(b) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local 
government, and Indian tribal governments acting directly 
or through agreements with other public or private enti-
ties, for the purpose of developing, implementing, or en-
hancing veteran’s treatment courts or expanding oper-
ational drug courts to serve veterans. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Grants under this Act shall be 
made to veteran’s treatment courts and drug courts serv-
ing veterans that effectively integrate substance abuse 
treatment, mental health treatment, mandatory drug test-
ing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services, in 
a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over 
nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders that have served 
in the United States military. 
SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
The Attorney General may make grants to States, 
State courts, local courts, units of local government, and 
Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through 
agreements with other public or private entities, for pro-
grams that involve— 
(1) continuing judicial supervision over offend-
ers with substance abuse or mental health problems 
who are not violent offenders and have served in the 
United States military; and 
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(2) the integrated administration of other sanc-
tions and services, which shall include— 
(A) mandatory periodic testing for the use 
of controlled substances or other addictive sub-
stances during any period of supervised release 
or probation for each participant; 
(B) substance abuse and mental health 
treatment (such as treatment for depression 
and post-traumatic stress disorder) for each 
participant; 
(C) diversion, probation, or other super-
vised release involving the possibility of prosecu-
tion, confinement, or incarceration based on 
noncompliance with program requirements or 
failure to show satisfactory progress; and 
(D) programmatic, offender management, 
and aftercare services such as relapse preven-
tion, health care, education, vocational training, 
job placement, housing placement, and child 
care or other family support services for each 
participant who requires such services. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
Act, a State, State court, local court, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribal government shall submit an applica-
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tion to the Attorney General in such form and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
require. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—In addition to any other require-
ments that may be specified by the Attorney General, an 
application for a grant under this Act shall— 
(1) include a long-term strategy and detailed 
implementation plan; 
(2) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the 
program adequately without Federal assistance; 
(3) certify that the Federal support provided 
will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, 
Indian tribal, and local sources of funding that 
would otherwise be available; 
(4) identify related governmental or community 
initiatives which complement or will be coordinated 
with the proposal; 
(5) certify that there has been appropriate con-
sultation with all affected agencies, specifically the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department 
of Health and Human Services, and that there will 
be appropriate coordination with all affected agen-
cies in the implementation of the program; 
(6) certify that participating offenders will be 
supervised by 1 or more designated judges with re-
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sponsibility for the veteran’s treatment court pro-
gram; 
(7) specify plans for obtaining necessary sup-
port and continuing the proposed program following 
the conclusion of Federal support; and 
(8) describe the methodology that will be used 
in evaluating the program. 
(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—Each such application shall 
contain the certification that the program for which the 
grant is requested shall meet each of the requirements of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. FEDERAL SHARE. 
The Federal share of a grant made under this Act 
may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the pro-
gram described in the application submitted under section 
4 for the fiscal year for which the program receives assist-
ance under this Act, unless the Attorney General waives, 
wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribu-
tion under this section. In-kind contributions may con-
stitute a portion of the non-Federal share of a grant. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
(a) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE DI-
RECTOR.—For each fiscal year, each recipient of a grant 
under this Act during that fiscal year shall submit to the 
Attorney General, the Director, and the Secretary for Vet-
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erans Affairs a report regarding the effectiveness of activi-
ties carried out using that grant. Each report shall include 
an evaluation in such form and containing such informa-
tion as the Attorney General may reasonably require. The 
Attorney General shall specify the dates on which such 
reports shall be submitted. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director, in con-
sultation with the Attorney General, shall submit a yearly 
report on the effectiveness on the activities carried out 
under this Act to the House and Senate Committees on 
the Judiciary and the House and Senate Committees on 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ means a 
person who served in the active military, naval, or 
air service, and who was discharged or released 
therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. 
(2) VETERAN’S TREATMENT COURT.—The term 
‘‘veteran’s treatment court’’ means a program spe-
cifically for veterans that meets the drug court cri-
teria established by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
322). 
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