Title: Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to:
Additionally, the legislation amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to:
It amends the federal criminal code to establish partnerships between prisons and faith- or community-based nonprofit organizations to conduct activities to reduce recidivism.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds. The bill subjects grants to accountability provisions and limits the use of grants for conferences that use more than $20,000 in DOJ funds.
DOJ, in collaboration with interested persons, providers, and organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments, must coordinate and report to Congress on federal reentry programs, policies, and practices.
Finally, the National Institute of Justice must evaluate the effectiveness of grants for offender reentry and recidivism reduction programs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3635 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3635

             To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2018

Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PROGRAMS.

    (a) Reauthorization of Adult and Juvenile Offender State and Local 
Demonstration Projects.--Section 2976 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Grant Authorization.--The Attorney General shall make grants 
to States, local governments, territories, 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), service providers, and nonprofit 
organizations for the purpose of strategic planning and implementation 
of adult and juvenile offender reentry projects.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or reentry 
                courts,'' after ``community,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) promoting employment opportunities consistent with 
        the Transitional Jobs strategy (as defined in section 4 of the 
        Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60502)).''; and
            (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 subsection (e) and an implementation 
        grant under subsection (f).
            ``(2) Priority consideration.--The Attorney General shall 
        give priority consideration to grant applications 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 intended 
                offender population; and
                    ``(B) serve as a baseline for purposes of the 
                evaluation.
    ``(e) Planning Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 
        Attorney General may make a grant to an eligible entity of not 
        more than $75,000 to develop a strategic, collaborative plan 
        for an adult or 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 measures that 
                will be used to measure the effectiveness of the 
                program in promoting public safety and public health;
                    ``(C) the activities proposed;
                    ``(D) a schedule for completion of the activities 
                described in subparagraph (C); and
                    ``(E) a description of the personnel necessary to 
                complete the activities described in subparagraph (C).
            ``(2) Maximum total grants and geographic diversity.--
                    ``(A) Maximum amount.--The Attorney General may not 
                make initial planning grants and implementation grants 
                to 1 eligible entity in a total amount that is more 
                than a $1,000,000.
                    ``(B) Geographic diversity.--The Attorney General 
                shall make every effort to ensure equitable geographic 
                distribution of grants under this section and take into 
                consideration the needs of underserved populations, 
                including rural and tribal communities.
            ``(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 nonprofit 
                organizations that will be coordinated by, and that 
                will collaborate on, the offender reentry strategy of 
                the applicant, and certifies the involvement of such 
                agencies and organizations;
                    ``(C) describes the evidence-based methodology and 
                outcome measures that will be used to evaluate the 
                program funded with a grant under this subsection, and 
                specifically explains how such measurements will 
                provide valid measures of the impact of that program; 
                and
                    ``(D) describes how the project could be broadly 
                replicated if demonstrated to be effective.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The Attorney General may make a grant 
        to an applicant under this subsection 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 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 offenders into their communities;
                    ``(C) provides evidence of collaboration with 
                State, local, or tribal government agencies overseeing 
                health, housing, child welfare, education, substance 
                abuse, victims services, and employment services, and 
                with local law enforcement agencies;
                    ``(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, 
                territorial, or tribal task force, described in 
                subsection (i), to carry out the activities funded 
                under the grant;
                    ``(F) provides a plan for continued collaboration 
                with a local evaluator as necessary to meeting the 
                requirements under subsection (h); and
                    ``(G) demonstrates that the applicant participated 
                in the planning grant process or engaged in comparable 
                planning for the reentry project.
            ``(3) Priority considerations.--The Attorney 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 facilities;
                    ``(B) include--
                            ``(i) input from nonprofit organizations, 
                        in any case where relevant input is available 
                        and appropriate to the grant application;
                            ``(ii) consultation with crime victims and 
                        offenders who are released from prisons, jails, 
                        and juvenile facilities;
                            ``(iii) coordination with families of 
                        offenders;
                            ``(iv) input, where appropriate, from the 
                        juvenile justice coordinating council of the 
                        region;
                            ``(v) input, where appropriate, from the 
                        reentry coordinating council of the region; or
                            ``(vi) input, where appropriate, from other 
                        interested persons;
                    ``(C) demonstrate effective case assessment and 
                management abilities in order to provide comprehensive 
                and continuous reentry, including--
                            ``(i) planning for prerelease transitional 
                        housing and community release that begins upon 
                        admission for juveniles and jail inmates, and, 
                        as appropriate, for prison 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 necessary 
                        referrals for reentry services, including 
                        assistance identifying and securing suitable 
                        housing; or
                            ``(iii) delivery of continuous and 
                        appropriate 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 applicant 
