1.Short
title and table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Fighting Gangs and Empowering
Youth Act of 2006
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table
of contents.
TITLE I—Prevention and economic empowerment
Sec. 101. Reauthorization of certain after-school
programs.
Sec. 102. Reauthorization of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act.
Sec. 103. Public and assisted housing gang
elimination.
Sec. 104. Demonstration grants to encourage creative approaches
to gang activity and after-school programs.
Sec. 105. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State
and local reentry demonstration projects.
Sec. 106. Children of incarcerated parents and
families.
Sec. 107. Encouragement of employment of former
prisoners.
Sec. 108. Federal resource center for children of
prisoners.
Sec. 109. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant
funding for demonstration project activities.
Sec. 110. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration
supervision violations and revocations.
Sec. 111. Improvement of the residential substance abuse
treatment for State prisoners program.
Sec. 112. Residential drug abuse program in Federal
prisons.
Sec. 113. Removal of limitation on amount of funds available
for corrections education programs under the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act.
Sec. 114. Technical amendment to drug-free student loans
provision to ensure that it applies only to offenses committed while receiving
Federal aid.
Sec. 115. Mentoring grants to nonprofit
organizations.
Sec. 116. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in
community corrections.
Sec. 117. Grants to States for improved workplace and community
transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.
Sec. 118. Improved reentry procedures for Federal
prisoners.
Sec. 119. Reauthorization of Learn and Serve
America.
Sec. 120. Job Corps.
Sec. 121. Workforce Investment Act youth
activities.
Sec. 122. Expansion and reauthorization of the mentoring
initiative for system involved youth.
Sec. 123. Strategic community planning program.
Sec. 124. Reauthorization of the Gang Resistance Education and
Training Projects Program and increase funding for the national youth gang
survey.
TITLE II—Suppression and community anti-gang
initiatives
Subtitle A—Gang activity policing program
Sec. 201. Authority to make gang activity policing
grants.
Sec. 202. Eligible activities.
Sec. 203. Preferential consideration of applications for
certain grants.
Sec. 204. Utilization of components.
Sec. 205. Minimum amount.
Sec. 206. Matching funds.
Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—High intensity interstate gang activity
areas
Sec. 211. Designation of and assistance for high
intensity
interstate gang activity areas.
Subtitle C—Additional funding
Sec. 221. Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to investigate and prosecute violent criminal street
gangs.
Sec. 222. Grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat
violent crime and to protect witnesses and victims of crimes.
Sec. 223. Enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative
to improve enforcement of criminal laws against violent gangs.
TITLE III—Punishment and improved crime data
Sec. 301. Criminal street gangs.
Sec. 302. Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of criminal
street gangs.
Sec. 303. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in
aid of racketeering enterprises and criminal street gangs.
Sec. 304. Amendments relating to violent crime in areas of
exclusive Federal jurisdiction.
Sec. 305. Increased penalties for use of interstate commerce
facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of
violence.
Sec. 306. Increased penalties for violent crimes in aid of
racketeering activity.
Sec. 307. Violent crimes committed during and in relation to a
drug trafficking crime.
Sec. 308. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release
of persons charged with firearms offenses.
Sec. 309. Statute of limitations for violent crime.
Sec. 310. Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of
wire, oral, and electronic communications.
Sec. 311. Clarification to hearsay exception for forfeiture by
wrongdoing.
Sec. 312. Clarification of venue for retaliation against a
witness.
Sec. 313. Amendment of sentencing guidelines relating to
certain gang and violent crimes.
Sec. 314. Solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal
street gang activity.
Sec. 315. Increased penalties for criminal use of firearms in
crimes of violence and drug trafficking.
Sec. 316. Possession of firearms by dangerous
felons.
Sec. 317. Standardization of crime reporting.
Sec. 318. Providing additional forensic examiners.
Sec. 319. Study on expanding Federal authority for juvenile
offenders.
<enum>I</enum><header>Prevention and
economic empowerment</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H322C3C187B8B4B778F401C6F58192748" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization of
certain after-school programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D78D2426B544F488097AC59A1DE72EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>21st century
community learning centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4206 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H327EECE3E5A043A0B831C5BD34D588C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking
<quote>$2,250,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000,000</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60D3052932524F7BA96263CB2D8FFB40"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking
<quote>$2,500,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$2,750,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62EA6356C3E6481A87FDC81B466D56AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Carol M. White
Physical Education Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5401 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEB348C4E18E4DDE8F4F3C0035D5FF58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>There are</quote> and
inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
General.—</header-in-text>There are</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H838E220552FF4D4087634967EACE0010"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H522DB1DF2B7B4E449675A6A757EE7E8D" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0AC103C0BD04C65994EEB8C1943CDE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Physical
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized
to be appropriated $73,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to carry
out subpart
10.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DDF6BC691274A1FB80037D0361EEBBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal TRIO
Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402A(f) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(f)) is amended by striking
<quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$883,000,000
for fiscal year 2007 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00CCC8A004FC477EA8480090EEC5D617"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GEARUP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404H of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–28) is amended by striking <quote>$200,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years</quote> and inserting <quote>$325,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id50E955F397464D7BA58AF0A49494F48F"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act</header>
<subsection id="ID1b206b8cffa44ae39108e7f211862f77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safe and
drug-free schools and communities</header><text>Section 4003 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7103) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID19ca5a7117e946df9627fa17a3f56932"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>$650,000,000 for fiscal year 2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2007</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71c4917a3f4d48d78297244165bd89c8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>such sums for fiscal year 2002, and</quote> and inserting
<quote>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2007</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDea2085bc364d4bb1ad44e654925a8fe7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
coordinator initiative</header><text>Section 4125 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7135(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4419A301B6474F11AC10644C2568D226"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB139EBF84DCE446C96B61EA7C7E578E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section
4003(2), the Secretary may provide</quote> and inserting <quote>From amounts
made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) for each fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than $40,000,000 to provide</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE18D84EC99FA4CFDA20D6E90620A062C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, gang prevention,</quote> after <quote>drug prevention</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE1E34E070D048E0B9A852DF9105B705"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6273AE415D414160AD4A2F15AF11C4D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<clause id="id12A542CE50BB4B38BB54DED8CFBAD413"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, gang prevention,</quote> after <quote>serve as drug
prevention</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id80E9E850BEFF4EC097651CB2C5629EB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting “, gang,” after <quote>significant drug</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4D5542F30904EA593CE7843E4D8C9EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by inserting “, gang,” after <quote>analyzing assessments of
drug</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7c4b9b0c27c94ba0acaa0bfdd22f17a4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mentoring
program</header><text>Section 4130(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7140(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBB5C778CFA784FBF8069A9BF5CD2E5B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Secretary
may award grants from funds made available to carry out this subpart under
section 4003(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>From amounts made available to
carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) for each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve not less than $50,000,000 to award
grants</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID813a26be1daf4371a50d83b43e358139"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>elementary school and middle school</quote>
after <quote>serves</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbc3fe4e664824057b1b783bf2e176089"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(C)(ii)(IV), by striking <quote>4th</quote> and inserting
<quote>kindergarten</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf441bedd29ca4c5bb9ee04b873a64f3d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Anti-gang
discretionary grants</header><text>Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id5429E42F79354805BDEA1EFC1EE3CD4F"><enum>4131.</enum><header>Anti-Gang
discretionary grants</header>
<subsection id="IDad445d63b8ca42f49bcb82bd14183881"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this subpart
under section 4003(2) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not
less than $50,000,000 to award grants, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit
organizations to enable the nonprofit organizations to establish programs to
assist a public elementary school or middle school in providing an innovative
approach—</text>
<paragraph id="id350D668360124B58948299C8ECC13E86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to combat gang
activity in the school and the community surrounding the school; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFFC886EE33D945439BC88ACD90C527E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to heighten
awareness of, and provide tools to reduce, gang violence in the school and the
community surrounding the school.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7ff12a666c4f476d83edb580864ce4cb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization
shall submit an application to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idECF7DC41B389485E9BDC5466B1212DDA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority
consideration</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority consideration to applications describing programs
that target youth living in a community with a crime level above the average
crime level of the State in which the community is
located.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id6B856DE692EB4D5DAA53A935580CAB5E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Public and
assisted housing gang elimination</header>
<subsection id="ID82eeeb04cb244e96972157069a09b4f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of
2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3475C46B1D1B488F96960CE19F020D96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public and
assisted housing</header><text>Title V of Public Law 100–690 is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D170C1FBD4648DA8C05B6070470095D" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="id8DD51B4F0D6B43368F9E9FE86E83C9EB"><enum>H</enum><header>Public and
assisted housing drug elimination</header>
<section id="ID5acbb523d31c4c4f9a0ac32cb2176766"><enum>5401.</enum><header>Authority to
make grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, in accordance with the provisions of this
subtitle, may make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian Housing
Authorities) and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted
low-income housing for use in eliminating gang related crime.</text>
</section><section id="ID43a8fadf56a64524870f9aef8ebaa2c2"><enum>5402.</enum><header>Eligible
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants under this
subtitle may be used in public housing or other federally assisted low-income
housing projects for—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa2869252338c4705bbb6870d75890de1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the employment of
security personnel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID484e09fc328e47298466cea01ff24a10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reimbursement of
local law enforcement agencies for additional security and protective
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4bb7e70931574128973ca45d0257a754"><enum>(3)</enum><text>physical
improvements which are specifically designed to enhance security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID274e1217496c45bdb6bdb77e45737c04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the employment of
1 or more individuals—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDccf0c31e782f44cf8533615d8693f89d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to investigate
gang related crime on or about the real property comprising any public or other
federally assisted low-income housing project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID371c56aee9904eb2a173fef7df5327c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
evidence relating to such crime in any administrative or judicial
proceeding;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID085e2fe7c5ea4790a95bd332bacaf389"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the provision of
training, communications equipment, and other related equipment for use by
voluntary tenant patrols acting in cooperation with local law enforcement
officials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa0955ca04db24d06add17c670a4216b6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>programs designed
to reduce gang activity in and around public or other federally assisted
low-income housing projects, including encouraging teen-driven approaches to
gang activity prevention; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID528a90a8d5c9409fa261b0420e678219"><enum>(7)</enum><text>providing funding
to nonprofit public housing resident management corporations and resident
councils to develop security and gang prevention programs involving site
residents.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID4a357fd057ae475ebfd8c32bdea8bd0a"><enum>5403.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection id="ID06c60a1ca6d8482ea7431fd40bd1aba9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To receive a grant under this subtitle, a public housing
agency or an owner of federally assisted low-income housing shall submit an
application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by
such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Such
application shall include a plan for addressing the problem of gang related
crime on the premises of the housing administered or owned by the applicant for
which the application is being submitted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf4f4f3a926dd4b1ebdcb65362210ddc6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Except
as provided by subsections (c) and (d) the Secretary shall approve applications
under this subtitle based exclusively on—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb594f77a983047cf8f19bff08ddabd8d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent of the
gang related crime problem in the public or federally assisted low-income
housing project or projects proposed for assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID943b4511856e4ddf92556fbb04f45fe7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quality of
the plan to address the crime problem in the public or federally assisted
low-income housing project or projects proposed for assistance, including the
extent to which the plan includes initiatives that can be sustained over a
period of several years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDed6d0443c60b4cf694e3873a704358f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the capability of
the applicant to carry out the plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID46f40df86f8d40e483ac705bb57ad8c5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to
which tenants, the local government, and the local community support and
participate in the design and implementation of the activities proposed to be
funded under the application.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID38fc3e1e09d24905a958cc93e0c352b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federally
assisted low-income housing</header><text>In addition to the selection criteria
specified in subsection (b), the Secretary may establish other criteria for the
evaluation of applications submitted by owners of federally assisted low-income
housing, except that such additional criteria shall be designed only to
reflect—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa256132e4a2848e4bf3b4a23b0b6df83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>relevant
differences between the financial resources and other characteristics of public
housing authorities and owners of federally assisted low-income housing;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1bacd34f752482990e97a77d9826704"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relevant
differences between the problem of gang related crime in public housing and the
problem of gang related crime in federally assisted low-income housing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID96b899ebfec349d9b57b731c00cd6c3f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header><text>In evaluating the extent of the
gang related crime problem pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary may
consider whether housing projects proposed for assistance are located in a high
intensity interstate gang activity area designated pursuant to section 211 of
the <short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act
of 2006</short-title>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6f6d43b6df71499d9350a8000d282158"><enum>5404.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this subtitle, the
following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="ID960fa45610084c2daf2f81df5a2c3958"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote><term>Secretary</term></quote> means the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9763c72c8bf14dcba8cf1c94aa64dbe2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federally
assisted low-income housing</header><text>The term <term>federally assisted
low-income housing</term> means housing assisted under—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDddb4fda6dd194486a11f670331d54001"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section
221(d)(3), section 221(d)(4), or 236 of the National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID064fa43ce87a41a1bbc9057d22a7b805"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 101 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID468df20a48c645c79a34363eeafba988"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID7ef5a4f74961492ca93eadebbaf0a1f8"><enum>5405.</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue regulations to
implement this subtitle within 180 days after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of
2006</short-title>.</text>
</section><section id="ID812cb348425f4c99af6ee36689206e5f"><enum>5406.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall require grantees to
provide periodic reports that include the obligation and expenditure of grant
funds, the progress made by the grantee in implementing the plan described in
section 5403(a), and any change in the incidence of gang related crime in
projects assisted under this chapter.</text>
</section><section id="IDe89efc02e4114062b4d21aeed03c3e51"><enum>5407.</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall audit and monitor the
programs funded under this subtitle to ensure that assistance provided under
this subtitle is administered in accordance with the provisions of this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="ID08974bb579024b54827cb3e198fe9034"><enum>5408.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID0527506d2f6a4001bdfb471a0c1acd0f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subtitle $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011. Any
amount appropriated under this section shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb4ddc00d065e4d44925d27e0de1b48ff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Set-aside for
assisted housing</header><text>Of any amount made available in any fiscal year
to carry out this subtitle, not more than 6.25 percent of such amount shall be
available for grants for federally assisted low-income
housing.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDdc09ce795d994207b0c97e6b1bbbfc40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>The table of contents for title V of Public Law
100–690 is amended by inserting the following new items:</text>
<quoted-block id="idb83daf09-8774-48ca-9970-354595e15b5a" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="id8DD51B4F0D6B43368F9E9FE86E83C9EB" level="subtitle">Subtitle H—Public and assisted housing drug
elimination</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID5acbb523d31c4c4f9a0ac32cb2176766" level="section">Sec. 5401. Authority to make grants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID43a8fadf56a64524870f9aef8ebaa2c2" level="section">Sec. 5402. Eligible activities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID4a357fd057ae475ebfd8c32bdea8bd0a" level="section">Sec. 5403. Applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID6f6d43b6df71499d9350a8000d282158" level="section">Sec. 5404. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID7ef5a4f74961492ca93eadebbaf0a1f8" level="section">Sec. 5405. Implementation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID812cb348425f4c99af6ee36689206e5f" level="section">Sec. 5406. Reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDe89efc02e4114062b4d21aeed03c3e51" level="section">Sec. 5407. Monitoring.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID08974bb579024b54827cb3e198fe9034" level="section">Sec. 5408. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section id="idE2FDAB40ABD94BD183969666C7047EC4"><enum>104.</enum><header>Demonstration
grants to encourage creative approaches to gang activity and after-school
programs</header>
<subsection id="ID16feb9fe1de142c887acad7968416620"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may make grants to public or
nonprofit private entities (including faith-based organizations) for the
purpose of assisting the entities in demonstrating innovative approaches to
combat gang activity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3e93439c5e7b4b118886835db86003c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain
approaches</header><text>Approaches under subsection (a) may include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDcb370dd02e3342b0a2a8af0d0e1b34ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Encouraging
teen-driven approaches to gang activity prevention.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe3c680174fc646a4a350f997b02103ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Educating parents
to recognize signs of problems and potential gang involvement in their
children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ecc34d797be47978a43969efd6e3538"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Teaching parents
the importance of a nurturing family and home environment to keep children out
of gangs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0ec21071a9aa4a8586f32d390af611db"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Facilitating
communication between parents and children, especially programs that have been
evaluated and proven effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1a09dd5fd0a54e77a7baac289ba72256"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDef513644cbf343d19bf3068bcd0726be"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>With respect to the costs of the project to be carried
out under subsection (a) by an applicant, a grant may be made under such
subsection only if the applicant agrees to make available (directly or through
donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward
such costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent of such costs ($1 for
