110 S990 IS: Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of
U.S. Senate
2007-03-26
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1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Fighting Gangs and Empowering
Youth Act of 2007
.
(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
Subtitle A—Prevention
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. Strategic community planning program.
Sec. 106. Reauthorization of the Gang Resistance Education and
Training Projects Program and increased funding for the National Youth Gang
Survey.
Subtitle B—Recidivism Reduction and Reentry
Assistance
Sec. 111. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State
and local reentry demonstration projects.
Sec. 112. Children of incarcerated parents and
families.
Sec. 113. Encouragement of employment of former
prisoners.
Sec. 114. National Resource Center for Children and Families of
the Incarcerated.
Sec. 115. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant
funding for demonstration project activities.
Sec. 116. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration
supervision violations and revocations.
Sec. 117. Improvement of the residential substance abuse
treatment for State prisoners program.
Sec. 118. Residential drug abuse program in Federal
prisons.
Sec. 119. Removal of limitation on amount of funds available
for corrections education programs under the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act.
Sec. 120. Mentoring grants to nonprofit
organizations.
Sec. 121. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in
community corrections.
Sec. 122. Grants to States for improved workplace and community
transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.
Sec. 123. Improved reentry procedures for Federal
prisoners.
Subtitle C—Economic Empowerment
Sec. 131. Reauthorization of Learn and Serve
America.
Sec. 132. Job Corps.
Sec. 133. Workforce Investment Act youth
activities.
Sec. 134. Expansion and reauthorization of the mentoring
initiative for system involved youth.
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. Use 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.
Sec. 224. Providing additional forensic examiners.
TITLE III—Punishment and Improved Crime Data
Subtitle A—Gang Crimes
Sec. 301. Criminal street gangs.
Sec. 302. Solicitation or recruitment of persons and 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. Statute of limitations for violent crime.
Sec. 309. Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of
wire, oral, and electronic communications.
Sec. 310. Clarification to hearsay exception for forfeiture by
wrongdoing.
Sec. 311. Clarification of venue for retaliation against a
witness.
Sec. 312. Amendment of sentencing guidelines relating to
certain gang and violent crimes.
Sec. 313. Study on expanding Federal authority for juvenile
offenders.
Subtitle B—Firearms offenses
Sec. 321. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release
of persons charged with firearms offenses.
Sec. 322. Increased penalties for use of firearm in crime of
violence or drug trafficking crime.
Sec. 323. Possession of firearms by dangerous
felons.
Subtitle C—Crime Data
Sec. 331. Standardization of crime reporting and
investigation.
Sec. 332. Consolidating and standardizing gang-related crime
data.
<enum>I</enum><header>Prevention and
Economic Empowerment</header>
<subtitle id="HCE335DF1404A40669500C54C80078D24"><enum>A</enum><header>Prevention</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H221752EF036741B290E700EA7877B381" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization of
certain after-school programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1775230E403D48249CC9007CAACE45FB"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7176">20 U.S.C. 7176</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EA90E72CCE446609F987FCBF08D9123" style="OLC">
<section id="H580C779FC72840B2B5F5B0A82D11203F"><enum>4206.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated $2,750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and
2009.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEFEBD1464B44D61BC19632BE68B6598"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7241">20 U.S.C. 7241</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93748AA1796747CFAB00198233A319B6"><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="H5D09B48D991448BD88DB6B69FA23D551"><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="HC898A6AEEF404EF881DEC247AEE184F2" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H566A2D0E021946BDBC9686A8D4898032"><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 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 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="H28CDEF09723D4988A97D4D6E7FC44853"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal TRIO
Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402A(f) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-11">20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(f)</external-xref>) 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>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 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="HCEF8320A298B4CE29C802B719C481B88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GEARUP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404H of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C. 1070a–28</external-xref>) 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>$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC772756F3A0F4E44B60031EBF985E295"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act</header>
<subsection id="H999E2610ED074D269F308464D9511757"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safe and
drug-free schools and communities</header><text>Section 4003 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7103">20 U.S.C. 7103</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H983C112EB815411E99369C497E027FC0"><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 2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B55FC70730E4114A9EA43A078FEAC40"><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 2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DFA9D9C0DC2468CBACA6567847D4773"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
coordinator initiative</header><text>Section 4125 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7135">20 U.S.C. 7135(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H65975C4ADB3F4EBD87DCF78601C0B597"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D4B0975183040B2B11FF127EEDE88E5"><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="HDDD8077593BF46EDA99EF38950CB4248"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, gang prevention,</quote> after <quote>drug prevention</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81CF984055FC469100E700A0118B1C2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H509E51C99398418EA0DA5681BF092BD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<clause id="H5B3DDC2C056E432CAA018C13F888468F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, gang prevention,</quote> after <quote>serve as drug
prevention</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2763E58E03BE411D9FC3672D11B6B040"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting “, gang,” after <quote>significant drug</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72572061272C4C298D508FF010B0404"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by inserting “, gang,” after <quote>analyzing assessments of
drug</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D183ADDA23F42A599BE0058EB3E935D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mentoring
program</header><text>Section 4130(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7140">20 U.S.C. 7140(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H86C8FFF860864A759C4150FFE3FAEE00"><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="HF3B9C46B75B54973B533C8D3DD97D75C"><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="H3C0F77B61D4144D2AF612C78B5EE0A4"><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="H28F0F97B06D349FDBCD040306C966D3F"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7131">20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA63BE61619B14E999E4D2900B727D47B" style="OLC">
<section id="H7664D27EA96E41949D45A1F46B1969F9"><enum>4131.</enum><header>Anti-Gang
discretionary grants</header>
<subsection id="H34214CA2801145E2B22600AF38EBCC2"><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="H2D4D6A3F69324A31B28E7C73D234B871"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to combat gang
activity in the school and the community surrounding the school; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC34AD551190A4E5F8096727DF4A5ED15"><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="H1688F9D9B99E406C8E9C4C01382CBDA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the
Secretary that includes a detailed plan to combat gang activity and reduce gang
violence in a school and the surrounding community.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2A1EC4B28B9419EB36B36BBFBB34379"><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="H920F18E4DC9A430C907C9848C491F89F"><enum>103.</enum><header>Public and
assisted housing gang elimination</header>
<subsection id="H41BF1969449B4502B91838DEC3CD25E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public and
assisted housing</header><text>Title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/690">Public Law 100–690</external-xref>; 102 Stat. 4295) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A31A00C0C940D59FB715A1D3F8698E" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HB00D5FE155464F288D78C1B7CBF02204"><enum>H</enum><header>Public and
Assisted Housing Gang Elimination</header>
<section id="H3C014100FC05442EAA45D6676C11E746"><enum>5401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Public and Assisted
Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H27440B1AC436481CB17113B7EB24FB1C"><enum>5402.</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 any Indian
tribe or other recipient under the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996) and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of
federally assisted low-income housing for use in eliminating gang-related
crime.</text>
</section><section id="H9FE7007E5C5347C7A6AE7E0049F1C6A6"><enum>5403.</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="H5236ECD985F64B2882F9E56694B38434"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the employment of
