Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants to States, local governments, terri-
tories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof (in this 
section referred to as an ‘eligible entity’), in partnership 
with interested persons (including Federal corrections and 
supervision agencies), services providers, and nonprofit or-
ganizations for the purpose of strategic planning and im-
plementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry 
projects.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or re-
entry courts,’’ after ‘‘community,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) promoting employment opportunities con-
sistent with the Transitional Jobs strategy (as de-
fined in section 4 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17502)).’’; 
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(3) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) COMBINED GRANT APPLICATION; PRIORITY 
CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
develop a procedure to allow applicants to submit a 
single application for a planning grant under sub-
section (e) and an implementation grant under sub-
section (f). 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Attorney 
General shall give priority consideration to grant ap-
plications under subsections (e) and (f) that include 
a commitment by the applicant to partner with a 
local evaluator to identify and analyze data that 
will— 
‘‘(A) enable the grantee to target the in-
tended offender population; and 
‘‘(B) serve as a baseline for purposes of 
the evaluation. 
‘‘(e) PLANNING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the Attorney General may make a grant 
to an eligible entity of not more than $75,000 to de-
velop a strategic, collaborative plan for an adult or 
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juvenile offender reentry demonstration project as 
described in subsection (h) that includes— 
‘‘(A) a budget and a budget justification; 
‘‘(B) a description of the outcome meas-
ures that will be used to measure the effective-
ness of the program in promoting public safety 
and public health; 
‘‘(C) the activities proposed; 
‘‘(D) a schedule for completion of the ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(E) a description of the personnel nec-
essary to complete the activities described in 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM
TOTAL
GRANTS
AND
GEO-
GRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Attorney 
General may not make planning grants and im-
plementation grants to 1 eligible entity in a 
total amount that is more than a $1,000,000. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—The At-
torney General shall make every effort to en-
sure equitable geographic distribution of grants 
under this section and take into consideration 
the needs of underserved populations, including 
rural and tribal communities. 
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‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
GRANT.—A planning grant 
made under this subsection shall be for a period of 
not longer than 1 year, beginning on the first day 
of the month in which the planning grant is made. 
‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring 
an implementation grant under this subsection shall 
submit to the Attorney General an application 
that— 
‘‘(A) contains a reentry strategic plan as 
described in subsection (h), which describes the 
long-term strategy and incorporates a detailed 
implementation schedule, including the plans of 
the applicant to fund the program after Federal 
funding is discontinued; 
‘‘(B) identifies the local government role 
and the role of governmental agencies and non-
profit organizations that will be coordinated by, 
and that will collaborate on, the offender re-
entry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the 
involvement of such agencies and organizations; 
‘‘(C) describes the evidence-based method-
ology and outcome measures that will be used 
to evaluate the program funded with a grant 
under this subsection, and specifically explains 
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how such measurements will provide valid meas-
ures of the impact of that program; and 
‘‘(D) describes how the project could be 
broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effec-
tive. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General 
may make a grant to an applicant under this sub-
section only if the application— 
‘‘(A) reflects explicit support of the chief 
executive officer, or their designee, of the State, 
unit of local government, territory, or Indian 
tribe applying for a grant under this subsection; 
‘‘(B) provides extensive discussion of the 
role of Federal corrections, State corrections 
departments, community corrections agencies, 
juvenile justice systems, and tribal or local jail 
systems in ensuring successful reentry of of-
fenders into their communities; 
‘‘(C) provides extensive evidence of collabo-
ration with State and local government agencies 
overseeing health, housing, child welfare, edu-
cation, substance abuse, victims services, and 
employment services, and with local law en-
forcement agencies; 
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‘‘(D) provides a plan for analysis of the 
statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice- 
based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into 
the community; 
‘‘(E) includes the use of a State, local, ter-
ritorial, or tribal task force, described in sub-
section (i), to carry out the activities funded 
under the grant; 
‘‘(F) provides a plan for continued collabo-
ration with a local evaluator as necessary to 
meeting the requirements under subsection (h); 
and 
‘‘(G) demonstrates that the applicant par-
ticipated in the planning grant process or en-
gaged in comparable planning for the reentry 
project. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attor-
ney General shall give priority to grant applications 
under this subsection that best— 
‘‘(A) focus initiative on geographic areas 
with a disproportionate population of offenders 
released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facili-
ties; 
‘‘(B) include— 
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‘‘(i) input from nonprofit organiza-
tions, in any case where relevant input is 
available and appropriate to the grant ap-
plication; 
‘‘(ii) consultation with crime victims 
and offenders who are released from pris-
ons, jails, and juvenile facilities; 
‘‘(iii) coordination with families of of-
fenders; 
‘‘(iv) input, where appropriate, from 
the juvenile justice coordinating council of 
the region; 
‘‘(v) input, where appropriate, from 
the reentry coordinating council of the re-
gion; and 
‘‘(vi) other interested persons, as ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(C) demonstrate effective case assessment 
and management abilities in order to provide 
comprehensive and continuous reentry, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) planning for prerelease transi-
tional housing and community release that 
begins upon admission for juveniles and 
jail inmates, and, as appropriate, for pris-
