‘‘(G) data collection and analysis necessary 
to make available information required for as-
sessment of risk. 
‘‘(b) BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH
ASSESSMENTS
AND 
INTERVENTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to States, units of local government, 
territories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any 
combination thereof, to develop, implement, or ex-
pand a behavioral health screening and assessment 
program framework for State or local criminal jus-
tice systems. 
‘‘(2) 
ALLOWABLE
USES.—Grants 
awarded 
under this subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(A) promotion of the use of validated as-
sessment tools to gauge the criminogenic risk, 
substance abuse needs, and mental health needs 
of individuals; 
‘‘(B) initiatives to match the risk factors 
and needs of individuals to programs and prac-
tices associated with research-based, positive 
outcomes; 
‘‘(C) implementing methods for identifying 
and treating individuals who are most likely to 
benefit from coordinated supervision and treat-
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ment strategies, and identifying individuals who 
can do well with fewer interventions; and 
‘‘(D) collaborative decisionmaking among 
system leaders, including the relevant criminal 
justice agencies, mental health systems, judicial 
systems, and substance abuse systems, for de-
termining how treatment and intensive super-
vision services should be allocated in order to 
maximize benefits, and developing and utilizing 
capacity accordingly. 
‘‘(c) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, unit of local gov-
ernment, territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency 
that receives a grant under this section shall, in ac-
cordance with subsection (b)(2), use grant funds for 
the expenses of a treatment program, including— 
‘‘(A) salaries, personnel costs, equipment 
costs, and other costs directly related to the op-
eration of the program, including costs relating 
to enforcement; 
‘‘(B) payments for treatment providers 
that are approved by the State or Indian Tribe 
and licensed, if necessary, to provide needed 
treatment to program participants, including 
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aftercare supervision, vocational training, edu-
cation, and job placement; and 
‘‘(C) payments to public and nonprofit pri-
vate entities that are approved by the State or 
Indian Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to pro-
vide alcohol and drug addiction treatment to of-
fenders participating in the program. 
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not sup-
plant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs described in this section. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 
grant made under this section may not exceed 50 
percent of the total costs of the program described 
in an application under subsection (e). 
‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant under this 
section, a State, unit of local government, territory, Indian 
Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General in such form and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire. 
‘‘(f) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the 
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distribution of grants under this section is equitable and 
includes— 
‘‘(1) each State; and 
‘‘(2) a unit of local government, territory, In-
dian Tribe, or nonprofit agency— 
‘‘(A) in each State; and 
‘‘(B) in rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban 
jurisdictions. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.—For each fiscal 
year, each grantee under this section during that fiscal 
year shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the 
effectiveness of activities carried out using such grant. 
Each report shall include an evaluation in such form and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require. The Attorney General shall specify the 
dates on which such reports shall be submitted. 
‘‘(h) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be subject to the following accountability pro-
visions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Justice under sub-
paragraph (C) that the audited grantee has 
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used grant funds for an unauthorized expendi-
ture or otherwise unallowable cost that is not 
closed or resolved within 1 year after the date 
on which final audit report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fis-
cal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice shall conduct audits of grantees 
under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and 
abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector Gen-
eral shall determine the appropriate number of 
grantees to be audited each year. 
‘‘(C) FINAL AUDIT REPORT.—The Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Justice shall 
submit a final report on each audit conducted 
under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—Grantees 
under this section about which there is an unre-
solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section during the 2 
fiscal years beginning after the end of the 1- 
year period described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this section, the Attorney General shall give pri-
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ority to applicants that did not have an unre-
solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 
before submitting an application for a grant 
under this section. 
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity re-
ceives a grant under this section during the 2- 
fiscal-year period during which the entity is 
prohibited from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (D), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant that was improperly 
awarded to the grantee into the General 
Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
repayment under clause (i) from the grant-
ee that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
‘‘(2) NONPROFIT AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and the grant program under this 
section, the term ‘nonprofit agency’ means an 
organization that is described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is exempt from tax-
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ation under section 501(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may not award a grant under this section 
to a nonprofit agency that holds money in an 
offshore account for the purpose of avoiding 
paying the tax described in section 511(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
511(a)). 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit agen-
cy that is awarded a grant under this section 
and uses the procedures prescribed in regula-
tions to create a rebuttable presumption of rea-
sonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
directors, trustees, and key employees, shall dis-
close to the Attorney General, in the application 
for the grant, the process for determining such 
compensation, including the independent per-
sons involved in reviewing and approving such 
compensation, the comparability data used, and 
contemporaneous substantiation of the delibera-
tion and decision. Upon request, the Attorney 
General shall make the information disclosed 
under this subparagraph available for public in-
spection. 
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‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) 
LIMITATION.—Not 
more 
than 
$20,000 of the amounts made available to the 
Department of Justice to carry out this section 
may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 
individual or entity awarded a grant under this 
section to host, or make any expenditures relat-
ing to, a conference unless the Deputy Attorney 
General provides prior written authorization 
that the funds may be expended to host the 
conference or make such expenditure. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives on all conference expenditures 
approved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 
the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
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actment of this subsection, the Attorney General 
shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
an annual certification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all final audit reports issued by 
the Office of the Inspector General under 
paragraph (1) have been completed and re-
viewed by the appropriate Assistant Attor-
ney General or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any reimbursements required 
under paragraph (1)(F) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grantees 
excluded under paragraph (1)(D) from the pre-
vious year. 
