(1) participation by Federal prisoners who have
previously violated the terms of their release fol-
lowing a term of imprisonment;
(2) use of community corrections facilities and
home confinement that, together with the technology
referenced in paragraph (5), will be part of a system
of graduated levels of supervision;
(3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,
mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,
vocational and educational training, life skills in-
struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer
intervention programs, and other programming to
promote effective reintegration into the community
as appropriate;
(4) involvement of a victim advocate and the
family of the prisoner, if it is safe for the victim(s),
especially in domestic violence cases, to be involved;
(5) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap-
propriate and indicated, to monitor and supervise
participating offenders in the community;
(6) a description of the methodology and out-
come measures that will be used to evaluate the pro-
gram; and
(7) notification to victims on the status and na-
ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.
(c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RE-
LEASE.—In each of the judicial districts in which the dem-
onstration project is in effect, appropriate offenders who
are found to have violated a previously imposed term of
supervised release and who will be subject to some addi-
tional term of supervised release, shall be designated to
participate in the demonstration project. With respect to
these offenders, the court shall impose additional manda-
tory conditions of supervised release that each offender
shall, as directed by the probation officer, reside at a com-
munity corrections facility or participate in a program of
home confinement, or both, and submit to appropriate
monitoring, and otherwise participate in the project.
(d) PROJECT DURATION.—The Federal High-Risk
Offender Reentry Demonstration shall begin not later
than six months following the availability of funds to carry
out this section, and shall last 3 years. The Director of
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may
extend the project for a period of up to six months to en-
able participating prisoners to complete their involvement
in the project.
(e) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, in consultation with the At-
torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed-
eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal
High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project.
SEC. 103. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTENSIVE SUPER-
VISION, TRACKING, AND REENTRY TRAINING
(DC ISTART) DEMONSTRATION.
(a) AUTHORITY
AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to
carry out this Act, the Trustee of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33; 111 Stat. 712) shall establish the District of Co-
lumbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry
Training Demonstration (DC ISTART) project. The
project shall involve high risk District of Columbia parol-
ees who would otherwise be released into the community
without a period of confinement in a community correc-
tions facility and shall utilize intensive supervision, moni-
toring, and programming to promote such parolees’ suc-
cessful reentry into the community.
(b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by
subsection (a) shall include—
(1) participation by appropriate high risk parol-
ees;
(2) use of community corrections facilities and
home confinement;
(3) a Reentry Review Team that includes a vic-
tim witness professional for each parolee which shall
meet with the parolee—by video conference or other
means as appropriate—before the parolee’s release
from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
to develop a reentry plan that incorporates victim
impact information and is tailored to the needs of
the parolee and which will thereafter meet regularly
to monitor the parolee’s progress toward reentry and
coordinate access to appropriate reentry measures
and resources;
(4) regular drug testing, as appropriate;
(5) a system of graduated levels of supervision
within the community corrections facility to promote
community safety, encourage victim restitution, pro-
vide incentives for prisoners to complete the reentry
plan, and provide a reasonable method for imme-
diately sanctioning a prisoner’s minor or technical
violation of the conditions of participation in the
project;
(6) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,
mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,
vocational and educational training, life skills in-
struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer
intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable
affordable housing, and other programming to pro-
mote effective reintegration into the community as
needed and indicated;
(7) the use of monitoring technologies, as ap-
propriate;
(8) to the extent practicable, the recruitment
and utilization of local citizen volunteers, including
volunteers from the faith-based communities, to
serve as advisers and mentors to prisoners being re-
leased into the community; and
(9) notification to victims on the status and na-
ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.
(c) MANDATORY CONDITION OF PAROLE.—For those
offenders eligible to participate in the demonstration
project, the United States Parole Commission shall impose
additional mandatory conditions of parole such that the
offender when on parole shall, as directed by the commu-
nity supervision officer, reside at a community corrections
facility or participate in a program of home confinement,
or both, submit to electronic and other remote monitoring,
and otherwise participate in the project.
