‘‘(C) the efforts of various public and pri-
vate entities to provide supervision and services 
to offenders after reentry into the community, 
and to family members of such offenders, are 
coordinated; and 
‘‘(D) offenders awaiting reentry into the 
community are provided with documents (such 
as identification papers, referrals to services, 
medical prescriptions, job training certificates, 
apprenticeship papers, and information on ob-
taining public assistance) useful in achieving a 
successful transition from prison; 
‘‘(2) carrying out programs and initiatives by 
units of local government to strengthen reentry serv-
ices for individuals released from local jails; 
‘‘(3) enabling prison mentors of offenders to re-
main in contact with those offenders, including 
through 
the 
use 
of 
such 
technology 
as 
videoconferencing, during incarceration and after re-
entry into the community and encouraging the in-
volvement of prison mentors in the reentry process; 
‘‘(4) providing structured post-release housing 
and transitional housing, including group homes for 
recovering substance abusers, through which offend-
ers are provided supervision and services imme-
diately following reentry into the community; 
‘‘(5) assisting offenders in securing permanent 
housing upon release or following a stay in transi-
tional housing; 
‘‘(6) providing continuity of health services (in-
cluding mental health services, substance abuse 
treatment and aftercare, and treatment for con-
tagious diseases) to offenders in custody and after 
reentry into the community; 
‘‘(7) providing offenders with education, job 
training, English as a second language programs, 
work experience programs, self-respect and life skills 
training, and other skills useful in achieving a suc-
cessful transition from prison; 
‘‘(8) facilitating collaboration among corrections 
and community corrections, technical schools, com-
munity colleges, and the workforce development and 
employment service sectors to— 
‘‘(A) promote, where appropriate, the em-
ployment of people released from prison and 
jail, through efforts such as educating employ-
ers about existing financial incentives and facili-
tate the creation of job opportunities, including
transitional jobs, for this population that will 
benefit communities; 
‘‘(B) connect inmates to employment, in-
cluding supportive employment and employment 
services, before their release to the community; 
and 
‘‘(C) addressing barriers to employment; 
‘‘(9) assessing the literacy and educational 
needs of offenders in custody and identifying and 
providing services appropriate to meet those needs, 
including follow-up assessments and long-term serv-
ices; 
‘‘(10) systems under which family members of 
offenders are involved in facilitating the successful 
reentry of those offenders into the community, in-
cluding removing obstacles to the maintenance of 
family relationships while the offender is in custody, 
strengthening the family’s capacity as a stable living 
situation during re-entry where appropriate, and in-
volving family members in the planning and imple-
mentation of the re-entry process; 
‘‘(11) programs under which victims are in-
cluded, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry process; 
‘‘(12) programs that facilitate visitation and 
maintenance of family relationships with respect to
offenders in custody by addressing obstacles such as 
travel, telephone costs, mail restrictions, and restric-
tive visitation policies; 
‘‘(13) identifying and addressing barriers to col-
laborating with child welfare agencies in the provi-
sion of services jointly to offenders in custody and 
to the children of such offenders; 
‘‘(14) implementing programs in correctional 
agencies to include the collection of information re-
garding any dependent children of an incarcerated 
person as part of intake procedures, including the 
number of children, age, and location or jurisdiction, 
and connect identified children with appropriate 
services; 
‘‘(15) addressing barriers to the visitation of 
children with an incarcerated parent, and mainte-
nance of the parent-child relationship, such as the 
location of facilities in remote areas, telephone costs, 
mail restrictions, and visitation policies; 
‘‘(16) creating, developing, or enhancing pris-
oner and family assessments curricula, policies, pro-
cedures, or programs (including mentoring pro-
grams) to help prisoners with a history or identified 
risk of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking reconnect with their families and
communities as appropriate (or when it is safe to do 
so) and become mutually respectful, nonabusive par-
ents or partners, under which particular attention is 
paid to the safety of children affected and the con-
fidentiality concerns of victims, and efforts are co-
ordinated with existing victim service providers; 
‘‘(17) developing programs and activities that 
support parent-child relationships, such as— 
‘‘(A) using telephone conferencing to per-
mit incarcerated parents to participate in par-
ent-teacher conferences; 
‘‘(B) using videoconferencing to allow vir-
tual visitation when incarcerated persons are 
more than 100 miles from their families; 
‘‘(C) the development of books on tape 
programs, through which incarcerated parents 
read a book into a tape to be sent to their chil-
dren; 
‘‘(D) the establishment of family days, 
which provide for longer visitation hours or 
family activities; or 
‘‘(E) the creation of children’s areas in vis-
