‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force or other 
authority under this subsection shall be comprised 
of— 
‘‘(A) relevant State, Tribal, territorial, or 
local leaders; and 
‘‘(B) representatives of relevant— 
‘‘(i) agencies; 
‘‘(ii) service providers; 
‘‘(iii) nonprofit organizations; and 
‘‘(iv) stakeholders. 
‘‘(j) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicant shall iden-
tify in the reentry strategic plan developed under 
subsection (h), specific performance outcomes relat-
ing to the long-term goals of increasing public safety 
and reducing recidivism. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The perform-
ance outcomes identified under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to offenders released back into 
the community— 
‘‘(A) reduction in recidivism rates, which 
shall be reported in accordance with the meas-
ure selected by the Director of the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics under section 234(c)(2) of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007;
‘‘(B) reduction in crime; 
‘‘(C) increased employment and education 
opportunities; 
‘‘(D) reduction in violations of conditions 
of supervised release; 
‘‘(E) increased payment of child support; 
‘‘(F) increased housing opportunities; 
‘‘(G) reduction in drug and alcohol abuse; 
and 
‘‘(H) increased participation in substance 
abuse and mental health services. 
‘‘(3) OTHER OUTCOMES.—A grantee under this 
section may include in the reentry strategic plan de-
veloped under subsection (h) other performance out-
comes that increase the success rates of offenders 
who transition from prison, jails, or juvenile facili-
ties. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—A grantee under this 
section shall coordinate with communities and stake-
holders about the selection of performance outcomes 
identified by the applicant, and shall consult with 
the Attorney General for assistance with data collec-
tion and measurement activities as provided for in 
the grant application materials.
‘‘(5) REPORT.—Each grantee under this section 
shall submit to the Attorney General an annual re-
port that— 
‘‘(A) identifies the progress of the grantee 
toward achieving its strategic performance out-
comes; and 
‘‘(B) describes other activities conducted 
by the grantee to increase the success rates of 
the reentry population, such as programs that 
foster effective risk management and treatment 
programming, offender accountability, and com-
munity and victim participation. 
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with grantees under this section, 
shall— 
‘‘(A) identify primary and secondary 
sources of information to support the measure-
ment of the performance indicators identified 
under this section; 
‘‘(B) identify sources and methods of data 
collection in support of performance measure-
ment required under this section; 
‘‘(C) provide to all grantees technical as-
sistance and training on performance measures
and data collection for purposes of this section; 
and 
‘‘(D) consult with the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration and 
the National Institute on Drug Abuse on stra-
tegic performance outcome measures and data 
collection for purposes of this section relating to 
substance abuse and mental health. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Attorney General 
shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to iden-
tify national and other sources of information to 
support performance measurement of grantees. 
‘‘(3) STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.—Any statis-
tical analysis of population data conducted pursuant 
to this section shall be conducted in accordance with 
the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 
relating to classification standards. 
‘‘(l) FUTURE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section in any fiscal year after the fiscal 
year in which a grantee receives a grant under this section, 
a grantee shall submit to the Attorney General such infor-
mation as is necessary to demonstrate that— 
‘‘(1) the grantee has adopted a reentry plan 
that reflects input from nonprofit organizations, in
any case where relevant input is available and appro-
priate to the grant application; 
‘‘(2) the reentry plan of the grantee includes 
performance measures to assess progress of the 
grantee toward a 10 percent reduction in the rate of 
recidivism over a 2-year period; 
‘‘(3) the grantee will coordinate with the Attor-
ney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant 
input from nonprofit organizations is available and 
appropriate), and other experts regarding the selec-
tion and implementation of the performance meas-
ures described in subsection (k); and 
‘‘(4) the grantee has made adequate progress, 
as determined by the Attorney General, toward re-
ducing the rate of recidivism by 10 percent over a 
2-year period. 
‘‘(m) NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER 
REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may, 
using amounts made available to carry out this sub-
section, make a grant to an eligible organization to 
provide for the establishment of a National Adult 
and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—An organiza-
tion eligible for the grant under paragraph (1) is
any national nonprofit organization approved by the 
Interagency Task Force on Federal Programs and 
Activities Relating to the Reentry of Offenders Into 
the Community, that provides technical assistance 
and training to, and has special expertise and broad, 
national-level experience in, offender reentry pro-
grams, training, and research. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiv-
ing a grant under paragraph (1) shall establish a 
National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Re-
source Center to— 
‘‘(A) provide education, training, and tech-
nical assistance for States, tribes, territories, 
local governments, service providers, nonprofit 
organizations, and corrections institutions; 
‘‘(B) collect data and best practices in of-
fender reentry from demonstration grantees and 
others agencies and organizations; 
‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation 
tools, mechanisms, and measures to better as-
sess and document coalition performance meas-
ures and outcomes; 
‘‘(D) disseminate information to States 
and other relevant entities about best practices, 
policy standards, and research findings;
‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to 
assist relevant authorities in determining when 
release is appropriate and in the use of data to 
inform the release decision; 
‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to 
identify efficiently and effectively those violators 
of probation, parole, or supervision following re-
lease from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility who 
should be returned to prisons, jails, or juvenile 
facilities and those who should receive other 
penalties based on defined, graduated sanctions; 
‘‘(G) collaborate with the Interagency Task 
Force on Federal Programs and Activities Re-
lating to the Reentry of Offenders Into the 
Community, and the Federal Resource Center 
for Children of Prisoners; 
‘‘(H) develop a national reentry research 
agenda; and 
‘‘(I) establish a database to enhance the 
availability of information that will assist of-
fenders in areas including housing, employment, 
counseling, mentoring, medical and mental 
health services, substance abuse treatment, 
transportation, and daily living skills.
‘‘(4) LIMIT.—Of amounts made available to 
carry out this section, not more than 4 percent of 
the authorized level shall be available to carry out 
this subsection. 
‘‘(n) ADMINISTRATION.—Of amounts made available 
to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent of the authorized 
level shall be available for administrative expenses in 
carrying out this section; and 
‘‘(2) not more than 2 percent of the authorized 
level shall be made available to the National Insti-
tute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
demonstration projects funded under this section, 
using a methodology that— 
‘‘(A) includes, to the maximum extent fea-
sible, random assignment of offenders (or enti-
ties working with such persons) to program de-
livery and control groups; and 
‘‘(B) generates evidence on which reentry 
approaches and strategies are most effective.’’. 
(d) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 2976(a) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797w(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘States, Terri-
tories’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘States, local governments,
territories, or Indian Tribes, or any combination thereof, 
in partnership with stakeholders, service providers, and 
nonprofit organizations.’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2976(o) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w), as so redesignated by 
subsection (c) of this section, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 
for fiscal year 2003’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘$55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010.’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION; EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made 
available to carry out this section for any fiscal 
year, not more than 3 percent or less than 2 
percent may be used for technical assistance 
and training. 