security personnel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A3958310C7F4CBA86A5006626708E91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reimbursement of
local law enforcement agencies for additional security and protective
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H221383CA46DE4D73B5274C8375D052A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>physical
improvements which are specifically designed to enhance security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H128B5BBFF88D40E684E0F9BF41173393"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the employment of
1 or more individuals—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3EA3360586004378B03DDF15C1713FE"><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="H2C705051ECED42AD92E61BB23108A0BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
evidence relating to such crime in any administrative or judicial
proceeding;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H275CA1FBFE9D4BAA00D69F53650688C4"><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="H02A198B256424C168637BD4FC1F1717"><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="H6CCFE721E2694B69AEB869DB6972E3A7"><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="HC73D1875C62F462C8FF882DCC66697B2"><enum>5404.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection id="H4BF1C907E1314F70AEEABDA0F7FC7BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required
submission</header>
<paragraph id="idA567D9FF92A14BC7B33C20CD8BE98A50"><enum>(1)</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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id26D128649CC7422D9D89163B66CCCF4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required
inclusions</header><text>Any application submitted under paragraph (1) 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD2C994C5B5E489B8FA871D60048625F"><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="H72B1A4302E30422FA6BB80E2E962E248"><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="HB4A3206A06704C3B83869154F33B1027"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quality of the
plan of the applicant 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="H81603A59C16F4D0085EC637D226BB046"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the capability of
the applicant to carry out the plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71891B3CFB534E1C9017E422673DF51C"><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="HA2A9637601AC4EE7B9ADEBCE50525EDA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federally
assisted low-income housing</header><text>In addition to the selection criteria
described 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="H114A822B7F87426D919CB9BEA49B60F2"><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="H95525C2D95124808AEDBA603133B0220"><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="H5073C05F06684588B389E89B8F136F46"><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 under section 211 of
the <short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act
of 2007</short-title>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9DB407DB50F849A0B5D9C0212E2D5367"><enum>5405.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this subtitle, the
following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HF15E3F4D5AAC425A853C06EBCB79BB33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H999413DB5C6C4579A8F24976BDDF0018"><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="H2AB0386C0A0E4DEFA5007F7018C5C3B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 221(d)(3),
section 221(d)(4), or 236 of the National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19A8BC3E37EE4203B300F7D3E1779500"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 101 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23E249B06E5A4BB2BFC0B437D7A59381"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE66FCA6038224473AAEACDB358606D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H64CB834485F14874BCD1B7E400FA9CDE"><enum>5406.</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 this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="HD9819C0242D24F91B531CC7C9FF16F13"><enum>5407.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall require any recipient of
a grant under this subtitle 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 5404(a), and any change in the
incidence of gang-related crime in projects assisted under this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="HE57C8DDFCF7D43B5AC88D5FBDE00837B"><enum>5408.</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="H3792ED0150EA43179F1408E4B89C8C6F"><enum>5409.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H819D5582A8A64946B5FB797D68688782"><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 2008 through 2012. Any
amount appropriated under this section shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42DC1C7E592248D1AD5E27CE7F421FDC"><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="H91B86BE828044ECD91C2AE4778CF9224"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 5001 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/690">Public Law 100–690</external-xref>; 102 Stat. 4295) is amended by adding at
the end the following new items:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0B288F3E8D554F6BA233FBDAC1E6AD1C" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="HB00D5FE155464F288D78C1B7CBF02204" level="subtitle">Subtitle H—Public and assisted housing drug
elimination</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 5401. Short title.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H27440B1AC436481CB17113B7EB24FB1C" level="section">Sec. 5402. Authority to make grants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H9FE7007E5C5347C7A6AE7E0049F1C6A6" level="section">Sec. 5403. Eligible activities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HC73D1875C62F462C8FF882DCC66697B2" level="section">Sec. 5404. Applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H9DB407DB50F849A0B5D9C0212E2D5367" level="section">Sec. 5405. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H64CB834485F14874BCD1B7E400FA9CDE" level="section">Sec. 5406. Implementation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD9819C0242D24F91B531CC7C9FF16F13" level="section">Sec. 5407 Reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HE57C8DDFCF7D43B5AC88D5FBDE00837B" level="section">Sec. 5408. Monitoring.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H3792ED0150EA43179F1408E4B89C8C6F" level="section">Sec. 5409. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HA9C683E512A3404E99F188C97ECAF3AE"><enum>104.</enum><header>Demonstration
grants to encourage creative approaches to gang activity and after-school
programs</header>
<subsection id="H2A2CC8FDC27342D08629CE28D7806F36"><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 carrying out projects involving innovative
approaches to combat gang activity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFFA44294BE84C6DB987AD9E303B15EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain
approaches</header><text>Approaches under subsection (a) may include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H24BD737F567E41F086A0DACD0755D0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Encouraging
teen-driven approaches to gang activity prevention.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0454E87A80B4E2B916FF8751BAC7E20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Educating parents
to recognize signs of problems and potential gang involvement in their
children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF77B793E74D4BB1ADC48CC542004D00"><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="HEC761B40ADB6491785A8B3FADEFB8600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Facilitating
communication between parents and children, especially programs that have been
evaluated and proven effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0BB6918B46B4B55B8DBE77E4FE5C907"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<paragraph id="HAF9F2B642E0B49DB9973007173D146E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may make a grant under this section
only if the entity receiving the grant agrees to make available (directly or
through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions
toward the cost of activities to be performed with that grant in an amount that
is not less than 25 percent of such costs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H646CC5434DC74DA890BA9F2ACA35D6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of
amount contributed</header><text>Non-Federal contributions required under
<internal-xref idref="HAF9F2B642E0B49DB9973007173D146E" legis-path="104.(c)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> may be in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 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="H7D7CDEEEFDB64E4DB43BE18879115902"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation of
projects</header>
<paragraph id="id829274C100B140F3B9A74D750C127DAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish criteria for the
evaluation of projects involving innovative approaches under
<internal-xref idref="H2A2CC8FDC27342D08629CE28D7806F36" legis-path="104.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFB34CE9E17894B40BB70004DF59F2F04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grantees</header><text>A
grant may be made under such subsection only if the entity involved—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF40BA4F6F42A435CB2D4079F40C8B7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>agrees to conduct
evaluations of the approach in accordance with such criteria;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F77ED30C5874FD09D5013BD0129137D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agrees to submit
to the Attorney General reports describing the results of the evaluations, as
the Attorney General determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DB74115DFA4453F8CCDDC2553AE1D61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submits to the
Attorney General, in the application under
<internal-xref idref="H02F69C92A47E4A0299E3081F19ED00B7" legis-path="104.(e)">subsection (e)</internal-xref>, a plan for conducting the
evaluations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02F69C92A47E4A0299E3081F19ED00B7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application for
