I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1763 
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to provide 
grants to eligible entities to divert individuals with low-level drug offenses 
to prebooking diversion programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2017 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program 
to provide grants to eligible entities to divert individuals 
with low-level drug offenses to prebooking diversion pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Keeping Communities 
Safe through Treatment Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the At-
torney General shall establish a pilot program to 
provide grants to eligible entities for prebooking di-
version programs to divert individuals with low-level 
drug offenses to a case manager for an immediate 
needs assessment, crisis intervention, and to sched-
ule an in-depth intake interview. 
(2) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot 
program shall terminate 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(3) GRANTS
AWARDED
UNDER
PILOT
PRO-
GRAM.—The Attorney General shall award grants 
under the pilot program to not fewer than 10 eligible 
entities. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 
awarded under the pilot program may not be used to di-
vert an individual with a low-level drug offense to a drug 
treatment program if criminal charges have been filed and 
are pending against such individual. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be selected to receive a 
grant under the pilot program, an eligible entity 
shall submit to the Attorney General an application 
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at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may require. 
(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Each application 
for a grant under the pilot program shall include a 
description of how the eligible entity— 
(A) coordinates with drug treatment pro-
grams that provide medication-assisted treat-
ment; 
(B) plans to coordinate with local prosecu-
tors; 
(C) plans to divert individuals with low- 
level drug offenses to such programs; 
(D) plans to monitor and record the 
progress of such individuals in such programs; 
(E) plans to assess such individuals to en-
sure that they have an appropriate individual-
ized intervention; and 
(F) will provide case management for such 
individuals. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Each quarter dur-
ing the duration of the pilot program, an eligible en-
tity that receives a grant under the pilot program 
shall submit a report to the Attorney General that 
includes— 
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(A) the number of individuals diverted to 
programs by the diversion program for which 
the grant funds are used; 
(B) any subsequent arrest records of such 
individuals, when such records are publicly 
available; 
(C) any subsequent criminal charges filed 
against such individuals; and 
(D) the cost of such programs. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not less than once 
each year during the duration of the pilot program, 
the Attorney General shall submit a report to Con-
gress that includes— 
(A) the number of grants awarded under 
the pilot program; 
(B) the number of individuals diverted to 
programs by the diversion program for which 
the grant funds are used; 
(C) any subsequent arrest records of such 
individuals, when such records are publicly 
available; 
(D) any subsequent criminal charges filed 
against such individuals; and 
(E) the amount of funds used to provide 
grants under the pilot program. 
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a law enforcement agency with jurisdic-
tion over a high-intensity drug trafficking area, as 
designated pursuant to section 707(b) of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(b)). 
(2) LOW-LEVEL
DRUG
OFFENSE.—The term 
‘‘low-level drug offense’’ does not include a serious 
violent felony. 
(3) MEDICATION-ASSISTED
TREATMENT.—The 
term ‘‘medication-assisted treatment’’ means treat-
ment of substance use disorders through the use of 
a drug (or a combination of drugs) approved or li-
censed under section 505 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262), in combination with evidence-based behavioral 
therapies. 
(4) SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONY.—The term ‘‘se-
rious violent felony’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3559(c)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be nec-
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essary to carry out the pilot program, to be derived from 
the funds made available to the Office of Justice Pro-
grams. 
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