3.0.0 2977 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z Senate S S 2004-10-11 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-10-11T18:28:27Z 2004-10-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11307-11309) IntroReferral 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11306-11307) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Crime and Law Enforcement Case management Child welfare Civics education Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Community organization Community-based corrections Correctional personnel Counseling Criminal statistics Criminology Department of Justice Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Education Educational tests Employee training Ex-offenders Executive reorganization Families Family services Federal aid to law enforcement Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publications Government publicity Grants-in-aid Halfway houses Health Labor and Employment Literacy programs Mental health services Mentoring Nonprofit organizations Parole Prisoners Prisoners' rights Probation Rehabilitation of criminals Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Urban affairs Voting rights Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-10-11 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-23T15:22:31Z Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act of 2004 - Establishes within the Department of Justice the Office of Community Services. Requires the Office Director to: (1) develop and administer grant programs to prepare incarcerated persons for reentry into the community or to assist reentering offenders in their transition; and (2) make grants to nongovernmental entities that have expertise in providing such services.

Authorizes the Director to award a grant to an eligible organization to establish a National Offender Reentry Initiative Clearinghouse.

Requires the Director to award grants: (1) to State or local corrections agencies to provide services to incarcerated persons, including education, substance abuse treatment, and vocational skills training; (2) to consortiums of such agencies and to State or local parole or probation agencies to provide services to incarcerated persons who have not more than one year remaining of their sentence or to released offenders within 18 months after release; (3) to parole and probation agencies to provide offenders with services to help with their transition; and (4) to correctional, parole, or probation agencies and nongovernmental entities for community protection programs.

Directs the Bureau of Prisons to provide each offender released from Federal prisons information on how to restore voting rights and other civil and civic rights.

Earmarks specified funds for research, technical assistance, and training.

]]> Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act of 2004 Display Title Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office of Community Justice Services within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108s2977is/xml/BILLS-108s2977is.xml 2004-10-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11307-11309) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.