sessment of recidivism risk level under the Sys-
tem. 
‘‘(8) AGREEMENTS WITH UNITED STATES PRO-
BATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, enter into agreements with the United 
States Probation and Pretrial Services to supervise 
prisoners placed in home confinement or community 
supervision under this subsection. Such agreements 
shall— 
‘‘(A) authorize United States Probation 
and Pretrial Services to exercise the authority 
granted to the Director pursuant to paragraphs 
(4) and (5); 
‘‘(B) take into account the resource re-
quirements of United States Probation and 
Pretrial Services as a result of the transfer of 
Bureau of Prisons prisoners to prerelease cus-
tody; and 
‘‘(C) provide for the transfer of such funds 
as may be necessary to comply with such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE.—United States Probation 
and Pretrial Services shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, offer assistance to any prisoner not 
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under its supervision during prerelease custody 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(10) MENTORING SERVICES.—Any prerelease 
custody into which a prisoner is placed under this 
subsection may not prohibit the prisoner from re-
ceiving mentoring services from a person who pro-
vided such services to the prisoner while the prisoner 
was incarcerated, except that the warden of the fa-
cility at which the prisoner was incarcerated my 
waive the requirement under this paragraph if the 
warden finds that the provision of such services 
would pose a significant security risk to the pris-
oner, persons who provide such services, or any 
other person. The warden shall provide written no-
tice of any such waiver to the person providing men-
toring services and to the prisoner. 
‘‘(11) TIME LIMITS INAPPLICABLE.—The time 
limits under subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply 
to prerelease custody under this subsection. 
‘‘(h) ALIEN PRISONERS SUBJECT
TO DEPORTA-
TION.—If a prisoner who is placed in prerelease custody 
is an alien whose deportation was ordered as a condition 
of such prerelease custody or who is subject to a detainer 
filed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment for the purposes of determining the alien’s deport-
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ability, United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment shall take custody of the alien upon the alien’s trans-
fer to prerelease custody.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect beginning on the 
date that the Attorney General completes and re-
leases the Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assess-
ment System. 
SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act the following definitions apply: 
(1) RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL.—The 
term ‘‘risk and needs assessment tool’’ means an ob-
jective and statistically validated method through 
which information is collected and evaluated to de-
termine— 
(A) the risk that a prisoner will recidivate 
upon release from prison; and 
(B) the recidivism reduction programs that 
will best minimize the risk that the prisoner will 
recidivate upon release from prison. 
(2) RECIDIVISM
REDUCTION
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘recidivism reduction program’’ means either a 
group or individual activity that— 
(A) has been shown by empirical evidence 
to reduce recidivism or is based on research in-
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dicating that it is likely to be effective in reduc-
ing recidivism; 
(B) is designed to help prisoners succeed 
in their communities upon release from prison; 
and 
(C) may include— 
(i) social learning and communication, 
interpersonal, anti-bullying, rejection re-
sponse, and other life skills; 
(ii) family relationship building, struc-
tured parent-child interaction, and par-
enting skills; 
(iii) classes on morals or ethics; 
(iv) academic classes; 
(v) cognitive behavioral treatment; 
(vi) mentoring; 
(vii) substance abuse treatment; 
(viii) vocational training; 
(ix) faith-based classes or services; 
(x) civic engagement and reintegrative 
community services; 
(xi) a prison job, including through a 
prison work program; or 
(xii) victim impact classes or other re-
storative justice programs. 
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(3) PRODUCTIVE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘pro-
ductive activity’’ means either a group or individual 
activity that is designed to allow prisoners deter-
mined as having a low or no risk of recidivating to 
remain productive and thereby maintain a low or no 
risk of recidivating, and may include the delivery of 
the programs described in paragraph (2) to other 
prisoners. 
(4) PRISONER.—The term ‘‘prisoner’’ means a 
person who has been sentenced to a term of impris-
onment pursuant to a conviction for a Federal crimi-
nal offense, or a person in the custody of the Bureau 
of Prisons, including a person in a Bureau of Pris-
ons contracted facility. 
(5) TIME
CREDIT.—The term ‘‘time credit’’ 
means the equivalent of one day of a prisoner’s sen-
tence, such that a prisoner shall be eligible for one 
day of prerelease custody for each credit earned. 
(6) DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSE.—The term 
‘‘drug trafficking offense’’ means any crime punish-
able under Federal, State, or local law that prohibits 
the manufacture, import, export, distribution, dis-
pensing of, or offer to sell a controlled substance or 
counterfeit substance (as such terms are defined in 
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
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U.S.C. 802)) or the possession of a controlled sub-
stance or counterfeit substance with intent to manu-
facture, import, export, distribute, or dispense. 
SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022. Of the amount appropriated 
under this subsection, 80 percent shall be reserved for use 
by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to implement 
the System under section 105 and the amendments made 
by that section. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any savings associated with reducing recidivism 
and reducing the prison population that result from this 
title should be reinvested— 
(1) into further expansion of recidivism reduc-
tion programs and productive activities by the Bu-
reau of Prisons; and 
(2) to supplement funding for programs that 
increase public safety by providing resources to 
State and local law enforcement officials. 
SEC. 108. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 
Act, may be construed to provide authority to place a pris-
oner on prerelease custody who is serving a term of impris-
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onment pursuant to a conviction for an offense under the 
laws of one of the 50 States, or of a territory or possession 
of the United States. 
TITLE II—BUREAU OF PRISONS 
SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 
Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–277; 118 Stat. 865) gives 
certain law enforcement officers, including certain 
correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons, the 
right to carry a concealed firearm in all 50 States 
for self-protection; 
(2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain 
law enforcement officers to protect themselves while 
off duty; 
(3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Pris-
ons have been the targets of assaults and murders 
while off duty; and 
(4) while that Act allows certain law enforce-
ment officers to protect themselves off duty, the Di-
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rector of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional 
officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store 
personal firearms at only 33 Federal penal and cor-
rectional institutions while at work. 
SEC. 203. SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4050. Secure firearms storage 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means a qualified law 
enforcement officer employed by the Bureau of Pris-
ons; and 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘firearm’ and ‘qualified law en-
forcement officer’ have the meanings given those 
terms under section 926B. 
‘‘(b) SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief execu-
tive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution— 
‘‘(1)(A) provides a secure storage area located 
outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for 
employees to store firearms; or 
‘‘(B) allows employees to store firearms in a ve-
hicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons; and 
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‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, allows employees to carry concealed firearms on 
the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the 
institution.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘4050. Secure firearms storage.’’. 
TITLE 
III—RESTRAINTS 
ON 
PREGNANT PRISONERS PRO-
HIBITED 
SEC. 301. USE OF RESTRAINTS ON PRISONERS DURING THE 
PERIOD OF PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM 
RECOVERY PROHIBITED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 317 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4321 
the following: 
‘‘§ 4322. Use of restraints on prisoners during the pe-
riod of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum 
recovery prohibited 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), beginning on the date on which pregnancy is 
confirmed by a healthcare professional, and ending at the 
conclusion of postpartum recovery, a prisoner in the cus-
tody of the Bureau of Prisons, or in the custody of the 
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United States Marshals Service pursuant to section 4086, 
shall not be placed in restraints. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall not apply if— 
‘‘(A) an appropriate corrections official, or 
a United States marshal, as applicable, makes 
a determination that the prisoner— 
‘‘(i) is an immediate and credible 
flight risk that cannot reasonably be pre-
vented by other means; or 
‘‘(ii) poses an immediate and serious 
threat of harm to herself or others that 
cannot reasonably be prevented by other 
means; or 
‘‘(B) a health care professional responsible 
for the health and safety of the prisoner deter-
mines that the use of restraints is appropriate 
for the medical safety of the prisoner. 
‘‘(2) LEAST RESTRICTIVE RESTRAINTS.—In the 
case that restraints are used pursuant to an excep-
tion under paragraph (1), only the least restrictive 
restraints necessary to prevent the harm or risk of 
escape described in paragraph (1) may be used. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The exceptions under 
paragraph (1) may not be applied— 
‘‘(i) to place restraints around the an-
kles, legs, or waist of a prisoner; 
‘‘(ii) to restrain a prisoner’s hands be-
hind her back; 
‘‘(iii) to restrain a prisoner using 
four-point restraints; or 
‘‘(iv) to attach a prisoner to another 
prisoner. 
‘‘(B) 
MEDICAL
REQUEST.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), upon the request of a 
healthcare professional who is responsible for 
the health and safety of a prisoner, a correc-
tions official or United States marshal, as ap-
plicable, shall refrain from using restraints on 
the prisoner or remove restraints used on the 
prisoner. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
REPORT
TO
THE
DIRECTOR
AND 
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.—If a corrections offi-
cial or United States marshal uses restraints on a 
prisoner under subsection (b)(1), that official or 
marshal shall submit, not later than 30 days after 
placing the prisoner in restraints, to the Director of 
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the Bureau of Prisons or the Director of the United 
States Marshals Service, as applicable, and to the 
healthcare professional responsible for the health 
and safety of the prisoner, a written report which 
describes the facts and circumstances surrounding 
the use of restraints, and includes— 
‘‘(A) the reasoning upon which the deter-
mination to use restraints was made; 
‘‘(B) the details of the use of restraints, 
including the type of restraints used and length 
of time during which restraints were used; and 
‘‘(C) any resulting physical effects on the 
prisoner observed by or known to the correc-
tions official or United States marshal, as ap-
plicable. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TO THE DIREC-
TOR.—Upon receipt of a report under subsection 
(c)(1), the healthcare professional responsible for the 
health and safety of the prisoner may submit to the 
Director such information as the healthcare profes-
sional determines is relevant to the use of restraints 
on the prisoner. 
