ices) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for long- 
term substance abusers. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
subsection (a) for a demonstration program, an eligible 
partnership shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation that— 
(1) identifies the role, and certifies the involve-
ment, of each agency or organization involved in 
such partnership, with respect to the program; 
(2) includes a plan for using judicial or other 
criminal or juvenile justice authority to supervise the 
long-term substance abusers who are participating in 
a demonstration program under this section, includ-
ing for— 
(A) administering drug tests for such 
abusers on a regular basis; and 
(B) swiftly and certainly imposing an es-
tablished set of graduated sanctions for non- 
compliance with conditions for reentry into the 
community relating to drug abstinence (whether 
imposed as a pre-trial, probation, or parole con-
dition, or otherwise); 
(3) includes a plan to provide supervised long- 
term substance abusers with coordinated and contin-
uous services that are based on evidence-based strat-
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egies that assist such abusers by providing such 
abusers with— 
(A) drug treatment while in prison, jail, or 
a juvenile facility; 
(B) continued treatment during the period 
in which each such long-term substance abuser 
is in prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, and until 
the completion of parole or court supervision of 
such abuser; 
(C) addiction recovery support services; 
(D) employment training and placement; 
(E) family-based therapies; 
(F) structured post-release housing and 
transitional housing, including housing for re-
covering substance abusers; and 
(G) other services coordinated by appro-
priate case management services; 
(4) includes a plan for coordinating the data in-
frastructures among the entities included in the eli-
gible partnership and between such entities and the 
providers of services under the demonstration pro-
gram involved (including providers of technical as-
sistance) to assist in monitoring and measuring the 
effectiveness of demonstration programs under this 
section; and 
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(5) includes a plan to monitor and measure the 
number of long-term substance abusers— 
(A) located in each community involved; 
and 
(B) who improve the status of their em-
ployment, housing, health, and family life. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2008, the Attorney General shall submit 
to Congress a report that identifies the best prac-
tices relating to the comprehensive and coordinated 
treatment of long-term substance abusers, including 
the best practices identified through the activities 
funded under this section. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September 
30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the demonstration programs fund-
ed under this section, including on the matters spec-
ified in paragraph (1). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means a partnership that in-
cludes— 
(A) the applicable Single State Authority 
for Substance Abuse; 
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(B) the State, local, territorial, or tribal 
criminal or juvenile justice authority involved; 
(C) a researcher who has experience in evi-
dence-based studies that measure the effective-
ness of treating long-term substance abusers 
during the period in which such abusers are 
under the supervision of the criminal or juvenile 
justice system involved; 
(D) community-based organizations that 
provide drug treatment, related recovery serv-
ices, job training and placement, educational 
services, housing assistance, mentoring, or med-
ical services; and 
(E) Federal agencies (such as the Drug 
Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and United 
States Attorney’s offices). 
(2) LONG-TERM
SUBSTANCE
ABUSER.—The 
term ‘‘long-term substance abuser’’ means an of-
fender, who— 
(A) is in a prison, jail, or juvenile facility; 
(B) has abused illegal drugs or alcohol for 
a significant number of years; and 
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(C) is scheduled to be released from pris-
on, jail, or a juvenile facility within the next 24 
months. 
(3) SINGLE STATE AUTHORITY FOR SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE.—The term ‘‘Single State Authority for Sub-
stance Abuse’’ means an entity designated by the 
Governor or chief executive officer of a State as the 
single State administrative authority responsible for 
the planning, development, implementation, moni-
toring, regulation, and evaluation of substance abuse 
services. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY 
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE ILLEGAL 
DRUG DEMAND BY PROVIDING DRUG TREAT-
MENT. 
(a) GRANT AWARDS REQUIRED.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make competitive awards for demonstration pro-
grams by eligible partnerships for the purpose of reducing 
illegal drug demand by providing for drug treatment upon 
request programs through evidence-based models of such 
programs that— 
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(1) increase the accessibility of such a program 
to any individual who requests to participate in such 
program; 
(2) increase public awareness of the availability 
of such programs; and 
(3) decrease the cost of drug treatment. 
