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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2026 
To provide grants to establish veteran’s treatment courts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2011 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. 
LUJA´N, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HIGGINS, 
and Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide grants to establish veteran’s treatment courts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Services, Education, 
and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘SERV Act’’. 
SEC. 2. VETERAN’S TREATMENT COURTS. 
(a) DELEGATION.—The Director of the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy (referred to in this Act as the 
‘‘Director’’) shall delegate the authority to administer the 
program and other such activities necessary to carry out 
this Act to the Department of Justice. 
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(b) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local 
government, and Indian tribal governments acting directly 
or through agreements with other public or private enti-
ties, for the purpose of developing, implementing, or en-
hancing veteran’s treatment courts or expanding oper-
ational drug courts to serve veterans. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Grants under this Act shall be 
made to veteran’s treatment courts and drug courts serv-
ing veterans that effectively integrate substance abuse 
treatment, mental health treatment, mandatory drug test-
ing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services, in 
a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over 
nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders that have served 
in the United States military. 
SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
The Attorney General may make grants to States, 
State courts, local courts, units of local government, and 
Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through 
agreements with other public or private entities, for pro-
grams that involve— 
(1) continuing judicial supervision over offend-
ers with substance abuse or mental health problems 
who are not violent offenders and have served in the 
United States military; and 
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(2) the integrated administration of other sanc-
tions and services, which shall include— 
(A) mandatory periodic testing for the use 
of controlled substances or other addictive sub-
stances during any period of supervised release 
or probation for each participant; 
(B) substance abuse and mental health 
treatment (such as treatment for depression 
and post-traumatic stress disorder) for each 
participant; 
(C) diversion, probation, or other super-
vised release involving the possibility of prosecu-
tion, confinement, or incarceration based on 
noncompliance with program requirements or 
failure to show satisfactory progress; and 
(D) programmatic, offender management, 
and aftercare services such as relapse preven-
tion, health care, education, vocational training, 
job placement, housing placement, and child 
care or other family support services for each 
participant who requires such services. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
Act, a State, State court, local court, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribal government shall submit an applica-
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