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on inmates, depending on the length of the 
sentence; 
‘‘(ii) establishing prerelease planning 
procedures to ensure that the eligibility of 
an offender for Federal, tribal, or State 
benefits upon release is established prior to 
release, subject to any limitations in law, 
and to ensure that offenders obtain all nec-
essary referrals for reentry services, includ-
ing assistance identifying and securing 
suitable housing; and 
‘‘(iii) delivery of continuous and ap-
propriate mental health services, drug 
treatment, medical care, job training and 
placement, educational services, vocational 
services, and any other service or support 
needed for reentry; 
‘‘(D) review the process by which the ap-
plicant adjudicates violations of parole, proba-
tion, or supervision following release from pris-
on, jail, or a juvenile facility, taking into ac-
count public safety and the use of graduated, 
community-based sanctions for minor and tech-
nical violations of parole, probation, or super-
vision (specifically those violations that are not 
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otherwise, and independently, a violation of 
law); 
‘‘(E) provide for an independent evaluation 
of reentry programs that include, to the max-
imum extent possible, random assignment and 
controlled studies to determine the effectiveness 
of such programs; 
‘‘(F) target moderate and high-risk offend-
ers for reentry programs through validated as-
sessment tools; and 
‘‘(G) target offenders with histories of 
homelessness, substance abuse, or mental ill-
ness, including a prerelease assessment of the 
housing status of the offender and behavioral 
health needs of the offender with clear coordi-
nation with mental health, substance abuse, and 
homelessness services systems to achieve stable 
and permanent housing outcomes with appro-
priate support service. 
‘‘(4) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant made 
under this subsection may not be more than 
$925,000. 
‘‘(5) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A grant made under 
this subsection shall be effective for a 2-year pe-
riod— 
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‘‘(A) beginning on the date on which the 
planning grant awarded under subsection (e) 
concludes; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 
grant awarded to an eligible entity that did not 
receive a planning grant, beginning on the date 
on which the implementation grant is award-
ed.’’; 
(4) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
financial assistance under subsection (f), each appli-
cation shall develop a comprehensive reentry stra-
tegic plan that— 
‘‘(A) contains a plan to assess inmate re-
entry needs and measurable annual and 3-year 
performance outcomes; 
‘‘(B) uses, to the maximum extent possible, 
randomly assigned and controlled studies, or 
rigorous 
quasi-experimental 
studies 
with 
matched comparison groups, to determine the 
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effectiveness of the program funded with a 
grant under subsection (f); and 
‘‘(C) includes as a goal of the plan to re-
duce the rate of recidivism for offenders re-
leased from prison, jail or a juvenile facility 
with funds made available under subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) LOCAL EVALUATOR.—A partnership with a 
local evaluator described in subsection (d)(2) shall 
require the local evaluator to use the baseline data 
and target population characteristics developed 
under a subsection (e) planning grant to derive a 
feasible and meaningful target goal for recidivism re-
duction during the 3-year period beginning on the 
date of implementation of the program.’’; 
(5) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(e)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(f)(2)(D)’’; 
(6) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for an 
implementation grant under subsection (f)’’ 
after ‘‘applicant’’; 
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‘‘(M) increased self-reports of successful 
community living, including stability of living 
situation and positive family relationships; 
‘‘(N) reduction in drug and alcohol use; 
and 
‘‘(O) reduction in recidivism rates for indi-
viduals receiving reentry services after release, 
as compared to either baseline recidivism rates 
in the jurisdiction of the grantee or recidivism 
rates of the control or comparison group.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘facili-
ties.’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities, including a cost- 
benefit analysis to determine the cost effective-
ness of the reentry program.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
(7) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ each place the term appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
(8) in subsection (l)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘begin-
ning on the date on which the most recent im-
plementation grant is made to the grantee 
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under subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘2-year period’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘over a 
2-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the 2-year 
period described in paragraph (2)’’; 
(9) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘appro-
priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018.’’; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘reentry 
court’ means a program that— 
‘‘(1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offend-
ers reentering the community; 
‘‘(2) provides continual judicial supervision; 
‘‘(3) provides juvenile and adult eligible offend-
ers reentering the community with coordinated and 
comprehensive reentry services and programs, such 
as— 
‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess-
ment for treatment; 
‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 
a substance abuse professional who is approved 
by the State or Indian tribe and licensed by the 
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appropriate entity to provide alcohol and drug 
addiction treatment, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 
provider that is approved by the State or Indian 
tribe, and licensed, if necessary, to provide med-
ical and other health services; 
‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv-
ices and assessment; 
‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv-
ices that— 
‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(F) any other services needed for reentry; 
‘‘(4) convenes community impact panels, victim 
impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 
‘‘(5) provides and coordinates the delivery of 
community services to juvenile and adult eligible of-
fenders, including— 
‘‘(A) housing assistance; 
‘‘(B) education; 
‘‘(C) job training; 
‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 
‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 
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‘‘(F) other appropriate social services; and 
‘‘(6) establishes and implements graduated 
sanctions and incentives.’’. 
