug offenders participating in the 

2 program. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3003. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

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

5 3001 shall comply with the following requirements: 

6 ‘‘(1) The program shall ensure that all pro7 viders of substance abuse treatment are approved by 

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

9 medical and other health services. 

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

11 coordination and consultation with the Single State 

12 Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 

13 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of the 

14 State in which the program is located. 

15 ‘‘(3) The program shall consist of clinically-ap16 propriate, comprehensive, and long-term family 

17 treatment, including the treatment of the nonviolent 

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

19 any other appropriate member of the family of the 

20 offender. 

21 ‘‘(4) The program shall be provided in a resi22 dential setting that is not a hospital setting or an 

23 intensive outpatient setting. 

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1 program does not successfully complete the program 

2 the offender shall serve an appropriate sentence of 

3 imprisonment with respect to the underlying crime 

4 involved. 

5 ‘‘(6) The program shall ensure that a deter6 mination is made as to whether or not a nonviolent 

7 drug offender has completed the substance abuse 

8 treatment program. 

9 ‘‘(7) The program shall include the implementa10 tion of a system of graduated sanctions (including 

11 incentives) that are applied based on the account12 ability of the nonviolent parent drug offender in13 volved throughout the course of the program to en14 courage compliance with the program. 

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

16 a reentry plan for each nonviolent parent drug of17 fender that shall include reinforcement strategies for 

18 family involvement as appropriate, relapse strategies, 

19 support groups, placement in transitional housing, 

20 and continued substance abuse treatment, as need21 ed. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 3004. DEFINITIONS. 

23 ‘‘In this part: 

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

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

3 that is a nonviolent offense. 

4 ‘‘(2) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘non5 violent offense’ has the meaning given such term 

6 under section 2991(a). 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

10 2009.’’. 

11 SEC. 115. PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAMS 

12 FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS OF MINOR 

13 CHILDREN. 

14 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

15 Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is further amend16 ed— 

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

18 to grants for sex offender apprehension and juvenile 

19 sex offender treatment) as Part KK; and 

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1 ‘‘PART LL—PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT 

2 PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS 

3 OF MINOR CHILDREN 

4 ‘‘SEC. 3021. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

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

6 units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 

7 to provide prison-based family treatment programs for in8 carcerated parents of minor children. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 3022. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

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

11 use amounts provided under the grant to— 

12 ‘‘(1) develop, implement, and expand prison13 based family treatment programs in correctional fa14 cilities for incarcerated parents with minor children, 

15 excluding from the programs those parents with re16 spect to whom there is reasonable evidence of do17 mestic violence or child abuse; 

18 ‘‘(2) coordinate the design and implementation 

19 of such programs between appropriate correctional 

20 facility representatives, the Single State Authority 

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

22 the Second Chance Act of 2007), and other appro23 priate governmental agencies; and 

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1 parent scheduled to be released to the community, 

2 and such plan shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) a treatment program for the incarcer4 ated parent to receive continuous substance 

5 abuse treatment services and related support 

6 services, as needed; 

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

8 incarceration to reentry, as needed; 

9 ‘‘(C) a vocational or employment plan, in10 cluding training and job placement services; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(D) any other services necessary to pro13 vide successful reentry into the community. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 3023. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

15 ‘‘A prison-based family treatment program for incar16 cerated parents with respect to which a grant is made 

17 shall comply with the following requirements: 

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

19 assess the strengths and needs of immediate and ex20 tended family of the incarcerated parent to support 

21 a treatment plan of the incarcerated parent. 

22 ‘‘(2) The program shall ensure that each partic23 ipant in the program has access to consistent and 

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1 rectional facility within the State or other relevant 

2 entity. 

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

4 separate from the general population of the prison 

5 or jail. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3024. APPLICATIONS. 

7 ‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part for a pris8 on-based family treatment program, an entity described 

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

10 specified by the Attorney General, submit an application 

11 to the Attorney General in such form and manner and 

12 at such time as specified by the Attorney General. Such 

13 application shall include a description of the methods and 

14 measurements the entity will use for purposes of evalu15 ating the program involved and such other information as 

16 the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3025. REPORTS. 

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

19 a prison-based family treatment program during a fiscal 

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

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

22 describes and evaluates the effectiveness of such program 

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

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1 urements described in the application of the entity for pur2 poses of evaluating the program. 