‘‘(B) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The At-
torney General shall ensure that grants award-
ed under this section are equitably distributed 
among the geographical regions and between 
urban and rural populations, including Indian
Tribes, consistent with the objective of reducing 
recidivism among criminal offenders.’’. 
SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE OFFENDERS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPONENT.— 
Section 1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1(c)), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting ‘‘REQUIREMENT
FOR
AFTERCARE
COMPO-
NENT’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) To be eligible for funding under this part, 
a State shall ensure that individuals who participate 
in the substance abuse treatment program estab-
lished or implemented with assistance provided 
under this part will be provided with aftercare serv-
ices, which may include case management services 
and a full continuum of support services that ensure 
providers furnishing services under that 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 
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.
SEC. 103 DEFINITION OF VIOLENT OFFENDER FOR DRUG 
COURT GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 2953(a)(1) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797u-2(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘that is 
punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year’’ 
after ‘‘convicted of an offense’’. 
(b) PERIOD
FOR
COMPLIANCE.—Notwithstanding 
Section 2952(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u-1(2)), each grantee 
under part EE of such Act shall have not more than 3 
years from the date of the enactment of this Act to adopt 
the definition of ‘‘violent offender’’ under such part, as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
vise any regulations or guidelines described in section 
2952 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u-1) in accordance with the 
amendments made by subsection (a). Such regulations 
shall specify that grant amounts under part EE of such 
Act shall be reduced for any drug court that does not 
adopt the definition of ‘‘violent offender’’ under such part, 
as amended by subsection (a) of this section, within 3 
years after such date of enactment.
SEC. 104. USE OF VIOLENT OFFENDER TRUTH-IN-SEN-
TENCING GRANT FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Section 20102(a) of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(42 U.S.C. 13702(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) to carry out any activity referred to in sec-
tion 2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(b)).’’. 
(b) 
USE
OF
FUNDS
APPROPRIATED.—Section 
20108(b)(4) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13708(b)(4)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds obligated, 
but subsequently unspent and deobligated, may remain 
available, to the extent as may provided in appropriations 
Acts, for the purpose described in section 20102(a)(4) for 
any subsequent fiscal year. The further obligation of such 
funds by an official for such purpose shall not be delayed, 
directly or indirectly, in any manner by any officer or em-
ployee in the executive branch.’’.
Subtitle B—New and Innovative 
Programs To Improve Offender 
Reentry Services 
SEC. 111. STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
Part FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2978. STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may award grants, in accordance with this section, of not 
more than $500,000 to— 
‘‘(1) State, Tribal, 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— 
‘‘(1) monitor juvenile and adult offenders reen-
tering the community;
‘‘(2) provide juvenile and adult offenders reen-
tering 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 or Indian Tribe and licensed by 
the appropriate entity to provide alcohol and 
drug addiction treatment, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 
provider that is approved by the State or Indian 
Tribe, and licensed, 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; 
‘‘(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) job 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 such drug court in accordance 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— 
‘‘(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 is discontinued; 
‘‘(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 community corrections and parole en-
tities, have been appropriately consulted 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 that term is de-
fined 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 
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 
2009 and 2010 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATIONS; 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBU-
TION.—
‘‘(A) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made 
available to carry out this section in any fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(i) not more than 2 percent may be 
used by the Attorney General for salaries 
and administrative expenses; and 
‘‘(ii) not more than 5 percent nor less 
than 2 percent may be used for technical 
assistance and training. 
‘‘(B) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The At-
torney General shall ensure that grants award-
ed under this section are equitably distributed 
among the geographical regions and between 
urban and rural populations, including Indian 
Tribes, consistent with the objective of reducing 
recidivism among criminal offenders.’’. 
SEC. 112. 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 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after part BB the fol-
lowing:
‘‘PART CC—PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT 
ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 2901. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to State, Tribal, and local prosecutors to develop, 
implement, or expand qualified drug treatment programs 
that are alternatives to imprisonment, in accordance with 
this part. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of this part, a qualified drug 
treatment program is a program— 
‘‘(1) that is administered by a State, Tribal, or 
local prosecutor; 
‘‘(2) that requires an eligible offender who is 
sentenced to participate in the program (instead of 
incarceration) to participate in a comprehensive sub-
stance abuse treatment program that is approved by 
the State or Indian Tribe and licensed, if necessary, 
to provide medical and other health services; 
‘‘(3) that requires an eligible offender to receive 
the consent of the State, Tribal, or local prosecutor 
involved to participate in such program; 
‘‘(4) that, in the case of an eligible offender 
who is sentenced to participate in the program, re-
quires the offender to serve a sentence of imprison-
ment with respect to the crime involved if the pros-
ecutor, in conjunction with the treatment provider, 
determines that the offender has not successfully 
completed the relevant substance abuse treatment 
program described in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(5) that provides for the dismissal of the 
criminal charges involved in an eligible offender’s 
participation in the program if the offender is deter-
mined to have successfully completed the program; 
‘‘(6) that requires each substance abuse pro-
vider treating an eligible offender under the program 
to— 
‘‘(A) make periodic reports of the progress 
of the treatment of that offender to the State, 
Tribal, or local prosecutor involved and to the 
appropriate court in which the eligible offender 
was convicted; and 
‘‘(B) notify such prosecutor and such court 
if the eligible offender absconds from the facil-
ity of the treatment provider or otherwise vio-
lates the terms and conditions of the program, 
consistent with Federal and State confiden-
tiality requirements; and 
‘‘(7) that has an enforcement unit comprised of 
law enforcement officers under the supervision of the 
State, Tribal, or local prosecutor involved, the duties
of which shall include verifying an eligible offender’s 
addresses and other contacts, and, if necessary, lo-
cating, apprehending, and arresting an eligible of-
fender who has absconded from the facility of a sub-
stance abuse treatment provider or otherwise vio-
lated the terms and conditions of the program, con-
sistent with Federal and State confidentiality re-
quirements, and returning such eligible offender to 
court for sentencing for the crime involved. 
‘‘SEC. 2902. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, Tribal, or local pros-
ecutor that receives a grant under this part shall use such 
grant for expenses of a qualified drug treatment program, 
including for the following expenses: 
‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, 
and other costs directly related to the operation of 
the program, including the enforcement unit. 
‘‘(2) Payments for substance abuse treatment 
providers that are approved by the State or Indian 
Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to provide alcohol 
and drug addiction treatment to eligible offenders 
participating in the program, including aftercare su-
pervision, vocational training, education, and job 
placement.