grant</header><text>The Attorney General may make a grant under
<internal-xref idref="H2A2CC8FDC27342D08629CE28D7806F36" legis-path="104.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> 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)(2)(C)) as the Attorney General determines to be
necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE374604AA4D421CAE4FA300003E1D1C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2012, the Attorney General
shall submit to Congress a report describing the extent to which the approaches
under
<internal-xref idref="H2A2CC8FDC27342D08629CE28D7806F36" legis-path="104.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> have been successful in
reducing the rate of gang activity in the communities in which the approaches
have been carried out. That report shall describe the various approaches used
under subsection (a) and the effectiveness of each of the approaches.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9C3163669FF4847A6FB6F29A5A2EEC4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out this section,
there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCCB7FEF16A004A819E508BC166CF47A7"><enum>105.</enum><header>Strategic
community planning program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13701">42 U.S.C. 13701 et seq.</external-xref>)
is amended by inserting after section 30403 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0BFD2B1DBCA4889AB235D54B8B90377" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H6253F78E3F6D43A100684EBEB948B42B"><enum>G</enum><header>Strategic
community planning program</header>
<section id="H8836E07ECC9A40E0A3EA03FDA4FEEF"><enum>30701.</enum><header>Grant
authority</header>
<subsection id="H7E58E873A9264D438F8C4CB52A4F065"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="HC8734EE2831E47A187E0F9B0C53905A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants on a competitive
basis to eligible local entities to assist eligible communities in developing
and carrying out programs that target at-risk youth and juvenile offenders ages
11 to 19 years, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4813F7E94F14DD49FD3FE6B87EBEC77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fail to
successfully complete secondary school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE02D75FFE9D48F7916B9C2721AD19F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have entered the
juvenile justice system; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CCD3B3EFDC64DF291E868D453C607CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are at risk of
failing to successfully complete secondary school or entering the juvenile
justice system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H88289A82A53C449382A1D912FCFBC5E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant
amount</header><text>A grant awarded to an eligible local entity under this
subtitle shall be for not less than $250,000 for a fiscal year. Amounts made
available through such a grant shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD19B1A6A83FE437187D69E8AF61C0EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H96F7621D7BAF47AFBA75999FB0F830A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>An
eligible local entity that receives funds under this subtitle 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="H2D914259B91749B385784400635D3FF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Optional
activities</header><text>An eligible local entity that receives funds under
this subtitle may develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive
needs of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA03061EFF0D14318A9EC623CF5D889AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>homework
assistance and after-school programs, including educational, social, and
athletic activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD51DEF7D941488D9EC54F87DE3164D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mentoring
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AA227433E6E4741B900E7DE0C45607"><enum>(C)</enum><text>family counseling;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B20E92838E441E88E818D253EF0636"><enum>(D)</enum><text>parental training
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67FB2345631D42ABAC5C46DE261C00C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
community identification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Attorney General shall establish by regulation the criteria necessary to
qualify as an eligible community, which shall include criteria with respect to
significant poverty and significant violent crime.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE471FAE3BD624F888B60C430094D141"><enum>30702.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection id="H3E4B4688AC4D43B09CFCA81CEACC8375"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application
required</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H05AE0035E40A40AD82E5914D84C5238D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
application</header><text>Each application submitted under
<internal-xref idref="H3E4B4688AC4D43B09CFCA81CEACC8375" legis-path="30702.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H15BA1FDBB89C4EBC98C700C1AF251803"><enum>(1)</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, which—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04E6A8CC30674DA495310283D91111F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies an
eligible community to be assisted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB340A06C768A4B6492042200858200B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
community planning process to be used by the local entity that includes—</text>
<clause id="H9BA549E79EF34221953308CA1FFE21AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>parents and family
members;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF28C73D6F556451DBB6362CC999C7CF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local school
officials;</text>
</clause><clause id="H80E5FA4014A9435CA3E1F61BC930218E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teachers
employed at schools within the eligible community;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AEC4736BA654116A27B2DEA00131B3B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>local public
officials;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB73C251EA4F941CDB524C1F65175B51"><enum>(v)</enum><text>law
enforcement officers and officials;</text>
</clause><clause id="H74EA07EA5FE14A07AFF7EF5921995F6C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>clergy and
faith-based organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4EE6C11E92B54828AE80388227A9224C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>public housing
authorities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD8B3F399F6B3465A805F421873D1703C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>public housing
resident organization members, where applicable; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H10DC569A64B044C38BD0D12DBDC86772"><enum>(ix)</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>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0C69E6C87724D94A219F9005D789902"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develops a
concentrated strategy for implementation of the community planning process
developed under
<internal-xref idref="HB340A06C768A4B6492042200858200B7" legis-path="30702.(b)(1)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref> that targets
clusters of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders in the eligible
community;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BE71B9C3C054779A4F50346AD008D45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide evidence
of support for accomplishing the objectives of such plan from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8975B81FC80F47E0B8F7D9D246C2B694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community
leaders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F474CD6A5F94615A2718F3CBCA782EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a school
district;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD78BAD36188B47CC9B4400F435954D03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>local officials;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1DE66C7F8454FBC95E78FE09BD06965"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other
organizations that the local entity determines to be appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD04DBB3BE8C842948FF907D4861CEFF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity will use grant funds received under this
subsection to implement the program requirements listed in
<internal-xref idref="HD19B1A6A83FE437187D69E8AF61C0EA" legis-path="30701.(b)">section 30701(b)</internal-xref>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0C10CDF1645451C89F42C8BB6B4C4C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include an
estimate of the number of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders in the eligible
community expected to be served under the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79425DAF381A40F087EBB5349CBC31CF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity will prepare and submit to the Attorney General
an annual report regarding any program conducted under this subtitle;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FA5C1327453478CBEC94574ECD0E751"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the local entity will maintain separate accounting records for
the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E8D5FECAF2441B2893B0649BA9EF4AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this subtitle, the Attorney General shall give priority
to eligible local entities that identify under
<internal-xref idref="H04E6A8CC30674DA495310283D91111F6" legis-path="30702.(b)(1)(A)">subsection (b)(1)(A)</internal-xref> an eligible
community that, when compared to other eligible communities, has a greater need
than such other eligible communities for assistance under this subtitle, as
determined by the Attorney General based on the criteria established under
<internal-xref idref="H67FB2345631D42ABAC5C46DE261C00C9" legis-path="30701.(c)">section 30701(c)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06A3AD5E521C41B58F9CB95935EB8069"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs of a program developed or
carried out with a grant under this section shall be not more than 70 percent.