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

4 DEFINED. 

5 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘prison-based family treat6 ment program’ means a program for incarcerated parents 

7 in a correctional facility that provides a comprehensive re8 sponse to offender needs, including substance abuse treat9 ment, child early intervention services, family counseling, 

10 legal services, medical care, mental health services, nurs11 ery and preschool, parenting skills training, pediatric care, 

12 physical therapy, prenatal care, sexual abuse therapy, re13 lapse prevention, transportation, and vocational or GED 

14 training. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 3027. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

18 2009.’’. 

19 SEC. 116. GRANT PROGRAMS RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL 

20 METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 

21 FACILITIES. 

22 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

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

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1 ‘‘PART MM—GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE 

2 EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, 

3 AND JUVENILE FACILITIES 

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

5 METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 

6 FACILITIES. 

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

8 General shall carry out a grant program under which the 

9 Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 

10 government, territories, Indian tribes, and other public 

11 and private entities to— 

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

13 vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, 

14 and juvenile facilities; and 

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

16 Attorney General regarding, best practices relating 

17 to academic and vocational education for offenders 

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

19 evaluation under paragraph (1). 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 such an entity shall submit to the Attorney General a de5 tailed report of the aggregate findings and conclusions of 

6 the evaluation described in subsection (a)(1), and the rec7 ommendations to the Attorney General described in sub8 section (a)(2). 

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated— 

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

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

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

14 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

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

16 IN PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILI17 TIES. 

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

19 General shall carry out a grant program under which the 

20 Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 

21 government, territories, and Indian tribes for the purpose 

22 of improving the academic and vocational education pro23 grams available to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 

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

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

3 submit to the Attorney General an application in such 

4 form and manner and at such time as the Attorney Gen5 eral specifies. Such application shall contain such informa6 tion as the Attorney General specifies. 

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

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

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

10 the Attorney General a report that describes and assesses 

11 the uses of such grant. 

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

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

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

15 Subtitle C—Conforming 

16 Amendments 

17 SEC. 121. USE OF VIOLENT OFFENDER TRUTH-IN-SEN18 TENCING GRANT FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRA19 TION PROJECT ACTIVITIES. 

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

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

22 amended— 

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

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

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) to carry out any activity referred to in sec6 tion 2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

8 TITLE II—ENHANCED DRUG 

9 TREATMENT AND MEN10 TORING GRANT PROGRAMS 

11 Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 

12 SEC. 201. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO 

13 REDUCE DRUG USE AND RECIDIVISM IN 

14 LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. 

15 (a) AWARDS REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 

16 shall make competitive grants to eligible partnerships, in 

17 accordance with this section, for the purpose of estab18 lishing demonstration programs to reduce the use of alco19 hol and other drugs by supervised long-term substance 

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

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

22 and until the completion of parole or court supervision of 

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

2 subsection (a) to an eligible partnership for a demonstra3 tion program, shall be used— 

4 (1) to support the efforts of the agencies, orga5 nizations, and researchers included in the eligible 

6 partnership, with respect to the program; 

7 (2) to develop and implement a program for su8 pervised long-term substance abusers during the pe9 riod described in subsection (a), which shall in10 clude— 

11 (A) alcohol and drug abuse assessments 

12 that— 

13 (i) are provided by a State-approved 

14 program; and 

15 (ii) provide adequate incentives for 

16 completion of a comprehensive alcohol or 

17 drug abuse treatment program, including 

18 through the use of graduated sanctions; 

19 and 

20 (B) coordinated and continuous delivery of 

21 drug treatment and case management services 

22 during such period; and 

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1 ices) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for long2 term substance abusers. 

