‘‘(iv) assist prisoners in prerelease 
custody or supervised release in finding 
employment.’’. 
(b) PRERELEASE CUSTODY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), ac-
cordingly; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) PRISONERS
WITH
A
LOW
RISK
OF 
RECIDIVATING.—In the case of a prisoner that has 
been classified under the Post-Sentencing Risk and 
Needs Assessment System developed under the Pub-
lic Safety Enhancement Act of 2015 as having a low 
risk of recidivating, has earned time credits in an 
amount that is equal to the remainder of the pris-
oner’s imposed term of imprisonment, and has been 
classified by the warden of the prison as otherwise 
qualified to be transferred into prerelease custody, 
the following shall apply: 
‘‘(A) The warden of the prison shall sub-
mit a recommendation that the prisoner be 
transferred into prerelease custody to the 
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United States district court in which the pris-
oner was convicted, and a judge for such court 
shall, not later than 30 days after the warden 
submits such recommendation, approve or deny 
the recommendation; however, a judge may only 
deny a recommendation to transfer a prisoner 
into prerelease custody under this paragraph if 
the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence 
that the prisoner should not be transferred into 
prerelease custody based only on evidence of the 
prisoner’s actions after the conviction of such 
prisoner and not based on evidence from the 
underlying conviction, and submits a detailed 
written statement regarding such finding to the 
warden of the prison recommending that the 
prisoner be transferred into prerelease custody. 
‘‘(B) The failure of a judge to approve or 
deny a recommendation to transfer at the end 
of the 30-day period described in subparagraph 
(A) shall be treated as an approval of such rec-
ommendation. 
‘‘(C) Upon the approval of a recommenda-
tion under subparagraph (A) or 30 days after 
the warden submits a recommendation, which-
ever occurs earlier, the prisoner shall be placed 
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in home confinement, provided that the prisoner 
will be able to stay in a residence that the war-
den approves, and the time limits under para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall not apply. 
‘‘(D) The prisoner shall remain in home 
confinement until the prisoner has served not 
less than 85 percent of the prisoner’s imposed 
term of imprisonment. 
‘‘(E) The warden shall use the guidelines 
developed by the Attorney General under sec-
tion 4(d)(2)(C) of the Public Safety Enhance-
ment Act of 2015 to determine the level of su-
pervision and consequences for certain actions 
for a prisoner transferred into prerelease cus-
tody under this paragraph.’’. 
(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. 8. 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 
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which information is collected and evaluated to de-
termine— 
(A) the level of 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; 
(B) is designed to help prisoners succeed 
in their communities upon release from prison; 
and 
(C) may include— 
(i) classes on social learning and life 
skills; 
(ii) classes on morals or ethics; 
(iii) academic classes; 
(iv) cognitive behavioral treatment; 
(v) mentoring; 
(vi) substance abuse treatment; 
(vii) vocational training; 
(viii) faith-based classes or services; or 
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(ix) a prison job. 
(3) PRODUCTIVE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘pro-
ductive activity’’ means either a group or individual 
activity that is designed to allow prisoners classified 
as having a low risk of recidivism to remain produc-
tive and thereby maintain a low risk classification, 
and may include the delivery of the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) 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. 
(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 home confinement 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 
U.S.C. 802)) or the possession of a controlled sub-
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stance or counterfeit substance with intent to manu-
facture, import, export, distribute, or dispense. 
SEC. 9. 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 2016 through 2020. 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 7 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 
Act should be reinvested into further expansion of recidi-
vism reduction programs and productive activities by the 
Bureau of Prisons. 
Æ 
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