itation rooms with parent-child activities; 
‘‘(18) expanding family-based treatment centers 
that offer family-based comprehensive treatment
services for parents and their children as a complete 
family unit; 
‘‘(19) conducting studies to determine who is 
returning to prison or jail and which of those return-
ing prisoners represent the greatest risk to commu-
nity safety; 
‘‘(20) developing or adopting procedures to en-
sure that dangerous felons are not released from 
prison prematurely; 
‘‘(21) developing and implementing procedures 
to assist relevant authorities in determining when re-
lease is appropriate and in the use of data to inform 
the release decision; 
‘‘(22) developing and implementing procedures 
to identify efficiently and effectively those violators 
of probation or parole who should be returned to 
prison; 
‘‘(23) utilizing established assessment tools to 
assess the risk factors of returning inmates and 
prioritizing services based on risk; 
‘‘(24) conducting studies to determine who is 
returning to prison or jail and which of those return-
ing prisoners represent the greatest risk to commu-
nity safety;
‘‘(iii) employment training; 
‘‘(iv) children and family support; 
‘‘(v) conflict resolution skills training; 
‘‘(vi) family violence intervention pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(vii) other appropriate social serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(E) establish and implement graduated 
sanctions and incentives; and 
‘‘(28) providing technology to advance post re-
lease supervision.’’. 
(b) 
JUVENILE
OFFENDER
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS
REAUTHORIZED.—Such section is further 
amended in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘may be expended 
for’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘may be expended for any activity referred 
to in subsection (b).’’. 
(c) 
APPLICATIONS; 
PRIORITIES; 
PERFORMANCE 
MEASUREMENTS.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (o); and 
(2) by striking subsections (d) through (g) and 
inserting the following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—A State, unit of local govern-
ment, territory, or Indian tribe desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Attorney Gen-
eral that— 
‘‘(1) contains a reentry strategic plan, which 
describes the long-term strategy, and a detailed im-
plementation schedule, including the jurisdiction’s 
plans to pay for the program after the Federal fund-
ing is discontinued; 
‘‘(2) identifies the governmental agencies and 
community and faith-based organizations that will 
be coordinated by, and collaborate on, the appli-
cant’s prisoner reentry strategy and certifies their 
involvement; and 
‘‘(3) describes the methodology and outcome 
measures that will be used in evaluating the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall give priority to grant applications that best— 
‘‘(1) focus initiative on geographic areas with a 
substantiated high population of ex-offenders; 
‘‘(2) include partnerships with community-based 
organizations, including faith-based organizations; 
‘‘(3) provide consultations with crime victims 
and former incarcerated prisoners and their families; 
‘‘(4) review the process by which the State ad-
judicates violations of parole or supervised release
and consider reforms to maximize the use of grad-
uated, community-based sanctions for minor and 
technical violations of parole or supervised release; 
‘‘(5) establish pre-release planning procedures 
for prisoners to ensure that a prisoner’s eligibility 
for Federal or State benefits (including Medicaid, 
Medicare, Social Security, and Veterans benefits) 
upon release is established prior to release, subject 
to any limitations in law, and to ensure that pris-
oners are provided with referrals to appropriate so-
cial and health services or are linked to appropriate 
community-based organizations; and 
‘‘(6) target high-risk offenders for reentry pro-
grams through validated assessment tools. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General may 
make a grant to an applicant only if the application— 
‘‘(1) reflects explicit support of the chief execu-
tive officer of the State or unit of local government, 
territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under 
this section; 
‘‘(2) provides extensive discussion of the role of 
State corrections departments, community correc-
tions agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail 
systems in ensuring successful reentry of ex-offend-
ers into their communities;
‘‘(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration 
with State and local government agencies overseeing 
health, housing, child welfare, education, and em-
ployment services, and local law enforcement; 
‘‘(4) provides a plan for analysis of existing 
State statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and prac-
tice-based hurdles to a prisoner’s reintegration into 
the community that— 
‘‘(A) takes particular note of laws, regula-
tions, rules, and practices that: disqualify 
former prisoners from obtaining professional li-
censes or other requirements necessary for cer-
tain types of employment; and that hinder full 
civic participation; and 
‘‘(B) identifies those laws, regulations, 
rules, or practices that are not directly con-
nected to the crime committed and the risk that 
the ex-offender presents to the community; and 
‘‘(5) includes the use of a State or local task 
force to carry out the activities funded under the 
grant. 
