Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3465
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2013-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Research administration and funding
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-13
text: 
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and expand requirements for the grant program for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects and to extend the authorization for appropriations for such program through FY2018. 
 
Amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for grants for: (1) family-based substance abuse treatment, (2) the technology careers training demonstration program, and (3) the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program. Renames the program of mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations for offender reentry as the program of community-based mentoring and transitional service grants to nonprofit organizations. Provides for enhanced services under such program to assist in the reintegration of offenders into the community. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program through FY2018.
 
Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to periodically conduct audits of not less than 5% of all recipients of specified offender reentry grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Second Chance Act of 2007.
 
Amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to: (1) modify and extend through FY2018 grant programs for reentry of federal prisoners into the community, including the program for placing elderly offenders in home detention; (2) repeal programs under such Act relating to responsible reintegration of offenders, the study of the effectiveness of Depot Naltrexone for heroin addiction, and the satellite tracking and reentry training program; and (3) establish a program for partnering faith-based or community-based nonprofit organizations with prisons to conduct recidivism reduction activities. 
 
Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with specified federal officials and in collaboration with interested persons and entities, to establish an interagency task force on federal programs and activities for the reentry of offenders into the community. Requires such task force to: (1) evaluate and identity methods for improving such programs and activities, and (2) report to Congress on barriers faced by offenders in reentering the community and update such report annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-13
text: Introduced in House