each $3 of Federal funds provided in the grant).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3652260d490a434bbdefd47b1f96155a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination
of amount contributed</header><text>Non-Federal contributions required in
paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant,
equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services
assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may
not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal
contributions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDafb0cae365da4493ab9d621f0fd213b6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation of
projects</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish criteria for the
evaluation of projects under subsection (a). A grant may be made under such
subsection only if the applicant involved—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd53f9a042adf448eaf5ca71283cf6b3e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>agrees to conduct
evaluations of the project in accordance with such criteria;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b57fe53fb904999a46888ad9e3e91ff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agrees to submit
to the Attorney General such reports describing the results of the evaluations
as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaa89aebb2ed14ff992f802ba57915919"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submits to the
Attorney General, in the application under subsection (e), a plan for
conducting the evaluations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID770258222f284f02936f2ac9d91a2c5b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application for
grant</header><text>A grant may be made under subsection (a) only if an
application for the grant is submitted to the Attorney General and the
application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such
agreements, assurances, and information, including the agreements under
subsections (c) and (d) and the plan under subsection (d)(3), as the Attorney
General determines to be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDeff2de2d2ab04cc79b6ec2fb3ee66b41"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2011, the Attorney General
shall submit to Congress a report describing the extent to which projects under
subsection (a) have been successful in reducing the rate of gang activity in
the communities in which the projects have been carried out. Such reports shall
describe the various approaches used under subsection (a) and the effectiveness
of each of the approaches.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2c2a66509a844117889f11175bdb9295"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2007 through 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDc3a09b296ca747e99f7b9166941467df"><enum>105.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration
projects</header>
<subsection id="ID6a59b537d0114965ad8d7482f52db9c1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adult and
juvenile offender demonstration projects authorized</header><text>Section
2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797w(b)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC59008709CF94137BB3B05E4B8985489" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDb56a9fad6d144081afd545e15562c60f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing or
improving the system or systems under which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd344204784154215b105bf3ac3dffab5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the correctional
agency of the State or local government develops and carries out plans to
facilitate the reentry into the community of each offender in State or local
custody;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64856ba01c364b48a11329cbfbbcd86e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the supervision
and services provided to offenders in State or local custody are coordinated
with the supervision and services provided to offenders after reentry into the
community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd5009617e9b14c13a76b7addb398d38e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the efforts of
various public and private entities to provide supervision and services to
offenders after reentry into the community, and to family members of such
offenders, are coordinated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e7d32b9e8bc4ced985afc889d62e22a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>offenders
awaiting reentry into the community are provided with documents (such as
identification papers, referrals to services, medical prescriptions, job
training certificates, apprenticeship papers, and information on obtaining
public assistance) useful in achieving a successful transition from prison,
jail, or detention;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDce304e13b59f472885e157f2fc09fb0e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carrying out
programs and initiatives by units of local government to strengthen reentry
services for individuals released from local jails;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d6fb5ed619a4d0582f38efb41e4bd54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enabling jail or
prison mentors of offenders to remain in contact with those offenders,
including through the use of such technology as videoconferencing, during
incarceration and after reentry into the community and encouraging the
involvement of prison or jail mentors in the reentry process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2e506c7d6d244dcba1587b368426a2fd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing
structured post-release housing and transitional housing, including group homes
for recovering substance abusers, through which offenders are provided
supervision and services immediately following reentry into the
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID82752dc656864a3592216eed97e10b70"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assisting
offenders in securing permanent housing upon release or following a stay in
transitional housing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaa1fec58db3f497a94f3386fee0f3f01"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing
continuity of health services (including screening, assessment, and aftercare
for mental health services, substance abuse treatment and aftercare, and
treatment for contagious diseases) to offenders in custody and after reentry
into the community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2f40855788e7413cb297bf15aaed8469"><enum>(7)</enum><text>providing
offenders with education, job training, responsible parenting and healthy
relationship skills training designed specifically for addressing the needs of
incarcerated and transitioning fathers and mothers, English as a second
language programs, work experience programs, self-respect and life skills
training, and other skills useful in achieving a successful transition from
prison;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID676d5448be1448c1af23e945d397bc1e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>facilitating
collaboration among corrections and community corrections, technical schools,
community colleges, and the workforce development and employment service
sectors to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc7bc397c8c984434a8915f635120798b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote, where
appropriate, the employment of people released from prison and jail, through
efforts such as educating employers about existing financial incentives, and
facilitate the creation of job opportunities, including transitional jobs and
time limited subsidized work experience (where appropriate), for this
population that will benefit communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb9c70320de644b36b1c936f3dc952832"><enum>(B)</enum><text>connect inmates
to employment, including supportive employment and employment services, before
their release to the community, to provide work supports, including
transportation and retention services, as appropriate, and identify labor
market needs to ensure that education and training are appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff2f1e4165a1426580e47416f48a49b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address barriers
to employment, including licensing that are not directly connected to the crime
committed and the risk that the ex-offender presents to the community, and
provide case management services as necessary to prepare offenders for jobs
that offer the potential for advancement and growth;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf4a6b75e9a9c4dd985ca3b3212a39e81"><enum>(9)</enum><text>assessing the
literacy and educational needs of offenders in custody and identifying and
providing services appropriate to meet those needs, including follow-up
assessments and long-term services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID29264e15a7fa45f0b46c9301df45346a"><enum>(10)</enum><text>systems under
which family members of offenders are involved in facilitating the successful
reentry of those offenders into the community, including removing obstacles to
the maintenance of family relationships while the offender is in custody,
strengthening the family's capacity to function as a stable living situation
during reentry where appropriate, and involving family members in the planning
and implementation of the reentry process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID407d929ef15a44c48026ef7dbb732e8e"><enum>(11)</enum><text>programs under
which victims are included, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa55101541b1b4e52a6c70b98ab0d733d"><enum>(12)</enum><text>identifying and
addressing barriers to collaborating with child welfare agencies in the
provision of services jointly to offenders in custody and to the children of
such offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfccdb542922e42b8b3d3ea5ae19d311d"><enum>(13)</enum><text>carrying out
programs that support children of incarcerated parents, including those in
foster care and those cared for by grandparents or other relatives, commonly
referred to as kinship care, including mentoring children of prisoners
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdcc9f8f71426446282f6434b80b6ddad"><enum>(14)</enum><text>carrying out
programs for the entire family unit, including the coordination of service
delivery across agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDefb7b2b4791f4c8cb27886d63167ef6e"><enum>(15)</enum><text>implementing
programs in correctional agencies to include the collection of information
regarding any dependent children of an incarcerated person as part of intake
procedures, including the number of children, age, and location or
jurisdiction, and connect identified children with services as appropriate and
needed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6e676cc215a48bb91a719f87f979f74"><enum>(16)</enum><text>addressing
barriers to the visitation of children with an incarcerated parent, and
maintenance of the parent-child relationship as appropriate to the safety and
well-being of the children, such as the location of facilities in remote areas,
telephone costs, mail restrictions, and visitation policies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5193d8d3afbe48d1afd66df2f7236d1d"><enum>(17)</enum><text>creating,
developing, or enhancing prisoner and family assessments curricula, policies,
procedures, or programs (including mentoring programs) to help prisoners with a
history or identified risk of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, or stalking reconnect with their families and communities, as
appropriate (or when it is safe to do so), and become mutually respectful,
nonabusive parents or partners, under which particular attention is paid to the
safety of children affected and the confidentiality concerns of victims, and
efforts are coordinated with existing victim service providers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID770bb19c9c1a49318ef97d6ecfd14d77"><enum>(18)</enum><text>developing
programs and activities that support parent-child relationships, such
as—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDed2dfbb1e2454995bcf8e020104aaaf9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using telephone
conferencing to permit incarcerated parents to participate in parent-teacher
conferences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe5a54cee7a8d4baa8a5a1afcc15dc704"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using
videoconferencing to allow virtual visitation when incarcerated persons are
more than 100 miles from their families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID805910419f0d4f438fc63365cb454a12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the development
of books on tape programs, through which incarcerated parents read a book into
a tape to be sent to their children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa27e77e3312749e1a963371190e7ca81"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment
of family days, which provide for longer visitation hours or family
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b727996abf2447193de7d897d2203e5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the creation of
children’s areas in visitation rooms with parent-child activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8fcad764e09c4c4e94ed930f4c245e69"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the
implementation of programs to help incarcerated fathers and mothers stay
connected to their children and learn responsible parenting and healthy
relationship skills; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDef377441a3ee42d5b57a21793b50e3a1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>mentoring
children of prisoners program;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc20dc0c93c964fe98a4e7b88ac09c8fc"><enum>(19)</enum><text>expanding
family-based treatment centers that offer family-based comprehensive treatment
services for parents and their children as a complete family unit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a9d9b9654fd49808e35b2aa5473ed80"><enum>(20)</enum><text>conducting
studies to determine who is returning to prison or jail and which of those
returning prisoners represent the greatest risk to community safety;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID356505d77fe74c268eb1ad8a0fa47d1a"><enum>(21)</enum><text>developing or
adopting procedures to ensure that dangerous felons are not released from
prison prematurely;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1d5f354c7d141a5a14e6e0021ddef82"><enum>(22)</enum><text>developing and
implementing procedures to assist relevant authorities in determining when
release is appropriate and in the use of data to inform the release
decision;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf22ca36ebb6640ebb6cdc1be8bdf5224"><enum>(23)</enum><text>developing and
implementing procedures to identify efficiently and effectively those violators
of probation, parole, or post incarceration supervision who should be returned
to prison or jail;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d3fdfd608214ed2b4e9fbe105b947fb"><enum>(24)</enum><text>utilizing
validated assessment tools to assess the risk factors of returning inmates and
prioritizing services based on risk;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f86912feda9438cb720abda874b2a77"><enum>(25)</enum><text>facilitating and
encouraging timely and complete payment of restitution and fines by
ex-offenders to victims and the community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID62689bfa686c4ed58fc20e0812974503"><enum>(26)</enum><text>establishing or
expanding the use of reentry courts and other programs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID73b2403d54b1455fb4858d00c7b03398"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitor offenders
returning to the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcfaf428ea63c4d8f8f7bdd8f1c8d65fa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide returning
offenders with—</text>
<clause id="ID65b33d1cec21446282644b224648ae2c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>drug and alcohol
testing and treatment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDca09ff2c96de4f498a2cd342e99b6b95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mental and
medical health assessment and services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDba59b5f240914f079fbdb7d5ae665217"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitate
restorative justice practices and convene family or community impact panels,
family impact educational classes, victim impact panels, or victim impact
educational classes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66d0485f4b3443e89038ee41d7530c99"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide and
coordinate the delivery of other community services to offenders,
including—</text>
<clause id="ID1c2ea7c351be454ba29e72288348a3a1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>housing
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfdb81045211d422187a2a4d26ae2565f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>education;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd4d02fdc795549a19a7451848577a5d0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>employment
training;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd6dbbbe139264660b773714cdb4e88c4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>children and
family support to include responsible parenting and healthy relationship skill
training designed specifically to address the needs of incarcerated and
transitioning fathers and mothers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1401a698c1e44c0080e069237bb2412c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>conflict
resolution skills training;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc34d0082d61e4b2ab50a0ffbb08e9a3b"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>family violence
intervention programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDab1ba8aba8d84af88bc8bb234320bda0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>culturally and
linguistically competent services, as appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd1df3d329d0f4126923de640fa4e5c4f"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>other
appropriate services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e19db5d78d54fbbbc55d3ceb0cfac8b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish and
implement graduated sanctions and incentives; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9d26d7394cf948a99db8e48070dfa04d"><enum>(27)</enum><text>providing
technology and other tools to advance post release
supervision.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd6a83e83caec425b968c212717c4bb01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Juvenile
offender demonstration projects reauthorized</header><text>Section 2976(c) of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(c)) is
amended by striking <quote>may be expended for</quote> and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting <quote>may be expended for any
activity referred to in subsection (b).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID80b7cf1b9b484dbda92a8ac5435d89d8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications;
requirements; priorities; performance measurements</header><text>Section 2976
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb2a2f71d3bb345839a85abb14df5fb6b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (o); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc3b857a91e7c44efafb92f24ea736e6a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (d) through (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id560B494DFFC246299708CCC980EE4442" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6220852a90b640538ea6299952096468"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>A
State, unit of local government, territory, or Indian tribe, or combination
thereof desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Attorney General that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDaff8b8fc34c8483da1e18a6afa9e1051"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains a
reentry strategic plan, as referenced in subsection (h), which describes the
long-term strategy, and a detailed implementation schedule, including the
jurisdiction's plans to pay for the program after the Federal funding is
discontinued;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8a62774c3a3640aca1d30c6292525bfb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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
applicant's prisoner reentry strategy and certifies their involvement;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b9551d2870e408dab0acbf470005b45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes the
methodology and outcome measures that will be used in evaluating the
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3eb94248d3914dd6a5de5c1f1712daa7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Attorney General may make a grant to an applicant under this section only if
the application—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0ccc2efc513941858510f2ecfc800aee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reflects explicit
support of the chief executive officer of the State, unit of local government,
territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID142db956874644c6a9002c8041151188"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides
extensive discussion of the role of State corrections departments, community
corrections agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail systems in
ensuring successful reentry of ex-offenders into their communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd045867c804f4ecd82aee3fe708d1777"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides
extensive evidence of collaboration with State and local government agencies
overseeing health, housing, child welfare, education, substance abuse, and
employment services, and local law enforcement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID318571fb0269404c80055966695e5fde"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides a plan
for analysis of the applicant’s existing statutory, regulatory, rules-based,
and practice-based hurdles to a prisoner's reintegration into the community
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID83baa2d8e0c348e4b0c3d3a0edd5b5f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>takes particular
note and makes recommendations with respect to laws, regulations, rules, and
practices that disqualify former prisoners from obtaining professional licenses
or other requirements necessary for certain types of employment, and that
hinder full civic participation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e4f4f27030642b581cd9d980989d770"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies and
makes recommendations with respect to those laws, regulations, rules, or
practices that are not directly connected to the crime committed and the risk
that the ex-offender presents to the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c118c7d4b274b0e9fd7afda20ef9fc7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>affords members
of the public an opportunity to participate in the process described in this
subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30e731ef62f346cdb6b43650b5729af2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>includes the use
of a State, local, territorial, or tribal task force, as referenced in
subsection (i), to carry out the activities funded under the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3de555bdafb74aaca091b540193cc2e7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority
consideration</header><text>The Attorney General shall give priority to grant
applications under this section that best—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0a3edab83221403c94fe4e0cbace8fed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>focus initiative
on geographic areas with a high population of ex-offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b46849983134638b793e2fcdda4924f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include
partnerships with nonprofit organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfaf9fd0a7d9948b4b701969858e5f4f7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide
consultations with crime victims and former incarcerated prisoners and their
families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID25dc4f5f01544fcf828061840c7d87bb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>review the
process by which the State and local governments adjudicate violations of
parole, probation, or post incarceration supervision and consider reforms to
maximize the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for minor and
technical violations of parole, probation, or post incarceration
supervision;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6fdd329651e642fdb3365e05ff65d827"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish
prerelease planning procedures for prisoners to ensure that a prisoner's
eligibility for Federal or State benefits (including Medicaid, Medicare, Social
Security, and Veterans benefits) upon release is established prior to release,
subject to any limitations in law, and to ensure that prisoners are provided
with referrals to appropriate social and health services or are linked to
appropriate nonprofit organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID359aaac560534e0dbea1262a77df6fde"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include an
agreement that the applicant, in consultation with the National Institute of
Justice, will modify the project design, initially and during the project, in
order to facilitate the evaluation of outcomes by means, including (to the
maximum extent feasible) random assignment of offenders and ex-offenders (or
entities working with such persons) to program delivery and control groups;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaf60d2f5397c4f0c896dda61124f8963"><enum>(7)</enum><text>target high-risk
offenders for reentry programs through validated assessment tools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6eee0f0aeb204db5ab7d6ce8e77ca786"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Uses of grant
funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDc17ff856b87443c9bb78d0b5b0589c5f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of a grant received under this section
may not exceed 75 percent of the project funded under the grant, unless the