‘‘(g) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 
grant received under this section may not exceed 75
percent of the project funded under the grant, unless 
the Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) waives, in whole or in part, the re-
quirement of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) publicly delineates the rationale for 
the waiver. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Federal 
funds received under this section shall be used to 
supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
would otherwise be available for the activities funded 
under this section. 
‘‘(h) REENTRY STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) As a condition of receiving financial assist-
ance under this section, each applicant shall develop 
a comprehensive strategic reentry plan that contains 
measurable annual and 5- to 10-year performance 
outcomes. The plan shall have as a goal to reduce 
the rate of recidivism of incarcerated persons served 
with funds from this section within the State by 50 
percent over a period of 10 years. 
‘‘(2) In developing reentry plans under this sub-
section, applicants shall coordinate with communities 
and stakeholders, including experts in the fields of 
public safety, corrections, housing, health, education,
employment, and members of community and faith- 
based organizations that provide reentry services. 
‘‘(3) Each reentry plan developed under this 
subsection shall measure the applicant’s progress to-
ward increasing public safety by reducing rates of 
recidivism and enabling released offenders to transi-
tion successfully back into their communities. 
‘‘(i) REENTRY TASK FORCE.—As a condition of re-
ceiving financial assistance under this section, each State 
or local government receiving a grant shall establish a Re-
entry Task Force or other relevant convening authority 
to examine ways to pool existing resources and funding 
streams to promote lower recidivism rates for returning 
prisoners and to minimize the harmful effects of incarcer-
ation on families and communities by collecting data and 
best practices in offender re-entry from demonstration 
grantees and other agencies and organizations. The task 
force or other authority shall be comprised of relevant 
State or local leaders, agencies, service providers, commu-
nity-based organizations, or stakeholders. 
‘‘(j) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) Each applicant shall identify specific per-
formance outcomes related to the long-term goals of 
increasing public safety and reducing recidivism.
‘‘(2) The performance outcomes identified 
under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to 
offenders released back into the community— 
‘‘(A) recommitment rates; 
‘‘(B) reduction in crime; 
‘‘(C) employment and education; 
‘‘(D) violations of conditions of supervised 
release; 
‘‘(E) child support; 
‘‘(F) housing; 
‘‘(G) drug and alcohol abuse; and 
‘‘(H) participation in mental health serv-
ices. 
‘‘(3) States may also report on other activities 
that increase the success rates of offenders who 
transition from prison, such as programs that foster 
effective risk management and treatment program-
ming, offender accountability, and community and 
victim participation. 
‘‘(4) Applicants should coordinate with commu-
nities and stakeholders about the selection of per-
formance outcomes identified by the applicants and 
with the Department of Justice for assistance with 
data collection and measurement activities.
‘‘(5) Each grantee shall submit an annual re-
port to the Department of Justice that— 
‘‘(A) identifies the grantee’s progress to-
ward achieving its strategic performance out-
comes; and 
‘‘(B) describes other activities conducted 
by the grantee to increase the success rates of 
the reentry population. 
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) The Department of Justice shall, in con-
sultation with the States— 
‘‘(A) identify primary and secondary 
sources of information to support the measure-
ment of the performance indicators identified 
under this section; 
‘‘(B) identify sources and methods of data 
collection in support of performance measure-
ment required under this section; 
‘‘(C) provide to all grantees technical as-
sistance and training on performance measures 
and data collection for purposes of this section; 
and 
‘‘(D) coordinate with the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration on 
strategic performance outcome measures and
data collection for purposes of this section relat-
ing to substance abuse and mental health. 