(b) GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT.—Part DD of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797s 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2921 (42 U.S.C. 3797s), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘non-
profit organizations,’’ before ‘‘and Indian’’; 
(2) in section 2923 (42 U.S.C. 3797s–2), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY
CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attorney 
General shall give priority consideration to grant applica-
tions for grants under section 2921 that are submitted 
by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a relation-
ship with State and local criminal justice agencies, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial 
agencies; or 
‘‘(2) with the local corrections agencies, which 
shall be documented by a written agreement that de-
tails the terms of access to facilities and participants 
and provides information on the history of the orga-
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nization of working with correctional populations.’’; 
and 
(3) by striking section 2926(a) (42 U.S.C. 
3797s–5(a)), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
(c) GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE 
EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVE-
NILE FACILITIES.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating part KK (42 U.S.C. 
3797ee et seq.) as part LL; 
(2) by redesignating the second part designated 
as part JJ, as added by the Second Chance Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 Stat. 677), relating 
to grants to evaluate and improve educational meth-
ods, as part KK; 
(3) by redesignating the second section des-
ignated as section 3001 and section 3002 (42 U.S.C. 
3797dd and 3797dd–1), as added by the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199; 122 
Stat. 677), relating to grants to evaluate and im-
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prove educational methods, as sections 3005 and 
3006, respectively; 
(4) in section 3005, as so redesignated— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) implement methods to improve academic 
and vocational education for offenders in prisons, 
jails, and juvenile facilities consistent with the best 
practices identified in subsection (c).’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b), the 
following: 
‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Second Chance Reau-
thorization Act of 2013, the Attorney General shall iden-
tify and publish best practices relating to academic and 
vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and ju-
venile facilities. The best practices shall consider the eval-
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uations performed and recommendations made under 
grants made under subsection (a) before the date of enact-
ment of the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 
2013.’’; and 
(5) in section 3006, as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘to carry’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2014, 
2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 for grants for purposes 
described in section 3005(a)(4)’’. 
(d) 
CAREERS
TRAINING
DEMONSTRATION 
GRANTS.—Section 115 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17511) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and Indian’’ and inserting 
‘‘nonprofit organizations, and Indian’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘technology career training 
to prisoners’’ and inserting ‘‘career training, in-
cluding subsidized employment, when part of a 
training program, to prisoners and reentering 
youth and adults’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘technology careers train-
ing’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘technology-based’’; and 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘, as well as upon transi-
tion and reentry into the community’’ after ‘‘fa-
cility’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—Priority consider-
ation shall be given to any application under this section 
that— 
‘‘(1) provides assessment of local demand for 
employees in the geographic areas to which offenders 
are likely to return; 
‘‘(2) conducts individualized reentry career 
planning upon the start of incarceration or post-re-
lease employment planning for each offender served 
under the grant; 
‘‘(3) demonstrates connections to employers 
within the local community; or 
‘‘(4) tracks and monitors employment out-
comes.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 
2017, and 2018.’’. 