Attorney General—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbee45486821e4f06b5671693a0293d49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waives, in whole
or in part, the requirement of this paragraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5c20f30fa85f40b09f864abc33f85947"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publicly
delineates the rationale for the waiver.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2c3145d5947476fb52853379550f695"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Federal funds received under this section shall be used
to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be
available for the activities funded under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2f14a48ad029411a8ebf1926831056a2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reentry
strategic plan</header>
<paragraph id="IDfb40ecdba69247ddb3b1fa1f9b1dd1e2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of receiving financial assistance under
this section, each applicant shall develop a comprehensive strategic reentry
plan that contains measurable annual and 5 year performance outcomes. The plan
shall have as a goal to reduce the rate of recidivism of incarcerated persons
served with funds from this section by 50 percent over a period of 5
years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d8caa37a23340aa805086ba9a22515b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
developing reentry plans under this subsection, applicants shall coordinate
with communities and stakeholders, including persons in the fields of public
safety, corrections, housing, health, education, substance abuse, children and
families, employment, business and members of nonprofit organizations that
provide reentry services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1bd7fa25784c49a4a5e94ae96ded936c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Measurements of
progress</header><text>Each reentry plan developed under this subsection shall
measure the applicant's progress toward increasing public safety by reducing
rates of recidivism and enabling released offenders to transition successfully
back into their communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID91c7560833e847ea87054c6d9745af66"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reentry task
force</header>
<paragraph id="IDef10109180604dc79f47a0ee895829a1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of receiving financial assistance under
this section, each applicant shall establish or empower a Reentry Task Force,
or other relevant convening authority, to examine ways to pool existing
resources and funding streams to promote lower recidivism rates for returning
ex-offenders and to minimize the harmful effects of incarceration on families
and communities by collecting data and best practices in offender reentry from
demonstration grantees and other agencies and organizations, and to provide a
plan, as described in subsection (e)(4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4617729c79ae4d619ba20fe57c97b840"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
task force or other authority shall be comprised of relevant—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1C969B9AE6BA48C1BFE04E8EB1E07412"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State, tribal,
territorial, or local leaders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE109D6EA96AE43DAB30C148D1B88E1E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id745ACAB2D2334565A39E4A23FB4B8D95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>service
providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB2741F6C6934730B2116D6FA8D0DF89"><enum>(D)</enum><text>nonprofit
organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C0C157FD30D47B3BE1A1096E4E2EDC0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>stakeholders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID33ea077a20bf4f449d107457cb7d6c8b"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Strategic
performance outcomes</header>
<paragraph id="IDb9fbd79df1a242b7a7e463b240f1277f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each applicant shall identify in their reentry strategic
plan, as referenced in subsection (h), specific performance outcomes related to
the long-term goals of increasing public safety and reducing recidivism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcc69be35ad504faaa1a3854830110a95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance
outcomes</header><text>The performance outcomes identified under paragraph (1)
shall include, with respect to offenders released back into the
community—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf8e7c3738e7f49eeaa9b941943cd50d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduction in
recommitment rates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e269312b7b54da7a441e160f816fa79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduction in
crime;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e799c05671242ad94f75c09b4d7a77c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increased
employment and education opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12667e72e1a240d5bb8c7cff07980557"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reduction in
violations of conditions of supervised release;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95e2b9ebc5b3444185b99d8353a309a6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increased child
support;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe3eae36e6c704bc7a15cad62fa6f91a6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increased housing
opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc5195a0ae84145a38ebf34e40bbf7969"><enum>(G)</enum><text>reduction in drug
and alcohol abuse; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2627f00ed23448d8867348e2c7fb18c1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>increased
participation in substance abuse and mental health services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID341c59b57c7746f3acbbec3c6a764c64"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other
outcomes</header><text>States may include in their reentry strategic plan other
performance outcomes that increase the success rates of offenders who
transition from prison.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe333b2e984404de6bf7b02945e0a20ef"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Applicants
should coordinate with communities and stakeholders about the selection of
performance outcomes identified by the applicant, and should consult with the
Department of Justice for assistance with data collection and measurement
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf2ed8e3bb9fa4d13b5fb74895e031f01"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
grantee under this section shall submit an annual report to the Department of
Justice that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3445082c55bc41b19390c53437b62386"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies the
grantee's progress toward achieving its strategic performance outcomes;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2099b1fa86d54f1e84b3733752d8dc83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes other
activities conducted by the grantee to increase the success rates of the
reentry population, such as programs that foster effective risk management and
treatment programming, offender accountability, and community and victim
participation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbd6af9f6c6314da0b858c5674dd9e093"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Performance
measurement</header>
<paragraph id="IDc47a557e89b4451f962d315dc503279c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Department of Justice, in consultation with the
grantees, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID71b3663acb774f4baef1e02eff037add"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify primary
and secondary sources of information to support the measurement of the
performance indicators identified under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc609d546776144c6814ab4cd49419707"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify sources
and methods of data collection in support of performance measurement required
under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf0cd259aa6f04424a3967a35374810fb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide to all
grantees technical assistance and training on performance measures and data
collection for purposes of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2d942968da55481dafa451d1badf3820"><enum>(D)</enum><text>coordinate with
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on strategic
performance outcome measures and data collection for purposes of this section
relating to substance abuse and mental health.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7273530ebe58414e824029970c6ec960"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Department of Justice shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify
national and other sources of information to support grantee’s performance
measurement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc31eac8f7df64efcb4d33c3764822376"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Standards for
analysis</header><text>Any statistical analysis of population data conducted
pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal
Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification
standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8b4ee33182a64f4cb6fc7de37c2ceb33"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Future
eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section
for fiscal years after the first receipt of such a grant, a grantee shall
submit to the Attorney General such information as is necessary to demonstrate
that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1aae6399842e44ff9798e1b3051821c3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the grantee has
adopted a reentry plan that reflects input from nonprofit organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID665ef079eab14c13abed798e1260fec7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the grantee’s
reentry plan includes performance measures to assess the grantee’s progress
toward increasing public safety by reducing by 10 percent over the 2-year
period the rate at which individuals released from prison who participate in
the reentry system supported by Federal funds are recommitted to prison;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe46a6fcb7668434ba1649164251ebd97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the grantee will
coordinate with the Department of Justice, nonprofit organizations, and other
experts regarding the selection and implementation of the performance measures
described in subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc82ef68f841e4574b95d3667665a9f8c"><enum>(m)</enum><header>National adult
and juvenile offender reentry resource center</header>
<paragraph id="IDa0e0eb20fbf140238e01b3c7d9f9d2a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Attorney General may, using amounts made available to carry out this
subsection, make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for the
establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource
Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID869d99c95c674ec8bd999f251859a7cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
organization</header><text>An organization eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1) is any national nonprofit organization approved by the Federal
task force established under subsection (o) that provides technical assistance
and training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-level experience
in offender reentry programs, training, and research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID589d2cfaaac9445ca5268344d9d10148"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The organization receiving the grant shall establish a
National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbcac1bfd99b04afb9c00690620b6969f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide
education, training, and technical assistance for States, tribes, territories,
local governments, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and corrections
institutions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID44d0d624d61f441e99bcb387796066e0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collect data and
best practices in offender reentry from demonstration grantees and others
agencies and organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32a4255acd4e4d8fa774cbc65d7afb03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develop and
disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, and measures to better assess and
document coalition performance measures and outcomes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDef4b7a2324c744908845abaeb3b2829b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>disseminate
knowledge to States and other relevant entities about best practices, policy
standards, and research findings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID38befe9e648944b3b394f95e0f1f693a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop and
implement procedures to assist relevant authorities in determining when release
is appropriate and in the use of data to inform the release decision;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5b8b624a250f4500a79929d0b87367ed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>develop and
implement procedures to identify efficiently and effectively those violators of
probation, parole, or post incarceration supervision who should be returned to
prison and those who should receive other penalties based on defined, graduated
sanctions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5b7fee529965458aa0f627e5b6fdd430"><enum>(G)</enum><text>collaborate with
the Federal task force established under subsection (o) and the Federal
Resource Center for Children of Prisoners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6be6115083ee4ede8964e0e50a6cf5cc"><enum>(H)</enum><text>develop a
national research agenda; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55a6d5e1818f4b9ea97ee706880adc8b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>bridge the gap
between research and practice by translating knowledge from research into
practical information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf08070582e1a4fb98fe60c2163eb8d68"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limit</header><text>Of
amounts made available to carry out this section, not more than 4 percent shall
be available to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID555616c48ec542278f3aef6bc232504d"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Of
amounts made available to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="IDef942da408f441e9907f833ee1fc14db"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 2
percent shall be available for administrative expenses in carrying out this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID04ba7868f9204d858d33e36d62bf2b68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than 2
percent shall be made available to the National Institute of Justice to
evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration projects funded under section
2976 of the Omnibus Crime and Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797w) as amended by this section, using a methodology that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID22c30a4b9fe3422ea5b9bf8b540a1c7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes, to the
maximum extent feasible, random assignment of offenders or ex-offenders (or
entities working with such persons) to program delivery and control groups;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8dbad143c3784558ad5714ca2f596eb7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>generates
evidence on which reentry approaches and strategies are most effective.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3c89617b072f4c7d9a03402c43e9d8cc"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Task force on
Federal programs and activities relating to reentry of offenders</header>
<paragraph id="IDc643f7b140014797ab2ae54d48fd02cd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Task force
required</header><text>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
elements of the Federal Government as the Attorney General considers
appropriate, and in collaboration with stakeholders, service providers,
nonprofit organizations, States, tribes, territories, and local governments,
shall establish an interagency task force on Federal programs and activities
relating to the reentry of offenders into the community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18c110b4a9ed4d8f9aa68f8b458612d8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
task force required by paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe92a0bfdbb97469da8ebaf6da03f2f5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify such
programs and activities that may be resulting in overlapping or duplication of
services, the scope of such overlapping or duplication, and the relationship of
such overlapping and duplication to public safety, public health, and
effectiveness and efficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9499f0c5cf85450b99b7c950967d5f77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify methods
to improve collaboration and coordination of such programs and
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID682e95ae2a6d45efae61888ff7b24fa2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify areas of
responsibility in which improved collaboration and coordination of such
programs and activities would result in increased effectiveness or
efficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDafdfbe3ccb5d4b578711a571d31ee3aa"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop
innovative interagency or intergovernmental programs, activities, or procedures
that would improve outcomes of reentering offenders and children of
offenders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9d0d248393b45b6a30dfbb1b48ecc87"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop methods
for increasing regular communication that would increase interagency program
effectiveness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID164788a63c0440539eb4fb6f16f31fb6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identify areas of
research that can be coordinated across agencies with an emphasis on applying
science-based practices to support, treatment, and intervention programs for
reentering offenders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdae8435279c64a508c041a262c53e182"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify funding
areas that should be coordinated across agencies and any gaps in funding;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa69f4e18cecb4b998c995004e02f7e6d"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in collaboration
with the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resources Center identify
successful programs currently operating and collect best practices in offender
reentry from demonstration grantees and other agencies and organizations,
determine the extent to which such programs and practices can be replicated,
and make information on such programs and practices available to States,
localities, nonprofit organizations, and others.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID87bd1e9a1adf476aa18d9e3d90bbdb85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="IDfc70ea74616c40968a3e4ff5ede399f2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the task force established under paragraph (1) shall submit a report,
including recommendations, to Congress on barriers to reentry. The task force
shall provide for public input in preparing the report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3303031608dd44b6811b4a85cb73ccfe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required by subparagraph (A) shall identify Federal and other barriers
to successful reentry of offenders into the community and analyze the effects
of such barriers on offenders and on children and other family members of
offenders, including barriers relating to—</text>
<clause id="ID4eca2ab169f440f39d85f24ba64f983e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>child support
obligations and procedures;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa17b8d95c31546d6b1ec6f555fa932cb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Social Security
benefits, including barriers in timely restoration of suspended disability
benefits immediately upon release, Veterans benefits, food stamps, and other
forms of Federal public assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdbaf91247c7f42119176dfd44b3ea8e5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Medicaid and
Medicare laws, regulations, guidelines or procedures, including barriers in
timely restoration of benefits caused by delay in reinstatement of suspended
Social Security disability benefits;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID334bced558e34634865368d054c515c7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>education
programs, financial assistance, and full civic participation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID79db7cef9b5c4ad98e57dac04a2adbaa"><enum>(v)</enum><text>TANF program
funding criteria and other welfare benefits;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5c2c8c8432204f348d901cb8adae1fb5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>sustainable
employment and career advancement, that are not directly connected to the crime
committed and the risk that the ex-offender presents to the community;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcefe1bf469f54cbbb067d1b732321b86"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>laws,
regulations, rules, and practices that restrict Federal employment licensure
and participation in Federal contracting programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID56a393a74b2743aca523cbcc72df4f1f"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>admissions to
and evictions from Federal housing programs, including—</text>
<subclause id="ID675ceeb8e8974e8290b0d486e53ae77b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>examining the
number and characteristics of ex-offenders who are evicted from or denied
eligibility for Federal housing programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1816b9a57f6a470fb35f391dea811cd5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the effect of
eligibility denials and evictions on homelessness, family stability and family
reunification;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3ea718f18acb42848bce95a097c2a16d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the extent to
which arrest records are the basis for denying applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1c95a9fde0f4436b8d90af009002ba16"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the implications
of considering misdemeanors 5 or more years old and felonies 10 or more years
old and the appropriateness of taking into account rehabilitation and other
mitigating factors; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc3c49e2b53d943d08cffeff1a36b07db"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the feasibility
of using probationary or conditional eligibility based on participation in a
supervised rehabilitation program or other appropriate social services;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID4cc28711154a46b2bf24d9e9e75916c8"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>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;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1e3d335f78c14007a1e6c4502958ff9b"><enum>(x)</enum><text>laws,
regulations, rules, and practices that may require a parolee to return to the
same county that the parolee was living in prior to his or her arrest, and the
potential for changing such laws, regulations, rules, and practices so that the
parolee may change his or her location upon release, and not settle in the same
location with persons who may be a negative influence; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDed9941106db24924b317dc59d28e5f13"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>prerelease
planning procedures for prisoners to ensure that a prisoner's eligibility for
Federal or State benefits (including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and
Veterans benefits) upon release is established prior to release, subject to any
limitations in law; and to ensure that prisoners are provided with referrals to
appropriate social and health services or are linked to appropriate nonprofit
organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5bda3960b66a4ffc90a2d6a60612121f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>On an annual basis, the task force required by paragraph
(1) shall submit to Congress a report on the activities of the task force,
including specific recommendations of the task force on matters referred to in
paragraph (2). Any statistical analysis of population data pursuant to this
section shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Register Notice dated
October 30, 1997, relating to classification
standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc2bf9213e3df471f89f86eac12d64325"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is amended in subsection (o)(1), as
so redesignated by subsection (c) of this section, by striking <quote>and
$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000 for
fiscal year 2007, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c5701c0eafd4b52a2f0368116737961"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant
authorization</header><text>Section 2976(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(a)) is amended by striking
<quote>States, Territories</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting <quote>States, local governments, territories, or Indian
tribes, or any combination thereof, in partnership with stakeholders, service
providers, and nonprofit organizations, for purpose of establishing adult and
juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDf877921a2d744c4fa738561229700909"><enum>106.</enum><header>Children of
incarcerated parents and families</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfd509b8600cf4828b80229d5d81d2191"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review, and make