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

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

5 partnership shall submit to the Attorney General an appli6 cation that— 

7 (1) identifies the role, and certifies the involve8 ment, of each agency or organization involved in 

9 such partnership, with respect to the program; 

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

11 criminal or juvenile justice authority to supervise the 

12 long-term substance abusers who are participating in 

13 a demonstration program under this section, includ14 ing for— 

15 (A) administering drug tests for such 

16 abusers on a regular basis; and 

17 (B) swiftly and certainly imposing an es18 tablished set of graduated sanctions for non19 compliance with conditions for reentry into the 

20 community relating to drug abstinence (whether 

21 imposed as a pre-trial, probation, or parole con22 dition, or otherwise); 

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1 egies that assist such abusers by providing such 

2 abusers with— 

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

4 a juvenile facility; 

5 (B) continued treatment during the period 

6 in which each such long-term substance abuser 

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

8 the completion of parole or court supervision of 

9 such abuser; 

10 (C) addiction recovery support services; 

11 (D) employment training and placement; 

12 (E) family-based therapies; 

13 (F) structured post-release housing and 

14 transitional housing, including housing for re15 covering substance abusers; and 

16 (G) other services coordinated by appro17 priate case management services; 

18 (4) includes a plan for coordinating the data in19 frastructures among the entities included in the eli20 gible partnership and between such entities and the 

21 providers of services under the demonstration pro22 gram involved (including providers of technical as23 sistance) to assist in monitoring and measuring the 

24 effectiveness of demonstration programs under this 

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

2 number of long-term substance abusers— 

3 (A) located in each community involved; 

4 and 

5 (B) who improve the status of their em6 ployment, housing, health, and family life. 

7 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

8 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Sep9 tember 30, 2008, the Attorney General shall submit 

10 to Congress a report that identifies the best prac11 tices relating to the comprehensive and coordinated 

12 treatment of long-term substance abusers, including 

13 the best practices identified through the activities 

14 funded under this section. 

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

16 30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit to Con17 gress a report on the demonstration programs fund18 ed under this section, including on the matters spec19 ified in paragraph (1). 

20 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi22 ble partnership’’ means a partnership that in23 cludes— 

24 (A) the applicable Single State Authority 

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

2 criminal or juvenile justice authority involved; 

3 (C) a researcher who has experience in evi4 dence-based studies that measure the effective5 ness of treating long-term substance abusers 

6 during the period in which such abusers are 

7 under the supervision of the criminal or juvenile 

8 justice system involved; 

9 (D) community-based organizations that 

10 provide drug treatment, related recovery serv11 ices, job training and placement, educational 

12 services, housing assistance, mentoring, or med13 ical services; and 

14 (E) Federal agencies (such as the Drug 

15 Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, 

16 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and United 

17 States Attorney’s offices). 

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

19 term ‘‘long-term substance abuser’’ means an of20 fender, who— 

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

22 (B) has abused illegal drugs or alcohol for 

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1 (C) is scheduled to be released from pris2 on, jail, or a juvenile facility within the next 24 

3 months. 

4 (3) SINGLE STATE AUTHORITY FOR SUBSTANCE

5 ABUSE.—The term ‘‘Single State Authority for Sub6 stance Abuse’’ means an entity designated by the 

7 Governor or chief executive officer of a State as the 

8 single State administrative authority responsible for 

9 the planning, development, implementation, moni10 toring, regulation, and evaluation of substance abuse 

11 services. 

12 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

15 SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY 

16 LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE ILLEGAL 

17 DRUG DEMAND BY PROVIDING DRUG TREAT18 MENT. 

19 (a) GRANT AWARDS REQUIRED.—The Attorney Gen20 eral shall make competitive awards for demonstration pro21 grams by eligible partnerships for the purpose of reducing 

22 illegal drug demand by providing for drug treatment upon 

23 request programs through evidence-based models of such 

24 programs that— 


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1 (1) increase the accessibility of such a program 

2 to any individual who requests to participate in such 

3 program; 

4 (2) increase public awareness of the availability 

5 of such programs; and 

6 (3) decrease the cost of drug treatment. 

7 (b) USE OF AWARD AMOUNTS.—Grant amounts re8 ceived under this section shall be used— 

9 (1) to support the efforts of the agencies, orga10 nizations, and researchers included in the eligible 

11 partnership; 

12 (2) to develop a program that provides drug 

13 treatment upon request— 

14 (A) at no cost to an individual who partici15 pates in the program; and 

16 (B) within a reasonable period to any indi17 vidual that requests such treatment; 

18 (3) to increase awareness of the availability of 

19 such a program to any individual that may be inter20 ested in participating in such a program; and 

21 (4) to record the outcomes of the program de22 veloped. 

23 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

24 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Sep25 tember 30, 2008 the Attorney General shall submit 


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1 to Congress a report that identifies the best prac2 tices in providing for drug treatment upon request 

3 programs, including the best practices identified 

4 through the activities funded under this section. 