                adjudicates violations of parole, probation, or 
                supervision following release from prison, jail, or a 
                juvenile facility, taking into account public safety 
                and the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for 
                minor and technical violations of parole, probation, or 
                supervision (specifically those violations that are not 
                otherwise, and independently, a violation of law);
                    ``(E) provide for an independent evaluation of 
                reentry programs that include, to the maximum extent 
                possible, random assignment and controlled studies to 
                determine the effectiveness of such programs;
                    ``(F) target moderate and high-risk offenders for 
                reentry programs through validated assessment tools; or
                    ``(G) target offenders with histories of 
                homelessness, substance abuse, or mental illness, 
                including a prerelease assessment of the housing status 
                of the offender and behavioral health needs of the 
                offender with clear coordination with mental health, 
                substance abuse, and homelessness services systems to 
                achieve stable and permanent housing outcomes with 
                appropriate support service.
            ``(4) Period of grant.--A grant made under this subsection 
        shall be effective for a 2-year period--
                    ``(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 awarded.'';
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving financial 
        assistance under subsection (f), each application shall develop 
        a comprehensive reentry strategic plan that--
                    ``(A) contains a plan to assess inmate reentry 
                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 effectiveness of the program 
                funded with a grant under subsection (f); and
                    ``(C) includes as a goal of the plan to reduce the 
                rate of recidivism for offenders released 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 target goal for recidivism reduction 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 inserting ``under 
                subsection (f)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection 
                (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'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``, 
                        where appropriate'' after ``support''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (F), (G), 
                        and (H), and inserting the following:
                    ``(F) increased number of staff trained to 
                administer reentry services;
                    ``(G) increased proportion of individuals served by 
                the program among those eligible to receive services;
                    ``(H) increased number of individuals receiving 
                risk screening needs assessment, and case planning 
                services;
                    ``(I) increased enrollment in, and completion of 
                treatment services, including substance abuse and 
                mental health services among those assessed as needing 
                such services;
                    ``(J) increased enrollment in and degrees earned 
                from educational programs, including high school, GED, 
                vocational training, and college education;
                    ``(K) increased number of individuals obtaining and 
                retaining employment;
                    ``(L) increased number of individuals obtaining and 
                maintaining housing;
                    ``(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 individuals 
                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 ``facilities.'' 
                and inserting ``facilities, including a cost-benefit 
                analysis to determine the cost effectiveness of the 
                reentry program.'';
                    (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (f)''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (f)'';
            (7) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ``this section'' each 
        place the term appears and inserting ``subsection (f)'';
            (8) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``beginning on 
                the date on which the most recent implementation grant 
                is made to the grantee 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 ``appropriated'' and 
        all that follows and inserting the following: ``appropriated 
        $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.''; 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 offenders 
        reentering the community;
            ``(2) provides continual judicial supervision;
            ``(3) provides juvenile and adult eligible offenders 
        reentering the community with coordinated and comprehensive 
        reentry services and programs, such as--
                    ``(A) drug and alcohol testing and assessment 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 appropriate 
                entity to provide alcohol and drug addiction treatment, 
                as appropriate;
                    ``(C) substance abuse treatment, including 
                medication-assisted treatment, from a provider that is 
                approved by the State or Indian tribe, and licensed, if 
                necessary, to provide medical and other health 
                services;
                    ``(D) health (including mental health) services and 
                assessment;
                    ``(E) aftercare and case management services 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 offenders, including--
                    ``(A) housing assistance;
                    ``(B) education;
                    ``(C) job training;
                    ``(D) conflict resolution skills training;
                    ``(E) batterer intervention programs; and
                    ``(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 (34 
U.S.C. 10591 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2921 (34 U.S.C. 10591), in the matter 
        preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``nonprofit 
        organizations,'' before ``and Indian'';
            (2) in section 2923 (34 U.S.C. 10593), by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(c) Priority Considerations.--The Attorney General shall give 
priority consideration to grant applications for grants under section 
2921 that are submitted by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a 
relationship with State and local criminal justice agencies, 
including--
            ``(1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial agencies; or
            ``(2) with the local corrections agencies, which shall be 
        documented by a written agreement that details the terms of 
        access to facilities and participants and provides information 
        on the history of the organization of working with correctional 
        populations.''; and
            (3) by striking section 2926(a) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.''.
    (c) Grant Program To Evaluate and Improve Educational Methods at 
Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile 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 striking 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 methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``PART NN--GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT 
                PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILITIES

``SEC. 3041. GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS 
              AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Grant Program Authorized.--The Attorney General may carry out 
a grant program under which the Attorney General may make grants to 
States, units of local government, territories, Indian Tribes, and 
other public and private entities to--
            ``(1) evaluate methods to improve academic and vocational 
        education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 
        facilities;
            ``(2) identify, and make recommendations to the Attorney 
        General regarding, best practices relating to academic and 
        vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and 
        juvenile facilities, based on the evaluation under paragraph 
        (1);
            ``(3) improve the academic and vocational education 
        programs (including technology career training) available to 
        offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and
            ``(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) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this part, a 
State or other entity described in subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application in such form and manner, at such time, 
and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General specifies.
    ``(c) Best Practices.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018, the 
Attorney General shall identify and publish best practices relating to 
academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and 
juvenile facilities. The best practices shall consider the evaluations 
performed and recommendations made under grants made under subsection 
(a) before the date of enactment of the Second Chance Reauthorization 
Act of 2018.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the last day of the 
final fiscal year of a grant under this part, each entity described in 
subsection (a) receiving such a grant shall submit to the Attorney 
General a detailed report of the progress made by the entity using such 
grant, to permit the Attorney General to evaluate and improve academic 
and vocational education methods carried out with grants under this 
part.''; and
            (3) in section 1001(a) of part J of title I of the Omnibus 
        Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
        10261(a)), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(28) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
        section 3031(a)(4) of part NN $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.''.
    (d) Careers Training Demonstration Grants.--Section 115 of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60511) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``technology careers'' and 
        inserting ``careers'';
            (2) 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, including 
                subsidized employment, when part of a training program, 
                to prisoners and reentering youth and adults'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``technology careers training'';
                    (B) by striking ``technology-based''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, as well as upon transition and 
                reentry into the community'' after ``facility'';
            (4) by striking subsection (e);
            (5) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively;
            (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Priority Consideration.--Priority consideration 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-release employment planning 
        for each offender served under the grant;
            ``(3) demonstrates connections to employers within the 
        local community; or
            ``(4) tracks and monitors employment outcomes.''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.''.
    (e) Offender Reentry Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice 
Collaboration Program.--Section 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 
2007 (34 U.S.C. 60521(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 
        2019 through 2023.''.
    (f) Community-Based Mentoring and Transitional Service Grants to 
Nonprofit Organizations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 211 of the Second Chance Act of 
        2007 (34 U.S.C. 60531) is amended--
                    (A) in the header, by striking ``mentoring grants 
                to nonprofit organizations'' and inserting ``community-
                based mentoring and transitional service grants to 
                nonprofit organizations'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``mentoring and 
                other'';
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(2) transitional services to assist in the reintegration 
        of offenders into the community, including--
                    ``(A) educational, literacy, and vocational, 
                services and the Transitional Jobs strategy;
                    ``(B) substance abuse treatment and services;
                    ``(C) coordinated supervision and comprehensive 
                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 section'' 
                and all that follows and inserting the following: 
                ``this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
                2019 through 2023.''.
            (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
        section 2 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199; 
        122 Stat. 657) is amended by striking the item relating to 
        section 211 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 211. Community-based mentoring and transitional service 
                            grants.''.
    (g) Definitions.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
        (34 U.S.C. 60502) 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, tribal, 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 result of the 
                conviction described in subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) has been determined to be factually innocent 
                of the offense described in subparagraph (A);
            ``(2) the term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given in 
        section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
        Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251);
            ``(3) the term `offender' includes an exoneree; and
            ``(4) the term `Transitional Jobs strategy' means an 
        employment strategy for youth and adults 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 workforce boards, 
                and nonprofit organizations;
                    ``(B) provides time-limited employment using 
                individual placements, team placements, and social 
                enterprise placements, without displacing existing 
                employees;
                    ``(C) pays wages in accordance with applicable 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 minimum 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 unsubsidized 
                employment such as a thorough orientation and 
                individual assessment, job readiness and life skills 
                training, case management and supportive services, 
                adult education and training, child support-related 
                services, job retention support and incentives, and 
                other similar activities;
                    ``(E) places participants into unsubsidized 
                employment; and
                    ``(F) provides job retention, re-employment 
                services, and continuing and vocational education to 
                ensure continuing participation in unsubsidized 
                employment and identification of opportunities for 
                advancement.''.
            (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
        section 2 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199; 
        122 Stat. 657) 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 (34 U.S.C. 60504(1)) is amended by 
inserting ``or under section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631)'' after ``and 212''.

SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``covered grant program'' means grants awarded 
        under section 115, 201, or 211 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 
        (34 U.S.C. 60511, 60521, and 60531), as amended by this Act;
            (2) the term ``covered grantee'' means a recipient of a 
        grant from a covered grant program;
            (3) the term ``nonprofit'', when used with respect to an 
        organization, means an organization that is described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and is 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and
            (4) the term ``unresolved audit finding'' means an audit 
        report finding in a final audit report of the Inspector General 
        of the Department of Justice that a covered grantee has used 
        grant funds awarded to that grantee under a covered grant 
        program for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
        unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved during a 12-
        month period prior to the date on which the final audit report 
        is issued.
    (b) Audit Requirement.--Beginning in fiscal year 2019, and annually 
thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
conduct audits of covered grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds awarded under covered grant programs. The Inspector General 
shall determine the appropriate number of covered grantees to be 
audited each year.
    (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 funds under a covered grant program in the fiscal 
year following the fiscal year to which the finding relates.
    (d) Reimbursement.--If a covered grantee is awarded funds under the 
covered grant program from which it received a grant award during the 
1-fiscal-year period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 
an allocation of grant funds under subsection (c), the Attorney General 
shall--
            (1) deposit into the General Fund of the Treasury an amount 
        that is equal to the amount of the grant funds that were 
        improperly awarded to the covered grantee; and
            (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the Fund 
        from the covered grantee that was improperly awarded the grant 
        funds.
    (e) Priority of Grant Awards.--The Attorney General, in awarding 
grants under a covered grant program 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.
    (f) Nonprofit Requirements.--
            (1) Prohibition.--A nonprofit organization that holds money 
        in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding the tax 
        described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, shall not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, 
        any funds from a covered grant program.
            (2) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is a 
        covered grantee shall disclose in its application for such a 
        grant, as a condition of receipt of such a grant, the 
        compensation of its officers, directors, and trustees. Such 
        disclosure shall include a description of the criteria relied 
        on to determine such compensation.
    (g) Prohibition on Lobbying Activity.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts made available under a covered 
        grant program may not be used by any covered grantee to--
                    (A) lobby any representative of the Department of 
                Justice regarding the award of grant funding; or
                    (B) lobby any representative of the Federal 
                Government or a State, local, or tribal government 
                regarding the award of grant funding.
            (2) Penalty.--If the Attorney General determines that a 
        covered grantee has violated paragraph (1), the Attorney 
        General shall--
                    (A) require the covered grantee to repay the grant 
                in full; and
                    (B) prohibit the covered grantee from receiving a 
                grant under the covered grant program from which it 
                received a grant award during at least the 5-year 
                period beginning on the date of such violation.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL REENTRY IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Responsible Reintegration of Offenders.--Section 212 of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60532) is repealed.
    (b) Federal Prisoner Reentry Initiative.--Section 231 of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (434 U.S.C. 60541) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``carried out 
                during fiscal years 2009 and 2010'' and inserting 
                ``carried out during fiscal years 2019 through 2023''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A)(ii), by striking ``the 
                greater of 10 years or'';
            (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 ``2019 through 2023''.
    (c) Enhancing Reporting Requirements Pertaining 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 information''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``the Second Chance Act 
        of 2007'' and inserting ``the Second Chance Reauthorization Act 
        of 2018''.
    (d) Termination of Study on Effectiveness of Depot Naltrexone for 
Heroin Addiction.--Section 244 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 
U.S.C. 60554) is repealed.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations for Research.--Section 245 of 
the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60555) 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 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023''.
    (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 subsection 
                (h); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 
                following:
    ``(g) Partnerships To Expand Access to Reentry Programs Proven To 
Reduce Recidivism.--
            ``(1) Definition.--The term `demonstrated to reduce 
        recidivism' means that the Director of Bureau of Prisons has 
        determined that appropriate research has been conducted and has 
        validated the effectiveness of the type of program on 
        recidivism.
            ``(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 reduce 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 community-based facilities to enter into 
        recidivism reduction partnerships with faith-based and 
        community-based nonprofit organizations that are willing to 
        provide, 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 community-based 
                facility for the fiscal year just ended--
                            ``(i) the number of recidivism reduction 
                        partnerships under this section that were in 
                        effect;
                            ``(ii) the number of volunteers that 
                        provided recidivism reduction programming; and
                            ``(iii) the number of recidivism reduction 
                        programming hours provided; and
                    ``(B) explains any disparities between facilities 
                in the numbers reported under subparagraph (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 (34 U.S.C. 10633) is repealed.
            (2) Part CC of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
        Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10581 et seq.) is repealed.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY REENTRY COORDINATION.