‘‘(3) Payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities that are approved by the State or Indian 
Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to provide alcohol 
and drug addiction treatment to offenders partici-
pating in the program. 
‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENT
AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants 
made under this part shall be used to supplement, and 
not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs described in this part. 
‘‘SEC. 2903. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under this part, a State, Tribal, 
or local prosecutor shall submit an application to the At-
torney General in such form and containing such informa-
tion as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
Each such application shall contain the certification by the 
State, Tribal, or local prosecutor that the program for 
which the grant is requested is a qualified drug treatment 
program, in accordance with this part. 
‘‘SEC. 2904. FEDERAL SHARE. 
‘‘The Federal share of a grant made under this part 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the quali-
fied drug treatment program funded by such grant for the 
fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under 
this part.
‘‘SEC. 2905. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the ex-
tent practicable, the distribution of grants under this part 
is equitable and includes State, Tribal, or local prosecu-
tors— 
‘‘(1) in each State; and 
‘‘(2) in rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban ju-
risdictions. 
‘‘SEC. 2906. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘For each fiscal year, each recipient of a grant under 
this part during that fiscal year shall submit to the Attor-
ney General a report with respect to the effectiveness of 
activities carried out using that grant. Each report shall 
include an evaluation in such form and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on 
which such reports shall be submitted. 
‘‘SEC. 2907. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) STATE
OR
LOCAL
PROSECUTOR.—The 
term ‘State, Tribal, or local prosecutor’ means any 
district attorney, State attorney general, county at-
torney, tribal attorney, or corporation counsel who 
has authority to prosecute criminal offenses under 
State, Tribal, or local law.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE OFFENDER.—The term ‘eligible 
offender’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has been convicted, pled guilty, or ad-
mitted guilt with respect to a crime for which 
a sentence of imprisonment is required and has 
not completed such sentence; 
‘‘(B) has never been charged with or con-
victed of an offense, during the course of 
which— 
‘‘(i) the individual carried, possessed, 
or used a firearm or dangerous weapon; or 
‘‘(ii) there occurred the use of force 
against the person of another, without re-
gard to whether any of the behavior de-
scribed in clause (i) is an element of the 
offense or for which the person is charged 
or convicted; 
‘‘(C) does not have 1 or more prior convic-
tions for a felony crime of violence involving the 
use or attempted use of force against a person 
with the intent to cause death or serious bodily 
harm; and 
‘‘(D)(i) has received an assessment for al-
cohol or drug addiction from a substance abuse 
professional who is approved by the State or In-
dian Tribe and licensed by the appropriate enti-
ty to provide alcohol and drug addiction treat-
ment, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(ii) has been found to be in need of sub-
stance abuse treatment because that individual 
has a history of substance abuse that is a sig-
nificant contributing factor to the criminal con-
duct of that individual.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(26) There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out part CC $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010.’’. 
SEC. 113. GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after part CC, as added by this Act, the fol-
lowing:
‘‘PART DD—GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
‘‘SEC. 2921. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States, 
units of local government, territories, and Indian Tribes 
to— 
‘‘(1) develop, implement, and expand com-
prehensive and clinically-appropriate family-based 
substance abuse treatment programs as alternatives 
to incarceration for nonviolent parent drug offend-
ers; and 
‘‘(2) to provide prison-based family treatment 
programs for incarcerated parents of minor children. 
‘‘SEC. 2922. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘Grants made to an entity under section 2921 for 
a program described in such section may be used for— 
‘‘(1) the development, implementation, and ex-
pansion of prison-based family treatment programs 
in correctional facilities for incarcerated parents 
with minor children (except for any such parent who 
there is reasonable evidence to believe engaged in do-
mestic violence or child abuse); 
‘‘(2) the development, implementation, and ex-
pansion of residential substance abuse treatment;
‘‘(3) coordination between appropriate correc-
tional facility representatives and the appropriate 
governmental agencies; 
‘‘(4) payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities to provide substance abuse treatment to 
nonviolent parent drug offenders participating in 
that program; and 
‘‘(5) salaries, personnel costs, facility costs, and 
other costs directly related to the operation of that 
program. 
‘‘SEC. 2923. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A program for which a grant is 
made under section 2921(1) shall comply with the fol-
lowing requirements: 
‘‘(1) The program shall ensure that all pro-
viders of substance abuse treatment are approved by 
the State or Indian Tribe and are licensed, if nec-
essary, to provide medical and other health services. 
‘‘(2) The program shall ensure appropriate co-
ordination and consultation with the Single State 
Authority for Substance Abuse of the State (as that 
term is defined in section 201(e) of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007). 
‘‘(3) The program shall consist of clinically-ap-
propriate, comprehensive, and long-term family
treatment, including the treatment of the nonviolent 
parent drug offender, the child of such offender, and 
any other appropriate member of the family of the 
offender. 
‘‘(4) The program shall be provided in a resi-
dential setting that is not a hospital setting or an 
intensive outpatient setting. 
‘‘(5) The program shall provide that if a non-
violent parent drug offender who participates in that 
program does not successfully complete the program 
the offender shall serve an appropriate sentence of 
imprisonment with respect to the underlying crime 
involved. 
‘‘(6) The program shall ensure that a deter-
mination is made as to whether a nonviolent drug 
offender has completed the substance abuse treat-
ment program. 
‘‘(7) The program shall include the implementa-
tion of a system of graduated sanctions (including 
incentives) that are applied based on the account-
ability of the nonviolent parent drug offender in-
volved throughout the course of that program to en-
courage compliance with that program. 
‘‘(8) The program shall develop and implement 
a reentry plan for each participant.
‘‘(b) PRISON-BASED PROGRAMS.—A program for 
which a grant is made under section 2921(2) shall comply 
with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The program shall integrate techniques to 
assess the strengths and needs of immediate and ex-
tended family of the incarcerated parent to support 
a treatment plan of the incarcerated parent. 
‘‘(2) The program shall ensure that each partic-
ipant in that program has access to consistent and 
uninterrupted care if transferred to a different cor-
rectional facility within the State or other relevant 
entity. 
‘‘(3) The program shall be located in an area 
separate from the general population of the prison. 
‘‘SEC. 2924. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An entity described in section 
2921 desiring a grant under this part shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application in such form and manner 
and at such time as the Attorney General requires. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application under subsection 
(a) shall include a description of the methods and meas-
urements the applicant will use for purposes of evaluating 
the program involved.
‘‘SEC. 2925. REPORTS. 
‘‘An entity that receives a grant under this part dur-
ing a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General, not 
later than a date specified by the Attorney General, a re-
port that describes and evaluates the effectiveness of that 
program during such fiscal year that— 
‘‘(1) is based on evidence-based data; and 
‘‘(2) uses the methods and measurements de-
scribed in the application of that entity for purposes 
of evaluating that program. 
