(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor shall— 
(i) in the case of an offender who is 
determined to be an eligible elderly of-
fender on or before the date specified in 
subparagraph (B), place such offender on 
home detention not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(ii) in the case of an offender who is 
determined to be an eligible elderly of-
fender after the date specified in subpara-
graph (B) and before the date that is 3 
years and 91 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, place such offender on 
home detention not later than 90 days 
after the date of such determination. 
(B) DATE
SPECIFIED.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the date specified in this 
subparagraph is the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) VIOLATION OF TERMS OF HOME DETEN-
TION.—A violation by an eligible elderly offender of 
the terms of the home detention, including the com-
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mission of another Federal, State, or local crime, 
shall result in the removal of the offender from 
home detention and the return of the offender to the 
designated Bureau of Prisons institution in which 
the offender was imprisoned immediately before 
placement on home detention under paragraph (1). 
(b) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PARTICIPATING DESIGNATED FACILITIES.— 
The pilot program under subsection (a) shall be con-
ducted through at least 1 Bureau of Prisons institu-
tion designated by the Director as appropriate for 
the pilot program. 
(2) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be 
conducted during each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009. 
(c) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall contract 
with an independent organization to monitor and 
evaluate the progress of each eligible elderly offender 
placed on home detention under subsection (a)(1) 
for the period such offender is on home detention 
during the duration described in subsection (b)(2). 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The organization de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall annually submit to 
the Director and to Congress a report on the pilot 
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program under subsection (a)(1), which shall in-
clude— 
(A) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the pilot program in providing a successful 
transition for eligible elderly offenders from in-
carceration to the community, including data 
relating to the recidivism rates for such offend-
ers; and 
(B) the cost savings to the Federal Gov-
ernment resulting from the early removal of 
such offenders from incarceration. 
(3) PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon review of 
the report submitted under paragraph (2), the Di-
rector shall submit recommendations to Congress for 
adjustments to the pilot program, including its ex-
pansion to additional facilities. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ELDERLY OFFENDER.—The term 
‘‘eligible elderly offender’’ means an offender in the 
custody of the Bureau of Prisons who— 
(A) is not less than 60 years of age; 
(B) is serving a term of imprisonment 
after conviction for an offense other than a 
crime of violence and has served the greater of 
10 years or 1⁄2 of the term of imprisonment; 
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(C) has not been convicted in the past of 
any Federal or State crime of violence; 
(D) has not been determined by the Bu-
reau of Prisons, on the basis of information the 
Bureau uses to make custody classifications, 
and in the sole discretion of the Bureau, to 
have a history of violence; and 
(E) has not escaped, or attempted to es-
cape, from a Bureau of Prisons institution. 
(2) HOME DETENTION.—The term ‘‘home de-
tention’’ has the same meaning given the term in the 
Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and includes deten-
tion in a nursing home or other residential long-term 
care facility. 
(3) TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.—The term ‘‘term 
of imprisonment’’ includes multiple terms of impris-
onment ordered to run consecutively or concurrently, 
which shall be treated as a single, aggregate term of 
imprisonment for purposes of this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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