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

6 30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit to Con7 gress a report on the demonstration programs fund8 ed under this section, including on the matters spec9 ified in paragraph (1). 

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

11 (1) DRUG TREATMENT UPON REQUEST.—The 

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

13 treatment program that provides to any individual 

14 who requests to participate in such program full 

15 availability and accessibility to such program with16 out delay. 

17 (2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi18 ble partnership’’ means a working group whose ap19 plication to the Attorney General— 

20 (A) identifies the roles played, and certifies 

21 the involvement of, two or more agencies or or22 ganizations, which may include— 

23 (i) State or local agencies (such as 

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1 ecution, courts, corrections, parole, or 

2 treatment functions); 

3 (ii) Federal agencies (such as the 

4 Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of 

5 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo6 sives, and United States Attorney offices); 

7 and 

8 (iii) community-based organizations; 

9 (B) includes a qualified researcher; 

10 (C) includes a plan for identifying, with re11 spect to the date of the enactment of this Act— 

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

13 each drug treatment upon request pro14 gram; 

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

16 drug treatment that has not been met 

17 through programs in existence before such 

18 date; 

19 (iii) the ease and quality of access to 

20 drug treatment, as of such date; and 

21 (iv) the criteria that have influenced 

22 the outcome of drug treatment upon re23 quest programs; and 

24 (D) includes a plan that describes the 

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1 for evaluating the impact of each model used 

2 for a drug treatment upon request program. 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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

6 SEC. 203. OFFENDER DRUG TREATMENT INCENTIVE 

7 GRANTS. 

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 in an amount 

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

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

14 facilities. 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION.—To be eligi16 ble to receive a grant under subsection (a) for a given fis17 cal year, an entity described in such subsection shall, in 

18 addition to any other requirements specified by the Attor19 ney General, submit to the Attorney General an applica20 tion that demonstrates that, with respect to offenders in 

21 prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities who require drug 

22 treatment and who are in the custody of the jurisdiction 

23 involved, during the previous fiscal year the entity pro24 vided drug treatment meeting standards set forth by the 

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

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

3 provided such drug treatment in the fiscal year that was 

4 two years before such given fiscal year. Such application 

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

6 time as specified by the Attorney General. 

7 (c) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS BASED ON

8 DRUG TREATMENT PERCENT DEMONSTRATED.—In allo9 cating grant amounts under this part, the Attorney Gen10 eral shall base the amount allocated to an entity for a fis11 cal year on the percent of offenders described in sub12 section (b) to whom the entity provided drug treatment 

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

14 in its application under such subsection. 

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

16 under subsection (a) shall be used— 

17 (1) for continuing and improving drug treat18 ment programs provided at prisons, jails, and juve19 nile facilities of such entity; and 

20 (2) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for of21 fenders by providing addiction recovery support serv22 ices, such as job training and placement, education, 

23 peer support, mentoring, and other similar services. 

24 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney General 

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1 grant under this section to establish or expand drug treat2 ment services under this section if such entity does not 

3 have any (or has only a few) prisons, jails, or juvenile fa4 cilities that offer such services. 

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

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

7 the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At8 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

9 uses of such grant. 

10 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

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

13 SEC. 204. ENSURING AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY OF NEW 

14 PHARMACOLOGICAL DRUG TREATMENT 

15 SERVICES. 

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 and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad20 ministration, shall carry out a grant program under which 

21 the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of 

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

23 private organizations to establish pharmacological drug 

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1 programs being offered by such grantees to offenders who 

2 are in prison or jail. 

3 (b) CONSIDERATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREAT4 MENTS.—In awarding grants under this section to eligible 

5 entities, the Attorney General shall consider— 

6 (1) the number and availability of pharma7 cological treatments offered under the proposed or 

8 existing program involved; and 

9 (2) the participation of researchers who are fa10 miliar with evidence-based studies and are able to 

11 measure the effectiveness of such treatments using 

12 randomized trials. 

13 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

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

15 under this section, an entity described in subsection 

16 (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an applica17 tion in such form and manner and at such time as 

18 the Attorney General specifies. 