‘‘SEC. 2926. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
‘‘(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this part in any fiscal year, not less than 
5 percent shall be used for grants to Indian Tribes. 
‘‘SEC. 2927. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) NONVIOLENT PARENT DRUG OFFENDER.— 
The term ‘nonviolent parent drug offender’ means 
an offender who is— 
‘‘(A) a parent of an individual under 18 
years of age; and 
‘‘(B) convicted of a drug (or drug-related) 
felony that is a nonviolent offense.
‘‘(2) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘non-
violent offense’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2991(a). 
‘‘(3) PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘prison-based family treatment 
program’ means a program for incarcerated parents 
in a correctional facility that provides a comprehen-
sive response to offender needs, including substance 
abuse treatment, child early intervention services, 
family counseling, legal services, medical care, men-
tal health services, nursery and preschool, parenting 
skills training, pediatric care, physical therapy, pre-
natal care, sexual abuse therapy, relapse prevention, 
transportation, and vocational or GED training.’’. 
SEC. 114. GRANT TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE EDUCATION 
AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILI-
TIES. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating part X as part KK; and 
(2) by inserting after part II the following:
‘‘PART JJ—GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND 
IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRIS-
ONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILITIES 
‘‘SEC. 3001. GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE 
EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, 
AND JUVENILE FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General may carry out a grant program under which the 
Attorney General may make grants to States, units of 
local government, territories, Indian Tribes, and other 
public and private entities to— 
‘‘(1) evaluate methods to improve academic and 
vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, 
and juvenile facilities; 
‘‘(2) identify, and make recommendations to the 
Attorney General regarding, best practices relating 
to academic and vocational education for offenders 
in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, based on the 
evaluation under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) improve the academic and vocational edu-
cation programs (including technology career train-
ing) available to offenders in prisons, jails, and juve-
nile facilities. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this part, a State or other entity described in subsection 
(a) shall submit to the Attorney General an application
in such form and manner, at such time, and accompanied 
by such information as the Attorney General specifies. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the last 
day of the final fiscal year of a grant under this part, 
each entity described in subsection (a) receiving such a 
grant shall submit to the Attorney General a detailed re-
port of the progress made by the entity using such grant, 
to permit the Attorney General to evaluate and improve 
academic and vocational education methods carried out 
with grants under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out this part for each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010.’’. 
SEC. 115. 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 for technology-
based jobs and careers during the 3-year period before re-
lease from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility. 
(c) CONTROL OF INTERNET ACCESS.—An entity that 
receives a grant under subsection (a) shall restrict access 
to the Internet by prisoners, as appropriate, to ensure 
public safety. 
(d) 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. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
TITLE 
II—ENHANCED 
DRUG 
TREATMENT 
AND 
MEN-
TORING GRANT PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 
SEC. 201. OFFENDER REENTRY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General may make competitive grants to States, units of
local government, territories, and Indian Tribes, in accord-
ance with this section, for the purposes of— 
(1) improving the provision of drug treatment 
to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 
and 
(2) reducing the use of alcohol and other drugs 
by long-term substance abusers during the period in 
which each such long-term substance abuser is in 
prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, and through the 
completion of parole or court supervision of such 
long-term substance abuser. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant made under 
subsection (a) may be used— 
(1) for continuing and improving drug treat-
ment programs provided at a prison, jail, or juvenile 
facility; 
(2) to develop and implement programs for su-
pervised long-term substance abusers that include al-
cohol and drug abuse assessments, coordinated and 
continuous delivery of drug treatment, and case 
management services; 
(3) to strengthen rehabilitation efforts for of-
fenders by providing addiction recovery support serv-
ices; and
(4) to establish pharmacological drug treatment 
services as part of any drug treatment program of-
fered by a grantee to offenders who are in a prison 
or jail. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity described in sub-
section (a) desiring a grant under that subsection 
shall submit to the Attorney General an application 
in such form and manner and at such time as the 
Attorney General requires. 
(2) CONTENTS.—An application for a grant 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(A) identify any agency, organization, or 
researcher that will be involved in administering 
a drug treatment program carried out with a 
grant under subsection (a); 
(B) certify that such drug treatment pro-
gram has been developed in consultation with 
the Single State Authority for Substance 
Abuse; 
(C) certify that such drug treatment pro-
gram shall— 
(i) be clinically-appropriate; and 
(ii) provide comprehensive treatment;
(D) describe how evidence-based strategies 
have been incorporated into such drug treat-
ment program; and 
(E) describe how data will be collected and 
analyzed to determine the effectiveness of such 
drug treatment program and describe how ran-
domized trials will be used where practicable. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit 
to Congress a report that identifies the best prac-
tices relating to— 
(A) substance abuse treatment in prisons, 
jails, and juvenile facilities; and 
(B) the comprehensive and coordinated 
treatment of long-term substance abusers, in-
cluding the best practices identified through the 
activities funded under subsection (b)(3). 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September 
30, 2010, the Attorney General shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the drug treatment programs 
funded under this section, including on the matters 
specified in paragraph (1). 
(e) DEFINITION OF SINGLE STATE AUTHORITY FOR 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—The term ‘‘Single State Authority
for Substance Abuse’’ means an entity designated by the 
Governor or chief executive officer of a State as the single 
State administrative authority responsible for the plan-
ning, development, implementation, monitoring, regula-
tion, and evaluation of substance abuse services. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
(2) EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANT 
AMOUNTS.—Of the amount made available to carry 
out this section in any fiscal year, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure that grants awarded under this sec-
tion are equitably distributed among geographical 
regions and between urban and rural populations, 
including Indian Tribes, consistent with the objective 
of reducing recidivism among criminal offenders. 
Subtitle B—Mentoring 
SEC. 211. 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 and In-
dian Tribes for the purpose of providing mentoring and
other transitional services essential to reintegrating of-
fenders into the community. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under sub-
section (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 or 
Indian Tribe shall submit an application to the At-
torney General at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Attorney 
General may require. 
(2) PRIORITY
CONSIDERATION.—Priority con-
sideration shall be given to any application under 
this section 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 
under section 241(b)(6)), and reintegrating offenders into 
the community. 
(e) 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 that grant during that fiscal year and that identi-
fies the progress of the grantee toward achieving its stra-
tegic 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 2009 and 2010. 
SEC. 212. RESPONSIBLE REINTEGRATION OF OFFENDERS. 