(b) USE OF AWARD AMOUNTS.—Grant amounts re-
ceived under this section shall be used— 
(1) to support the efforts of the agencies, orga-
nizations, and researchers included in the eligible 
partnership; 
(2) to develop a program that provides drug 
treatment upon request— 
(A) at no cost to an individual who partici-
pates in the program; and 
(B) within a reasonable period to any indi-
vidual that requests such treatment; 
(3) to increase awareness of the availability of 
such a program to any individual that may be inter-
ested in participating in such a program; and 
(4) to record the outcomes of the program de-
veloped. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2008 the Attorney General shall submit 
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to Congress a report that identifies the best prac-
tices in providing for drug treatment upon request 
programs, including the best practices identified 
through the activities funded under this section. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September 
30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the demonstration programs fund-
ed under this section, including on the matters spec-
ified in paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) DRUG TREATMENT UPON REQUEST.—The 
term ‘‘drug treatment upon request’’ means a drug 
treatment program that provides to any individual 
who requests to participate in such program full 
availability and accessibility to such program with-
out delay. 
(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means a working group whose ap-
plication to the Attorney General— 
(A) identifies the roles played, and certifies 
the involvement of, two or more agencies or or-
ganizations, which may include— 
(i) State or local agencies (such as 
those carrying out police, probation, pros-
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ecution, courts, corrections, parole, or 
treatment functions); 
(ii) Federal agencies (such as the 
Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-
sives, and United States Attorney offices); 
and 
(iii) community-based organizations; 
(B) includes a qualified researcher; 
(C) includes a plan for identifying, with re-
spect to the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(i) the availability, as of such date, of 
each drug treatment upon request pro-
gram; 
(ii) the demand, as of such date, for 
drug treatment that has not been met 
through programs in existence before such 
date; 
(iii) the ease and quality of access to 
drug treatment, as of such date; and 
(iv) the criteria that have influenced 
the outcome of drug treatment upon re-
quest programs; and 
(D) includes a plan that describes the 
methodology and outcome measures proposed 
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for evaluating the impact of each model used 
for a drug treatment upon request program. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 
203. 
OFFENDER 
DRUG 
TREATMENT 
INCENTIVE 
GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General shall carry out a grant program under which the 
Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 
government, territories, and Indian tribes in an amount 
described in subsection (c) to improve the provision of 
drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 
facilities. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION.—To be eligi-
ble to receive a grant under subsection (a) for a given fis-
cal year, an entity described in such subsection shall, in 
addition to any other requirements specified by the Attor-
ney General, submit to the Attorney General an applica-
tion that demonstrates that, with respect to offenders in 
prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities who require drug 
treatment and who are in the custody of the jurisdiction 
involved, during the previous fiscal year the entity pro-
vided drug treatment meeting standards set forth by the 
Single State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined 
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in section 201(e)) to a number of such offenders that is 
two times the number of such offenders to whom the entity 
provided such drug treatment in the fiscal year that was 
two years before such given fiscal year. Such application 
shall be submitted in such form and manner and at such 
time as specified by the Attorney General. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS BASED ON 
DRUG TREATMENT PERCENT DEMONSTRATED.—In allo-
cating grant amounts under this part, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall base the amount allocated to an entity for a fis-
cal year on the percent of offenders described in sub-
section (b) to whom the entity provided drug treatment 
in the previous fiscal year, as demonstrated by the entity 
in its application under such subsection. 
(d) USES OF GRANTS.—A grant awarded to an entity 
under subsection (a) shall be used— 
(1) for continuing and improving drug treat-
ment programs provided at prisons, jails, and juve-
nile facilities of such entity; and 
(2) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for of-
fenders by providing addiction recovery support serv-
ices, such as job training and placement, education, 
peer support, mentoring, and other similar services. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney General 
may provide technical assistance to any entity awarded a 
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grant under this section to establish or expand drug treat-
ment services under this section if such entity does not 
have any (or has only a few) prisons, jails, or juvenile fa-
cilities that offer such services. 
