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‘‘(2) HOME CONFINEMENT AUTHORITY.—The authority under 
this subsection may be used to place a prisoner in home confine-
ment for the shorter of 10 percent of the term of imprisonment 
of that prisoner or 6 months. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Probation System 
shall, to the extent practicable, offer assistance to a prisoner 
during prerelease custody under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) NO LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to limit or restrict the authority of the Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons under section 3621. 
‘‘(5) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (and every 
year thereafter), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
transmit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives a report describing the Bureau’s utilization of community 
corrections facilities. Each report under this paragraph shall 
set forth the number and percentage of Federal prisoners placed 
in community corrections facilities during the preceding year, 
the average length of such placements, trends in such utiliza-
tion, the reasons some prisoners are not placed in community 
corrections facilities, and any other information that may be 
useful to the committees in determining if the Bureau is uti-
lizing community corrections facilities in an effective manner. 
‘‘(6) ISSUANCE
OF
REGULATIONS.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall issue regulations pursuant to this sub-
section not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall ensure that 
placement in a community correctional facility by the Bureau 
of Prisons is— 
‘‘(A) conducted in a manner consistent with section 
3621(b) of this title; 
‘‘(B) determined on an individual basis; and 
‘‘(C) of sufficient duration to provide the greatest likeli-
hood of successful reintegration into the community.’’. 
(b) COURTS MAY NOT REQUIRE A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT 
TO BE SERVED IN A COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITY.—Section 
3621(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘Any order, recommendation, or request 
by a sentencing court that a convicted person serve a term of 
imprisonment in a community corrections facility shall have no 
binding effect on the authority of the Bureau under this section 
to determine or change the place of imprisonment of that person.’’. 
SEC. 252. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FEDERAL PRISONS. 
Section 3621(e)(5)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘means a course of’’ and all that follows and inserting 
the following: ‘‘means a course of individual and group activities 
and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in residential treatment 
facilities set apart from the general prison population (which may 
include the use of pharmocotherapies, where appropriate, that may 
extend beyond the 6-month period);’’. 
SEC. 253. CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES FOR POST-CONVICTION 
SUPERVISION OFFENDERS. 
Section 3672 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the third sentence in the seventh undesignated
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paragraph the following: ‘‘He also shall have the authority to con-
tract with any appropriate public or private agency or person to 
monitor and provide services to any offender in the community 
authorized by this Act, including treatment, equipment and emer-
gency housing, corrective and preventative guidance and training, 
and other rehabilitative services designed to protect the public 
and promote the successful reentry of the offender into the commu-
nity.’’. 
CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 261. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION 
COMMISSION. 
Section 7(d)(3)(A) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 
(42 U.S.C. 15606(d)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.