(d) PROGRAM DURATION.—The District of Columbia
Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training
Demonstration shall begin not later than 6 months fol-
lowing the availability of funds to carry out this section,
and shall last 3 years. The Trustee of the Court Services
and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Colum-
bia may extend the project for a period of up to 6 months
to enable participating prisoners to complete their involve-
ment in the project.
SEC. 104. FEDERAL INTENSIVE SUPERVISION, TRACKING,
AND REENTRY TRAINING (FED ISTART) DEM-
ONSTRATION.
(a) AUTHORITY
AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to
carry out this section, the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts shall establish the Fed-
eral Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training
Demonstration (FED ISTART) project. The project shall
involve appropriate high risk Federal offenders who are
being released into the community without a period of con-
finement in a community corrections facility.
(b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project authorized by
subsection (a) shall include—
(1) participation by appropriate high risk Fed-
eral offenders;
(2) significantly smaller caseloads for probation
officers participating in the demonstration project;
(3) substance abuse treatment and aftercare,
mental and medical health treatment and aftercare,
vocational and educational training, life skills in-
struction, conflict resolution skills training, batterer
intervention programs, assistance obtaining suitable
affordable housing, and other programming to pro-
mote effective reintegration into the community as
needed; and
(4) notification to victims on the status and na-
ture of a prisoner’s reentry plan.
(c) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Federal Intensive
Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstra-
tion shall begin not later than 6 months following the
availability of funds to carry out this section, and shall
last 3 years. The Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts may extend the project for a pe-
riod of up to six months to enable participating prisoners
to complete their involvement in the project.
(d) SELECTION OF DISTRICTS.—The Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, in consultation with the At-
torney General, shall select an appropriate number of Fed-
eral judicial districts in which to carry out the Federal
Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training
Demonstration project.
SEC. 105. FEDERAL ENHANCED IN-PRISON VOCATIONAL AS-
SESSMENT AND TRAINING AND DEMONSTRA-
TION.
(a) AUTHORITY
AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECT.—From funds made available to
carry out this section, the Attorney General shall establish
the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment
and Training Demonstration project in selected institu-
tions. The project shall provide in-prison assessments of
prisoners’ vocational needs and aptitudes, enhanced work
skills development, enhanced release readiness program-
ming, and other components as appropriate to prepare
Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the commu-
nity.
(b) PROGRAM DURATION.—The Enhanced In-Prison
Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration shall
begin not later than six months following the availability
of funds to carry out this section, and shall last 3 years.
The Attorney General may extend the project for a period
of up to 6 months to enable participating prisoners to
complete their involvement in the project.
SEC. 106. RESEARCH AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
(a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years
after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
report to Congress on the progress of the demonstration
projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act.
Not later than 1 year after the end of the demonstration
projects authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act,
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shall report
to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry projects
authorized by sections 101 and 105 of this Act on post-
release outcomes and recidivism. The report shall address
post-release outcomes and recidivism for a period of 3
years following release from custody. The reports sub-
mitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the
Committees on the Judiciary in the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate.
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES COURTS.—Not later than 2 years after the enact-
ment of this Act, Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts shall report to Congress on the
progress of the demonstration projects authorized by sec-
tions 102 and 104 of this Act. Not later than 180 days
after the end of the demonstration projects authorized by
sections 102 and 104 of this Act, the Director of the Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts shall re-
port to Congress on the effectiveness of the reentry
projects authorized by sections 102 and 104 of this Act
on post-release outcomes and recidivism. The report
should address post-release outcomes and recidivism for
a period of 3 years following release from custody. The
reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on the Judiciary in the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
(c) DC ISTART.—Not later than 2 years after the
enactment of this Act, the Executive Director of the cor-
poration or institute authorized by section 11281(2) of the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)
shall report to Congress on the progress of the demonstra-
tion project authorized by section 103 of this Act. Not
later than 1 year after the end of the demonstration
project authorized by section 103 of this Act, the Execu-
tive Director of the corporation or institute authorized by
section 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub.
Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) shall report to Congress on
the effectiveness of the reentry project authorized by sec-
tion 103 of this Act on post-release outcomes and recidi-
vism. The report shall address post-release outcomes and
recidivism for a period of three years following release
from custody. The reports submitted pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary
in the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the
event that the corporation or institute authorized by sec-
tion 11281(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law
105–33; 111 Stat. 712) is not in operation 1 year after
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Insti-
tute of Justice shall prepare and submit the reports re-
quired by this section and may do so from funds made
available to the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency of the District of Columbia, as authorized by the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (Pub. Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)
to carry out this Act.