available to States, a report on any recommendations regarding the role of
State child protective services at the time of the arrest of a person;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a78c5b7cbac4b14be30076a53f66828"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by regulation,
establish such services as the Secretary determines necessary for the
preservation of families that have been impacted by the incarceration of a
family member with special attention given to the impact on children.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDd68f548551024941a17dd7617ad3075d"><enum>107.</enum><header>Encouragement
of employment of former prisoners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall take such steps
as are necessary to implement a program, including the Employment and Training
Administration, to educate employers and 1-stop center workforce development
providers about existing incentives, including the Federal bonding program and
tax credits for hiring former Federal, State, or local prisoners.</text>
</section><section id="ID1b51b252b81d49b89711227a09b93ea8"><enum>108.</enum><header>Federal
resource center for children of prisoners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2007 and 2008, such
sums as may be necessary for the continuing activities of the Federal Resource
Center for Children of Prisoners, including conducting a review of the policies
and practices of State and Federal corrections agencies to support parent-child
relationships.</text>
</section><section id="IDc2dd326cd5484cb1b3449c0c259ed276"><enum>109.</enum><header>Use of violent
offender truth-in-sentencing grant funding for demonstration project
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20102(a) of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13702(a))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID92f31744562544e59961418c0dfac611"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ed57231052e4901be4f40f26fa8e6f5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9d58ff020b2d4802a2857c304422b3ed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE01ABA9D138B4D8F9B5952CCAA1DEF69" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID774cd29e23564a07bea8448b062030c7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to carry out any
activity referred to in subsections (b) and (c) of section 2976 of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w (b),
(c)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID09d9edd64c5748fc9ffe5aef8bb2b9ed"><enum>110.</enum><header>Grants to
study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and
revocations</header>
<subsection id="IDc41c6f1461a140ea97a9d25ea049d9a1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section,
the Attorney General may award grants to States to study and to improve the
collection of data with respect to individuals whose parole or post
incarceration supervision is revoked and which such individuals represent the
greatest risk to community safety.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID85681011f2e04350aa17a75c491f250a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>As
a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID23740c76b46d465296215fe0cb5e8c2d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>certify that the
State has, or intends to establish, a program that collects comprehensive and
reliable data with respect to individuals described in subsection (a),
including data on—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID32c1f6cc526a4095b0193e6eb5423333"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and
type of parole or post incarceration supervision violations that occur with the
State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd0f7ff5c44841268024437ba4298ffb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons for
parole or post-incarceration supervision revocation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID910bd4f38d72472799ced26d94e0da54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the underlying
behavior that led to the revocation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa58c5c03adf7483dbc48e90ace20a62d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term of
imprisonment or other penalty that is imposed for the violation; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30b9e78ac8f941f5bcbd8a2d8a53d219"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide the data
described in paragraph (1) to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form
prescribed by the Bureau. Any statistical analysis of population data pursuant
to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Register
Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd9b02a874ff04d5598c40ade9420bc41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $1,000,000 for each fiscal years 2007 and 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0f2b64f7654449dabc412f4ef71b8c4d"><enum>111.</enum><header>Improvement of
the residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners program</header>
<subsection id="ID22a65d2a828844409822d19e6a3c46d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section
1902 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796ff–1) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID008f20e1191946dc9aa6dba4f10d2d93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>redesignating
subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d5e8c4cbce848d49f8644dac1a8835f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF684AF4113C4010A1ED2FD62FCF8990" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID55b13a21036e4bdda83b71078aa5d49a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Residential
substance abuse treatment</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>residential substance abuse treatment</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="ID94b6689fb1a14d46899d5eb7a04776bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>means a course of
individual and group activities and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in
residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd7e8e8cc2e34b5a8d25154f41421125"><enum>(2)</enum><text>can include the
use of pharmacotherapies where appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6-month
period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9b8b941689744c6c979d1e3e68cc1151"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for
after care component</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 1902 of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1), as so
redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDeded664e41bf4b649eabf5dcb9c174c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Eligibility for preference with after care
component</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Requirement for after care
component</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe50dca187f2b41e4a2af5a4c179dacb5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id203602E09FBF4D6B94E6F3C120A04156" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID25e91049c5ce4a7db410455989673ff7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To be eligible
for funding under this part, a State shall ensure that individuals who
participate in the substance abuse treatment program established or implemented
with assistance provided under this part will be provided with after care
services.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfc921ad084634d419b736144da96cdac"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id271CD475820C40FB844115B6D41C9DB6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1ece1c33882146a2973d8d61e5c5a59c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>After care
services required by this subsection shall be funded by the funding provided in
this
part.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID39e76aba5cc5455eb7f1123eae08d2c8"><enum>112.</enum><header>Residential
drug abuse program in Federal prisons</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3621(e)(5)(A) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>means a course of</quote> and all
that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting the following:
<quote>means a course of individual and group activities and treatment, lasting
at least 6 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the
general prison population, which may include the use of pharmacotherapies,
where appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6-month period;</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDd61bab65011e4550844374743c601658"><enum>113.</enum><header>Removal of
limitation on amount of funds available for corrections education programs
under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act</header>
<subsection id="ID41e24a93690640a08a7b4b9a9e421c75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 222(a)(1) of the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9222(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>, of which
not more than 10 percent of the 82.5 percent shall be available to carry out
section 225</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa5ec777695834ba3be8a8a73c68cf684"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Education shall submit to Congress a report—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcb3661e89f4e429d96045dc9c0f5972f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on the use of
literacy funds to correctional institutions as defined in section 225(d)(2) of
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9224); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa92a5b5a24544dae82d63738ac3fc199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that specifies
the amount of literacy funds that are provided to each category of correctional
institution in each State, and identify whether funds are being sufficiently
allocated among the various types of institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID0657baf1940549abbd16f7890c1d284c"><enum>114.</enum><header>Technical
amendment to drug-free student loans provision to ensure that it applies only
to offenses committed while receiving Federal aid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484(r)(1) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>A
student</quote> and all that follows through <quote>table:</quote> and
inserting the following: <quote>A student who is convicted of any offense under
any Federal or State law involving the possession or sale of a controlled
substance for conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the
student was receiving any grant, loan, or work assistance under this title
shall not be eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance under this
title from the date of that conviction for the period of time specified in the
following table:</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID8acfe7448e944c1dadecf82d2347f088"><enum>115.</enum><header>Mentoring
grants to nonprofit organizations</header>
<subsection id="ID6312a23ede9c4b91a7948c62deaab965"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this
section, the Attorney General of the United States, in collaboration with the
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall
make grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing mentoring
and other transitional services essential to reintegrating ex-offenders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDca70e957726f413e915470c502849590"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Grant funds awarded under subsection (a) may be used
for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2faf29ea2f6e4385aaefab16e108b9af"><enum>(1)</enum><text>mentoring adult
and juvenile offenders during incarceration, through transition back to the
community, and post release; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2b3ab4126514c729b29e07de98088e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transitional
services to assist in the reintegration of ex-offenders into the
community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf47b4f9ca25e4ff2b1032042e3d0b907"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application;
priority consideration</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the
Attorney General based on criteria developed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development. Applicants will be given priority consideration if the
application—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe5913d1a6ccd48b1ae8bf8043b32a344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes a plan
to implement activities that have been demonstrated effective in facilitating
the successful reentry of offenders; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9bf1a52def234d1a9d925c4678ed253c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides for an
independent evaluation that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, random
assignment of offenders or ex-offenders to program delivery and control
groups.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa2a7018711984916ae912b96ef01af33"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic
performance outcomes</header><text>The Attorney General shall require each
applicant under this section to identify specific performance outcomes related
to the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing recidivism and
re-integrating ex-offenders into society.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID66a4e102f3b54a229bad15817ca31f54"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Justice to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2007 and 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID72342f2465fc469788477fff7426e7bd"><enum>116.</enum><header>Clarification
of authority to place prisoner in community corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3624(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6E8542FE88F45ABBE9E6BD6D058230B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID428c906eec104b5db5dbe535eaf4ccf8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prerelease
custody</header>
<paragraph id="IDc10ec2623e46436984cc732ed8ce8110"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Bureau of Prisons shall, to the extent practicable,
assure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends 20 percent of the
final portion of the term, not to exceed 12 months, to be served under
conditions that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to adjust to
and prepare for the prisoner's reentry into the community. Such conditions may
include a community correctional facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4818537c342c40c6aa3e3c3c35061ef1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>This
subsection authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to place a prisoner in home
confinement for the last 10 percent of the term to be served, not to exceed 6
months.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5d6203d4d2534044bc1d31137234959d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The
United States Probation System shall, to the extent practicable, offer
assistance to a prisoner during such prerelease custody.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb31eeaf53d134ac586c0e3759db52e8a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No
limitations</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
limit or restrict the authority of the Bureau of Prisons granted under section
3621 of this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID65e20804b52344239041365915636fba"><enum>117.</enum><header>Grants to
States for improved workplace and community transition training for
incarcerated youth offenders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 821 of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99E37F99727146E2B32C37479BC9E5BA" style="OLC">
<section id="IDb5c81931079646efbffac5a6121b19a8"><enum>821.</enum><header>Grants to
states for improved workplace and community transition training for
incarcerated youth offenders</header>
<subsection id="IDff3b993dc127447e8614821832306c3f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <quote>youth offender</quote> means a male
or female offender under the age of 35, who is incarcerated in a State prison,
including a prerelease facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc085919353044abd8a52e40e45a5aba7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
program</header><text>The Secretary of Education (in this section referred to
as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7642e01e1957491aa7e35f96ce9c019d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish a
program in accordance with this section to provide grants to the State
correctional education agencies in the States, from allocations for the States
under subsection (h), to assist and encourage youth offenders to acquire
functional literacy, life, and job skills, through—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2033aa67f1364d818b3e21508f937553"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pursuit of a
postsecondary education certificate, or an associate or bachelor's degree while
in prison; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaf25a042631d4ba3a28489dbef7119a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employment
counseling and other related services which start during incarceration and end
not later than 1 year after release from confinement; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfa2eef54cfb645558101179dd478f146"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may establish
such performance objectives and reporting requirements for State correctional
education agencies receiving grants under this section as the Secretary
determines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of the program under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa7261cd22b4e426b8dc3d2ad4d4a8d87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible for a grant under this section, a State correctional education
agency shall submit to the Secretary a proposal for a youth offender program
that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID40612369f2394143be71039ed9fb589b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies the
scope of the problem, including the number of youth offenders in need of
postsecondary education and vocational training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7850c96783254a9c8d61d83520726ade"><enum>(2)</enum><text>lists the
accredited public or private educational institution or institutions that will
provide postsecondary educational services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2010de5bc38145718431d7b2763f2db5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lists the
cooperating agencies, public and private, or businesses that will provide
related services, such as counseling in the areas of career development,
substance abuse, health, and parenting skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID931ec1f8432e421387f0834e4e7067d4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describes
specific performance objectives and evaluation methods (in addition to, and
consistent with, any objectives established by the Secretary under subsection
(b)(2)) that the State correctional education agency will use in carrying out
its proposal, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID02a3f7cae988474f96537a8a451d1e3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specific and
quantified student outcome measures that are referenced to outcomes for
non-program participants with similar demographic characteristics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0c8fd1683ebd4d99aaf68738ae29d623"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures,
consistent with the data elements and definitions described in subsection
(d)(1)(A), of—</text>
<clause id="ID2ff928749272476ea42743d1face6dc5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>program
completion, including an explicit definition of what constitutes a program
completion within the proposal;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2021f039c1094e09bfab8ecd53d8e597"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>knowledge and
skill attainment, including specification of instruments that will measure
knowledge and skill attainment;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe1b5a0d96911455195b5a44ba88eda85"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>attainment of
employment both prior to and subsequent to release;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDac36c0147e04496691fd2a740ed8cb80"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>success in
employment indicated by job retention and advancement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe0e5c5426de24bcf9c628db87c73fb9f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recidivism,
including such subindicators as time before subsequent offense and severity of
offense;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f3899d89eb1442285be2873f67e4f18"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describes how the
proposed programs are to be integrated with existing State correctional
education programs (such as adult education, graduate education degree
programs, and vocational training) and State industry programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID22e4ec71c7e34deab49371ca8ebed130"><enum>(6)</enum><text>describes how the
proposed programs will have considered or will utilize technology to deliver
the services under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc219522101a64fab86bea5b946531bad"><enum>(7)</enum><text>describes how
students will be selected so that only youth offenders eligible under
subsection (e) will be enrolled in postsecondary programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe816e527ddf5401a8bf8b75622a295fc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text>Each State correctional education agency receiving a
grant under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDacbfbc1af5814480b8f31f7c2f87c59b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually report
to the Secretary regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe6f550264e3a40069ea176a235326709"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of
the evaluations conducted using data elements and definitions provided by the
Secretary for the use of State correctional education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDec0d65c923274da5aec4aa3e6fa400d1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any objectives or
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ced79b1d0b04fb39f652c4d686a34d9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the additional
performance objectives and evaluation methods contained in the proposal
described in subsection (c)(4), as necessary to document the attainment of
project performance objectives; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9ba3115e4112488c9a0e907d448a664c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expend on each
participating eligible student for an academic year, not more than the maximum
Federal Pell Grant funded under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
for such academic year, which shall be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6416b1e3c637454b9ec92d97d3ba7f97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tuition, books,
and essential materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID024e1f2bded44869828440b2d97554de"><enum>(B)</enum><text>related services
such as career development, substance abuse counseling, parenting skills
training, and health education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID472579c8b98a436cb2319a3459c17595"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Student
eligibility</header><text>A youth offender shall be eligible for participation
in a program receiving a grant under this section if the youth offender—</text>
<paragraph id="ID25c1c6ff972241b9ad7ff1f099fbe554"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is eligible to be
released within 5 years (including a youth offender who is eligible for parole
within such time); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc4dfd4376e514c068a8cd5c8bf25fb19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is 35 years of
age or younger.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0156a4fb5ead45659417bb7d645abbed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Length of
participation</header><text>A State correctional education agency receiving a
grant under this section shall provide educational and related services to each
participating youth offender for a period not to exceed 5 years, 1 year of
which may be devoted to study in a graduate education degree program or to
remedial education services for students who have obtained a secondary school
diploma or its recognized equivalent. Educational and related services shall
start during the period of incarceration in prison or prerelease, and the
related services may continue for not more than 1 year after release from
confinement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8f9d8067ad7e4a60966a6f48187a627c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Education
delivery systems</header><text>State correctional education agencies and
cooperating institutions shall, to the extent practicable, use high-tech
applications in developing programs to meet the requirements and goals of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID658d195e79364b519066014ec588893b"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text>From the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (i) for
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that bears
the same relationship to such funds as the total number of students eligible
under subsection (e) in such State bears to the total number of such students
in all States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdec758b5576d43f7a6fc1824d4d21ef6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2007 and
2008.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID86428a55abe54edcb9545615b647264d"><enum>118.</enum><header>Improved
reentry procedures for Federal prisoners</header>
<subsection id="IDccfa2e76ef3f489cbc2cc9aafa5e9a19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General reentry
procedures</header><text>The Department of Justice shall take such steps as are
necessary to modify existing procedures and policies to enhance case planning
and to improve the transition of persons from the custody of the Bureau of
Prisons to the community, including placement of such individuals in community