(f) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than 
the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At-
torney General a report that describes and assesses the 
uses of such grant. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 204. ENSURING AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY OF NEW 
PHARMACOLOGICAL 
DRUG 
TREATMENT 
SERVICES. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General, through the National Institute of Justice, and in 
consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse 
and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-
ministration, shall carry out a grant program under which 
the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of 
local government, territories, Indian tribes, and public and 
private organizations to establish pharmacological drug 
treatment services as part of the available drug treatment 
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programs being offered by such grantees to offenders who 
are in prison or jail. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREAT-
MENTS.—In awarding grants under this section to eligible 
entities, the Attorney General shall consider— 
(1) the number and availability of pharma-
cological treatments offered under the proposed or 
existing program involved; and 
(2) the participation of researchers who are fa-
miliar with evidence-based studies and are able to 
measure the effectiveness of such treatments using 
randomized trials. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an entity described in subsection 
(a) shall submit to the Attorney General an applica-
tion in such form and manner and at such time as 
the Attorney General specifies. 
(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—An application 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) provide assurances that grant funds 
will be used only toward a program that is cre-
ated in coordination with (or approved by) the 
Single State Authority for Substance Abuse, as 
defined in section 201(e), of the State involved 
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to ensure pharmacological drug treatment serv-
ices provided under such program are clinically 
appropriate; 
(B) demonstrate how pharmacological drug 
treatment services offered under the proposed 
or existing program are part of a clinically-ap-
propriate and comprehensive treatment plan; 
and 
(C) contain such other information as the 
Attorney General specifies. 
(d) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than 
the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At-
torney General a report that describes and assesses the 
uses of such grant. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 
205. 
STUDY 
OF 
EFFECTIVENESS 
OF 
DEPOT 
NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General, through the National Institute of Justice, and in 
consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 
shall carry out a grant program under which the Attorney 
General makes grants to public and private research enti-
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ties (including consortia, single private research entities, 
and individual institutions of higher education) to evaluate 
the effectiveness of depot naltrexone for the treatment of 
heroin addiction. 
(b) EVALUATION PROGRAM.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity described in sub-
section (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation that— 
(1) contains such information as the Attorney 
General specifies, including information that dem-
onstrates that— 
(A) the applicant conducts research at a 
private or public institution of higher education; 
(B) the applicant has an established or 
proposed plan to work with parole officers or 
probation officers for offenders who are under 
court supervision; and 
(C) the evaluation described in subsection 
(a) will measure the effectiveness of such treat-
ments using randomized trials; and 
(2) is in such form and manner and at such 
time as the Attorney General specifies. 
(c) REPORTS.—An entity that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than 
the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the At-
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torney General a report that describes and assesses the 
uses of such grant. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
this section for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
Subtitle B—Job Training 
SEC. 211. TECHNOLOGY CAREERS TRAINING DEMONSTRA-
TION GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants to States, units of local govern-
ment, territories, and Indian tribes to provide technology 
career training to prisoners. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub-
section (a) may be used for establishing a technology ca-
reers training program to train prisoners during the 3- 
year period before release from prison, jail, or a juvenile 
facility for technology-based jobs and careers. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than the last day of each 
fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub-
section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 
to the Attorney General a report that describes and as-
sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 
year. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
Subtitle C—Mentoring 
SEC. 221. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants to nonprofit organizations for the 
purpose of providing mentoring and other transitional 
services essential to reintegrating offenders into the com-
munity. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 
subsection (a) may be used for— 
(1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders dur-
ing incarceration, through transition back to the 
community, and post-release; 
(2) transitional services to assist in the re-
integration of offenders into the community; and 
(3) training regarding offender and victims 
issues. 
(c) APPLICATION; PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 
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shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
based on criteria developed by the Attorney General. 
(2) PRIORITY
CONSIDERATION.—Priority con-
sideration shall be given to any application that— 
(A) includes a plan to implement activities 
that have been demonstrated effective in facili-
tating the successful reentry of offenders; and 
(B) provides for an independent evaluation 
that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, 
random assignment of offenders to program de-
livery and control groups. 
