ices, which may include case management services 
and a full continuum of support services that ensure 
providers furnishing services under the program are 
approved by the appropriate State or local agency, 
and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical treat-
ment or other health services.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 1904(d) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ff–3(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘residential 
substance abuse treatment program’ means a course of 
comprehensive individual and group substance abuse 
treatment services, lasting a period of at least 6 months, 
in residential treatment facilities set apart from the gen-
eral population of a prison or jail, which may include the 
use of pharmacological treatment, where appropriate, that 
may extend beyond such period.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
FOR STUDY
AND REPORT
ON 
AFTERCARE SERVICES.—The Attorney General, through 
the National Institute of Justice, and in consultation with 
the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shall conduct a 
study on the use and effectiveness of funds used by the 
Department of Justice for aftercare services under section 
1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
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Act of 1968, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 
for offenders who reenter the community after completing 
a substance abuse program in prison or jail. 
Subtitle B—New and Innovative 
Programs to Improve Offender 
Reentry Services 
SEC. 111. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part FF of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797w et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2978. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants, in accordance with this section, of not 
more than $500,000 to— 
‘‘(1) State and local courts; and 
‘‘(2) State agencies, municipalities, public agen-
cies, nonprofit organizations, territories, and Indian 
tribes that have agreements with courts to take the 
lead in establishing a reentry court (as described in 
section 2976(b)(19)). 
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded 
under this section shall be administered in accordance 
with such guidelines, regulations, and procedures as pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General, and may be used to— 
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‘‘(1) monitor juvenile and adult offenders re-
turning to the community; 
‘‘(2) provide juvenile and adult offenders re-
turning to the community with coordinated and com-
prehensive reentry services and programs such as— 
‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess-
ment for treatment; 
‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 
a substance abuse professional who is approved 
by the State and licensed by the appropriate en-
tity to provide alcohol and drug addiction treat-
ment, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 
provider that is approved by the State, and li-
censed, if necessary, to provide medical and 
other health services; 
‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv-
ices and assessment; 
‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv-
ices that— 
‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(F) any other services needed for reentry; 
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‘‘(3) convene community impact panels, victim 
impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 
‘‘(4) provide and coordinate the delivery of com-
munity services to juvenile and adult offenders, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) housing assistance; 
‘‘(B) education; 
‘‘(C) employment training; 
‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 
‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 
‘‘(F) other appropriate social services; and 
‘‘(5) establish and implement graduated sanc-
tions and incentives. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as preventing a grantee that oper-
ates a drug court under part EE at the time a grant is 
awarded under this section from using funds from such 
grant to supplement the drug court under part EE in ac-
cordance with paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, an entity described in subsection (a) shall, 
in addition to any other requirements required by the At-
torney General, submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation that— 
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‘‘(1) describes the program to be assisted under 
this section and the need for such program; 
‘‘(2) describes a long-term strategy and detailed 
implementation plan for such program, including 
how the entity plans to pay for the program after 
the Federal funding ends; 
‘‘(3) identifies the governmental and community 
agencies that will be coordinated by the project; 
‘‘(4) certifies that— 
‘‘(A) all agencies affected by the program, 
including existing community corrections and 
parole entities, have been appropriately con-
sulted in the development of the program; 
‘‘(B) there will be appropriate coordination 
with all such agencies in the implementation of 
the program; and 
‘‘(C) there will be appropriate coordination 
and consultation with the Single State Author-
ity for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 
201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of 
the State; and 
‘‘(5) describes the methodology and outcome 
measures that will be used to evaluate the program. 
‘‘(e) 
MATCHING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Federal 
share of a grant under this section may not exceed 75 
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percent of the costs of the project assisted by such grant 
unless the Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) waives, wholly or in part, the matching re-
quirement under this subsection; and 
‘‘(2) publicly delineates the rationale for the 
waiver. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral, for each fiscal year in which funds from the grant 
are expended, a report, at such time and in such manner 
as the Attorney General may reasonably require, that con-
tains— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the program assisted by the grant; 
‘‘(2) an assessment of whether the activities are 
meeting the need for the program identified in the 
application submitted under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may require. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 and 2009 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year— 
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‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent may be used 
by the Attorney General for salaries and admin-
istrative expenses; and 
‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent nor less 
than 2 percent may be used for technical assist-
ance and training.’’. 
SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS 
OFFENDER REENTRY TASK FORCES. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is further 
amended by inserting after part BB the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART CC—GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND 
CONTINUOUS 
OFFENDER 
REENTRY 
TASK 
FORCES 
‘‘SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall carry out a grant pro-
gram under which the Attorney General makes grants to 
States, units of local government, territories, Indian 
tribes, and other public and private entities for the pur-
pose of establishing and administering task forces (to be 
known as ‘Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re-
entry Task Forces’), in accordance with this part. 
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‘‘SEC. 2902. COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS OFFENDER 
REENTRY TASK FORCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, a 
Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 
Force is a planning group of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, territory, or Indian tribe that— 
‘‘(1) develops a community reentry plan, de-
scribed in section 2903, for each juvenile and adult 
offender to be released from a correctional facility in 
the applicable jurisdiction; 
‘‘(2) supervises and assesses the progress of 
each such offender, with respect to such plan, start-
ing on a date before the offender is released from a 
correctional facility and ending on the date on which 
the court supervision of such offender ends; 
‘‘(3) conducts a detailed assessment of the 
needs of each offender to address employment train-
ing, medical care, drug treatment, education, and 
any other identified need of the offender to assist in 
the offender’s reentry; 
‘‘(4) demonstrates affirmative steps to imple-
ment such a community reentry plan by consulting 
and coordinating with other public and nonprofit en-
tities, as appropriate; 
‘‘(5) establishes appropriate measurements for 
determining the efficacy of such community reentry 
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plans by monitoring offender performance under 
such reentry plans; 
‘‘(6) complies with applicable State, local, terri-
torial, and tribal rules and regulations regarding the 
provision of applicable services and treatment in the 
applicable jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(7) consults and coordinates with the Single 
State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in 
section 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) 
and the criminal justice agencies of the State to en-
sure that offender reentry plans are coordinated and 
delivered in the most cost-effective manner, as deter-
mined by the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the grantee. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—A Comprehensive 
and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Force for a county 
or other defined geographic area shall perform the duties 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) in 
consultation with representatives of— 
‘‘(1) the criminal and juvenile justice and cor-
rectional facilities within the county or area; 
‘‘(2) the community health care services of the 
county or area; 
‘‘(3) the drug treatment programs of the county 
or area; 
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‘‘(4) the employment opportunities available in 
the county or area; 
‘‘(5) housing opportunities available in the 
county or area; and 
‘‘(6) any other appropriate community services 
available in the county or area. 
‘‘SEC. 2903. COMMUNITY REENTRY PLAN DESCRIBED. 
‘‘For purposes of section 2902(a)(1), a community 
reentry plan for an offender is a plan relating to the re-
entry of the offender into the community and, according 
to the needs of the offender, shall— 
‘‘(1) identify employment opportunities and 
goals; 
‘‘(2) identify housing opportunities; 
‘‘(3) provide for any needed drug treatment; 
‘‘(4) provide for any needed mental health serv-
ices; 
‘‘(5) provide for any needed health care serv-
ices; 
‘‘(6) provide for any needed family counseling; 
‘‘(7) provide for offender case management pro-
grams or services; and 
‘‘(8) provide for any other service specified by 
the Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re-
entry Task Force as necessary for the offender. 
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‘‘SEC. 2904. APPLICATION. 
‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a State 
or other relevant entity shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application in such form and manner and at such 
time as the Attorney General specifies. Such application 
shall contain such information as the Attorney General 
specifies. 
‘‘SEC. 2905. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this part shall be construed as sup-
planting or modifying a sentence imposed by a court, in-
cluding any terms of supervision. 
‘‘SEC. 2906. REPORTS. 
‘‘An entity that receives funds under this part for a 
Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 
Force during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney 
General, not later than a date specified by the Attorney 
General, a report that describes and evaluates the effec-
tiveness of such Task Force during such fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 2907. 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. 113. PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE 
TO PRISON PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
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