‘‘(2) The Department of Justice shall coordi-
nate with other Federal agencies to identify national 
sources of information to support State performance 
measurement. 
‘‘(l) FUTURE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section for fiscal years after the first 
receipt of such a grant, a State shall submit to the Attor-
ney General such information as is necessary to dem-
onstrate that— 
‘‘(1) the State has adopted a re-entry plan that 
reflects input from community-based and faith-based 
organizations; 
‘‘(2) the State’s re-entry plan includes perform-
ance measures to assess the State’s progress toward 
increasing public safety by reducing by 10 percent 
over the 2-year period the rate at which individuals 
released from prison who participate in the re-entry 
system supported by Federal funds are recommitted 
to prison; and 
‘‘(3) the State will coordinate with the Depart-
ment of Justice, community-based and faith-based 
organizations, and other experts regarding the selec-
tion and implementation of the performance meas-
ures described in subsection (k). 
‘‘(m) NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER 
REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) The Attorney General may, using amounts 
made available to carry out this subsection, make a 
grant to an eligible organization to provide for the 
establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Of-
fender Reentry Resource Center. 
‘‘(2) An organization eligible for the grant 
under paragraph (1) is any national nonprofit orga-
nization approved by the Federal task force estab-
lished under the Second Chance Act of 2004 that 
represents, provides technical assistance and train-
ing to, and has special expertise and broad, national- 
level experience in offender re-entry programs, train-
ing, and research. 
‘‘(3) The organization receiving the grant shall 
establish a National Adult and Juvenile Offender 
Reentry Resource Center to— 
‘‘(A) provide education, training, and tech-
nical assistance for States, local governments, 
service providers, faith based organizations, and 
corrections institutions;
‘‘(B) collect data and best practices in of-
fender re-entry from demonstration grantees 
and others agencies and organizations; 
‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation 
tools, mechanisms, and measures to better as-
sess and document coalition performance meas-
ures and outcomes; 
‘‘(D) disseminate knowledge to States and 
other relevant entities about best practices, pol-
icy standards, and research findings; 
‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to 
assist relevant authorities in determining when 
release is appropriate and in the use of data to 
inform the release decision; 
‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to 
identify efficiently and effectively those violators 
of probation or parole who should be returned 
to prison and those who should receive other 
penalties based on defined, graduated sanctions; 
‘‘(G) collaborate with the Federal task 
force established under the Second Chance Act 
of 2004 and the Federal Resource Center for 
Children of Prisoners; 
‘‘(H) develop a national research agenda; 
and
‘‘(I) bridge the gap between research and 
practice by translating knowledge from research 
into practical information. 
‘‘(4) Of amounts made available to carry out 
this section, not more than 4 percent shall be avail-
able to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(n) ADMINISTRATION.—Of amounts made available 
to carry out this section, not more than 2 percent shall 
be available for administrative expenses in carrying out 
this section.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Such 
section is further amended in paragraph (1) of subsection 
(o) (as redesignated by subsection (c)) by striking ‘‘and 
$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2006’’. 
SEC. 4. TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI-
TIES RELATING TO REENTRY OF OFFENDERS. 