SEC. 107. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate prisoner’’ means a
person who is considered by prison authorities—
(A) to pose a medium to high risk of com-
mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com-
munity, and
(B) to lack the skills and family support
network that facilitate successful reintegration
into the community; and
(2) the term ‘‘appropriate high risk parolees’’
means parolees considered by prison authorities—
(A) to pose a medium to high risk of com-
mitting a criminal act upon reentering the com-
munity; and
(B) to lack the skills and family support
network that facilitate successful reintegration
into the community.
SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated, to remain available until expended, the fol-
lowing amounts:
(1) To the Federal Bureau of Prisons—
(A) $1,375,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(B) $1,110,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(C) $1,130,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(D) $1,155,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(E) $1,230,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(2) To the Federal Judiciary—
(A) $3,380,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(B) $3,540,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(C) $3,720,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(D) $3,910,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(E) $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(3) To the Court Services and Offender Super-
vision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub.
Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712)—
(A) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(B) $4,510,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(C) $4,620,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(D) $4,740,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(E) $4,860,000 for fiscal year 2005.
TITLE II—STATE REENTRY
GRANT PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL
AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711
et seq.) as amended, is amended—
(1) by redesignating part Z as part AA;
(2) by redesignating section 2601 as section
2701; and
(3) by inserting after part Y the following new
part:
‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COM-
MUNITY SAFETY
‘‘SEC. 2601. ADULT OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY
PARTNERSHIPS.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants of up to $1,000,000 to States and
Indian tribes, in partnership with units of local govern-
ment and nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of es-
tablishing adult offender reentry demonstration projects.
Funds may be expended by the projects for the following
purposes:
‘‘(1) oversight/monitoring of released offenders;
‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug
and alcohol testing and treatment and mental health
assessment and services;
‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic-
tim impact panels or victim impact educational
classes;
‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of
other community services to offenders such as hous-
ing assistance, education, employment training, con-
flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention
programs, and other social services as appropriate;
and
‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated
sanctions and incentives.
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to
any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor-
ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart
shall—
‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed
implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction
plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund-
ing ends;
‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community
agencies that will be coordinated by this project;
‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate
consultation with all affected agencies and there will
be appropriate coordination with all affected agen-
cies in the implementation of the program, including
existing community corrections and parole; and
‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome
measures that will be used in evaluating the pro-
gram.
‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated
under 2601(a)—
‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required
under subsection 2601(b); and
‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance
with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to
carry out the purposes of this part.
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent
of the costs of the project funded under this title unless
the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re-
quirements of this section.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant
under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for
each year in which funds from a grant received under this
part is expended, a report at such time and in such man-
ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that
contains:
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out
under the grant and an assessment of whether such
activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap-
plication funded under this part; and
‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney
General may require.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000
in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,
2004, and 2005.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—
‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than
1 percent may be used by the Attorney General
for salaries and administrative expenses; and
‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than
2 percent may be used for technical assistance
and training.
‘‘SEC. 2602. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants of up to $500,000 to State and
local courts or state agencies, municipalities, public agen-
cies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes that have agree-
ments with courts to take the lead in establishing a re-
entry court. Funds may be expended by the projects for
the following purposes:
‘‘(1) monitoring offenders returning to the com-
munity;
‘‘(2) providing returning offenders with drug
and alcohol testing and treatment and mental and
medical health assessment and services;
‘‘(3) convening community impact panels, vic-
tim impact panels, or victim impact educational
classes;
‘‘(4) providing and coordinating the delivery of
other community services to offenders, such as hous-
ing assistance, education, employment training, con-
flict resolution skills training, batterer intervention
programs, and other social services as appropriate;
and
‘‘(5) establishing and implementing graduated
sanctions and incentives.