corrections facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7107fdb0499043dc97a00f554bce9cf1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures
regarding benefits</header>
<paragraph id="idFC50CCAB1B0746149E634F49CCB681C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Bureau of Prisons shall establish reentry planning
procedures within the Release Preparation Program that include providing
Federal inmates with information in the following areas:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3bf64578c7204971b5ca5d1f7f08ddb5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Health and
nutrition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe2f4f24c4af64c20b23b04ec526ad4d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85969a78020f404aab1fc013e33c2c5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Personal finance
and consumer skills.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5e4944a5979147569335eb33b321b581"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Information and
community resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID953a504d937f4b548b4f6730c522c3e7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Release
requirements and procedures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc4d09468d8ba4fb9b9d73c2a879fce07"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Personal growth
and development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35413C0E500F4284A8DF274E7D17CBFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Format</header><text>Any
written information that the Bureau of Prisons provides to inmates for reentry
planning purposes shall use common terminology and language. The Bureau of
Prisons shall provide the United States Probation and Pretrial Services System
with relevant information on the medical care needs and the mental health
treatment needs of releasing inmates. The United States Probation and Pretrial
Services System shall take this information into account when developing
supervision plans in an effort to address the medical care and mental health
care needs of these individuals. The Bureau of Prisons shall provide inmates
with a sufficient amount of all necessary medications upon release from
custody.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7EFA9240FC044E3BA98A824F6CB69C86"><enum>119.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of Learn and Serve America</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501(a)(1)(A) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 1995 through 1996</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2007
and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idD63A32C4EC644A718C4F3FF367F08820"><enum>120.</enum><header>Job
Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2901) is amended by striking
<quote>such sums as may be necessary</quote> and inserting
<quote>$1,800,000,000 (of which $300,000,000 shall be designated to create
additional Job Corps centers, especially in high gang activity
areas)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id7705952B25C94CE981263EB2817028BD"><enum>121.</enum><header>Workforce
Investment Act youth activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 137(a) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2872(a)) is amended by striking <quote>such sums as may
be necessary</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id417283B48A174794A7B0EAD498DC0D01"><enum>122.</enum><header>Expansion and
reauthorization of the mentoring initiative for system involved youth</header>
<subsection id="id8C0E151E58E847C0AA5822A95E8EB13F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>Section
261(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 5665) is amended by inserting at the end the following: <quote>The
Administrator shall expand the number of sites receiving such grants from 4 to
12.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0f71db8eef484be69fe7a85f715d88dc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text>Section
12213(c) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 5671) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD832AFAE6826426EB0784AC5CA48585F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID8628c8dde4e04fc893f2767daf4f2e74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for part e</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part E, and authorized to remain available until
expended, $4,800,000 for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idDFF22F0CF68746F2BC4AEAEA7F9C7566"><enum>123.</enum><header>Strategic
community planning program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30701 of the Violent Crime Control
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13801) is amended by inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE709271F4D341ABBF4EBDA10B476DA7" style="OLC">
<section id="IDa8bb4d35532c449799064d573f51f7dd"><enum>30701.</enum><header>Grant
authority</header>
<subsection id="IDcc400d2c87784bf18d4adf7771368193"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID78014c675229418cae02e97a4620436f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to prevent gang activity by juveniles, the
Attorney General may award grants on a competitive basis to eligible local
entities to pay for the Federal share of assisting eligible communities to
develop and carry out programs that target at-risk youth and juvenile offenders
aged 11 to 19, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcf33be5482394399b0bfdf0a26120364"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have dropped out
of school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDde4d24394404404cbd1db5a7a0d44317"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have come into
contact with the juvenile justice system; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1a572cf27d754b348a00083019e16069"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are at risk of
dropping out of school or coming into contact with the juvenile justice
system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4cf4d29257974294a052a66467e2cd0a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
local entity shall receive a grant of less than $250,000 in a fiscal year.
Amounts made available through such grants shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7f60589bc56c4141aa1ba6f0e6bff161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID5134dcc8146a4bf68f24f9aea030d60a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>A
local entity that receives funds under this section shall develop or expand
community programs in eligible communities that are designed to target at-risk
youths and juvenile offenders through prevention, early intervention, and
graduated sanctions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID27578276c5ef4b71bb79d13328e8e092"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Optional
activities</header><text>A local entity that receives funds under this section
may develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive needs of at-risk
youth and juvenile offenders, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa545557e855a42d78d63357e084926fd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>homework
assistance and after-school programs, including educational, social, and
athletic activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfe39cf0880dc48e5a2c5a86aea70a278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mentoring
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDca51a025e67847989c1a088ae0db7447"><enum>(C)</enum><text>family
counseling; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDadd2fe8eb98d45dca14ed7bcb3ff73ab"><enum>(D)</enum><text>parental training
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1e5c3631c3f448fa9a78942ccfb37a38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
community identification</header><text>The Attorney General through regulation
shall define the criteria necessary to qualify as an eligible community as
defined in subsection (g)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID929303beb41647279260d21c4028753f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant
eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
a local entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID27f0741798724e9cb3e745d02aa9c5a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify an
eligible community to be assisted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe042c23502f24bc7910ce42bdf89686c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a
community planning process that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID96168d2aea06481baf8b7ea7a0042a29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>parents and
family members;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeebb58ecdc3444fd8cf157a7b09300fa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local school
officials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd85075b6b350485bbd5806e1e26e05ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>teachers employed
at schools within the eligible community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28665bfb259b42ea8e7a48f206bcc2b7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>local public
officials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30f2382bdab0468f9ed08b025d284673"><enum>(E)</enum><text>law enforcement
officers and officials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc3ebc4e6dc784d1b97fb2157219e81a7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ministers and
faith-based organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID13b5df979f724b699ef7349052729e8d"><enum>(G)</enum><text>public housing
authorities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4b762ec8c5ed4f09b615d72ea14d72bf"><enum>(H)</enum><text>public housing
resident organization members, where applicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID651dcfaafcb34d04b1cca232e32a0b95"><enum>(I)</enum><text>public and
private nonprofit organizations that provide education, child protective
services, or other human services to low-income, at-risk youth and juvenile
offenders, and their families; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc40f1b9d689442dbbc85bec72d5dbee1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop a
concentrated strategy for implementation of the community planning process
developed under paragraph (2) that targets clusters of at-risk youth and
juvenile offenders in the eligible community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID483f13a6b6974e0ebe55a16e7339e769"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="IDe520cac4a76b40e0b81e856c732369b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application
required</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
local entity shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information, as the Attorney General
may reasonably require, and obtain approval of such application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb778a2d023284068bbef371a851bdeed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
application</header><text>Each application submitted under paragraph (1)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8a7710c100ca4b37a752ffbce2dcd85b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contain a
comprehensive plan for the program that is designed to improve the academic and
social development of at-risk youths and juvenile offenders in the eligible
community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5e0a13a9eb834aa5945263a1eefa4e29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide evidence
of support for accomplishing the objectives of such plan from—</text>
<clause id="ID97eb5233a372416ea8309652ee8efe38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>community
leaders;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5624ddc4b7894cea887b7185b0385f14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a school
district;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID298e27cb299a478f847e0edf876fe752"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>local
officials; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe8a41a6c7c3e4b69bcd2155ba7c7d25e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other
organizations that the local entity determines to be appropriate;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa0c246afc7254f708fb82fd360d196d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity will use grant funds received under this
subsection to implement the program requirements listed in subsection
(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb97ee624fb744e65afaa60fed4da8c27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include an
estimate of the number of children in the eligible community expected to be
served under the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb8e46cb82e5744f9a4891fbc26dadb95"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity shall prepare and submit to the Attorney
General an annual report regarding any program conducted under this section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID990abcac0df340b292dc95264711262f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity will maintain separate accounting records for
the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa6a0c0e5eb3e4d34a41e8bb3e8ca3361"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants to carry out programs under this section, the Attorney General
shall give priority to local entities which submit applications that
demonstrate the greatest effort in generating local support for the
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcc2b66d089f94622bbb21f2974425654"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph id="ID6486d4482b2348bd88df5e704be4e397"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>The
Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, pay to
each local entity having an application approved under subsection (e) the
Federal share of the costs of developing and carrying out programs referred to
in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4839666ccc3449218b595724867126e5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of such costs shall be 70 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a0883f8b3004efaa10ab009211e8607"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share of such costs may be in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including personnel, plant, equipment, and
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6fb7af2274e8432fad269dc572bad8e3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID44b33b97fd0c46e4a937a9c6d4254169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Attorney General</term> means the Attorney General of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d080068c61f4ec18e63ff934d917101"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>local entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID57dfc0e295d84ca19f8d456b740264bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local
educational agency, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID49b8ab50c627467ca817f3779dbe9d41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a community-based
organization as defined in section 1471(3) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf7533aa606754da59335df306162fe58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>eligible community</term> means an area which meets criteria with respect
to significant poverty and significant violent crime, and such additional
criteria, as the Attorney General may by regulation require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0eda673ebec24729baee3882ffa0d0be"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for
grants under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4dc980e059b345efb94df70d6b790c9e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for
fiscal year 2007;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07fbe1e12b8347aea9102eebc35685c9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$11,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDac6c7201329d4ce093dd8f4fb4bcd6bc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$12,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2de6c37b7b504cb49f4a0617c45ee1e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$13,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86b82865960b415d8edb2a0c16a10ef3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$14,000,000 for
fiscal year
2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idD7E329D808674B649024E74A28234861"><enum>124.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of the Gang Resistance Education and Training Projects Program and increase
funding for the national youth gang survey</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32401 of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA3D1842A560F4FB49B2FF1182D4CAB2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs
(1) through (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F4F764A73874F4C8969A69AEAE103F6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDa5ba08009bfa4732a4f9aa7f49bd1503"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2007;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID61c6f5367bdf48cea47081f2392b8337"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72edf2f918c149488d4caabab4dce38c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9eb886152b7749e3b34e3bbd7a56f6c9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05ba0b41d2f84d8eb2ea91deb007d830"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id78F3B885F72B43C4B3727B19B3FFED7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8153ED49D7A492AB8B6A6A368EAA300" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id65FD2DB9BA8C427A820A4C4BB52F4ECB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Up to $1,000,000 annually of such funds authorized under
this Section shall be used to increase the number of samples collected by the
National Youth Gang Center for its annual National Youth Gang
Survey.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Suppression and
community anti-gang initiatives</header>
<subtitle id="id98B90EE59B4F410C8AFC2497C61A285F"><enum>A</enum><header>Gang activity
policing program</header>
<section id="idE429575C387949D690F76C2938AA12E8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authority to
make gang activity policing grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney General may make grants to
States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and
private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof to
increase police presence, to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law
enforcement agencies and members of the community to address gang activity
problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety.</text>
</section><section id="IDa50eed775884462d8f8b8861daa735b5"><enum>202.</enum><header>Eligible
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants made under
this subtitle may include programs, projects, and other activities to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID04968baf1eee4c53b11dc690bb6b5c0f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>rehire law
enforcement officers who have been laid off as a result of State and local
budget reductions for deployment to reduce gang activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDedcd7f2f5c8f429b95b15d1f604bf6a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hire and train
new, additional career law enforcement officers for deployment to reduce gang
activity across the Nation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfdd0a3c382ba480eaed36db7170a39b3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>procure
equipment, technology, or support systems, or pay overtime, to increase the
number of officers deployed in gang activity policing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9d61bbc74b4d4640b03f423cae470fb4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>award grants to
pay for officers hired to perform intelligence in reducing gang
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8f38c5b2d5ec4896a324778593bf0f9c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>increase the
number of law enforcement officers involved in activities that are focused on
interaction with members of the community on proactive gang control and
prevention by redeploying officers to such activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a9fbf3f165b4fe28cdf2f19a8075b71"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establish and
implement innovative programs to increase and enhance proactive crime control
and gang prevention programs involving law enforcement officers and young
persons in the community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID269442c038be4799a0dc9fb5488d03ef"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establish
school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local
school systems by using school resource officers who operate in and around
elementary and secondary schools to combat gangs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDde8e10b717ab4922bcc5fd4c6ff869fd"><enum>(8)</enum><text>develop new
technologies, including interoperable communications technologies, modernized
criminal record technology, and forensic technology, to assist State and local
law enforcement agencies in reducing gang activity and to train law enforcement
officers to use such technologies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf214a218576b42d5b30f7ce4aa9eb052"><enum>(9)</enum><text>support the
purchase by a law enforcement agency of no more than 1 service weapon per
officer, upon hiring for deployment in gang activity policing or, if necessary,
upon existing officers’ initial redeployment to gang activity policing.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID2db0e37c107b4c7db1f55c29eead61c9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Preferential
consideration of applications for certain grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In awarding grants under this subtitle, the
Attorney General may give preferential consideration, where feasible, to
applications—</text>
<paragraph id="IDaf5160886855411295c5645db153e156"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for hiring and
rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involve a non-Federal
contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum under this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4149de041ba444f8e0aeb5e42c45f38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that are located
in a high intensity interstate gang activity area designated pursuant to
section 211.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID7e8a52d3dc3748e19288b65a7e37013e"><enum>204.</enum><header>Utilization of
components</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney
General may utilize any component or components of the Department of Justice in
carrying out this subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="ID7c2a00be93674214bb4fa81dccb186b0"><enum>205.</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless all applications
submitted by any State and grantee within the State pursuant to this subtitle
have been funded, each qualifying State, together with grantees within the
State, shall receive in each fiscal year pursuant to this subtitle not less
than 0.5 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants
pursuant to that section. In this section, <quote>qualifying State</quote>
means any State which has submitted an application for a grant, or in which an
eligible entity has submitted an application for a grant, which meets the
requirements prescribed by the Attorney General and the conditions set out in
this subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="IDbb1cc4b96d014ad28d5eafa7b4abb874"><enum>206.</enum><header>Matching
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The portion of the costs
of a program, project, or activity provided by this subtitle may not exceed 75
percent, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement
under this section of a non-Federal contribution to the costs of a program,
project, or activity. In relation to a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for
hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, the Federal share shall
decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking toward the continuation
of the increased hiring level using State or local sources of funding following
the conclusion of Federal support.</text>
</section><section id="ID9aee170b24dc4f43a9ffce2499ecc1e7"><enum>207.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $700,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011. Any amount appropriated under this
section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id4D2914EF91654B6DBE9D2E85B9A4B679"><enum>B</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<section id="id59608D9F355F42AC903F904BD782A556"><enum>211.</enum><header>Designation of
and assistance for <quote>high intensity</quote> interstate gang activity
areas</header>
<subsection id="ID11E6FE7393784D4B87420A7CDF6F25C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section the following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="ID37BE3B79507C41EC83F856790501B97F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Governor</header><text>The
term <term>Governor</term> means a Governor of a State or the Mayor of the
District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID080D1BDA06B54571AFBB88F7FED1C83D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity area</header><text>The term <term>high intensity
interstate gang activity area</term> means an area within a State that is
designated as a high intensity interstate gang activity area under subsection
(b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55520741048E4118907B4B44A8D17938"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
The term <term>State</term> shall include an <quote>Indian tribe</quote>, as
defined by section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of
1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4BE296A11CF44197A787800376A114C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDC9413DAF65844C79A12692B96F2E2E1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Attorney General, after consultation with the Governors of appropriate States,
may designate as high intensity interstate gang activity areas, specific areas
that are located within 1 or more States. To the extent that the goals of a
high intensity interstate gang activity area (HIIGAA) overlap with the goals of
a high intensity drug trafficking area (HIDTA), the Attorney General may merge