(a) TASK FORCE REQUIRED.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
and the heads of such other elements of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the Attorney General considers appropriate, 
and in collaboration with stakeholders, service providers,
(6) identify areas of research that can be co-
ordinated across agencies with an emphasis on ap-
plying science-based practices to support, treatment, 
and intervention programs for reentering offenders; 
(7) identify funding areas that should be co-
ordinated across agencies and any gaps in funding; 
and 
(8) identify successful programs currently oper-
ating and collect best practices in offender reentry 
from demonstration grantees and other agencies and 
organizations, determine the extent to which such 
programs and practices can be replicated, and make 
information on such programs and practices avail-
able to States, localities, community-based organiza-
tions, and others. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the task force required by 
subsection (a) shall submit a report, including rec-
ommendations, to Congress on barriers to reentry. The re-
port shall identify Federal barriers to successful reentry 
of offenders into the community and analyze the effects 
of such barriers on offenders and on children and other 
family members of offenders, including—
(1) parental incarceration as a consideration for 
purposes of family reunification under the Adoption 
and Safe Families Act of 1997; 
(2) admissions in Federal housing programs; 
(3) child support obligations and procedures; 
(4) Social Security benefits, Veterans benefits, 
food stamps, and other forms of Federal public as-
sistance; 
(5) Medicaid and Medicare procedures, require-
ments, regulations, and guidelines; 
(6) education programs, financial assistance, 
and civic participation; 
(7) TANF program funding criteria and other 
welfare benefits; 
(8) employment; 
(9) re-entry procedures, case planning, and 
transitions of persons from the custody of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Prisons to a Federal parole or proba-
tion program or community corrections; 
(10) laws, regulations, rules, and practices that 
may require a parolee to return to the same county 
that they were living in before their arrest so that 
parolees can change their setting upon release and 
not go back to the same neighborhood full of people 
who may be negative influences; and
(11) trying to establish pre-release planning 
procedures for prisoners to ensure that a prisoner’s 
eligibility for federal or state benefits (including 
Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Veterans 
benefits) upon release is established prior to release, 
subject to any limitations in law; and to ensure that 
prisoners are provided with referrals to appropriate 
social and health services or are linked to appro-
priate community-based organizations. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—On an annual basis, the 
task force required by subsection (a) shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the activities of the task force, including 
specific recommendations of the task force on matters re-
ferred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. OFFENDER RE-ENTRY RESEARCH. 
(a) NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
JUSTICE.—From 
amounts made available to carry out this Act, the National 
Institute of Justice may conduct research on offender re- 
entry, including— 
(1) a study identifying the number and charac-
teristics of children who have had a parent incarcer-
ated and the likelihood of these minors becoming in-
volved in the criminal justice system some time in 
their lifetime;
(2) a study identifying a mechanism to compare 
rates of recidivism (including re-arrest, violations of 
parole and probation, and re-incarceration) among 
States; and 
(3) a study on the population of individuals re-
leased from custody who do not engage in recidivism 
and the characteristics (housing, employment, treat-
ment, family connection) of that population. 
(b) 
BUREAU
OF
JUSTICE
STATISTICS.—From 
amounts made available to carry out this Act, the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics may conduct research on offender re- 
entry, including— 
(1) an analysis of special populations, including 
prisoners with mental illness or substance abuse dis-
orders, female offenders, juvenile offenders, and the 
elderly, that present unique re-entry challenges; 
(2) studies to determine who is returning to 
prison or jail and which of those returning prisoners 
represent the greatest risk to community safety; 
(3) annual reports on the profile of the popu-
lation coming out of prisons, jails, and juvenile jus-
tice facilities; 
(4) a national recidivism study every three 
years; and 
(5) a study of parole violations and revocations.
SEC. 6. CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS AND FAMI-
LIES. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— 
(1) review, and make available to States a re-
port on any recommendations regarding, the role of 
State child protective services at the time of the ar-
rest of a person; and 
(2) by regulation, establish such services as the 
Secretary determines necessary for the preservation 
of families that have been impacted by the incarcer-
ation of a family member. 
SEC. 7. ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER 
PRISONERS. 
The Secretary of Labor shall take such steps as are 
necessary to implement a program, including but not lim-
ited to the Employment and Training Administration, to 
educate employers about existing incentives, including 
bonding, to the hiring of former Federal, State, or county 
prisoners. 
SEC. 8. FEDERAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF 
PRISONERS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Institute of Corrections for each of fiscal years 2005 
and 2006, such sums as may be necessary for the con-
tinuing activities of the Federal Resource Center for Chil-
dren of Prisoners, including review of policies and prac-
tices of State and Federal corrections to support parent- 
child relationships. 
