residential treatment facilities set apart from the 
general prison population; and 
‘‘(2) may include the use of pharmacotherapies 
where appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6- 
month period.’’. 
SEC. 118. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FED-
ERAL PRISONS. 
Section 3621(e)(5)(A) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘means a course of’’ and 
all that follows through the semicolon at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘means a course of individual and 
group activities and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, 
in residential treatment facilities set apart from the gen-
eral prison population (which may include the use of 
pharmacotherapies, where appropriate, that may extend 
beyond the 6-month period);’’. 
SEC. 119. REMOVAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS 
AVAILABLE FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS UNDER THE ADULT EDUCATION 
AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 222(a)(1) of the Adult 
Education 
and 
Family 
Literacy 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
9222(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, of which not more 
than 10 percent of the 82.5 percent shall be available to 
carry out section 225’’. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education 
shall submit to Congress a report— 
(1) on the use of literacy funds provided under 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9201 et seq.) to correctional institutions as 
defined in section 225(d)(2) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
9225(d)(2)); and 
(2) that specifies the amount of literacy funds 
that are provided to each category of correctional in-
stitution in each State, and identify whether funds 
are being sufficiently allocated among the various 
types of institutions. 
SEC. 120. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of pro-
viding mentoring and other transitional services essential 
to the reentry of offenders into the community. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant under subsection (a) 
may be used for— 
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(1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders dur-
ing incarceration, during transition back to the com-
munity, and post-incarceration; and 
(2) transitional services to assist in the reentry 
of offenders into the community. 
(c) APPLICATION; PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 
shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
based on criteria developed by the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(2) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall give 
priority consideration to applications that— 
(A) include a plan to implement activities 
that have been demonstrated to be effective in 
facilitating the successful reentry of offenders 
into the community; and 
(B) provide for an independent evaluation. 
(d) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The At-
torney General shall require each applicant under this sec-
tion to identify specific performance outcomes related to 
the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing 
recidivism and reintegrating offenders into the commu-
nity. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 121. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRIS-
ONER IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 
Section 3624(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PRERELEASE CUSTODY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Bureau of Prisons 
shall, to the extent practicable, assure that a pris-
oner serving a term of imprisonment spends 20 per-
cent of the final portion of such term, not to exceed 
12 months, under conditions that will afford the 
prisoner a reasonable opportunity to adjust to and 
prepare for reentry into the community. Such condi-
tions may include a community correctional facility. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—The Bureau of Prisons is 
authorized to place a prisoner in home confinement 
for the final portion of the term of imprisonment of 
that prisoner, not to exceed the shorter of 10 per-
cent of that term of imprisonment or 6 months. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Proba-
tion System shall, to the extent practicable, offer as-
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sistance to a prisoner during any prerelease custody 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) NO LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to limit or restrict the au-
thority of the Bureau of Prisons granted under sec-
tion 3621 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 122. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE 
AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR 
INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS. 
Section 821 of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 (20 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 821. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE 
AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR 
INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘youth offender’ means a male or female offender 
under the age of 35, who is incarcerated in a State prison, 
including a prerelease facility. 
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Education 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’)— 
‘‘(1) shall establish a program in accordance 
with this section to provide grants to the State cor-
rectional education agencies in the States, from allo-
cations for the States under subsection (h), to assist 
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