The non-Federal share of such costs may be in cash or in kind, fairly
evaluated, including personnel, facilities, equipment, and services.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFB86FFF7107C479AAE2B255EA537273"><enum>30703.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F082BB7D4EE42AB808B286DE215A633"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>local entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE1E3AE86B9747BDA8E118C9560A400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local educational
agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FCC4FA814A34CF900ECD5EA121E4982"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a community-based
organization, as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81066CBF7B04411FB35CA0D708C4055D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>eligible community</term> means an area which meets the criteria
established by the Attorney General in accordance with
<internal-xref idref="H67FB2345631D42ABAC5C46DE261C00C9" legis-path="30701.(c)">section 30701(c)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBC9558F334554A3F9E4BE142695D4600"><enum>30704.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HA39BD0BA03F24170BD5D41F44C1DF75D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8521A48623F840BB8DF8037120CCFFA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$11,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9184D5858A6B4FCC8904A7F628811E50"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$12,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C14A55D24504390A5E6A4C3CD984511"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$13,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AB034B502B445BCA387ADE800E6F599"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$14,000,000 for
fiscal year
2012.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFA7236E0397B4510A811FA41BD6A454"><enum>106.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of the Gang Resistance Education and Training Projects Program and increased
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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13921">42 U.S.C. 13921</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4249D31735D4CA7A3E1B1F268D344D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BD1E8A9FEFC4D069042FFFCFDBB6B49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37F98EA783DB4543861E2ECEA89947A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) through (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A4E91B3D3884424BA2CD23C7DEDD1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2D924A09336343F09496A4D6EAB325B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD98E9DD596A148B2A6C300FAD35D24E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B8769665B764DDAA3437B21551BA746" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1FEDF82C0CF0479882E3B624D1656B87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Not more than $1,000,000 of the funds authorized under this
section for a fiscal year 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></subtitle><subtitle id="H350EE2FEFEAB4D46BC2D13A1C071DB44"><enum>B</enum><header>Recidivism
Reduction and Reentry Assistance</header>
<section id="H3F0A20871B9A400BA8851DCFCA3B9788"><enum>111.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration
projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BF45551B0C0498E8335B4414C0468EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
authorization</header><text>Section 2976(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797w">42 U.S.C. 3797w(a)</external-xref>) 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><subsection id="HA8ED1D90086C43759400F4B2CDF61EF"><enum>(b)</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="H58C2F72264564D8B95FD8C4FE5C4C7A7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H78F6148F3C8A4B499835E7F9F710FFF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing or
improving the system or systems under which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14FC7427A5CE45289753B66FE9891258"><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="H0D47864E3AA3482F87C56D082724F9E6"><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="H16E5C86A77A544E5A4E1510181BCB3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the efforts of
various public and private entities to provide supervision and services to
offenders, and to family members of such offenders, after offenders reenter the
community are coordinated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H450740A6D53B4951B120E2E28D06034"><enum>(D)</enum><text>offenders awaiting
reentry into the community are provided with documents useful in achieving a
successful transition from prison, jail, or detention (such as identification
papers, referrals to services, medical prescriptions, job training
certificates, apprenticeship papers, and information on obtaining public
assistance);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DDFABBD2E094D93B826FCE48534B3E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carrying out
programs and initiatives by units of local government to strengthen reentry
services for offenders released from local jails;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAED6B2461E074962871EEFCA78A58FF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enabling prison or
jail 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="H6B790567979F40A2BF2BF2F8A89D6027"><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="HC654EE2703EF4FADA656F43FA4A61C7F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assisting
offenders in securing permanent housing upon release or following a stay in
transitional housing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDEBCAB5D8B84F958778FA0989527DB0"><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="H3E0F1DAC9DF54CC3A309C8249FBAA7"><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 or jail;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7DA0E6CED48485CA8B179DA43BD99D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>facilitating
collaboration among corrections and community corrections, technical schools,
community colleges, and the workforce development and employment service
sectors—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D75D768C5CE4047A31E2849209522E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to promote the
employment of offenders released from prison and jail, as appropriate, through
efforts such as educating employers about existing financial incentives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16AD2B66AC2449A9AB831E58AD846DB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to facilitate the
creation of job opportunities for offenders released from prison or jail,
including transitional jobs and time-limited subsidized work experience (as
appropriate);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C891596434445FE891CB0AE2B4C73A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to connect
offenders 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 to
identify labor market needs to ensure that education and training are
appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB737884FEF64859AC39886917FF58C5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to address
barriers to employment (such as licensing), that are not directly connected to
the crime committed, and to provide case management services as necessary to
prepare offenders for jobs that offer the potential for advancement and growth;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD664A4D3581433E8221A1ED9777B837"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to address the
risks that offenders reentering the community present to the community;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D8307DC7BCF4B838D54099307256621"><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="H67A748D9E67A457486E3E3BCF9E96DB"><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 (as appropriate), and involving family members in the planning
and implementation of the reentry process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50689BC713514AA59278A800FA577100"><enum>(11)</enum><text>programs under
which victims are included, on a voluntary basis, in the reentry
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73734843A11C48689F1E469F68419C16"><enum>(12)</enum><text>identifying and
addressing barriers to collaborating with child welfare agencies in the joint
provision of services to offenders in custody and to the children of such
offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BDC6AEA98794AF4AFACF4C3E3E4BB3"><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 programs for mentoring children of
incarcerated offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7EAD15F9984A0289E23DC6C5176CA6"><enum>(14)</enum><text>carrying out
programs for the entire family unit, including the coordination of service
delivery across agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7D48A0D167742ABBBB61983CA00DE5C"><enum>(15)</enum><text>implementing
programs in correctional agencies to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D32090FC4E54060BCE4467CA44D61F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the
collection of information regarding any dependent children of an incarcerated
offender as part of intake procedures, including the number of children, age,
and location or jurisdiction; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1482DC05B5904CCD9100A299FEDFC318"><enum>(B)</enum><text>connect identified
children with services as appropriate and as needed;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3511FF7A41649AE9902198EBD82EAA6"><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="HBF39E38FA270478194003435764BFE09"><enum>(17)</enum><text>creating,