‘‘(3) REPORT TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and an-
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nually thereafter, the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons and the Director of the United States 
Marshals Service shall each submit to the Judi-
ciary Committee of the Senate and of the 
House of Representatives a report that certifies 
compliance with this section and includes the 
information required to be reported under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(B) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR-
MATION.—The report under this paragraph 
shall not contain any personally identifiable in-
formation of any prisoner. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 48 hours after the con-
firmation of a prisoner’s pregnancy by a health care pro-
fessional, that prisoner shall be notified by an appropriate 
health care professional, corrections official, or United 
States marshal, as applicable, of the restrictions on the 
use of restraints under this section. 
‘‘(e) VIOLATION REPORTING PROCESS.—The Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Prisons, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the United States Marshals Service, shall estab-
lish a process through which a prisoner may report a viola-
tion of this section. 
‘‘(f) TRAINING.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons and the Director of the United States 
Marshals Service shall each develop training guide-
lines regarding the use of restraints on female pris-
oners during the period of pregnancy, labor, and 
postpartum recovery, and shall incorporate such 
guidelines into appropriate training programs. Such 
training guidelines shall include— 
‘‘(A) how to identify certain symptoms of 
pregnancy that require immediate referral to a 
health care professional; 
‘‘(B) circumstances under which the excep-
tions under subsection (b) would apply; 
‘‘(C) in the case that an exception under 
subsection (b) applies, how to apply restraints 
in a way that does not harm the prisoner, the 
fetus, or the neonate; 
‘‘(D) the information required to be re-
ported under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(E) the right of a health care professional 
to request that restraints not be used, and the 
requirement under subsection (b)(3)(B) to com-
ply with such a request. 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES.—In de-
veloping the guidelines required by paragraph (1), 
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the Directors shall each consult with health care 
professionals with expertise in caring for women 
during the period of pregnancy and postpartum re-
covery. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘postpartum recovery’ means the 
six-week period, or longer as determined by the 
healthcare professional responsible for the health 
and safety of the prisoner, following delivery, and 
shall include the entire period that the prisoner is in 
the hospital or infirmary. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘restraints’ means any physical 
or mechanical device used to control the movement 
of a prisoner’s body, limbs, or both. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘prisoner’ means a person who 
has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment pur-
suant to a conviction for a Federal criminal offense, 
or a person in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 
including a person in a Bureau of Prisons con-
tracted facility.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 317 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 4321 the following: 
‘‘4322. Use of restraints on prisoners during the period of pregnancy, labor, and 
postpartum recovery prohibited.’’. 
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TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 401. DE-ESCALATION TRAINING. 
Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons shall incorporate into training programs provided to 
officers and employees of the Bureau of Prisons (including 
officers and employees of an organization with which the 
Bureau of Prisons has a contract to provide services relat-
ing to imprisonment) specialized and comprehensive train-
ing in procedures to— 
(1) de-escalate encounters between a law en-
forcement officer or an officer or employee of the 
Bureau of Prisons, and a civilian or a prisoner (as 
such term is defined in section 106 of this Act); and 
(2) identify and appropriately respond to inci-
dents that involve the unique needs of individuals 
who have a mental illness or cognitive deficit. 
SEC. 402. MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID 
AND HEROIN ABUSE. 
(a) REPORT ON MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT 
FOR OPIOID AND HEROIN ABUSE.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 
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a report assessing the availability of and the capacity of 
the Bureau of Prisons to treat heroin and opioid abuse 
through medication-assisted treatment. The report shall 
include a description of plans to expand access to medica-
tion-assisted treatment for heroin and opioid abuse for 
prisoners in appropriate cases. Following submission, the 
Director shall take steps to implement these plans. 
(b) REPORT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF MEDICATION- 
ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID AND HEROIN ABUSE, 
AND IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives a report assessing the 
availability of and capacity for the provision of medication- 
assisted treatment for opioid and heroin abuse by treat-
ment-service providers serving prisoners who are serving 
a term of supervised release, and including a description 
of plans to expand access to medication assisted treatment 
for heroin and opioid abuse whenever appropriate among 
prisoners under supervised release. Following submission, 
the Director will take steps to implement these plans. 
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