19 (2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—An application 

20 submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 

21 (A) provide assurances that grant funds 

22 will be used only toward a program that is cre23 ated in coordination with (or approved by) the 

24 Single State Authority for Substance Abuse, as 

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1 to ensure pharmacological drug treatment serv2 ices provided under such program are clinically 

3 appropriate; 

4 (B) demonstrate how pharmacological drug 

5 treatment services offered under the proposed 

6 or existing program are part of a clinically-ap7 propriate and comprehensive treatment plan; 

8 and 

9 (C) contain such other information as the 

10 Attorney General specifies. 

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

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

13 the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At14 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

15 uses of such grant. 

16 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

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

19 SEC. 205. STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPOT 

20 NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION. 

21 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

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

23 consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 

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1 ties (including consortia, single private research entities, 

2 and individual institutions of higher education) to evaluate 

3 the effectiveness of depot naltrexone for the treatment of 

4 heroin addiction. 

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

6 a grant under this section, an entity described in sub7 section (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an appli8 cation that— 

9 (1) contains such information as the Attorney 

10 General specifies, including information that dem11 onstrates that— 

12 (A) the applicant conducts research at a 

13 private or public institution of higher education; 

14 (B) the applicant has an established or 

15 proposed plan to work with parole officers or 

16 probation officers for offenders who are under 

17 court supervision; and 

18 (C) the evaluation described in subsection 

19 (a) will measure the effectiveness of such treat20 ments using randomized trials; and 

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

22 time as the Attorney General specifies. 

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

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1 torney General a report that describes and assesses the 

2 uses of such grant. 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

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

6 Subtitle B—Job Training 

7 SEC. 211. TECHNOLOGY CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRA8 TION GRANTS. 

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

10 made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen11 eral shall make grants to States, units of local govern12 ment, territories, and Indian tribes to provide technology 

13 career training to prisoners. 

14 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub15 section (a) may be used for establishing a technology ca16 reers training program to train prisoners during the 3- 

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

18 facility for technology-based jobs and careers. 

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

20 fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub21 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 

22 to the Attorney General a report that describes and as23 sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 

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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

4 Subtitle C—Mentoring 

5 SEC. 221. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA6 TIONS. 

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

8 made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen9 eral shall make grants to nonprofit organizations for the 

10 purpose of providing mentoring and other transitional 

11 services essential to reintegrating offenders into the com12 munity. 

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

14 subsection (a) may be used for— 

15 (1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders dur16 ing incarceration, through transition back to the 

17 community, and post-release; 

18 (2) transitional services to assist in the re19 integration of offenders into the community; and 

20 (3) training regarding offender and victims 

21 issues. 

22 (c) APPLICATION; PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.— 

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

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1 shall submit an application to the Attorney General 

2 based on criteria developed by the Attorney General. 

3 (2) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—Priority con4 sideration shall be given to any application that— 

5 (A) includes a plan to implement activities 

6 that have been demonstrated effective in facili7 tating the successful reentry of offenders; and 

8 (B) provides for an independent evaluation 

9 that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, 

10 random assignment of offenders to program de11 livery and control groups. 

12 (d) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The At13 torney General shall require each applicant under this sec14 tion to identify specific performance outcomes related to 

15 the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing 

16 recidivism (using a measure that is consistent with the re17 search undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics pur18 suant to section 241(b)(6)), and reintegrating offenders 

19 into society. 

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

21 fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub22 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 

23 to the Attorney General a report that describes and as24 sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 


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1 year and that identifies the progress of the grantee toward 

2 achieving its strategic performance outcomes. 

3 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

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

6 years 2008 and 2009. 

7 SEC. 222. BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY ON MENTORING 

8 CONTACTS. 

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

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

11 of Prisons shall, in order to promote stability and contin12 ued assistance to offenders after release from prison, 

13 adopt and implement a policy to ensure that persons who 

14 provide mentoring services to incarcerated offenders are 

15 permitted to continue such services after the offender is 

16 released from prison. The policy shall permit the continu17 ation of such mentoring services unless the Director can 

18 demonstrate that such services would be a significant se19 curity risk to the offender, incarcerated offenders, persons 

20 who provide such services, or any other person. 

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

22 the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Con23 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 

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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 

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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 

24 custody. 


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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 

22 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 


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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. 

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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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Union Calendar No. 82 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 110

–140] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of ofand for other purposes. improve reentry planning and implementation, Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to fenders into the community in the Omnibus 

MAY 9, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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