developing, or enhancing incarcerated offender and family assessments
curricula, policies, procedures, or programs (including mentoring programs), in
coordination with victim service providers, to help prisoners with a history or
identified risk of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or
stalking—</text>
<subparagraph id="H879D5CF33CD94D0F9372D38D013334A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reconnect with
their families and communities (as appropriate or when it is safe to do so),
with particular attention paid to the safety of children affected and the
confidentiality concerns of victims; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C2EC78E4F204B4D9550377279B0F9B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to become mutually
respectful, nonabusive parents or partners;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H085D7F58EDB3453EB16B4F8ECCD70068"><enum>(18)</enum><text>developing
programs and activities that support parent-child relationships, such
as—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1FF6C2B9DD2471E83B7F34B7CB21DCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using telephone
conferencing to permit incarcerated parents to participate in parent-teacher
conferences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H770E40494B3E41F6A861FE27D6559EDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using
videoconferencing to allow virtual visitation when incarcerated offenders are
more than 100 miles from their families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H192AFD93F15740CEB869FC179DD36B9"><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="H5AF6E84E4FD64B2FA200B2FDA574CF09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment
of family days, which provide for longer visitation hours or family
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFA0A4C7F1174B4CAFB51015D5919D1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the creation of
children’s areas in visitation rooms with parent-child activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H714066D98D6F472989038585EB943FEC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the implementation
of programs to help incarcerated parents stay connected to their children and
learn responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEA1D7476A104A288F57A180BA7E009F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>programs for
mentoring children of incarcerated offenders;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H666A6E2B4D954A8EA53E80BCF600755D"><enum>(19)</enum><text>expanding
family-based treatment centers that offer family-based comprehensive treatment
services for offenders reentering the community and their children as a
complete family unit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A411CA90CFA4221A2C82776AAB695C2"><enum>(20)</enum><text>conducting
studies to determine the types of offenders who are returning to prison or
jail, and which of those returning offenders represent the greatest risk to
community safety;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83757567C03D4B55BDCFD9372FB14554"><enum>(21)</enum><text>developing or
adopting procedures to ensure that dangerous felons are not released from
prison or jail prematurely;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE13E8555320D4500B10700167DDD7C7C"><enum>(22)</enum><text>developing and
implementing procedures to assist relevant authorities—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3CDA6B8D408418BB9808C44114667CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in determining
when release is appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC87859E9BD0E48A29B7DBAEF1F5B89BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the use of data
to inform the release decision;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7C3C8FA390641DDB7896E1E3702C3FB"><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="H5901B05B31F24291B4F5C156A0831B6F"><enum>(24)</enum><text>utilizing
validated assessment tools to assess the risk factors of returning offenders to
the community, and prioritizing services based on the risks related to
offenders returning to the community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE767848914EF400799E0A362009833ED"><enum>(25)</enum><text>facilitating and
encouraging timely and complete payment of restitution and fines by offenders
to victims and the community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5BE4511ABA14ECF862B76DB6EA9EEAD"><enum>(26)</enum><text>establishing or
expanding the use of reentry courts and other programs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7EBC5EAFF4F3430285E514F5A7F8F65C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitor offenders
returning to the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A8E906634614F5A8C49A488E6B3EF00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide offenders
reentering the community with—</text>
<clause id="HFA1550CE3ADB4DA89DD44947E2305C02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>drug and alcohol
testing and treatment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B93C6D866F34170AF7F9D17D2702D00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mental and
medical health assessment and services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38E39B2EEC5A43B89C86A7D1A4B865C"><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="HBB826B09DBB34AD29700000040C91089"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide and
coordinate the delivery of other community services to offenders,
including—</text>
<clause id="HCA68F3E64ED04F03A39527AC151FC5F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>housing
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F27AE7EBB074F8F99A977664F041C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D0871A15D194EDE80E5C1D59CD1DF23"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>employment
training;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9F7DA167B9549B29E6EFCEA69AB6592"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>children and
family support, including responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills
training designed specifically to address the needs of incarcerated and
transitioning parents;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2899B35562EA4EEE837EC45394FB18AC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>conflict
resolution skills training;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0D70A3FD51E4C1EA0D858B333D6D46C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>family violence
intervention programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5503C658EE8747E084132287DF27432"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>culturally and
linguistically competent services, as appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC9F80682DE4485D8763A2C2FAEF4C9"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>other
appropriate services, as determined by the Attorney General; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DE1C77094634F5CA49BFA24D4F53C49"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish and
implement graduated sanctions and incentives; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D41587C429B496B90B5D3909EA87881"><enum>(27)</enum><text>providing
technology and other tools to advance post-incarceration
supervision.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2ED266EF20494840AA32FC9724AEEDFF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Juvenile
offender demonstration projects reauthorized</header><text>Section 2976(c) of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797w">42 U.S.C. 3797w(c)</external-xref>) 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 described in subsection (b).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H188B1389BF084AF9A052EF19BEC9CCAF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications;
requirements; priorities; performance measurements</header><text>Section 2976
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797w">42 U.S.C. 3797w</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE6B7D18F99524EFF872460CFE58EB8D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (p); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1607E7859D645E6A589ECC37800F27D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (d) through (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H995407A1C25E4616AF6EE048F9FB99D9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE1DEDF7FA694486393234524E2DE79B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>A
State, unit of local government, territory, or Indian tribe (or a combination
of such jurisdictions) desiring a grant under this section shall submit an
application to the Attorney General that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C533195AC82405A962C5D5657196470"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains a reentry
strategic plan developed under subsection (h) that describes the long-term
strategy and a detailed implementation schedule, including the jurisdiction's
plans to pay for the program after Federal funding is discontinued;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64FECDE676BD4747B744F85FAEEBF719"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies the
local government role in the applicant's offender reentry strategy, as well as
the role of governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that will be
coordinated by, and that will collaborate on, such strategy, and certifies the
involvement of such agencies and organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0A4B45F0DAE413A9000196B90078892"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes the