‘‘(i) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen-
eral awards a grant to an applicant under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall compare the pos-
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sible grant with any other grants awarded to the ap-
plicant under this Act to determine whether the 
grants are for the same purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
multiple grants to the same applicant for the same 
purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, 
including the total dollar amount of any such 
grants awarded; and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 105. FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT 
INITIATIVES. 
Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (k), as added by section 205, 
the following: 
‘‘(l) FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT 
(FACT) INITIATIVE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
make grants to States, units of local government, 
territories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any 
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combination thereof, to develop, implement, or ex-
pand Assertive Community Treatment initiatives to 
develop forensic assertive community treatment (re-
ferred to in this subsection as ‘FACT’) programs 
that provide high-intensity services in the community 
for individuals with mental illness with involvement 
in the criminal justice system to prevent future in-
carcerations. 
‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE USES.—Grant funds awarded 
under this subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(A) multidisciplinary team initiatives for 
individuals with mental illnesses with criminal 
justice involvement that addresses criminal jus-
tice involvement as part of treatment protocols; 
‘‘(B) FACT initiatives that involve mental 
health professionals, criminal justice agencies, 
chemical dependency specialists, nurses, psychi-
atrists, vocational specialists, forensic peer spe-
cialists, forensic specialists, and dedicated ad-
ministrative support staff who work together to 
provide recovery-oriented, 24/7 wraparound 
services; 
‘‘(C) services such as integrated evidence- 
based practices for the treatment of co-occur-
ring mental health and substance-related dis-
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orders, assertive outreach and engagement, 
community-based service provision at partici-
pants’ residence or in the community, psy-
chiatric rehabilitation, recovery-oriented serv-
ices, services to address criminogenic risk fac-
tors, and community tenure; 
‘‘(D) payments for treatment providers 
that are approved by the State or Indian Tribe 
and licensed, if necessary, to provide needed 
treatment to eligible offenders participating in 
the program, including behavioral health serv-
ices and aftercare supervision; and 
‘‘(E) training for all FACT teams to pro-
mote high-fidelity practice principles and tech-
nical assistance to support effective and con-
tinuing integration with criminal justice agency 
partners. 
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.— 
Grants made under this subsection shall be used to 
supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds 
that would otherwise be available for programs de-
scribed in this subsection. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant under 
this subsection, a State, unit of local government, 
territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall 
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submit an application to the Attorney General in 
such form and containing such information as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require.’’. 
SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING 
OUT OF SYSTEMS. 
Section 2976(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) provide mental health treatment and tran-
sitional services for those with mental illnesses or 
with co-occurring disorders, including housing place-
ment or assistance; and’’. 
SEC. 107. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL 
HEALTH CHALLENGES IN DRUG COURTS. 
Part EE of title I of Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
2951(a)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3797u(a)(1)), by inserting ‘‘, including co-occurring 
substance abuse and mental health problems,’’ after 
‘‘problems’’; and 
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(2) in section 2959(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797u–8(a)), 
by inserting ‘‘, including training for drug court per-
sonnel and officials on identifying and addressing co- 
occurring substance abuse and mental health prob-
lems’’ after ‘‘part’’. 
SEC. 108. MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FEDERAL UNI-
FORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Com-
merce shall provide the following to each of the uniformed 
services (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 
10, United States Code) under their direction: 
(1) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Programs that offer 
specialized and comprehensive training in procedures 
to identify and respond appropriately to incidents in 
which the unique needs of individuals with mental 
illnesses are involved. 
(2) IMPROVED
TECHNOLOGY.—Computerized 
information systems or technological improvements 
to provide timely information to Federal law enforce-
ment personnel, other branches of the uniformed 
services, and criminal justice system personnel to 
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improve the Federal response to mentally ill individ-
uals. 
(3) COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS.—The establish-
ment and expansion of cooperative efforts to pro-
mote public safety through the use of effective inter-
vention with respect to mentally ill individuals en-
countered by members of the uniformed services. 
SEC. 109. ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF OF-
FENDER REENTRY. 
(a) REENTRY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 
2976(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)), as amended 
by section 106, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘mental 
health services,’’ before ‘‘drug treatment’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) target offenders with histories of homeless-
ness, substance abuse, or mental illness, including a 
prerelease assessment of the housing status of the 
offender and behavioral health needs of the offender 
with clear coordination with mental health, sub-
stance abuse, and homelessness services systems to 
achieve stable and permanent housing outcomes with 
appropriate support service.’’. 
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(b) MENTORING GRANTS.—Section 211(b)(2) of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531(b)(2)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including mental health care’’ 
after ‘‘community’’. 
SEC. 110. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION 
TEAMS. 
Section 2701 of title I of Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is amended 
by— 
(1) redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) the development and operation of crisis 
intervention teams that may include coordination 
with law enforcement agencies and specialized train-
ing for school officials in responding to mental 
health crises.’’. 
SEC. 111. ACTIVE-SHOOTER TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT. 
The Attorney General, as part of the Preventing Vio-
lence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Re-
silience and Survivability Initiative (VALOR) of the De-
partment of Justice, may provide safety training and tech-
nical assistance to local law enforcement agencies, includ-
ing active-shooter response training. 
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SEC. 112. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL 
HEALTH CHALLENGES IN RESIDENTIAL SUB-
STANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 1901(a) of title I of Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) developing and implementing specialized 
residential substance abuse treatment programs that 
identify and provide appropriate treatment to in-
mates with co-occurring mental health and sub-
stance abuse disorders or challenges.’’. 
SEC. 113. MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT ALTER-
NATIVES TO INCARCERATION PROGRAMS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 
by striking part CC and inserting the following: 
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