the 2 areas to serve as a dual-purpose entity. The Attorney General may not
make the final designation of a high intensity interstate gang activity area
without first consulting with and receiving comment from local elected
officials representing communities within the State of the proposed
designation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1098EA0D311645B0B83280B82E4BF002"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>In
order to provide Federal assistance to high intensity interstate gang activity
areas, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID32DDDE97F4CB44A7BD051AEA70E14725"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish
criminal street gang enforcement teams, consisting of Federal, State, and local
law enforcement authorities, for the coordinated investigation, disruption,
apprehension, and prosecution of criminal street gangs and offenders in each
high intensity interstate gang activity area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE906DEDF6EC0444C80DAAF05D826E9C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>direct the
reassignment or detailing from any Federal department or agency (subject to the
approval of the head of that department or agency, in the case of a department
or agency other than the Department of Justice) of personnel to each criminal
street gang enforcement team; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID839973F27572441CA66F727B80D0F0FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide all
necessary funding for the operation of the criminal street gang enforcement
team in each high intensity interstate gang activity area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF5C8DC89BCFC4C49B7DEEA55608107B7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composition of
criminal street gang enforcement team</header><text>The team established
pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) shall consist of agents and officers, where
feasible, from—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID484B84FD41B84A5683B4F87C3834526A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID54A2E009D13A40F0B3F88791CCAEB50A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID74161B4113BD492494E10E42E3ECE330"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of
Housing and Urban Development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05648D68F9A54AD59D1BFC43C9F89798"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Drug
Enforcement Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID490385E482D4417897210211B5F37146"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Internal
Revenue Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0CC3B8B507B548409F15341D92ADF725"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Federal
Bureau of Investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID83A74432624F48248D94111CF6C4D6CE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the United States
Marshal’s Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA3963E3CFF5E4C96BC60702CBB2AC3E4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the United States
Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7CE6CAFA323D4CD7A9A3E34A6D52AB03"><enum>(I)</enum><text>State and local
law enforcement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF3F71E5C90714FF0BBCDE39C7A5045FC"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Federal, State
and local prosecutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD6ED547A321441958A8C982BECAD83E6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Criteria for
designation</header><text>In considering an area for designation as a high
intensity interstate gang activity area under this section, the Attorney
General shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7F5038A0127348878187CEEFC2BE1451"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current and
predicted levels of gang crime activity in the area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCE46F0DD3E7D441E8B8375A66EEA0061"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to
which violent crime in the area appears to be related to criminal street gang
activity, such as drug trafficking, murder, robbery, assaults, carjacking,
arson, kidnapping, extortion, and other criminal activity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9A9EBF62216B4110BAA74F71AA581039"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to
which State and local law enforcement agencies have committed resources
to—</text>
<clause id="ID15D8EE5CF38D40588ACCF255EA22A9E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>respond to the
gang crime problem; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE4DCEA691C544C1489F37477BD29CECC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participate in a
gang enforcement team;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98724F73F57C408C8224E2769F7AD2CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to
which a significant increase in the allocation of Federal resources would
enhance local response to the gang crime activities in the area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB44AD0067B924364BCF5D2BC57D23514"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other
criteria that the Attorney General considers to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFD89C2A3D72C461E98E87F5F68ED841E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID9EABCC0CC0F6489A93E42CCCC07F486A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2007 to 2011 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1DC07A8A8DF641499BF30F1B99615EBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Of amounts made available under paragraph (1) in each
fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID58A27EC0405D4F23B57A9CB9D114D126"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be used to carry out subsection (b)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2486CF4E683945FAAA54118EAC05A26C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be used to make grants available for community-based programs to provide crime
prevention, research, and intervention services that are designed for gang
members and at-risk youth in areas designated pursuant to this section as high
intensity interstate gang activity areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD62E8E435C934B25B6CA627A388CEFFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text>By February 1st of each year, the Attorney General
shall provide a report to Congress which describes, for each designated high
intensity interstate gang activity area—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6FBE0FB9CB7F42B097D4C06A6E031028"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific
long-term and short-term goals and objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ECC36F6321E427693046A87B91D2AEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the measurements
used to evaluate the performance of the high intensity interstate gang activity
area in achieving the long-term and short-term goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB9528184CE4742D78B5908D6099C204A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the age,
composition, and membership of <quote>gangs</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDDEB5BE6F4AD412F86C43F56BB755D13"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number and
nature of crimes committed by <quote>gangs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC63E5576A704624905644818F713816"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the definition of
the term <term>gang</term> used to compile this report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1933ED45216244538B615A9A895B7A28"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional
funding</header>
<section id="ID15F4461BFF154BE383F49B2CF61F8CA9"><enum>221.</enum><header>Additional
resources needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and
prosecute violent criminal street gangs</header>
<subsection id="ID52D3AF3CF8924F51B24EC575A8645E36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Attorney General</header><text>The Attorney General is authorized to require
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0DAB86FADFAF4CDCB1D47520105CAFA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase funding
for the Safe Streets Program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID801D80E750A043D78747F6B73B79A6F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support the
criminal street gang enforcement teams, established under section 211(b), in
designated high intensity interstate gang activity areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7C0EB76EC74548258AD4DAE3B214ECBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID499BB20C3D8E4815B6B84471AB1C19EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out the Safe Streets
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6A8FF04EB710432384CE15A96BC39B79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Any
amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1A4D1268CB834352BD6C5210E41DC390"><enum>222.</enum><header>Grants to
prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent crime and to protect
witnesses and victims of crimes</header>
<subsection id="ID2F355EEB182D48099A5D7650D4953886"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 31702 of the <act-name parsable-cite="VCCLEA94">Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 13862) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID25CC2FD8891E424DB4EC2FA679AE58AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID37A3B064DD7A47D095BD60C487DFBE43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0202B262DB5E4911914BD3C3AE6474A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA884213CF10741A79DE6D966D6CB9450">
<paragraph id="ID17B35F07176647B6B6DEDA3B57F3AA52"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to hire
additional prosecutors to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDE7B4589F8F8477D9873299B71054399"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow more cases
to be prosecuted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD9B292AB89514DD79B22640E21CFAF47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce
backlogs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID31B70B8006BB43A4AD2B0F133DDD39FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to fund
technology, equipment, and training for prosecutors and law enforcement in
order to increase accurate identification of gang members and violent
offenders, and to maintain databases with such information to facilitate
coordination among law enforcement and prosecutors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEF016FBEA3B74566B52CC3D2DA8451FE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to create and
expand witness and victim protection programs to prevent threats, intimidation,
and retaliation against victims of, and witnesses to, violent
crimes.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID45A6FB407C9243B7B7AF50980E7A11E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 31707 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="VCCLEA94">Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8727ADEC638948EC9E0749EE715F84F9" style="OLC">
<section id="ID8D885F60C6B14F8D8B16B47CC0B202EA"><enum>31707.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="IDD36F3176E1FE456D952977F9F772094B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35A586044D7F4D5E887618EBDED9B707"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), in each
fiscal year 60 percent shall be used to carry out section 31702(7) to create
and expand witness and victim protection programs to prevent threats,
intimidation, and retaliation against victims of, and witnesses to, violent
crimes.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID04BAE89144DA47899978D0D27521A173"><enum>223.</enum><header>Enhancement of
Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to improve enforcement of criminal laws
against violent gangs</header>
<subsection id="IDA4DD400B8D934C4B84B28082F0969791"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>While maintaining the focus of Project Safe Neighborhoods
as a comprehensive, strategic approach to reducing gun violence in America, the
Attorney General is authorized to expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program
to require each United States attorney to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDFD27604B9DCC4EC0B698803CCC2B4480"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify,
investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating within
their district;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6E50B18589DA4F8F98D1E95060262F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate the
identification, investigation, and prosecution of criminal street gangs among
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE9CD2FFF0E664E3EBB96A2463FA60A07"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate and
establish criminal street gang enforcement teams, established under section
110(b), in high intensity interstate gang activity areas within a United States
attorney’s district.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID20B54DA3B00044F38BF6AE638C81DBBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
staff for Project Safe Neighborhoods</header>
<paragraph id="ID59300FC2D04B4F40A18415EC0AA5A716"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may hire Assistant United States
attorneys, non-attorney coordinators, or paralegals to carry out the provisions
of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE34AA09DC5EE45B492D0EF583B41167E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
$7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Punishment and
improved crime data</header>
<section id="ID518F55FCF30F463AB865BD40CFDA14F9"><enum>301.</enum><header>Criminal
street gangs</header>
<subsection id="ID0EFE5D612917459DBA850C71CAD12514"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang prosecutions</header><text>Section 521 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5D1525FA851248AEAAA2B6FA020B6021" style="USC">
<section id="ID2B592A5D3CEF458B8336C9C65FDD5DD4"><enum>521.</enum><header>Criminal
street gang prosecutions</header>
<subsection id="ID773C66B3E5A84981BA780598F7FBAC4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As
used in this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="ID155138E282544DE5938F54B63A2A6AE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang</header><text>The term <term>criminal street gang</term> means a formal or
informal group, club, organization, or association of 3 or more individuals,
who individually, jointly, or in combination, have committed or attempted to
commit for the direct or indirect benefit of, at the direction of, in
furtherance of, or in association with the group, club organization, or
association at least 2 separate acts, each of which is a predicate gang crime,
1 of which occurs after the date of enactment of the Gang Prevention and
Effective Deterrence Act of 2004 and the last of which occurs not later than 10
years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the commission of a prior
predicate gang crime, and 1 predicate gang crime is a crime of violence or
involves manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent to
distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemicals
(as those terms are defined in section 102 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C. 802</external-xref>))
provided that the activities of the criminal street gang affect interstate or
foreign commerce, or involve the use of any facility of, or travel in,
interstate or foreign commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDACFD30FB8A084312943637D2B1433DD3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Predicate gang
crime</header><text>The term <term>predicate gang crime</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6C88C177833E4074A11899FABE455746"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any act, threat,
conspiracy, or attempted act, which is chargeable under Federal or State law
and punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year involving—</text>
<clause id="ID98011F48DF9F4A0FA523340336CBCE5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>murder;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID48C1681BBA1846D293D450E39E54E57E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>manslaughter;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA491EEA8679848999D3F6D00C607524B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>maiming;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6413231B916B49858AA827301F662E26"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assault with a
dangerous weapon;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD19009079FD743238BF118A352096305"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assault resulting
in serious bodily injury;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA97AFCC66E95480E9FD51983295E1966"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>gambling;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID482ABCA0DE314550B9A0A463E1144948"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>kidnapping;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD14AB0A395AD40E28F570788EF8A2B2B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>robbery;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE804BA03DE804438B559C7EB384A8F6B"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>extortion;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID88DF3207963142D7AEE9FE537399E2EB"><enum>(x)</enum><text>arson;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAC773AA004CA4092A35E87D97A47C9E0"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>obstruction of
justice;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF53B0F53153F436CABB99E52C955B6CF"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>tampering with
or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID40345A9C6B564F9FA178A7271753CF04"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>burglary;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4488AE54E4FA4207B8B712F38C1453D9"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>sexual assault
(which means any offense that involves conduct that would violate chapter 109A
if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE2843780A20B4F04A99EC9E5C2555BDF"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>carjacking;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDECA62A3F3B2A4E149978E49E8B232778"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>manufacturing,
importing, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or otherwise
dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemicals (as those terms are
defined in section 102 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled
Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C. 802</external-xref>));</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC8CF130E9DD24269B2F7E41561DE8EFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any act
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year under—</text>
<clause id="IDF502E8B42CC4468FA53B0162914F4AC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 844
(relating to explosive materials);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID294CD9EB00AD4C92B0801D91AE7C22BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section
922(g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a violent felony (as defined in
section 924(e)(2)(B) of this title) or is a serious drug offense (as defined in
section 924(e)(2)(A) of this title));</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94A57C967FD547419E53440E17871C9E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subsection
(a)(2), (b), (c), (g), or (h) of section 924 (relating to receipt, possession,
and transfer of firearms);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA4D5A94F5F5640A0B2D2D350B93EE3A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>sections 1028
and 1029 (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with
identification documents or access devices);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID98BD02C88DBF41EFA2095E3E66B0DA45"><enum>(v)</enum><text>section 1503
(relating to obstruction of justice);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID93CFB350D6B84EDEB0FC2BF71E8CC246"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>section 1510
(relating to obstruction of criminal investigations);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDEE88A8B585A4016A317C879D099E288"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>section 1512
(relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or informant), or section 1513
(relating to retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2FFE9F7B4CBB48C39B23A7CA1A280FFD"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>section 1708
(relating to theft of stolen mail matter);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAE591F23943942AEB97282DA367E8000"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>section 1951
(relating to interference with commerce, robbery or extortion);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF23CA4A0244B467B8408B1CA77FB7321"><enum>(x)</enum><text>section 1952
(relating to racketeering);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF96769FCBA2449F9B5A37C1D1F346E76"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>section 1956
(relating to the laundering of monetary instruments);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4EDB2009126B46FE935A24E0492BC93D"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>section 1957
(relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from
specified unlawful activity);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA54B26EACB984AC3890795736F2C0C0D"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>section 1958
(relating to use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of
murder-for-hire); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA8EF9C59A443491AAA648412B6D1097B"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>sections 2312
through 2315 (relating to interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles or
stolen property); or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID933B6BD5FBF6484CA04399A9FBDBA771"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any act involving
the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>,
section 274 (relating to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 277
(relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States), or
section 278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral purpose).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID29079751B97A483882A61C3AE433C666"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID888E687978224484ABC70B7ADF560557"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation
in criminal street gangs</header><text>It shall be unlawful—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9D7E4F0673994ECAA7384D2C07147823"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to commit, or
conspire or attempt to commit a predicate crime—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID56E533543B6F42AFB9DE5AB8ABDA2181"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in furtherance or
in aid of the activities of a criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID78BA65E940EF4BFBA123EFA3593F3021"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purpose
of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such a gang;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2F00FC08053847AFAC45FA785E63D76F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the direct or
indirect benefit of the criminal street gang, or in association with the
criminal street gang; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID539BF65E1D834AFBBE485417AFAE8600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to employ, use,
command, counsel, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any individual to commit,
cause to commit, or facilitate the commission of, a predicate gang
crime—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1C8BFCE87365405EBEAB48135E6A5302"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in furtherance or
in aid of the activities of a criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93BDD712AB6F4255B501EDEA45964B95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purpose
of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such a gang;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE9CBD6255CB24F9385D9F701E3F0C6C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the direct or
indirect benefit or the criminal street gang, or in association with the
criminal street gang.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBCBC6D2938214607A114795FE9B75C62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Whoever
violates paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE22C5D05BE564288B7F248EB2FD2E422"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned for not more than 30 years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID689DA115D12341FEA162754187891106"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the violation
is based on a predicate gang crime for which the maximum penalty includes life
imprisonment, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for any term of years
or for life, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFAC5E6D958214E48BD860CDC58A03B96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header>
<paragraph id="IDE88E61EDC7C047F38744CFE9C3A2AEA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The court, in imposing sentence on a person who is
convicted of an offense under this section, shall order that the defendant
forfeit to the United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9C5927DF0D734D4FAE25D3096DDFAD42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any property,
real or personal, constituting or traceable to gross proceeds obtained from
such offense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1B328A9C20B8497A8F64CCA3F2EFF198"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any property used
or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or to facilitate the
commission of such violation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID603EA7062AC445BDBBAD4CDD763AEF05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal
procedures</header><text>The procedures set forth in section 413 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/853">21 U.S.C.