methodology and outcome measures that will be used in evaluating the program;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H578D958E9392436CABD1FBB759876133"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a plan for the use of a State,
local, territorial, or tribal reentry task force, as referenced in
<internal-xref idref="H516BE64C22EB4DB9A0606855063127F0" legis-path="(i)">subsection (i)</internal-xref>, to carry out the activities
funded under the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H52EF5E565A4E43E890FEF3D308A6469C"><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="HC9DDC38166534F858B61D44067F0CF96"><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="H0CCEB101613E4B3DAEDDDC218EECFA79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides extensive
discussion of the role of State corrections departments, community corrections
agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail systems, as the case may be,
in ensuring successful reentry of offenders into their communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7FCB483E0BA4C24ADE8E7E7B9C8128"><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="H2D83978BD144460B917BDF5CF618A92F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides a plan
for analysis of the statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based
hurdles of the applicant to an offender’s reentry into the community
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA25368FA21F949928F05BB00FF14B239"><enum>(A)</enum><text>takes particular
note and makes recommendations with respect to laws, regulations, rules, and
practices that disqualify offenders from obtaining professional licenses or
other requirements necessary for certain types of employment, and that hinder
full civic participation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99ACC594EFC94263BE4753EF84245866"><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 offender presents to the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9BD540BE0304C210016514E7B4749E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>affords members of
the public an opportunity to participate in the process described in this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1C83217222F4C9B981FF3BCA064984F"><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="HD0DE1A40B2C94AEAAAFBC2B9D438ABF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>focus initiative on
geographic areas with a high population of offenders reentering the
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22DD30927597477AB403A912E679F0C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include
partnerships with nonprofit organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE1C46413726462DB7CAC87EDD406E59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide
consultations with crime victims and offenders who have reentered the community
and their families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BB6F35DDB44427F8B5BFC59ABEC3376"><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="H32FC3AAB7BF6438D864821003210A636"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish
prerelease planning procedures for offenders to ensure that an offender'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 offenders are provided
with referrals to appropriate social and health services or are linked to
appropriate nonprofit organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD626BBDFC2E343728898A09B4539503"><enum>(6)</enum><text>target high-risk
offenders for reentry programs through validated assessment tools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DB84CE9981F4D5583C6D17711C81544"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Uses of grant
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H2DD270EAD09147B6B5D2F3792700553C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs of a project carried out
with a grant under this section shall be not more than 75 percent, unless the
Attorney General—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09459E0C2E064F1BB3E168444CBD5BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waives, in whole or
in part, the requirement of this paragraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4FAFCFF85404C8C89607D00ABDB0023"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publicly
delineates the rationale for the waiver.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC9BDC930584A47C997B8166E5ABA36D"><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="H6823D4CC5F884AE39297EA2EA82B4733"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reentry
strategic plan</header>
<paragraph id="H99AB204AABCA459800E1959F95E93E2"><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 offenders served with
funds received under this section by 50 percent over a period of 5
years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73DBDF7F8E694204A2AEEFD1D6CC9800"><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="H0B6E5D2535CF4640BB295D1B127007F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Measurements of
progress</header><text>Each reentry plan developed under this subsection shall
include a plan to measure the progress of the applicant toward increasing
public safety by reducing rates of recidivism and enabling offenders to
transition successfully back into their communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H516BE64C22EB4DB9A0606855063127F0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reentry task
force</header>
<paragraph id="H8741DBD0D9F447B0BDE3772CAF246EE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this section,
each applicant shall establish or empower a Reentry Task Force, or other
relevant convening authority, to examine ways to pool resources and funding
streams to promote lower recidivism rates for offenders reentering the
community 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="H90C85181BF47401BBBEE158EEF07AC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
reentry task force or other authority shall be comprised of relevant—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97FA19ABFD9A405491A672BCB34EC69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State, tribal,
territorial, or local leaders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C26F63C95094D42B9EC75F8100CF32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3497AFB5F620474BB6ED00F4175707D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>service
providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97D39EB44F5748A6A20762080712C3A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>nonprofit
organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7BF44B0223F430AA35BFDD28D1CBE1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>stakeholders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BF23AD9F64B40138B1D53399C7618E6"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Strategic
performance outcomes</header>
<paragraph id="H0FA0E8BE2D5D4C2995BD47E8BBA0F4C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each applicant shall identify in the reentry strategic
plan of that applicant developed under subsection (h) specific performance
outcomes related to the long-term goals of increasing public safety and
reducing recidivism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1B1CCE4188A4B458F519837AD9286B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance
outcomes</header><text>The performance outcomes identified under paragraph (1)
shall include, with respect to offenders reentering the community—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC41FB2931844157A9E3BA509BBCCB6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduction in
recidivism rates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H680CF01B84154367BD96C1F0868ED7E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduction in
crime;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2F09BE7C46A48E8990208E38B204481"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increased
employment and education opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H750C805983904C2C971627EDB83F38E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reduction in
violations of conditions of supervised release;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H441A899B8E4B4CF8A4D68EC0D8C2701"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increased payment
of child support;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CCBA18726144E959529D58CB95E9C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increased housing
opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8E4477246AC4FDDA65792537E8D00F0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>reduction in drug
and alcohol abuse; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABB9FC76975F46C7B900008806B71412"><enum>(H)</enum><text>increased
participation in substance abuse and mental health services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE84F5DD93DBE4BA29F8E40F37E4D39BA"><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 reentering
the community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0334D51A4B1A4D6C8B7819A646B73E8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Applicants
shall coordinate with communities and stakeholders about the selection of
performance outcomes identified by the applicant, and shall consult with the
Department of Justice for assistance with data collection and measurement
activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82098686A3354B55B2B3AA6DA36BA18D"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
grantee under this section shall submit an annual report to the Attorney
General that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA710A89DF1542C0AB60033927F99477"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies the
progress of that grantee toward achieving its strategic performance outcomes
identified under