SEC. 9. ELIMINATION OF AGE REQUIREMENT FOR REL-
ATIVE CAREGIVER UNDER NATIONAL FAMILY 
CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 
Section 372 of the National Family Caregiver Sup-
port Act (part E of title III of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965; 42 U.S.C. 3030s) is amended in paragraph (3) 
by striking ‘‘who is 60 years of age or older and—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘who—’’. 
SEC. 10. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRIS-
ONER IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 
(a) PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT.—Section 3621 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) COMMUNITY
CORRECTION
FACILITIES.—For 
purposes of designations made under this section, the 
terms ‘‘place of the prisoner’s imprisonment’’ and ‘‘avail-
able penal or correctional facility’’ do not include a com-
munity corrections center, community treatment center, 
‘‘halfway house,’’ or similar facility that does not confine 
residents in the manner of a prison or jail.’’.
SEC. 12. GRANTS TO STUDY PAROLE VIOLATIONS AND REV-
OCATIONS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
may award grants to States to study, and to improve the 
collection of data with respect to, individuals whose parole 
is revoked and which such individuals represent the great-
est risk to community safety. 
(b) APPLICATION.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under this section, a State shall— 
(1) certify that the State has, or intends to es-
tablish, a program that collects comprehensive and 
reliable data with respect to individuals described in 
subsection (a), including data on— 
(A) the number and type of parole viola-
tions that occur within the State; 
(B) the reasons for parole revocation; 
(C) the underlying behavior that led to the 
revocation; and 
(D) the term of imprisonment or other 
penalty that is imposed for the violation; and 
(2) provide the data described in paragraph (1) 
to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form pre-
scribed by the Bureau.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006. 
SEC. 13. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1902 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ff–1) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) 
through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively, 
and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) RESIDENTIAL
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
TREAT-
MENT.—The term ‘residential substance abuse treatment’ 
means a course of individual and group activities and 
treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in residential treat-
ment facilities set apart from the general prison popu-
lation. This can include the use of pharmacotherapies, 
where appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6-month 
period.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR AFTER CARE COMPONENT.— 
Section 1902 of such Act is further amended in subsection 
(d) (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘ELI-
GIBILITY
FOR PREFERENCE WITH AFTER CARE
COMPONENT’’ and inserting ‘‘REQUIREMENT
FOR 
AFTER CARE COMPONENT’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) To be eligible for funding under this part, 
a State must ensure that individuals who participate 
in the substance abuse treatment program estab-
lished or implemented with assistance provided 
under this part will be provided with aftercare serv-
ices.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Aftercare services required by this sub-
section shall be funded by the funding provided in 
this part.’’. 
SEC. 14. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FEDERAL 
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. 15. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO DRUG-FREE STU-
DENT LOANS PROVISION TO ENSURE THAT IT 
APPLIES ONLY TO OFFENSES COMMITTED 
WHILE RECEIVING FEDERAL AID. 
Section 484(r)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘A 
student’’ and all that follows through ‘‘table:’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘A student who is convicted of any of-
fense under any Federal or State law involving the posses-
sion or sale of a controlled substance for conduct that oc-
curred during a period of enrollment for which the student 
was receiving any grant, loan, or work assistance under 
this title shall not be eligible to receive any grant, loan, 
or work assistance under this title from the date of that 
conviction for the period of time specified in the following 
table:’’. 
SEC. 16. MENTORING GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED OR-
GANIZATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Labor shall make grants to community-based organiza-
tions for the purpose of providing mentoring and other
transitional services essential to reintegrating ex-offend-
ers. 
(b) USE
OF FUNDS.—Funds for the mentoring 
grants may be expended for— 
(1) mentoring of adult and juvenile offenders; 
and 
(2) transitional services to assist in the re-
integration of ex-offenders into the community. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To apply for a grant under this 
section, a community-based organization shall submit an 
application to the Secretary of Labor based on criteria de-
veloped by the Secretary in consultation with the Attorney 
General and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
(d) STRATEGIC
PERFORMANCE
OUTCOMES.—The 
Secretary of Labor may require each applicant to identify 
specific performance outcomes related to the long-term 
goal of stabilizing communities by reducing recidivism and 
re-integrating ex-offenders into society. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006. 
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