853</external-xref>), other than subsection (d) of that section, and in rule
32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall apply to all stages of a
criminal forfeiture proceeding under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2B3AD1C8D4C244ACA044A7D3C4BF5C91"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Civil
procedures</header><text>Property subject to forfeiture under paragraph (1) may
be forfeited in a civil case pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 46
of this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA5AEFC80B26040F789B85166BE6CB288"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 26 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE977FEC57B2E40EE89937FD8347DE6D3" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">521. Criminal street gang
prosecutions.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDE38CD7D0A1944F0FB31B6DAB7267008E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Violent crimes
in furtherance or in aid of criminal street gangs</header>
<subsection id="IDA7071342D0CC4E8CB6C5ADB9BBFD70B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Violent crimes
and criminal street gang recruitment</header><text>Chapter 26 of title 18,
United States Code, as amended by section 301, is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC2D6CF0627FD4201AD760A8F88C9DBB1" style="USC">
<section id="ID8A20D3A4F14048648786CC0FA8F1C95B"><enum>523.</enum><header>Violent crimes
in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang</header>
<subsection id="ID337DFA94891A49468BE6235B3C5AC3CE"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any person who,
for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position
in, or in furtherance or in aid of, or for the direct or indirect benefit of,
or in association with a criminal street gang, or as consideration for the
receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or agreement to pay, anything of
pecuniary value to or from a criminal street gang, murders, kidnaps, sexually
assaults (which means any offense that involved conduct that would violate
chapter 109A if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction), maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits assault
resulting in serious bodily injury upon, commits any other crime of violence or
threatens to commit a crime of violence against any individual, or attempts or
conspires to do so, shall be punished, in addition and consecutive to the
punishment provided for any other violation of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="ID443583F5579849A2901B2C2AE818EB17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for murder, by
imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0318F92E24E34F4E8D42B542DD326295"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for kidnapping or
sexual assault, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under
this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID982484602EC44BFDB985B4844D2C9897"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for maiming, by
imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D18EB88B06E448BAE45B3BC617BFCB4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for assault with
a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by
imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A830EEBD99C48E4B9481F3956EA050B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for any other
crime of violence, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a fine under
this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID063DC2D5075A44C3BC4F1FDC2CB906CB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for threatening
to commit a crime of violence specified in paragraphs (1) through (4), by
imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2EB6C44E4E984247A401A78FF081A532"><enum>(7)</enum><text>for attempting or
conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual assault, by
imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this title, or both;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD025C51D877A4052859117376D30DF39"><enum>(8)</enum><text>for attempting or
conspiring to commit a crime involving assault with a dangerous weapon or
assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than
20 years, a fine under this title, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF6F06F7153264A71AB367E7569758849"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>criminal street gang</term> has the same meaning
as in section 521 of this
title.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID63A190CEDA964C02AEB54A5B30CBEAD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 26 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID349D6B1DB88A4AD98B07F96258380C77" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">522. Recruitment of persons to participate
in a criminal street gang.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">523. Violent crimes in furtherance of a
criminal street
gang.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8C993288846B43FF960BA6EC300374D8"><enum>303.</enum><header>Interstate and
foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises and
criminal street gangs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1952 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID84CDA87665E34179BDA97E32EE06D1F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2F1B6177E8F04DC88841F53928804F2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and thereafter performs or attempts to perform</quote> and inserting
<quote>and thereafter performs, or attempts or conspires to perform</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA6958941F5FD4868AD6C84061ECE73F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6884B60D5D1443E085177416D529939C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD97A417D4EB84BDA983D669FB35ED9D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFEAE6FB624CA4409BF132A521ADBDD7A">
<subsection id="IDA2E0136EA068400B99A25C3AD4C41525"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Whoever travels
in interstate or foreign commerce or uses the mail or any facility in
interstate or foreign commerce, with the intent to kill, assault, bribe, force,
intimidate, or threaten any person, to delay or influence the testimony of, or
prevent from testifying, a witness in a State criminal proceeding and
thereafter performs, or attempts or conspires to perform, an act described in
this subsection, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID83DD0D8D8FF44A4281174FCB4116D98E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be fined under
this title, imprisoned for any term of years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20BB2F10ABFF4D87AE5118C8FCD7CEF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if death results,
imprisoned for any term of years or for
life.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B4B07F1A88F4A8DBE3ADDEC0A7BD67E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), as redesignated under subparagraph (B), by inserting
<quote>intimidation of, or retaliation against, a witness, victim, juror, or
informant,</quote> after <quote>extortion, bribery,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF51B94059C924E08839B19712F1CDF0A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Amendments
relating to violent crime in areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="ID976B25D974F74435A06C90F69769D36F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assault within
Maritime and territorial jurisdiction of United States</header><text>Section
113(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>with
intent to do bodily harm, and without just cause or excuse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9F031D0B2495441FA52A6D5AC6C1B98E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manslaughter</header><text>Section
1112(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID93A3FC1E73B741239B5ED95491B56C31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking
<quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID36641A4920C3425E8A951D8404D54A81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking
<quote>six years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID46B54A43D25C4320BE7C568A6CBAB80C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Offenses
committed within Indian country</header><text>Section 1153(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>an offense for which the
maximum statutory term of imprisonment under section 1363 is greater than 5
years,</quote> after <quote>a felony under chapter 109A,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF398B640DE5541F1993CBA3CA9ECFB6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Racketeer
influenced and corrupt organizations</header><text>Section 1961(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1EB329F2C29342E1AA5805B6B8464CB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, or would have been so chargeable if the act or
threat (other than lawful forms of gambling) had not been committed in Indian
country (as defined in section 1151) or in any other area of exclusive Federal
jurisdiction,</quote> after <quote>chargeable under State law</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF10CF8CFC89F45EF937EA3DBCF95FF94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by inserting <quote>section 1123 (relating to multiple interstate
murder),</quote> after <quote>section 1084 (relating to the transmission of
wagering information),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFBD8AD363CCA4625BCAE40C86CF18376"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Carjacking</header><text>Section
2119 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>, with the
intent to cause death or serious bodily harm</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6447EE80A9AD4C34990CEF3AC5BC7D88"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Clarification
of illegal gun transfers To commit drug trafficking crime or crimes of
violence</header><text>Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4B3ECEBAB89A4FC798178458EDEE41AE">
<subsection id="ID5AF5E949078342418DB7FFB22E80A08D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Illegal
transfers</header><text>Whoever knowingly transfers a firearm, knowing that the
firearm will be used to commit, or possessed in furtherance of, a crime of
violence (as defined in subsection (c)(3)) or drug trafficking crime (as
defined in subsection (c)(2)), shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years,
fined under this title, or
both.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4F62FDC0956F4B7BA5ADE55C21C0E3FD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Amendment of
special sentencing provision</header><text>Section 3582(d) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF457A68FE585463BBE4B6ECD21107CD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>chapter 95 (racketeering) or 96 (racketeer influenced and corrupt
organizations) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>section 521 (criminal
street gangs) or 522 (violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of criminal
street gangs), in chapter 95 (racketeering) or 96 (racketeer influenced and
corrupt organizations),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63F183D9D6CB4852A6697AD1B9517261"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>a criminal street gang or</quote> before <quote>an illegal
enterprise</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1AB4D33E0B8A436792E397016887093D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to orders for restitution</header><text>Section 3663(c)(4)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>chapter 46 or
chapter 96 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>section 521, under
chapter 46 or 96,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE99DD0AC96754286BF3FFC6DAA931E03"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Special
provision for Indian country</header><text>No person subject to the criminal
jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government shall be subject to section 3559(e)
of title 18, United States Code, for any offense for which Federal jurisdiction
is solely predicated on Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of such
title 18) and which occurs within the boundaries of such Indian country unless
the governing body of such Indian tribe elects to subject the persons under the
criminal jurisdiction of the tribe to section 3559(e) of such title 18.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDE74EE14DFF1B486FAB2EAF5D2F9270D3"><enum>305.</enum><header>Increased
penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of
murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of violence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1958 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDAC397731CF274EA48016DB1207664F64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
header and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID569796B2702D4B1B8D79EF247D703344" style="USC">
<section id="ID3C2668CDAD794A699A39561C92E95BD4"><enum>1958.</enum><header>Use of
interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and other
felony crimes of
violence</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF17E8ECDC13641EAB680749B3DCF574D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>Whoever</quote> through <quote>conspires to do
so</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID27DC63C0AE2A45589478223EEC270E4F">
<subsection id="ID6DF1CD3D562E4B779F8EDD890EE678F7"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any person who
travels in or causes another (including the intended victim) to travel in
interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes another (including the
intended victim) to use the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign
commerce, with intent that a murder or other felony crime of violence be
committed in violation of the laws of any State or the United States as
consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or
agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value, or who conspires to do
so—</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8DE3B15B878742DD9472F8A9ED93A459"><enum>(3)</enum><text>striking
<quote>ten</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA2A215FB57B44567913D6A793578937B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>twenty</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID62EDDCF1109D4A5AB26EA8F6A782D18D"><enum>306.</enum><header>Increased
penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1959(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id58CE5016E86548BE89CA6AA9B6519358"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Whoever</quote> through
<quote>punished</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDD62F5A33E0D74D2C9451200B537F2A50">
<subsection id="ID73A4BBBC394148BF99DC9675212CEA0D"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any person who,
as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or
agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value from an enterprise engaged in
racketeering activity, or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining
or increasing position in an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, or in
furtherance or in aid of an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity,
murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults (which means any offense that involved
conduct that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred in the special
maritime and territorial jurisdiction), maims, assaults with a dangerous
weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon, or threatens
to commit a crime of violence against any individual in violation of the laws
of any State or the United States, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be
punished, in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for any other
violation of this chapter—</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1AEBB20DB8744E5BA373288315DCFC18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) through (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC62196194E9A44A0B47E6D98C2129225" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1BC142C89C0B4481A30D197CDA585668"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for kidnapping or
sexual assault, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under
this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4A977FBCBDDF49969EF467037313B0DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for maiming, by
imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2724D76D13DE4FFDAF362E677D32D005"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for assault with
a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by
imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID836462550F814A08A5F2C62E9CAA2964"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for threatening
to commit a crime of violence, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a
fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC5F2204E544E444B9CA960F5694D554F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for attempting or
conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual assault, by
imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this title, or both;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3764DAD85C8B41E68C6773B7EC3CB944"><enum>(7)</enum><text>for attempting or
conspiring to commit assault with a dangerous weapon or assault which would
result in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a
fine under this title, or
both.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF02B8CCE2D5749F8BF5B440372040B04"><enum>307.</enum><header>Violent crimes
committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header>
<subsection id="IDA898164F11FC44A4A6DC0D7D80D1662C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part D of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled
Substances Act</act-name> (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Controlled Substances Act" id="ID6AD3CA0B5F7742D0AA59CDEFC55CE4B5" style="traditional">
<section id="IDD92B4DFC3C5A41A59C966E781CB12B96"><enum>424.</enum><header>Violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug
trafficking crime</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID06D6FF6644D44CD7A0C1F78E789E9A93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who, during and in relation to any drug
trafficking crime, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults (which means any offense
that involved conduct that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred
in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction), maims, assaults with a
dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon,
commits any other crime of violence or threatens to commit a crime of violence
against, any individual, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished,
in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for the drug trafficking
crime—</text>
<paragraph id="ID68BD59C4F601439AB823A8247FBA98DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of
murder, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under title
18, United States Code, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3D9320F34FF4260BBD4F79D15645DB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of
kidnapping or sexual assault by imprisonment for any term of years or for life,
a fine under such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A6233CBD43B4AB998C7C88BA3DBD65D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of
maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine under such
title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE8468CADBFB941C6BA36D786B0971490"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of
assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury,
by imprisonment not more than 30 years, a fine under such title 18, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1706A76ED76448D5AB77C2BB665ACC56"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the case of
committing any other crime of violence, by imprisonment for not more than 20
years, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDAC01964E0C04B82951390AFEA1AEBDC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in the case of
threatening to commit a crime of violence specified in paragraphs (1) through
(4), by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine under such title 18, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42258989FAA948EFBD376B8225056108"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in the case of
attempting or conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual
assault, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under such title
18, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FD88271ED8E4CEEBC6D8C3C9F9FAEE6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in the case of
attempting or conspiring to commit a crime involving assault with a dangerous
weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not
more than 20 years, a fine under such title 18, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID89B8FA1D2DA845E38F9649D17DF24304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A
prosecution for a violation of this section may be brought in—</text>
<paragraph id="ID53470C0626BB4150AF0B8F9524E0404C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the judicial
district in which the murder or other crime of violence occurred; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID294192009AF54CFC837E0E979D864632"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any judicial
district in which the drug trafficking crime may be prosecuted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID00AB433510224F1A8BACD4B5AE308408"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As
used in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID73B0229DCB944BDA95D23670EBEBFE4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>crime of violence</term> has the meaning given that term in section 16 of
title 18, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2790F448B78E46E08B9734240C223E49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>drug trafficking crime</term> has the meaning given that term in section
924(c)(2) of title 18, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE514B016BD6649EE87BD97D2EBAD57FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 423, the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Controlled Substances Act" id="ID0A93F98CBB5D4C5DAF47659A0B7F6551" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 424. Violent crimes committed during
and in relation to a drug trafficking
crime.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID411282FC15C74BDEB3D07DE73A205EB0"><enum>308.</enum><header>Expansion of
rebuttable presumption against release of persons charged with firearms
offenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3142 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA04A3E4925FE4AEE9E1420A642BF6BE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), in the matter following paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3D18881B8BB6424181608F78294886C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>an offense under section 922(g)(1) where the underlying conviction is a
serious drug offense as defined in section 924(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United
States Code, for which a period of not more than 10 years has elapsed since the
date of the conviction or the release of the person from imprisonment,
whichever is later, or is a serious violent felony as defined in section
3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18, United States Code,</quote> after <quote>that the
person committed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1A2B0DBD058E4FA5B532E0ACCD5E027A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or</quote> before <quote>the Maritime</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID95F0EEA5A8414F00AE9628348F589BFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6CFC9AF4191B41A1A63D8A9103D53CE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEDD4700C431A4A159D5BD6D9FB05BC69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE380F260769B4CC387A1D75B42A00C76">
<subparagraph id="ID10829D3A2182471C88BAB3E57585D326"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an offense under
section 922(g); or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE475B3117289490CB5929E4F821EA357"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID77C78DFB2F004783A2A033F0ED1E3D01">