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to
any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor-
ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart
shall—
‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed
implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction
plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund-
ing ends;
‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community
agencies that will be coordinated by this project;
‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate
consultation with all affected agencies, including ex-
isting community corrections and parole, and there
will be appropriate coordination with all affected
agencies in the implementation of the program;
‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome
measures that will be used in evaluation of the pro-
gram.
‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated
under 2602(a)—
‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required
under subsection 2602(b); and
‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance
with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to
carry out the purposes of this part.
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent
of the costs of the project funded under this title unless
the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re-
quirements of this section.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant
under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for
each year in which funds from a grant received under this
part is expended, a report at such time and in such man-
ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that
contains:
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out
under the grant and an assessment of whether such
activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap-
plication funded under this part; and
‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney
General may require.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000
in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003,
2004, and 2005.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—
‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than
1 percent may be used by the Attorney General
for salaries and administrative expenses; and
‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than
2 percent may be used for technical assistance
and training.
‘‘SEC. 2603. JUVENILE OFFENDER STATE AND LOCAL RE-
ENTRY PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants of up to $250,000 to States, in
partnership with local units of governments or nonprofit
organizations, for the purpose of establishing juvenile of-
fender reentry programs. Funds may be expended by the
projects for the following purposes:
‘‘(1) providing returning juvenile offenders with
drug and alcohol testing and treatment and mental
and medical health assessment and services;
‘‘(2) convening victim impact panels, restorative
justice panels, or victim impact educational classes
for juvenile offenders;
‘‘(3) oversight/monitoring of released juvenile
offenders; and
‘‘(4) providing for the planning of reentry serv-
ices when the youth is initially incarcerated and co-
ordinating the delivery of community-based services,
such as education, conflict resolution skills training,
batterer intervention programs, employment training
and placement, efforts to identify suitable living ar-
rangements, family involvement and support, and
other services.
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—In addition to
any other requirements that may be specified by the Attor-
ney General, an application for a grant under this subpart
shall—
‘‘(1) describe a long-term strategy and detailed
implementation plan, including how the jurisdiction
plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund-
ing ends;
‘‘(2) identify the governmental and community
agencies that will be coordinated by this project;
‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate
consultation with all affected agencies and there will
be appropriate coordination with all affected agen-
cies, including existing community corrections and
parole, in the implementation of the program;
‘‘(4) describe the methodology and outcome
measures that will be used in evaluating the pro-
gram.
‘‘(c) APPLICANTS.—The applicants as designated
under 2603(a)—
‘‘(1) shall prepare the application as required
under subsection 2603(b); and
‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds in accordance
with the guidelines, regulations, and procedures pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General, as necessary to
carry out the purposes of this part.
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this title may not exceed 75 percent
of the costs of the project funded under this title unless
the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the re-
quirements of this section.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each entity that receives a grant
under this part shall submit to the Attorney General, for
each year in which funds from a grant received under this
part is expended, a report at such time and in such man-
ner as the Attorney General may reasonably require that
contains:
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out
under the grant and an assessment of whether such
activities are meeting the needs identified in the ap-
plication funded under this part; and
‘‘(2) such other information as the Attorney
General may require.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 in
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums as are
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004,
and 2005.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year—
‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent or less than
1 percent may be used by the Attorney General
for salaries and administrative expenses; and
‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent or less than
2 percent may be used for technical assistance
and training.
‘‘SEC. 2604. STATE REENTRY PROGRAM RESEARCH, DEVEL-
OPMENT, AND EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants to conduct research on a range of
issues pertinent to reentry programs, the development and
testing of new reentry components and approaches, se-
lected evaluation of projects authorized in the preceding
sections, and dissemination of information to the field.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$5,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and such sums
as are necessary to carry out this section in fiscal years
2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), as amended, is
amended by striking the matter relating to part Z and
inserting the following:
‘‘PART Z—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT
‘‘Sec. 2601. Adult Offender State and Local Reentry Partnerships.
‘‘Sec. 2602. State and Local Reentry Courts.
‘‘Sec. 2603. Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Programs.
‘‘Sec. 2604. State Reentry Program Research and Evaluation.
‘‘PART AA—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER
‘‘Sec. 2701. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.
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