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(e) OFFENDER REENTRY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—Section 
201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17521(f)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
(f) COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING
AND TRANSI-
TIONAL SERVICE GRANTS
TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘MEN-
TORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATIONS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘COMMUNITY- 
BASED
MENTORING
AND
TRANSITIONAL 
SERVICE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATIONS’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘men-
toring and other’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking para-
graph (2) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(2) transitional services to assist in the re-
integration of offenders into the community, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) educational, literacy, and vocational, 
services and the Transitional Jobs strategy; 
‘‘(B) substance abuse treatment and serv-
ices; 
‘‘(C) coordinated supervision and com-
prehensive services for offenders, including 
housing and mental and physical health care; 
‘‘(D) family services; and 
‘‘(E) validated assessment tools to assess 
the risk factors of returning inmates; and’’; and 
(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘this section $15,000,000 for fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 211 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Sec. 211. Community-based mentoring and transitional service grants.’’. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17502) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘exoneree’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) has been convicted of a Federal, trib-
al, or State offense that is punishable by a term 
of imprisonment of more than 1 year; 
‘‘(B) has served a term of imprisonment 
for not less than 6 months in a Federal, tribal, 
or State prison or correctional facility as a re-
sult of the conviction described in subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(C) has been determined to be factually 
innocent of the offense described in subpara-
graph (A); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 
given in section 901 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘offender’ includes an exoneree; 
and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Transitional Jobs strategy’ 
means an employment strategy for youth and adults 
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who are chronically unemployed or those that have 
barriers to employment that— 
‘‘(A) is conducted by State, tribal, and 
local governments, State, tribal, and local work-
force boards, and nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(B) provides time-limited employment 
using individual placements, team placements, 
and social enterprise placements, without dis-
placing existing employees; 
‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with appli-
cable law, but in no event less than the higher 
of the rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)) or the applicable State or local min-
imum wage law, which are subsidized, in whole 
or in part, by public funds; 
‘‘(D) combines time-limited employment 
with activities that promote skill development, 
remove barriers to employment, and lead to un-
subsidized employment such as a thorough ori-
entation and individual assessment, job readi-
ness and life skills training, case management 
and supportive services, adult education and 
training, child support-related services, job re-
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tention support and incentives, and other simi-
lar activities; 
‘‘(E) places participants into unsubsidized 
employment; and 
‘‘(F) provides job retention, re-employment 
services, and continuing and vocational edu-
cation to ensure continuing participation in un-
subsidized employment and identification of op-
portunities for advancement.’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents in section 2 of the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17501 note) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 4 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 4. Definitions.’’. 
(h) EXTENSION OF THE LENGTH OF SECTION 2976 
GRANTS.—Section 6(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17504(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or under 
section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w)’’ after ‘‘and 212’’. 
SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘unre-
solved audit finding’’ means an audit report finding or rec-
ommendation that a grantee has used grant funds for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 
that is not closed or resolved during a 1-year period begin-
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ning on the date of an initial notification of the finding 
or recommendation. 
(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2013, and every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice shall conduct an audit of 
not less than 5 percent of all grantees that are awarded 
funding under— 
(1) section 2976(b) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797w(b)); 
(2) part CC of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797q et seq.), as amended by this Act; 
(3) part DD of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797s et seq.); 
(4) part JJ of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797dd et seq.); or 
(5) section 115, 201, or 211 of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17511, 17521, and 
17531). 
(c) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A grantee that is 
found to have an unresolved audit finding under an audit 
conducted under subsection (b) may not receive grant 
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funds under the grant programs described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5) of subsection (b) in the fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year to which the finding relates. 
(d) PRIORITY OF GRANT AWARDS.—The Attorney 
General, in awarding grants under the programs described 
in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) shall give 
priority to eligible entities that during the 2-year period 
preceding the application for a grant have not been found 
to have an unresolved audit finding. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL REENTRY IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) RESPONSIBLE
REINTEGRATION
OF
OFFEND-
ERS.—Section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17532) is repealed. 
(b) FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.— 
Section 231 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17541) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘carried 
out during fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘carried out during fiscal years 2014 
through 2018’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘65 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘60 years’’; and 
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(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or 75 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘or 2⁄3’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (h); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(h); and 
(4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’. 