    (a) Reentry Coordination.--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 
Agriculture, and the heads of such other agencies of the Federal 
Government as the Attorney General considers appropriate, and in 
collaboration with interested persons, service providers, nonprofit 
organizations, and State, tribal, and local governments, shall 
coordinate on Federal programs, policies, and activities relating to 
the reentry of individuals returning from incarceration to the 
community, with an emphasis on evidence-based practices and protection 
against duplication of services.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries 
listed in subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a report summarizing 
the achievements under subsection (a), and including recommendations 
for Congress that would further reduce barriers to successful reentry.

SEC. 6. CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.

    (a) Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Justice under this Act, or any amendments made by this 
Act, may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or 
organization awarded discretionary funds under this Act, or any 
amendments made by this Act, to host or support any expenditure for 
conferences that uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, unless the 
Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, 
or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 
provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to 
host a conference. A conference that uses more than $20,000 in such 
funds, but less than an average of $500 in such funds for each attendee 
of the conference, shall not be subject to the limitations of this 
section.
    (b) Written Approval.--Written approval under subsection (a) shall 
include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, 
including the cost of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, 
honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment.
    (c) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual 
report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 
approved conference expenditures referenced in this section.

SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT PROGRAM.

    (a) Evaluation of the Second Chance Act Grant Program.--Not later 
than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the National 
Institute of Justice shall evaluate the effectiveness of grants used by 
the Department of Justice to support offender reentry and recidivism 
reduction programs at the State, local, Tribal, and Federal levels. The 
National Institute of Justice shall evaluate the following:
            (1) The effectiveness of such programs in relation to their 
        cost, including the extent to which the programs improve 
        reentry outcomes, including employment, education, housing, 
        reductions in recidivism, of participants in comparison to 
        comparably situated individuals who did not participate in such 
        programs and activities.
            (2) The effectiveness of program structures and mechanisms 
        for delivery of services.
            (3) The impact of such programs on the communities and 
        participants involved.
            (4) The impact of such programs on related programs and 
        activities.
            (5) The extent to which such programs meet the needs of 
        various demographic groups.
            (6) The quality and effectiveness of technical assistance 
        provided by the Department of Justice to grantees for 
        implementing such programs.
            (7) Such other factors as may be appropriate.
    (b) Authorization of Funds for Evaluation.--Not more than 1 percent 
of any amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Second 
Chance Act grant program shall be made available to the National 
Institute of Justice each year to evaluate the processes, 
implementation, outcomes, costs, and effectiveness of the Second Chance 
Act grant program in improving reentry and reducing recidivism. Such 
funding may be used to provide support to grantees for supplemental 
data collection, analysis, and coordination associated with evaluation 
activities.
    (c) Techniques.--Evaluations conducted under this section shall use 
appropriate methodology and research designs. Impact evaluations 
conducted under this section shall include the use of intervention and 
control groups chosen by random assignment methods, to the extent 
possible.
    (d) Metrics and Outcomes for Evaluation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the National Institute of Justice shall 
        consult with relevant stakeholders and identify outcome 
        measures, including employment, housing, education, and public 
        safety, that are to be achieved by programs authorized under 
        the Second Chance Act grant program and the metrics by which 
        the achievement of such outcomes shall be determined.
            (2) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which the National Institute of Justice identifies metrics and 
        outcomes under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall 
        publish such metrics and outcomes identified.
    (e) Data Collection.--As a condition of award under the Second 
Chance Act grant program (including a subaward under section 3021(b) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10701(b))), grantees shall be required to collect and report to 
the Department of Justice data based upon the metrics identified under 
subsection (d). In accordance with applicable law, collection of 
individual-level data under a pledge of confidentiality shall be 
protected by the National Institute of Justice in accordance with such 
pledge.
    (f) Data Accessibility.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the National Institute of Justice shall--
            (1) make data collected during the course of evaluation 
        under this section available in de-identified form in such a 
        manner that reasonably protects a pledge of confidentiality to 
        participants under subsection (e); and
            (2) make identifiable data collected during the course of 
        evaluation under this section available to qualified 
        researchers for future research and evaluation, in accordance 
        with applicable law.
    (g) Publication and Reporting of Evaluation Findings.--The National 
Institute of Justice shall--
            (1) not later than 365 days after the date on which the 
        enrollment of participants in an impact evaluation is 
        completed, publish an interim report on such evaluation;
            (2) not later than 90 days after the date on which any 
        evaluation is completed, publish and make publicly available 
        such evaluation; and
            (3) not later than 60 days after the completion date 
        described in paragraph (2), submit a report to the Committee on 
        the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
        on the Judiciary of the Senate on such evaluation.
    (h) Second Chance Act Grant Program Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``Second Chance Act grant program'' means any grant program 
reauthorized under this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
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