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ney General shall disseminate to States and other relevant 
entities the best practices described in subsection (a). 
(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. 
CHAPTER 3—CORRECTIONAL REFORMS 
TO EXISTING LAW 
SEC. 251. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRIS-
ONER IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 
(a) PRE-RELEASE CUSTODY.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 3624(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PRE-RELEASE 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 such term 
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(not to exceed 12 months), under conditions that 
will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to 
adjust to and prepare for the prisoner’s reentry into 
the community. Such conditions may include a com-
munity correctional facility. 
‘‘(2) HOME
CONFINEMENT
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority provided by this subsection may be used to 
place a prisoner in home confinement for the last 10 
percent of the term of imprisonment or the final 6 
months of such term, whichever is shorter. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Proba-
tion System shall, to the extent practicable, offer as-
sistance to a prisoner during such pre-release cus-
tody. 
‘‘(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 
granted under section 3621 of this title. 
‘‘(5) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Second Chance Act of 
2007 (and every year thereafter), the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall transmit to the Committees 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report describing the Bureau’s 
utilization of community corrections facilities. Such 
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report shall set forth the number and percentage 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 commu-
nity corrections facilities, and any other information 
that may be useful to the committees in determining 
if the Bureau is utilizing community corrections fa-
cilities in an effective manner. 
‘‘(6) ISSUANCE
OF
REGULATIONS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Sec-
ond Chance Act of 2007, the Director of Bureau of 
Prisons shall issue regulations pursuant to this sub-
section, which shall include modifications to section 
570.21 of the Bureau’s regulations (28 C.F.R. 
570.21), to ensure that such section is in accordance 
with the provisions of this subsection.’’. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
AMENDMENT.—The 
amendment made by this subsection shall apply with 
respect to any prisoner who— 
(A) is serving a term of imprisonment on 
the date of enactment of this Act; 
(B) has been sentenced to a term of im-
prisonment before the date of enactment of this 
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Act, but who has not begun to serve such sen-
tence on such date of enactment; or 
(C) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(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 has no 
binding effect on the discretionary authority of the Bureau 
under this section to determine or change the place of im-
prisonment 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;’’. 
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SEC. 253. MEDICAL CARE FOR PRISONERS. 
Section 3621 of title 18, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(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 shall ensure that each prisoner in a 
community confinement facility has access to nec-
essary medical care, mental health care, and medi-
cine. 
‘‘(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.’’. 
SEC. 254. 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 paragraph the following new sentence: ‘‘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, including treat-
ment, equipment and emergency housing, corrective and 
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preventative guidance and training, and other rehabilita-
tive services designed to protect the public and promote 
the successful reentry of the offender into the commu-
nity.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 82 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1593 
[Report No. 110–140] 
A BILL 
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. 
MAY 9, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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