SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Chance Act 
of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Preven-
tion’’ or the ‘‘Second Chance Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Purposes; findings. 
Sec. 4. Definition of Indian tribe. 
Sec. 5. Submission of reports to Congress. 
Sec. 6. Rule of construction. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME 
CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Existing Programs 
Sec. 101. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry 
demonstration projects. 
Sec. 102. Improvement of the residential substance abuse treatment for State 
offenders program. 
Sec. 103 Definition of violent offender for drug court grant program. 
Sec. 104. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant funding for dem-
onstration project activities. 
Subtitle B—New and Innovative Programs To Improve Offender Reentry 
Services 
Sec. 111. State, tribal, and local reentry courts. 
Sec. 112. Prosecution drug treatment alternative to prison programs. 
Sec. 113. Grants for family-based substance abuse treatment. 
Sec. 114. Grant to evaluate and improve education at prisons, jails, and juve-
nile facilities. 
Sec. 115. Technology Careers Training Demonstration Grants. 
TITLE II—ENHANCED DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTORING 
GRANT PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Drug Treatment 
Sec. 201. Offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration 
program. 
Subtitle B—Mentoring 
Sec. 211. Mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations. 
Sec. 212. Responsible reintegration of offenders. 
Sec. 213. Bureau of prisons policy on mentoring contacts. 
Sec. 214. Bureau of prisons policy on chapel library materials. 
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Subtitle C—Administration of Justice Reforms 
CHAPTER 1—IMPROVING FEDERAL OFFENDER REENTRY 
Sec. 231. Federal prisoner reentry initiative. 
Sec. 232. Bureau of prisons policy on restraining of female prisoners. 
CHAPTER 2—REENTRY RESEARCH 
Sec. 241. Offender reentry research. 
Sec. 242. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations 
and revocations. 
Sec. 243. Addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents. 
Sec. 244. Study of effectiveness of depot naltrexone for heroin addiction. 
Sec. 245. Authorization of appropriations for research. 
CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS TO EXISTING LAW 
Sec. 251. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in community corrections. 
Sec. 252. Residential drug abuse program in Federal prisons. 
Sec. 253. Contracting for services for post-conviction supervision offenders. 
CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 261. Extension of national prison rape elimination commission. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES; FINDINGS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Act are— 
(1) to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, in-
crease public safety, and help States, local units of 
government, and Indian Tribes, better address the 
growing population of criminal offenders who return 
to their communities and commit new crimes; 
(2) to rebuild ties between offenders and their 
families, while the offenders are incarcerated and 
after reentry into the community, to promote stable 
families and communities; 
(3) to encourage the development and support 
of, and to expand the availability of, evidence-based 
programs that enhance public safety and reduce re-
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