(d) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The At-
torney General shall require each applicant under this sec-
tion to identify specific performance outcomes related to 
the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing 
recidivism (using a measure that is consistent with the re-
search undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics pur-
suant to section 241(b)(6)), and reintegrating offenders 
into society. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than the last day of each 
fiscal year, an entity that receives a grant under sub-
section (a) during the preceding fiscal year shall submit 
to the Attorney General a report that describes and as-
sesses the uses of such grant during the preceding fiscal 
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year and that identifies the progress of the grantee toward 
achieving its strategic performance outcomes. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 222. BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY ON MENTORING 
CONTACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall, in order to promote stability and contin-
ued assistance to offenders after release from prison, 
adopt and implement a policy to ensure that persons who 
provide mentoring services to incarcerated offenders are 
permitted to continue such services after the offender is 
released from prison. The policy shall permit the continu-
ation of such mentoring services unless the Director can 
demonstrate that such services would be a significant se-
curity risk to the offender, incarcerated offenders, persons 
who provide such services, or any other person. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2008, 
the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the extent to which the policy described 
in subsection (a) has been implemented and followed. 
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Subtitle D—Administration of 
Justice Reforms 
CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL 
OFFENDER REENTRY 
SEC. 231. FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 
‘‘Director’’) shall establish a prisoner reentry program (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) to prepare 
prisoners for release and successful reentry into the com-
munity. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The Program shall pro-
vide for the following, in accordance with this section: 
(1) VOLUNTARY ENROLLMENT.—Voluntary en-
rollment for prisoners meeting enrollment criteria es-
tablished by the Director, provided such criteria pro-
vides that a prisoner may not enroll in the Program 
any earlier than the first day of the two-year period 
preceding the prisoner’s expected release date. 
(2) PROGRAM PHASES.—An initial institutional 
phase, a transitional institution phase, and a transi-
tional community phase under subsection (c), during 
each of which each prisoner enrolled in the Program 
receives reentry education (as described in sub-
section (e)). 
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(3) PROGRAM
INCENTIVES.—Program incen-
tives described in subsection (d) for prisoners meet-
ing the phase requirements of the Program. 
(c) PROGRAM PHASES.—The Program shall include 
the following phases: 
(1) INITIAL INSTITUTIONAL PHASE.—An initial 
institutional phase for prisoners enrolled in the Pro-
gram at each Federal institution and, to the extent 
feasible, in an area set apart from the general prison 
population. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL
INSTITUTION
PHASE.—A 
transitional institution phase at each Federal insti-
tution for prisoners that have completed the initial 
institutional phase but have not yet been released or 
placed in pre-release custody. 
(3) TRANSITIONAL
COMMUNITY
PHASE.—A 
transitional community phase at each community 
corrections facility for prisoners that have completed 
the initial institutional phase, have remained eligible 
during the transitional institution phase, and have 
been transferred to a community corrections facility. 
(d) PROGRAM INCENTIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (4), 
under the Program a prisoner eligible under para-
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graph (2) for Program incentives may receive any of 
the following incentives: 
(A) Temporary release for reentry prepara-
tion purposes. 
(B) The maximum allowable period in a 
community corrections facility. 
(C) Early release, but not earlier than the 
date that is one year before the prisoner’s origi-
nal scheduled release. 
(D) Such other incentives as the Director 
considers appropriate. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR INCENTIVES.— 
(A) INITIAL
INSTITUTIONAL
PHASE.—To 
be eligible for Program incentives during the 
initial institutional phase, a prisoner must suc-
cessfully complete 500 hours of reentry edu-
cation before the end of the one-year period be-
ginning on the date of the prisoner’s enrollment 
in the Program. 
(B) TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTION PHASE.— 
To remain eligible for Program incentives dur-
ing the transitional institution phase, a prisoner 
must successfully complete two hours of reentry 
education during each month— 
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(i) beginning after the month the pris-
oner completes the initial institutional 
phase; and 
(ii) ending before the month the pris-
oner is released or placed in pre-release 
custody. 
(C) TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY PHASE.— 
To remain eligible for Program incentives dur-
ing the transitional community phase, a pris-
oner must successfully complete one hour of re-
entry education during each month— 
(i) beginning after the month of the 
prisoner’s transfer to a community correc-
tions facility; and 
(ii) ending before the month the pris-
oner is released. 