(a) ELIGIBLE OFFENDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘‘el-
igible offender’’ means an individual who— 
(A) is 18 years of age or older; 
(B) has been convicted as an adult and im-
prisoned under Federal or State law; 
(C) has never been convicted of a violent or 
sex-related offense; and 
(D) except as provided in paragraph (2), 
has been released from a prison or jail for not 
more than 180 days before the date on which 
the individual begins participating in a grant 
program carried out under this section. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Each grantee under this sec-
tion may permit not more than 10 percent of the in-
dividuals served with a grant under this section to 
be individuals who— 
(A) meet the conditions of subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) of paragraph (1); and 
(B) have been released from a prison or 
jail for more than 180 days before the date on 
which the individuals begin participating in the 
grant program carried out under this section. 
(3) PRIORITY OF SERVICE.—Grantees shall pro-
vide a priority of service in projects funded under 
this section to individuals meeting the requirements
of paragraph (1) who have been released from State 
correctional facilities. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary 
of Labor may make grants to nonprofit organizations for 
the purpose of providing mentoring, job training and job 
placement services, and other comprehensive transitional 
services to assist eligible offenders in obtaining and retain-
ing employment. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this 
section may be used for— 
(A) mentoring eligible offenders, including 
the provision of support, guidance, and assist-
ance in the community and the workplace to 
address the challenges faced by such offenders; 
(B) providing job training and job place-
ment services to eligible offenders, including 
work readiness activities, job referrals, basic 
skills remediation, educational services, occupa-
tional skills training, on-the-job training, work 
experience, and post-placement support, in co-
ordination with the one-stop partners and one- 
stop operators (as such terms are defined in 
section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)) that provide services at
any center operated under a one-stop delivery 
system established under section 134(c) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2864(c)), businesses, and educational institu-
tions; and 
(C) providing outreach, orientation, intake, 
assessments, counseling, case management, and 
other transitional services to eligible offenders, 
including prerelease outreach and orientation. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) CERTAIN
SERVICES
EXCLUDED.—A 
grant under this section may not be used to 
provide substance abuse treatment services, 
mental health treatment services, or housing 
services, except that such a grant may be used 
to coordinate with other programs and entities 
to arrange for such programs and entities to 
provide substance abuse treatment services, 
mental health treatment services, or housing 
services to eligible offenders.— 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE
COST
LIMIT.—Not 
more than 15 percent of the amounts awarded 
to a grantee under this section may be used for 
the costs of administration, as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor.
(d) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—A nonprofit 
organization desiring a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
Labor at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Secretary 
of Labor may require. 
(B) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, an appli-
cation for a grant under this section shall in-
clude— 
(i) the identification of the eligible 
area that is to be served and a description 
of the need for support in such area; 
(ii) a description of the mentoring, job 
training and job placement, and other serv-
ices to be provided; 
(iii) a description of partnerships that 
have been established with the criminal 
justice system (including coordination with 
demonstration projects carried out under 
section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as 
amended by this Act, where applicable), 
the local workforce investment boards es-
tablished under section 117 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2832)), and housing authorities that will 
be used to assist in carrying out grant ac-
tivities under this section; and 
(iv) a description of how other Fed-
eral, State, local, or private funding will be 
leveraged to provide support services that 
are not directly funded under this section, 
such as mental health and substance abuse 
treatment and housing. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
AREA.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘eligible area’’ means an area that— 
(A) is located within an urbanized area or 
urban cluster, as determined by the Bureau of 
the Census in the most recently available cen-
sus; 
(B) has a large number of prisoners re-
turning to the area each year; and 
(C) has a high rate of recidivism among 
prisoners returning to the area. 
(e) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 
(1) CORE INDICATORS.—Each nonprofit organi-
zation receiving a grant under this section shall re-
port to the Secretary of Labor on the results of serv-
ices provided to eligible offenders with that grant 
with respect to the following indicators of perform-
ance: 
(A) Rates of recidivism. 
(B) Entry into employment. 
(C) Retention in employment. 
(D) Average earnings. 
(2) ADDITIONAL INDICATORS.—In addition to 
the indicators described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Labor may require a nonprofit organiza-
tion receiving a grant under this section to report on 
additional indicators of performance. 
(f) REPORTS.—Each nonprofit organization receiving 
a grant under this section shall maintain such records and 
submit such reports, in such form and containing such in-
formation, as the Secretary of Labor may require regard-
ing the activities carried out under this section. 
(g) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Labor may reserve not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this section to provide 
technical assistance and for management information sys-
tems to assist grantees under this section. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Labor to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
SEC. 213. 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 any person 
who provides mentoring services to an incarcerated of-
fender is permitted to continue such services after that 
offender is released from prison. That policy shall permit 
the continuation of mentoring services unless the Director 
demonstrates that such services would be a significant se-
curity risk to the released offender, incarcerated offenders, 
persons who provide such services, or any other person. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2009, 
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. 
SEC. 214. BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY ON CHAPEL LI-
BRARY MATERIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall discontinue the Standardized Chapel Li-
brary project, or any other project by whatever designation 
that seeks to compile, list, or otherwise restrict prisoners’ 
access to reading materials, audiotapes, videotapes, or any 
other materials made available in a chapel library, except 
that the Bureau of Prisons may restrict access to— 
(1) any materials in a chapel library that seek 
to incite, promote, or otherwise suggest the commis-
sion of violence or criminal activity; and 
(2) any other materials prohibited by any other 
law or regulation. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to impact policies of the Bureau 
of Prisons related to access by specific prisoners to mate-
rials for security, safety, sanitation, or disciplinary rea-
sons. 
Subtitle C—Administration of 
Justice Reforms 
CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL 
OFFENDER REENTRY 
SEC. 231. FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in coordi-
nation with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, shall, 
subject to the availability of appropriations, conduct the 
following activities to establish a Federal prisoner reentry 
initiative:
(1) The establishment of a Federal prisoner re-
entry strategy to help prepare prisoners for release 
and successful reintegration into the community, in-
cluding, at a minimum, that the Bureau of Prisons: 
(A) assess each prisoner’s skill level (in-
cluding academic, vocational, health, cognitive, 
interpersonal, daily living, and related reentry 
skills) at the beginning of the term of imprison-
ment of that prisoner to identify any areas in 
need of improvement prior to reentry; 
(B) generate a skills development plan for 
each prisoner to monitor skills enhancement 
and reentry readiness throughout incarceration; 
(C) determine program assignments for 
prisoners based on the areas of need identified 
through the assessment described in subpara-
graph (A); 
(D) ensure that priority is given to the re-
entry needs of high-risk populations, such as 
sex offenders, career criminals, and prisoners 
with mental health problems; 
(E) coordinate and collaborate with other 
Federal agencies and with State, Tribal, and 
local criminal justice agencies, community-based 
organizations, and faith-based organizations to
help effectuate a seamless reintegration of pris-
oners into communities; 
(F) collect information about a prisoner’s 
family relationships, parental responsibilities, 
and contacts with children to help prisoners 
maintain important familial relationships and 
support systems during incarceration and after 
release from custody; and 
(G) provide incentives for prisoner partici-
pation in skills development programs. 