(c) ENHANCING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PER-
TAINING TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.—Section 3624(c) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), in the second sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, and number of prisoners not being 
placed in community corrections facilities for each 
reason set forth’’ before ‘‘, and any other informa-
tion’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the Second 
Chance Act of 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘the Second 
Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 
(d) TERMINATION OF STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF 
DEPOT NALTREXONE FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.—Section 
244 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17554) 
is repealed. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE-
SEARCH.—Section 245 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17555) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘243, and 244’’ and inserting 
‘‘and 243’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal 
years 
2009 
and 
2010’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014, 2015, 
2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 
(f) FEDERAL PRISONER RECIDIVISM REDUCTION 
PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3621 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 
following: 
‘‘(g) PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RE-
ENTRY PROGRAMS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—The term ‘demonstrated to 
reduce recidivism’ means that the Director of Bu-
reau of Prisons has determined that appropriate re-
search has been conducted and has validated the ef-
fectiveness of the type of program on recidivism. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIDIVISM REDUCTION 
PARTNERSHIP.—A faith-based or community-based 
nonprofit organization that provides mentoring or 
other programs that have been demonstrated to re-
duce recidivism is eligible to enter into a recidivism 
reduction partnership with a prison or community- 
based facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall develop 
policies to require wardens of prisons and commu-
nity-based facilities to enter into recidivism reduc-
tion partnerships with faith-based and community- 
based nonprofit organizations that are willing to pro-
vide, on a volunteer basis, programs described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress 
an annual report on the last day of each fiscal year 
that— 
‘‘(A) details, for each prison and commu-
nity-based facility for the fiscal year just 
ended— 
‘‘(i) the number of recidivism reduc-
tion partnerships under this section that 
were in effect; 
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‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers that 
provided recidivism reduction program-
ming; and 
‘‘(iii) the number of recidivism reduc-
tion programming hours provided; and 
‘‘(B) explains any disparities between fa-
cilities in the numbers reported under subpara-
graph (A).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) REPEALS.— 
(1) Section 2978 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797w–2) is repealed. 
(2) Part CC of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797q et seq.) is repealed. 
SEC. 5. 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, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agri-
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culture, and the heads of such other agencies of the Fed-
eral Government as the Attorney General considers appro-
priate, and in collaboration with interested persons, serv-
ice providers, nonprofit organizations, States, tribal, and 
local governments, shall establish an interagency task 
force on Federal programs and activities relating to the 
reentry of offenders into the community (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(1) identify such programs and activities that 
may be resulting in overlap or duplication of serv-
ices, the scope of such overlap or duplication, and 
the relationship of such overlap and duplication to 
public safety, public health, and effectiveness and ef-
ficiency; 
(2) identify methods to improve collaboration 
and coordination of such programs and activities; 
(3) identify areas of responsibility in which im-
proved collaboration and coordination of such pro-
grams and activities would result in increased effec-
tiveness or efficiency; 
(4) develop innovative interagency or intergov-
ernmental programs, activities, or procedures that 
would improve outcomes of reentering offenders and 
children of offenders; 
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(5) develop methods for increasing regular com-
munication among agencies that would increase 
interagency program effectiveness; 
(6) identify areas of research that can be co-
ordinated across agencies with an emphasis on ap-
plying evidence-based practices to support, treat-
ment, and intervention programs for reentering of-
fenders; 
(7) identify funding areas that should be co-
ordinated across agencies and any gaps in funding; 
and 
(8) in collaboration with the National Adult and 
Juvenile Offender Reentry Resources Center, iden-
tify successful programs currently operating and col-
lect best practices in offender reentry from dem-
onstration grantees and other agencies and organiza-
tions, determine the extent to which such programs 
and practices can be replicated, and make informa-
tion on such programs and practices available to 
States, localities, nonprofit organizations, and oth-
ers. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Task 
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Force shall submit a report, including recommenda-
tions, to Congress on barriers to reentry. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall identify Federal and other bar-
riers to successful reentry of offenders into the com-
munity and analyze the effects of such barriers on 
offenders and on children and other family members 
of offenders, including— 
(A) admissions and evictions from Federal 
housing programs; 
(B) child support obligations and proce-
dures; 
(C) Social Security benefits, veterans bene-
fits, food stamps, and other forms of Federal 
public assistance; 
(D) Medicaid Program and Medicare Pro-
gram procedures, requirements, regulations, 
and guidelines; 
(E) education programs, financial assist-
ance, and full civic participation; 
(F) Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam-
ilies program funding criteria and other welfare 
benefits; 
(G) employment and training; 
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(H) reentry procedures, case planning, and 
transitions of persons from the custody of the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons to a Federal parole 
or probation program or community corrections; 
(I) laws, regulations, rules, and practices 
that may require a parolee to return to the 
same county that they were living in before 
their arrest and therefore prevent offenders 
from changing their setting upon release; and 
(J) trying to establish pre-release planning 
procedures for prisoners to ensure that a pris-
oner’s eligibility for Federal or State benefits 
(including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security 
and veterans benefits) upon release is estab-
lished prior to release, subject to any limita-
tions in law, and to ensure that prisoners are 
provided with referrals to appropriate social and 
health services or are referred to appropriate 
nonprofit organizations. 
(d) UPDATED REPORTS.—On an annual basis, the 
Task Force shall submit to Congress an updated report 
on the activities of the Task Force, including specific rec-
ommendations on issues described in subsections (b) and 
(c). 
Æ 
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