(3) REVOCATION OF INCENTIVES.—If a pris-
oner fails to meet the eligibility requirements to re-
ceive Program incentives during a given phase of the 
Program, the Director may revoke any Program in-
centive granted to the prisoner. 
(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) CONSIDERING PUBLIC SAFETY.—When 
considering whether to grant a Program incen-
tive to a prisoner, the Director shall take into 
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account the prisoner’s behavior while impris-
oned and history of criminal conduct to deter-
mine whether granting such incentive would en-
danger the safety of the public. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY UNDER OTHER PROVI-
SION OF LAW.—For purposes of this subsection, 
any prisoner who is ineligible for a Program in-
centive by operation of any other provision of 
law shall be ineligible for such incentive. 
(e) PROGRAM REENTRY EDUCATION.—For purposes 
of subsection (b)(2), reentry education shall include class-
es and activities designed to prepare prisoners for release 
and successful reentry into the community. Each such 
class or activity shall relate to one or more of the following 
categories: 
(1) Health and nutrition issues a prisoner may 
face after release. 
(2) Finding employment and preparation for re-
entry and assimilation into the workforce. 
(3) Dealing with personal money management 
and financial planning. 
(4) Familiarization with available community 
resources, including housing availability and public 
welfare benefits and services. 
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(5) Familiarization with release procedures, in-
cluding prisoner compliance with pre-release and re-
lease requirements. 
(6) Social skills, family relationships and devel-
opment, and relapse prevention. 
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 
section 232, the term ‘‘prisoner’’ means an individual com-
mitted to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons under sec-
tion 3621 of title 18, United States Code. Such term does 
not include an individual confined in a non-Federal facil-
ity. 
SEC. 232. IDENTIFICATION AND RELEASE ASSISTANCE FOR 
FEDERAL PRISONERS. 
(a) OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall assist prisoners in obtaining 
identification (including social security card, driver’s li-
cense, or birth certificate) prior to release. 
(b) ASSISTANCE DEVELOPING RELEASE PLAN.—If a 
direct-release prisoner so requests, a representative of the 
United States Probation System shall, prior to the pris-
oner’s release, help the prisoner develop a release plan. 
(c) DIRECT-RELEASE PRISONER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘direct-release prisoner’’ means a pris-
oner who is scheduled for release and will not be placed 
in pre-release custody. 
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SEC. 233. IMPROVED REENTRY PROCEDURES FOR FED-
ERAL PRISONERS. 
The Attorney General shall take such steps as are 
necessary to modify the procedures and policies of the De-
partment of Justice with respect to the transition of of-
fenders from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to the 
community— 
(1) to enhance case planning and implementa-
tion of reentry programs, policies, and guidelines; 
and 
(2) to improve such transition to the commu-
nity, including placement of such individuals in com-
munity corrections facilities. 
SEC. 234. DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS. 
(a) DUTIES
OF
THE BUREAU
OF PRISONS EX-
PANDED.—Section 4042(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) provide for pre-release planning procedures 
for prisoners to ensure eligibility for Federal and 
State benefits upon release (including benefits under 
the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance pro-
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gram under title II of the Social Security Act, the 
supplemental security income program under title 
XVI of such Act, the Medicare program under title 
XVIII of such Act, the Medicaid program under title 
XIX of such Act, and a program of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs under title 38) is established 
prior to release, subject to any limitations in law; 
‘‘(7) include as part of the standard intake pro-
cedures for offenders entering Federal custody the 
collection of information regarding the dependent 
children of such an offender, including the number, 
age, and residence of such children; 
‘‘(8) ensure that all policies, practices, and fa-
cilities of the Bureau of Prisons support the rela-
tionship between parent and child; and 
‘‘(9) identify and address the training needs of 
employees of the Bureau of Prisons with respect to 
the effect of incarceration on children, families, and 
communities, age-appropriate interactions, and com-
munity resources for the families of offenders.’’. 
(b) MEASURING THE REMOVAL OF OBSTACLES TO 
REENTRY.— 
(1) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Director shall 
carry out a program under which each institution 
within the Bureau of Prisons codes the reentry 
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needs and deficits of inmates as identified by an as-
sessment tool that is used to produce an individual-
ized skills development plan for each inmate. 