(2) Incentives for a prisoner who participates in 
reentry and skills development programs which may, 
at the discretion of the Director, include— 
(A) the maximum allowable period in a 
community confinement facility; and 
(B) such other incentives as the Director 
considers appropriate (not including a reduction 
of the term of imprisonment). 
(b) IDENTIFICATION AND RELEASE ASSISTANCE FOR 
FEDERAL PRISONERS.— 
(1) OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION.—The Director 
shall assist prisoners in obtaining identification (in-
cluding a social security card, driver’s license or 
other official photo identification, or birth certifi-
cate) prior to release.
(2) 
ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPING
RELEASE 
PLAN.—At the request of a direct-release prisoner, a 
representative of the United States Probation Sys-
tem shall, prior to the release of that prisoner, help 
that prisoner develop a release plan. 
(3) DIRECT-RELEASE PRISONER DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘direct-release prisoner’’ 
means a prisoner who is scheduled for release and 
will not be placed in prerelease custody. 
(c) IMPROVED REENTRY PROCEDURES
FOR FED-
ERAL PRISONERS.—The Attorney General shall take such 
steps as are necessary to modify the procedures and poli-
cies of the Department of Justice with respect to the tran-
sition of offenders from the custody of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to the community— 
(1) to enhance case planning and implementa-
tion of reentry programs, policies, and guidelines; 
(2) to improve such transition to the commu-
nity, including placement of such individuals in com-
munity corrections facilities; and 
(3) to foster the development of collaborative 
partnerships with stakeholders at the national, 
State, and local levels to facilitate the exchange of 
information and the development of resources to en-
hance opportunities for successful offender reentry.
(d) DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS.— 
(1) DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS EX-
PANDED.—Section 4042(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) establish prerelease planning proce-
dures that help prisoners— 
‘‘(i) apply for Federal and State bene-
fits upon release (including Social Security 
Cards, Social Security benefits, and vet-
erans’ benefits); and 
‘‘(ii) secure such identification and 
benefits prior to release, subject to any 
limitations in law; and 
‘‘(E) establish reentry planning procedures 
that include providing Federal prisoners with 
information in the following areas: 
‘‘(i) Health and nutrition. 
‘‘(ii) Employment. 
‘‘(iii) Literacy and education.
‘‘(iv) Personal finance and consumer 
skills. 
‘‘(v) Community resources. 
‘‘(vi) Personal growth and develop-
ment. 
‘‘(vii) Release requirements and proce-
dures.’’. 
(2) MEASURING THE REMOVAL OF OBSTACLES 
TO REENTRY.— 
(A) CODING
REQUIRED.—The Director 
shall ensure that each institution within the 
Bureau of Prisons codes the reentry needs and 
deficits of prisoners, as identified by an assess-
ment tool that is used to produce an individual-
ized skills development plan for each inmate. 
(B) TRACKING.—In carrying out this para-
graph, the Director shall quantitatively track 
the progress in responding to the reentry needs 
and deficits of individual inmates. 
(C) 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 docu-
ments the progress of the Bureau of Prisons in
responding to the reentry needs and deficits of 
inmates. 
(D) EVALUATION.—The Director shall en-
sure that— 
(i) the performance of each institution 
within the Bureau of Prisons in enhancing 
skills and resources to assist in reentry is 
measured and evaluated using recognized 
measurements; and 
(ii) plans for corrective action are de-
veloped and implemented as necessary. 
(3) MEASURING
AND
IMPROVING
RECIDIVISM 
OUTCOMES.— 
(A) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each 
fiscal year, the Director shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives a report con-
taining statistics demonstrating the rel-
ative reduction in recidivism for inmates 
released by the Bureau of Prisons within 
that fiscal year and the 2 prior fiscal 
years, comparing inmates who participated 
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. 
(ii) SCOPE.—A report under this 
paragraph is not required to include statis-
tics for a fiscal year that begins before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) MEASURE USED.—In preparing the re-
ports required by subparagraph (A), the Direc-
tor shall, in consultation with the Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics, select a meas-
ure for recidivism (such as rearrest, reincarcer-
ation, or any other valid, evidence-based meas-
ure) that the Director considers appropriate 
and that is consistent with the research under-
taken by the Bureau of Justice Statistics under 
section 241(b)(6). 
(C) GOALS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—After the Director 
submits the first report required by sub-
paragraph (A), the Director shall establish 
goals for reductions in recidivism rates and 
shall work to attain those goals.
(ii) CONTENTS.—The goals estab-
lished under clause (i) shall use the rel-
ative reductions in recidivism measured for 
the fiscal year covered by the first report 
required by subparagraph (A) as a baseline 
rate, and shall include— 
(I) a 5-year goal to increase, at a 
minimum, the baseline relative reduc-
tion rate of recidivism by 2 percent; 
and 
(II) a 10-year goal to increase, at 
a minimum, the baseline relative re-
duction rate of recidivism by 5 per-
cent within 10 fiscal years. 
(4) FORMAT.—Any written information that the 
Bureau of Prisons provides to inmates for reentry 
planning purposes shall use common terminology 
and language. 
(5) MEDICAL CARE.—The Bureau of Prisons 
shall provide the United States Probation and Pre-
trial Services System with relevant information on 
the medical care needs and the mental health treat-
ment needs of inmates scheduled for release from 
custody. The United States Probation and Pretrial 
Services System shall take this information into ac-
count when developing supervision plans in an effort 
to address the medical care and mental health care 
needs of such individuals. 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 medica-
tions) upon release from custody. 
(e) ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER 
PRISONERS.—The Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor, shall take such steps as are nec-
essary to educate employers and the one-stop partners and 
one-stop operators (as such terms are defined in section 
101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801)) that provide services at any center operated under 
a one-stop delivery system established under section 
134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2864(c)) regarding incentives (including the Fed-
eral bonding program of the Department of Labor and 
tax credits) for hiring former Federal, State, or local pris-
oners. 
(f) MEDICAL CARE FOR PRISONERS.—Section 3621 
of title 18, United States Code, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CONTINUED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure a min-
imum standard of health and habitability, the Bu-
reau of Prisons should ensure that each prisoner in 
a community confinement facility has access to nec-
essary medical care, mental health care, and medi-
cine through partnerships with local health service 
providers and transition planning. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘community confinement’ has the meaning given that 
term in the application notes under section 5F1.1 of 
the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual, as in ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007.’’. 