<paragraph id="ID30008C81FD5B473D9358C4201A20B879"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the nature and
circumstances of the offense charged, including whether the offense is a crime
of violence, or involves a drug, firearm, explosive, or destructive
devise;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID0C6D8B1739E74DBB804EED7A3EC8446B"><enum>309.</enum><header>Statute of
limitations for violent crime</header>
<subsection id="IDA7D19C1833BA487C91FC045CF6C2A15B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 214 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5F817E65C72A4D90A2AE27C260A13D56" style="USC">
<section id="ID61922807A2EF43C98B7100A8CA2F0072"><enum>3297.</enum><header>Violent crime
offenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished
for any noncapital felony, crime of violence (as defined in section 16),
including any racketeering activity or gang crime which involves any violent
crime, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted by the
later of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF01D1C691EBD4A838E6449970A3ACB42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>10 years after
the date on which the alleged violation occurred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86D3382E03594BD497BB02D402E22DE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 years after
the date on which the continuing offense was completed; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB5FE7316EB4D4190B71650184C15DAB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>8 years after the
date on which the alleged violation was first
discovered.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID54459FE302A949368A2C64D21F5F41D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 214
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID36BE147E64644264B9B011A00267C133" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3296. Violent crime
offenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDDCC1AF33237245329F2CAFA604DC7030"><enum>310.</enum><header>Predicate
crimes for authorization of interception of wire, oral, and electronic
communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2516(1)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB9B53A885FCE41699DF15A7FE951FB0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (q),
by striking <quote>or’.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE7BB67E350A4A6D8BE0EF2CB5471425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (r) as paragraph (u); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEBA3DE83A75047A2BA21055E042E7CAB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (q) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID6AAEE5AE15324F81AF5F7AEBC85D9F39">
<subsection id="ID845EDEF5EB43470E93FF20DF275CD18F" indent="down1"><enum>(r)</enum><text>any violation of section 424 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (relating to
murder and other violent crimes in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime);</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID74C2E4968D8B4DF7AA38D46709852565" indent="down1"><enum>(s)</enum><text>any violation of 1123 of title 18,
United States Code (relating to multiple interstate murder);</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFE590072887D4ECE976914EAA3866540" indent="down1"><enum>(t)</enum><text>any violation of section 521, 522, or
523 (relating to criminal street gangs);
or</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID44F49A6365B2498187D92BB36D584860"><enum>311.</enum><header>Clarification
to hearsay exception for forfeiture by wrongdoing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Rule 804(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of
Evidence is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID8AE8F75D63484D758400D3AA6853AC27">
<paragraph id="ID2B40E097F7324D028411E39E2F4067E9"><enum>(6)</enum><text><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Forfeiture by wrongdoing.</header-in-text> A
statement offered against a party that has engaged, acquiesced, or conspired,
in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of the
declarant as a
witness.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID0C263E3AB806437F89ECFF2D97AD9950"><enum>312.</enum><header>Clarification
of venue for retaliation against a witness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1513 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID55129152C6D34D17A30029EEF2761375"><enum>(1)</enum><text>redesignating
subsection (e) beginning with <quote>Whoever conspires</quote> as subsection
(f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFEB9511D4E1145EE98CD43358340C7C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE2FC0A7F74DE4651BFDC8614B5306821">
<subsection id="IDFAC6FFFCA81142A5830F23AD60FEF906"><enum>(g)</enum><text>A prosecution
under this section may be brought in the district in which the official
proceeding (whether or not pending, about to be instituted or was completed)
was intended to be affected or was completed, or in which the conduct
constituting the alleged offense
occurred.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID2827E4E2763543449D752636780D2417"><enum>313.</enum><header>Amendment of
sentencing guidelines relating to certain gang and violent crimes</header>
<subsection id="IDDCD8BDAA4B764D7FA85D82148D06FD1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Directive to
the United States Sentencing Commission</header><text>Pursuant to its authority
under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with
this section, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and, if
appropriate, amend its guidelines and its policy statements to conform to the
provisions of title I and this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID71B28FDA2D9A49F39B7466DB8F79EE96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Sentencing Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDFE6BD93EEBF549DBB845166C55981C5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish new
guidelines and policy statements, as warranted, in order to implement new or
revised criminal offenses created under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19619DF7BBC346CABC915DF9AED085A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the
sentencing guidelines and policy statements reflect the serious nature of the
offenses and the penalties set forth in this title, the growing incidence of
serious gang and violent crimes, and the need to modify the sentencing
guidelines and policy statements to deter, prevent, and punish such
offenses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A6AB00D4E5344BE99B977DDF26E746F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider the
extent to which the guidelines and policy statements adequately address—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCB9E2573465149F2A0C6E5904BF34646"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the
guideline offense levels and enhancements for gang and violent crimes—</text>
<clause id="ID9BC1665FEB43424A9FF363BCFB07047C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are
sufficient to deter and punish such offenses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6DC7838A6F874E4AB044768A586302CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are adequate in
view of the statutory increases in penalties contained in the Act; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE3D622E6F6B24CEB9EDE7AB1A6FEE20B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether any
existing or new specific offense characteristics should be added to reflect
congressional intent to increase gang and violent crime penalties, punish
offenders, and deter gang and violent crime;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61181130A30440FE978DC1189577F4AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assure reasonable
consistency with other relevant directives and with other sentencing
guidelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3A78ED1D5DD473C84EE250FF6C20335"><enum>(5)</enum><text>account for any
additional aggravating or mitigating circumstances that might justify
exceptions to the generally applicable sentencing ranges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B3EE314615746E1ACE8DB722D20F97A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>make any
necessary conforming changes to the sentencing guidelines; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B32D2DC456148D7AC840E18AEE3F32B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>assure that the
guidelines adequately meet the purposes of sentencing under section 3553(a)(2)
of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID3D105C3413434D8B829499975AF03FED"><enum>314.</enum><header>Solicitation
or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E0D25CBCC004A86BE015A72C44F4F17" style="USC">
<section id="ID7EE820D6C8404F39A6F494965A496D87"><enum>522.</enum><header>Recruitment of
persons to participate in a criminal street gang</header>
<subsection id="ID7CDF73A22A814F689B98E7A009B1AE87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any person to recruit, employ,
solicit, induce, command, or cause another person to be or remain as a member
of a criminal street gang, or conspire to do so, with the intent to cause that
person to participate in an offense described in section 521(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8676F9D69BC24D378DBD2B368476AFA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID31B2246C1DCA4284B8CCB56B8516A8D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang</header><text>The term <term>criminal street gang</term> shall have the
same meaning as in section 521(a) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAFF21EFAC6974B8A8834DA529D3D7515"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minor</header><text>The
term <term>minor</term> means a person who is less than 18 years of age.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9804E614D4644CF0A870E879F46DEC1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any
person who violates subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4264BF882560463493705EC99A14DCFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be imprisoned not
more than 5 years, fined under this title, or both; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD4337A85DF1E42A3A6FC09A748C46148"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the person
recruited, solicited, induced, commanded, or caused to participate or remain in
a criminal street gang is under the age of 18—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID584124451E1B46699F380EDE7ED7A7F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be imprisoned for
not more than 10 years, fined under this title, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD3876CFCDEAA4C349FF5E4A769545AB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the sentencing judge, be liable for any costs incurred by the Federal
Government, or by any State or local government, for housing, maintaining, and
treating the person until the person attains the age of 18
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDC303EC2A95784274B1045916DA3C15C3"><enum>315.</enum><header>Increased
penalties for criminal use of firearms in crimes of violence and drug
trafficking</header>
<subsection id="IDBE22CFC528EC490DBB314DA5D0F0E173"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 924(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0896F63214114EA1A9E1718BAE45EF1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>or conspires to commit any of the
above acts, shall, for each instance in which the firearm is used, carried, or
possessed</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A74F9E1781B4BC1B095BAD938A2880F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>7 years</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1454020215174230920887A82C5C3C48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF97685E737E94D3E9AE905747D15C685"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC16AAC2A09E248A9827C896E2230233A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID48B0EE5118294CF8A00FA497C87F19B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (o).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1EE65DD686314AA4B44BEBAB24E6514E"><enum>316.</enum><header>Possession of
firearms by dangerous felons</header>
<subsection id="ID639535D5F63B4FDE939CCC2C856D8B8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 924(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAD0A8E6409F948ECBD49B543F839F4F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting after <quote>violates section 922(g) of this title</quote> and
before <quote>and has three previous convictions</quote> the following:
<quote>and has previously been convicted by any court referred to in section
922(g)(1) for a violent felony or a serious drug offense shall, in the case of
1 such prior conviction, where a period of not more than 10 years has elapsed
since the date of the conviction or release of the person from imprisonment for
that conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than 15 years a fine
under this title, or both; in the case of 2 such prior convictions, committed
on occasions different from one another, and where a period of not more than 10
years has elapsed since the date of the conviction or release of the person
from imprisonment for that conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more
than 20 years a fine under this title, or both; and in the case of an
individual who</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF507F6EF73C4BD08C80CD574A83921A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID7F8CFE5A0557430EB8F8796C4AB6C4DD">
<paragraph id="ID0416990D03674662AE561C24A73C7ED9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>As used in this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD7EBF0C6D47D4CCD97AA7F079DD797EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>serious drug
offense</term> means—</text>
<clause id="ID4571EA65BF7043C88785D8084D6BC887"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an offense under the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/801">21 U.S.C.
801</external-xref> et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/951">21 U.S.C.
951</external-xref> et seq.), or the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/App">46 U.S.C.
App</external-xref>. 1901 et seq.), punishable by a maximum term of
imprisonment of not less than 10 years; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9C14E34D52FC4429AD18E4EEB08C99F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an offense under State law,
involving manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture
or distribute, a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C.
802</external-xref>)), punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of not less
than 10 years;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID112F000590FF43CF8773FA1B165B24A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>violent felony</term>
means any crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year, or any
act of juvenile delinquency involving the use or carrying of a firearm, knife,
or destructive device that would be punishable by a maximum term of
imprisonment for such term if committed by an adult, that—</text>
<clause id="IDD1956722E377434494F4FAF6711F9268"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has, as an element of the crime or
act, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the
person of another; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID05D77EEAFA834DE0AA7E1AD76D11517E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is burglary, arson, or extortion,
involves the use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a
serious potential risk of physical injury to another; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59F55412495447019E5FA67201007DD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>conviction</term>
includes a finding that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency
involving a violent
felony.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID13424B9362604EF38A2D5E8454F97860"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to
sentencing guidelines</header><text>Pursuant to its authority under section
994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission
shall amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to provide for an appropriate
increase in the offense level for violations of section 922(g) of title 18,
United States Code, in accordance with section 924(e) of such title 18, as
amended by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB65CAEB45D3142F1B9FC18BF223B349E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The matter before
paragraph (1) in section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting <quote>, transfer,</quote> after <quote>sell</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE65B7889D03D41038B9DF1E9595141DD"><enum>317.</enum><header>Standardization
of crime reporting</header>
<subsection id="idD1BF8F3D18AF483799A579F9162A7615"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expanding
uniform crime reporting</header><text>Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal
Crime Reporting Act of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="id37F0F5A166F84BA6AA90A4213249F52C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBA82532675514D7BA8F5D2952F7DC08C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>along with all municipality police departments</quote> after
<quote>which routinely investigate complaints of criminal activity,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id970C95948CCD4A73A645CFB87FDD24F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following: <quote>The Attorney General shall create a separate category in
the Uniform Crime Reports to distinguish crimes committed by
juveniles.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA5A94B5AE3344490883900F6CC39E1A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>, officials of municipalities,</quote> after <quote>State
governments</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2B48A9FB827B4F7C98CB17672A68CD8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidating
and standardizing all crime data</header><text>Section 150008 of the Violent
Crime Control and law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14062) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC5DDF27243854079BE74B269A05BCC6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD76297E156894A6D92FC5000FDF8D647"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>, consolidate, and standardize all</quote> after <quote>strategy to
coordinate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB424E785A12541D1894B3ECC3CDE3AE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>and crime (that would be included in the Uniform Crime Reports)
related</quote> after <quote>gang-related</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCEF219B610774B21A7EC2AD28F64E0F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
<quote>and</quote> after <quote>shall acquire</quote> and inserting <quote>,
consolidate, and standardize all</quote> after <quote>shall acquire,
collect</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B9AB2F9A8AB4ECA83480344518801BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>and other crimes that would be included in the Uniform Crime
Reports</quote> after <quote>incidents of gang violence</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id454D891C437443629E769E08C1196A44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id801FB033B386446DA5332D63A7EB5B64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>the efforts and strategy of the Department of Justice in consolidating
and standardizing data on all crime and</quote> after <quote>prepare a report
on</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99D363BE03C04D08BD7854B22DE2169E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>violence</quote> after <quote>national gang</quote> and inserting
<quote>offenses</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id015974CA98A445E18E984DE49D0FFE61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
<quote>1996</quote> after <quote>January 1,</quote> and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC97C077EB4794C01817EAD7D0542F6B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id79DDF5F46D8447159C0409C93CE3B3D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>$1,000,000</quote> after <quote>carry out this section</quote> and
substituting <quote>$2,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD10D44FFD904C7EA065FBEE8EB905CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>1996</quote> after <quote>fiscal year,</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFBE2C6B3E941475CBCE28F6261746CB9"><enum>318.</enum><header>Providing
additional forensic examiners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 816 of the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 (28 U.S.C. 509) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdc132877eee54c8f8fc546e1edf2470d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7CDEC46AC3ED4D80A1512CE4ED7250CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as (6) and inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID8c3e222a6e17460cb51ebf1ec181526c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to hire
additional forensic examiners to help with forensic work and to fight gang
activity; and</text>
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and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID75f3ca44e66c4dcc93a3d1215ab8e2d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID336bd18a1ae5446cacbc2179c2978149"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
is hereby authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year $55,000,000 for
purposes of carrying out this
section.</text>
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</paragraph></section><section id="id01EA64C60715420FB3C5D5A8B3D33291"><enum>319.</enum><header>Study on
expanding Federal authority for juvenile offenders</header>
<subsection id="idE750BCB6638B4D4EAC77A26A54F42E7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the costs and benefits associated with expanding Federal authority to
prosecute offenders under the age of 18 who are gang members who commit
criminal offenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd9fcbd2abdfb42d194c11274649dd99d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8bb1b8705dc7410b9e03cef326001a17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examine the
ability of the judicial systems of the States to respond effectively to
juveniles who are members of “criminal street gangs”, as defined under section
521 of title 18, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc8678915f5c44264aed606869d1a72ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the
extent to which offenders who are 16 and 17 years old are members of criminal
street gangs, and are accused of committing violent crimes and prosecuted in
the adult criminal justice systems of the individual States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc16f94fefc7e4e658751b8c28bce8bfb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>determine the
percentage of crimes committed by members of “criminal street gangs” that are
committed by offenders who are 16 and 17 years old;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb14fb632da8047cd9e3ee1cb13e30037"><enum>(4)</enum><text>examine the
extent to which United States attorneys currently bring criminal indictments
and prosecute offenders under the age of 18, and the extent to which United
States attorneys' offices include prosecutors with experience prosecuting
juveniles for adult criminal violations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6941ead447694b00a0466edf774c5e95"><enum>(5)</enum><text>examine the
extent to which the Bureau of Prisons houses offenders under the age of 18, and
has the ability and experience to meet the needs of young offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92ee0bbc7ffc472cae0458f53ecf6f4e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>estimate the cost
to the Federal Government of prosecuting and incarcerating 16 and 17 year olds
who are members of criminal street gangs and are accused of violent crimes;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a493a77be6242a2a93c202750f53f4d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>detail any
benefits for Federal prosecutions that would be realized by expanding Federal
authority to bring charges against 16 and 17 year olds who are members of
criminal street gangs and are accused of violent crimes.</text>
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