(2) TRACKING.—In carrying out the program 
under this subsection, the Director shall quan-
titatively track, by institution and Bureau-wide, the 
progress in responding to the reentry needs and defi-
cits of individual inmates. 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 
Director shall prepare and submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 
report that documents the progress of each institu-
tion within the Bureau, and of the Bureau as a 
whole, in responding to the reentry needs and defi-
cits of inmates. The report shall be prepared in a 
manner that groups institutions by security level to 
allow comparisons of similar institutions. 
(4) EVALUATION.—The Director shall— 
(A) implement a formal standardized proc-
ess for evaluating each institution’s success in 
enhancing skills and resources to assist in re-
entry; and 
(B) ensure that— 
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(i) each institution is held accountable 
for low performance under such an evalua-
tion; and 
(ii) plans for corrective action are de-
veloped and implemented as necessary. 
(c) MEASURING AND IMPROVING RECIDIVISM OUT-
COMES.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fis-
cal year, the Director shall submit to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives a report containing the statis-
tics demonstrating the relative reduction in re-
cidivism for inmates released by the Bureau of 
Prisons within that fiscal year and the 2 prior 
fiscal years, comparing inmates who partici-
pated in major inmate programs (including resi-
dential drug treatment, vocational training, and 
prison industries) with inmates who did not 
participate in such programs. Such statistics 
shall be compiled separately for each such fiscal 
year. 
(B) SCOPE.—A report under this para-
graph is not required to include statistics for a 
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fiscal year that begins before the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(C) CONTENTS.—Each report under this 
section shall provide the recidivism statistics for 
the Bureau of Prisons as a whole, and sepa-
rately for each institution of the Bureau. 
(2) MEASURE USED.—In preparing the reports 
required by subsection (a), the Director shall, in 
consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics, select a measure for recidivism (such 
as rearrest, reincarceration, or any other valid, evi-
dence-based measure) that the Director considers 
appropriate and that is consistent with the research 
undertaken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics pur-
suant to section 241(b)(6). 
(3) GOALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—After the Director sub-
mits the first report required by paragraph (1), 
the Director shall establish goals for reductions 
in recidivism rates and shall work to attain 
those goals. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The goals established 
under subparagraph (A) shall use the relative 
reductions in recidivism measured for the fiscal 
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year covered by that first report as a baseline 
rate, and shall include— 
(i) a 5-year goal to increase, at a min-
imum, the baseline relative reduction rate 
by 2 percent within 5 fiscal years; and 
(ii) a 10-year goal to increase, at a 
minimum, the baseline relative reduction 
rate by 5 percent within 10 fiscal years. 
(d) FORMAT.—Any written information that the Bu-
reau of Prisons provides to inmates for reentry planning 
purposes shall use common terminology and language. 
(e) MEDICAL CARE.—The Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide the United States Probation and Pretrial Services 
System with relevant information on the medical care 
needs and the mental health treatment needs of inmates 
scheduled for release from custody. The United States 
Probation and Pretrial Services System shall take this in-
formation into account when developing supervision plans 
in an effort to address the medical care and mental health 
care needs of such inmates. The Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide inmates with a sufficient amount of all necessary 
medications (which will normally consist of, at a minimum, 
a 2-week supply of such medications) upon release from 
custody. 
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SEC. 235. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BU-
REAU OF PRISONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor to carry out sections 231, 232, 233, and 234 of this 
chapter, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 
2009. 
SEC. 236. ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER 
PRISONERS. 
The Attorney General shall take such steps as are 
necessary to implement a program to educate employers 
about existing incentives for hiring former Federal, State, 
or local prisoners, including the Federal bonding program 
and tax credits. 
SEC. 237. ELDERLY NONVIOLENT OFFENDER PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3624 of title 18, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the Director shall conduct a pilot 
program to determine the effectiveness of removing 
each eligible elderly offender from a Bureau of Pris-
on facility and placing such offender on home deten-
tion until the date on which the term of imprison-
ment to which the offender was sentenced expires. 
(2) TIMING OF PLACEMENT IN HOME DETEN-
TION.— 
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