<internal-xref idref="H0BF23AD9F64B40138B1D53399C7618E6" legis-path="(j)">subsection (j)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C3CAF8CC4EE44C5BC7762EE5CA4C57"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFD711DDE5E5438288D1E7CC4CFD0101"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Performance
measurement</header>
<paragraph id="H203AB7D3B9404822A106826FA1398905"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General, in consultation with the grantees,
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06E49BBB5B6342389146F63DD44C420"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify primary
and secondary sources of information to support the measurement of the
strategic performance outcomes identified under
<internal-xref idref="H0BF23AD9F64B40138B1D53399C7618E6" legis-path="(j)">subsection (j)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52BEA7A0C2D34BA7963EBE0044BDD4C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify sources
and methods of data collection in support of performance measurement required
under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB80EE3EB06248DE90EF05EF9D9928DB"><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="H9AE904FE8A9041F69318C382673F1F3F"><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="H665E6D56A2364C7482B5734D977D9D8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Attorney General shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify
national and other sources of information to support grantee’s performance
measurement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12604FCEAB6548A88E44F600F8F786FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Standards for
analysis</header><text>Any statistical analysis of population data conducted
under 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="H079E5EDA01C74993B13800C5F103B2DE"><enum>(m)</enum><header>National adult
and juvenile offender reentry resource center</header>
<paragraph id="H49677C8E2C6342BB9BE99C2100000018"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Attorney General may, using amounts made available to carry out this section,
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="H6E81F5C333614A37B8080967CC004914"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
organization</header><text>An organization eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1) is any national nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3ECB21B596B4B8AA4EF60F74CA3DC25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is approved by the
Federal task force established under subsection (o); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41B3224F7463462AA5C6C5486566021F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides technical
assistance and training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-level
experience in, offender reentry programs, training, and research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DF35CE599DD41B486B5BCCE4558F02E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The organization receiving the grant under paragraph (1)
shall establish a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5962B2FDB43244A6B004CDDF004FEEB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide education,
training, and technical assistance to States, units of local governments,
territories, tribes, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and
corrections institutions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1B4BBEE4A3E4847AAE1528D73B8826D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collect data and
best practices in offender reentry from demonstration grantees and others
agencies and organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H128E332C8BDF4EABA7C33C3050C182AC"><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="H177B37F5FD3646EC9929BCB398C100E4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>disseminate
knowledge to States and other relevant entities about reentry, including best
practices, policy standards, and research findings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72838442C4ED4D35A3D4E8F8300F7A8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop and
implement procedures to assist relevant authorities in—</text>
<clause id="H510FAE14A510448282C4BB48A2394339"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determining when
release is appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C2B940A51FB4E3F9DFB289E4E4E948C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of data
to inform the release decision;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9071115ED6AE4FA6A0718E0060755FD0"><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 or jail and those who should receive other penalties based on defined,
graduated sanctions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BC9417001374567A8A2004B40C458FD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>collaborate with
the Federal task force established under
<internal-xref idref="H3E1EE5987D80479DA9CB167F761B34A0" legis-path="(o)">subsection (o)</internal-xref> and the Federal Resource Center
for Children of Prisoners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A0C94F2024447BFABE84B881C25A6F9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>develop a national
reentry research agenda; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14843AF615A940289B00F632A3298CF6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>bridge the gap
between reentry research and practice by translating knowledge from reentry
research into practical information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC9381EB7D49F4495BDD1F1DB8633D18D"><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="H1D97E0A7D04D4ED5AD73111615C092C9"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Of
amounts made available to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A200682555D4CCFA510788E2776CB16"><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="H2F45666D0F8C4CF0B1572BFA00E704F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 this section in reducing recidivism and
increasing public safety.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E1EE5987D80479DA9CB167F761B34A0"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Task force on
Federal programs and activities relating to reentry of offenders</header>
<paragraph id="H1E9927DCEEBF4F9EBA8D774895548317"><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 States, units of local government,
territories, tribes, stakeholders, service providers, and nonprofit
organizations, shall establish an interagency task force on Federal programs
and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA3352E5081C44DB830110C402D28330"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
task force established under
<internal-xref idref="H1E9927DCEEBF4F9EBA8D774895548317" legis-path="(o)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H627002BA91444317BB98B2E1CD456C38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify any
reentry program or activity that may be resulting in overlapping or duplication
of reentry 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="H2B97CC4DF8EF49BCBB77B1056FCCF736"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify methods
to improve collaboration and coordination of such programs and
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AB6EBE5A4504F7F83E4F5D7A899F269"><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="H48DFACE19AC140AE89317305D8719371"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop innovative
interagency or intergovernmental programs, activities, or procedures that would
improve outcomes of offenders reentering the community and the children of
offenders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC22AA930A7BA4C098817042DA4AE2DA6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop methods
for increasing regular communication that would increase interagency program
effectiveness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3671F6757F444B1CB6DE854DBB9B72F4"><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
offenders reentering the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7067E4B6701F416DAD4D16938093D3FF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify funding
areas that should be coordinated across agencies, and any gaps in funding for
reentry services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BA2504B48014C97A69200E652AEC608"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in collaboration
with the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resources Center
established under
<internal-xref idref="H079E5EDA01C74993B13800C5F103B2DE" legis-path="(m)">subsection (m)</internal-xref>, identify successful reentry
programs 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="HBCB9A22A45704DE0A8A56C69D0164300"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="HF667B9593ABC4C999BCD86F27100E19"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of
2007</short-title>, the task force established under
<internal-xref idref="H1E9927DCEEBF4F9EBA8D774895548317" legis-path="(o)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall submit to Congress a
report on barriers to reentry, including recommendations to overcome such
barriers. The task force shall provide for public input in preparing the
report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7109893A52024885BD9612006672F6E7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required by
<internal-xref idref="HF667B9593ABC4C999BCD86F27100E19" legis-path="(o)(3)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> 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="H21F37D148B114F3B8972B4581D38EC08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>child support