(g) ELDERLY
AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION
FOR 
CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
shall conduct a pilot program to determine the 
effectiveness of removing eligible elderly offend-
ers from a Bureau of Prisons facility and plac-
ing such offenders on home detention until the 
expiration of the prison term to which the of-
fender was sentenced. 
(B) PLACEMENT IN HOME DETENTION.— 
In carrying out a pilot program as described in
subparagraph (A), the Attorney General may 
release some or all eligible elderly offenders 
from the Bureau of Prisons facility to home de-
tention. 
(2) VIOLATION OF TERMS OF HOME DETEN-
TION.—A violation by an eligible elderly offender of 
the terms of home detention (including the commis-
sion of another Federal, State, or local crime) shall 
result in the removal of that offender from home de-
tention and the return of that offender to the des-
ignated Bureau of Prisons institution in which that 
offender was imprisoned immediately before place-
ment on home detention under paragraph (1), or to 
another appropriate Bureau of Prisons institution, 
as determined by the Bureau of Prisons. 
(3) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.—A pilot pro-
gram under paragraph (1) shall be conducted 
through a Bureau of Prisons facility designated by 
the Attorney General as appropriate for the pilot 
program and shall be carried out during fiscal years 
2009 and 2010. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.—The 
Attorney General shall monitor and evaluate each el-
igible elderly offender placed on home detention 
under this section, and shall report to Congress con-
cerning the experience with the program at the end 
of the period described in paragraph (3). The Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts and 
the United States probation offices shall provide 
such assistance and carry out such functions as the 
Attorney General may request in monitoring, super-
vising, providing services to, and evaluating eligible 
elderly offenders released to home detention under 
this section. 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(A) ELIGIBLE ELDERLY OFFENDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible elderly offender’’ means an of-
fender in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons 
who— 
(i) is not less than 65 years of age; 
(ii) is serving a term of imprisonment 
that is not life imprisonment based on con-
viction for an offense or offenses that do 
not include any crime of violence (as de-
fined in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code), sex offense (as defined in 
section 111(5) of the Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act), offense de-
scribed in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 
18, United States Code, or offense under
chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, 
and has served the greater of 10 years or 
75 percent of the term of imprisonment to 
which the offender was sentenced; 
(iii) has not been convicted in the past 
of any Federal or State crime of violence, 
sex offense, or other offense described in 
clause (ii); 
(iv) has not been determined by the 
Bureau of Prisons, on the basis of infor-
mation the Bureau uses to make custody 
classifications, and in the sole discretion of 
the Bureau, to have a history of violence, 
or of engaging in conduct constituting a 
sex offense or other offense described in 
clause (ii); 
(v) has not escaped, or attempted to 
escape, from a Bureau of Prisons institu-
tion; 
(vi) satisfies the requirements for 
seeking a reduction of the term of impris-
onment under section 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) of 
title 18, United States Code, as set forth 
in regulations issued by the Attorney Gen-
eral or the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons; 
(vii) has been determined by the Bu-
reau of Prisons to be a person whose re-
lease to home detention under this section 
will result in a substantial net reduction of 
costs to the Federal Government; and 
(viii) has been determined by the Bu-
reau of Prisons to be at no substantial risk 
of engaging in criminal conduct or of en-
dangering any person or the public if re-
leased to home detention. 
(B) HOME DETENTION.—The term ‘‘home 
detention’’ has the same meaning given the 
term in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and in-
cludes detention in a nursing home or other res-
idential long-term care facility. 
(C) TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.—The term 
‘‘term of imprisonment’’ includes multiple terms 
of imprisonment ordered to run consecutively or 
concurrently, which shall be treated as a single, 
aggregate term of imprisonment for purposes of 
this section.
(h) FEDERAL REMOTE SATELLITE TRACKING AND 
REENTRY TRAINING PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PROGRAM.—The Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, may establish the Federal Remote Satellite 
Tracking and Reentry Training (ReStart) program 
to promote the effective reentry into the community 
of high risk individuals. 
(2) HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘high risk individual’’ 
means— 
(A) an individual who is under supervised 
release, with respect to a Federal offense, and 
who has previously violated the terms of a re-
lease granted such individual following a term 
of imprisonment; or 
(B) an individual convicted of a Federal 
offense who is at a high risk for recidivism, as 
determined by the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons, and who is eligible for early release 
pursuant to voluntary participation in a pro-
gram of residential substance abuse treatment 
under section 3621(e) of title 18, United States 
Code, or a program described in section 231.
(3) PROGRAM
ELEMENTS.—The program au-
thorized under paragraph (1) shall include, with re-
spect to high risk individuals participating in such 
program, the following core elements: 
(A) A system of graduated levels of super-
vision, that uses, as appropriate and indi-
cated— 
(i) satellite tracking, global posi-
tioning, remote satellite, and other track-
ing or monitoring technologies to monitor 
and supervise such individuals in the com-
munity; and 
(ii) community corrections facilities 
and home confinement. 
(B) 
Substance 
abuse 
treatment 
and 
aftercare related to such treatment, mental and 
medical health treatment and aftercare related 
to such treatment, vocational and educational 
training, life skills instruction, conflict resolu-
tion skills training, batterer intervention pro-
grams, and other programs to promote effective 
reentry into the community as appropriate. 
(C) Involvement of the family of such an 
individual, a victim advocate, and the victim of 
the offense committed by such an individual, if
such involvement is safe for such victim (espe-
cially in a domestic violence case). 
(D) A methodology, including outcome 
measures, to evaluate the program. 
(E) Notification to the victim of the of-
fense committed by such an individuals of the 
status and nature of such an individual’s re-
entry plan. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR BU-
REAU OF PRISONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Attorney General to carry out this section, 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
SEC. 232. BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY ON RESTRAINING 
OF FEMALE PRISONERS. 
Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 
a report on the practices and policies of agencies within 
the Department of Justice relating to the use of physical 
restraints on pregnant female prisoners during pregnancy, 
labor, delivery of a child, or post-delivery recuperation, in-
cluding the number of instances occurring after the date 
of enactment of this Act in which physical restraints are 
used on such prisoners, the reasons for the use of the 
physical restraints, the length of time that the physical
restraints were used, and the security concerns that justi-
fied the use of the physical restraints. 
CHAPTER 2—REENTRY RESEARCH 
SEC. 241. OFFENDER REENTRY RESEARCH. 
(a) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—The Na-
tional Institute of Justice may conduct research on juve-
nile and adult offender reentry, including— 
(1) a study identifying the number and charac-
teristics of minor children who have had a parent in-
carcerated, and the likelihood of such minor children 
becoming adversely involved in the criminal justice 
system some time in their lifetime; 
(2) a study identifying a mechanism to compare 
rates of recidivism (including rearrest, violations of 
parole, probation, post-incarceration supervision, and 
reincarceration) among States; and 
(3) a study on the population of offenders re-
leased from custody who do not engage in recidivism 
and the characteristics (housing, employment, treat-
ment, family connection) of that population. 
(b) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.—The Bureau 
of Justice Statistics may conduct research on offender re-
entry, including— 
(1) an analysis of special populations (including 
prisoners with mental illness or substance abuse dis-
orders, female offenders, juvenile offenders, offend-
ers with limited English proficiency, and the elderly) 
that present unique reentry challenges; 
(2) studies to determine which offenders are re-
turning to prison, jail, or a juvenile facility and 
which of those returning offenders represent the 
greatest risk to victims and community safety; 
(3) annual reports on the demographic charac-
teristics of the population reentering society from 
prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 
(4) a national recidivism study every 3 years; 
(5) a study of parole, probation, or post-incar-
ceration supervision violations and revocations; and 
(6) a study concerning the most appropriate 
measure to be used when reporting recidivism rates 
(whether rearrest, reincarceration, or any other 
valid, evidence-based measure). 
SEC. 242. GRANTS TO STUDY PAROLE OR POST-INCARCER-
ATION SUPERVISION VIOLATIONS AND REV-
OCATIONS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
may make grants to States to study and to improve the 
collection of data with respect to individuals whose parole 
or post-incarceration supervision is revoked, and which
such individuals represent the greatest risk to victims and 
community safety. 
(b) APPLICATION.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under this section, a State shall— 
(1) certify that the State has, or intends to es-
tablish, a program that collects comprehensive and 
reliable data with respect to individuals described in 
subsection (a), including data on— 
(A) the number and type of parole or post- 
incarceration supervision violations that occur 
with the State; 
(B) the reasons for parole or post-incarcer-
ation supervision revocation; 
(C) the underlying behavior that led to the 
revocation; and 
(D) the term of imprisonment or other 
penalty that is imposed for the violation; and 
(2) provide the data described in paragraph (1) 
to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form pre-
scribed by the Bureau. 
(c) ANALYSIS.—Any statistical analysis of population 
data under this section shall be conducted in accordance 
with the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 
relating to classification standards.
SEC. 243. ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF IN-
CARCERATED PARENTS. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
may collect data and develop best practices of State 
corrections departments and child protection agen-
cies relating to the communication and coordination 
between such State departments and agencies to en-
sure the safety and support of children of incarcer-
ated parents (including those in foster care and kin-
ship care), and the support of parent-child relation-
ships between incarcerated (and formerly incarcer-
ated) parents and their children, as appropriate to 
the health and well-being of the children. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The best practices developed 
under paragraph (1) shall include information re-
lated to policies, procedures, and programs that may 
be used by States to address— 
(A) maintenance of the parent-child bond 
during incarceration; 
(B) parental self-improvement; and 
(C) parental involvement in planning for 
the future and well-being of their children. 
(b) DISSEMINATION TO STATES.—Not later than 1 
year after the development of best practices described in
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall disseminate to 
States and other relevant entities such best practices. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that States and other relevant entities should use 
the best practices developed and disseminated in accord-
ance with this section to evaluate and improve the commu-
nication and coordination between State corrections de-
partments and child protection agencies to ensure the 
safety and support of children of incarcerated parents (in-
cluding those in foster care and kinship care), and the sup-
port of parent-child relationships between incarcerated 
(and formerly incarcerated) parents and their children, as 
appropriate to the health and well-being of the children. 
SEC. 
244. 
STUDY 
OF 
EFFECTIVENESS 
OF 
DEPOT 
NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen-
eral, through the National Institute of Justice, and in con-
sultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, may 
make grants to public and private research entities (in-
cluding consortia, single private research entities, and in-
dividual institutions of higher education) to evaluate the 
effectiveness of depot naltrexone for the treatment of her-
oin addiction.
(b) EVALUATION PROGRAM.—An entity described in 
subsection (a) desiring a grant under this section shall 
submit to the Attorney General an application 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, 
as that term is defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1101); 
(B) the applicant has a plan to work with 
parole officers or probation officers for offend-
ers 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-
torney General a report that describes and assesses the 
uses of that grant.
SEC. 245. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE-
SEARCH. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General to carry out sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 
of this chapter, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2009 and 2010. 
CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS 
TO EXISTING LAW 
SEC. 251. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRIS-
ONER IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 
(a) PRERELEASE CUSTODY.—Section 3624(c) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PRERELEASE CUSTODY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall, to the extent practicable, ensure 
that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment 
spends a portion of the final months of that term 
(not to exceed 12 months), under conditions that 
will afford that prisoner a reasonable opportunity to 
adjust to and prepare for the reentry of that pris-
oner into the community. Such conditions may in-
clude a community correctional facility. 
‘‘(2) HOME
CONFINEMENT
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority under this subsection may be used to place 
a prisoner in home confinement for the shorter of 10
percent of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner 
or 6 months. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Proba-
tion System shall, to the extent practicable, offer as-
sistance to a prisoner during prerelease custody 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) NO LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to limit or restrict the au-
thority 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 Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
mittee 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 per-
centage of Federal prisoners placed in community 
corrections facilities during the preceding year, the 
average length of such placements, trends in such 
utilization, the reasons some prisoners are not 
placed in community corrections facilities, and any 
other information that may be useful to the commit-
tees in determining if the Bureau is utilizing com-
munity corrections facilities in an effective manner. 
‘‘(6) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—The Direc-
tor of Bureau of Prisons shall issue regulations pur-
suant to this subsection 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 likelihood of successful reintegration 
into the community.’’. 
(b) COURTS MAY NOT REQUIRE A SENTENCE OF IM-
PRISONMENT TO BE SERVED IN A COMMUNITY CORREC-
TIONS FACILITY.—Section 3621(b) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Any order, recommendation, or request by a sen-
tencing court that a convicted person serve a term of im-
prisonment 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 imprison-
ment of that person.’’. 
SEC. 252. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FED-
ERAL 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-CONVIC-
TION SUPERVISION OFFENDERS. 
Section 3672 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the third sentence in the sev-
enth undesignated paragraph the following: ‘‘He also shall 
have the authority to contract with any appropriate public 
or private agency or person to monitor and provide serv-
ices to any offender in the community authorized by this 
Act, including treatment, equipment and emergency hous-
ing, 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 community.’’.
CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 261. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMI-
NATION 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’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1593 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of of-
fenders into the community in the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to 
improve reentry planning and implementation, 
and for other purposes.