obligations and procedures;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA90430D7EEBB4597A663444D50545EF3"><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="H4960FA8599704CF78C9313361E6E9D21"><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="H51ACC2858425487389B5B337E0ECA4FC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>education
programs, financial assistance, and full civic participation;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE79D364A00554D1B861D80398F54EF00"><enum>(v)</enum><text>TANF program
funding criteria and other welfare benefits;</text>
</clause><clause id="H28E1731BEAD04C60B0A85368D3930300"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>sustainable
employment and career advancement, including barriers that are not directly
connected to the crime committed and the risk that the offender presents to the
community;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9EABE068D3364DA997FDEF938C2B1350"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>laws,
regulations, rules, and practices that restrict Federal employment licensure
and participation in Federal contracting programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H82ADB72A596D497495C1BF098976EDD"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>admissions to
and evictions from Federal housing programs, including—</text>
<subclause id="H7C1C5D1AEA224E0100EE3C7E04F461A5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>examining the
number and characteristics of offenders who are evicted from or denied
eligibility for Federal housing programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H415BE8BD7AC046ECAC1CC74B854924C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the effect of
eligibility denials and evictions on homelessness, family stability, and family
reunification;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H32B8BAC44D2B43D6A81347EDDA120720"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the extent to
which arrest records are the basis for denying applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAE72877681C84B81BFFE1B97CDE2AFD5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the implications
of considering misdemeanor convictions that occurred more than 5 years before
the date of an application and felony convictions that occurred more than 10
years before the date of an application, and the appropriateness of taking into
account rehabilitation and other mitigating factors; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H04D8E8C7C58348C284C7A90389DF4570"><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="H1BDC8CB8E13F4665876FCF4278FD42E3"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>reentry
procedures, case planning, and transitions of offenders from the custody of the
Bureau of Prisons to a Federal parole or probation program, or to community
corrections;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFE3A59BCDC85431FAACC01576620AC1"><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 being arrested, and the potential for
changing such laws, regulations, rules, and practices; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B187E3D2A8E4CB9BDD3E0908E6FA29"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>prerelease
planning procedures for offenders to ensure that the eligibility of an offender
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 offenders 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="H2F72293F34A1442C9CB112D58DB3F41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>On an annual basis, the task force established under
<internal-xref idref="H1E9927DCEEBF4F9EBA8D774895548317" legis-path="(o)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> 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
<internal-xref idref="HFA3352E5081C44DB830110C402D28330" legis-path="(o)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26F45B93E2114EAA83A7308B9524AACC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Standards for
Analysis</header><text>Any statistical analysis of population data under 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="H8437805F0A93426AB564C7E4DDC4F0B2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797w">42 U.S.C. 3797w</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (p)(1), as
redesignated by
<internal-xref idref="HE6B7D18F99524EFF872460CFE58EB8D4" legis-path="111.(d)(1)">subsection (d)(1)</internal-xref> of this section, by
striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and all that follows, and inserting
<quote>$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB8F384C8ABB84859821569277CC36866"><enum>112.</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="H06E61C163963416B916EE58D101235A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare 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 an individual;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11A55A4B51C445228478013E5E75623E"><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="H57D999C3AF6D42D79EB8E0CB2302C151"><enum>113.</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 a program carried out
through the Employment and Training Administration, to educate employers, and
to educate one-stop partners and one-stop operators (as such terms are defined
in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801</external-xref>)), about
incentives (in existence as of the date of the implementation), including the
Federal bonding program carried out through the Employment and Training
Administration and tax credits, for hiring former Federal, State, or local
prisoners.</text>
</section><section id="H392313B462DC42F4A2E3C0914E836780"><enum>114.</enum><header>National
Resource Center for Children and Families of the Incarcerated</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, such
sums as may be necessary for the continuing activities of the National Resource
Center for Children and Families of the Incarcerated, including conducting a
review of the policies and practices of State and Federal corrections agencies
to support parent-child relationships.</text>
</section><section id="HA0D3BFC4A94F48EB816EFF6B591CF497"><enum>115.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13702">42 U.S.C. 13702(a)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C9E8BA26A844BE8B77018EEF0EF39FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H074F56ACBC1F4F429044AAEBE8D3C67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDE490C6CE39479F973E3C71A29C27E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8204617E80741DCBC359F523E1BE744" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC4873DDA8E664270A9EDAA088B28EBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to carry out any
activity described in subsection (b) or (c) of section 2976 of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w (b) and
(c)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H35B1F42776F64F5E8595333708464FD1"><enum>116.</enum><header>Grants to study
parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations</header>
<subsection id="HAA762C92CE3A426887173581F6D44248"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants to States to
study and to improve the collection of data with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="H910E3388611D4EEBB4EAB77FA3DAACE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>offenders whose
parole or post-incarceration supervision is revoked; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDA5E3E9F9984F29802E7C567C60D9BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>which such
offenders represent the greatest risk to community safety.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB107D3DD04C440397A46B884DB962AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>As
a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the Governor or other
chief executive officer of a State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB82945A12F7A484788A767004EE35323"><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)(1),
including data on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DF97BC77E54434000A077790000B65B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and
type of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations that occur within
that State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H577A0A35F52A445E89ABC7B2001C1C89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons for
parole or post-incarceration supervision revocation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H256EDFDB17ED4A5BABE18DBBAFABB1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the underlying
behavior that led to the revocations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F35C735800A4A568EAAA2E0078E1321"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the terms of
imprisonment or other penalties that are imposed for the violations; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAADC2404D7304DE1A61798F2D263BD40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide the data
described in paragraph (1) to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form
prescribed by the Bureau.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11EF24AD2E8E4417B9EEE9E96FD367F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards of
Analysis</header><text>Any statistical analysis of population data conducted
under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Register
Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56FCC10CA82C4DE592DAA767E04741F3"><enum>(d)</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 2008 and 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD91B726DA124462B8F77719F3B960606"><enum>117.</enum><header>Improvement of
the residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1904(d) of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796ff-3">42 U.S.C. 3796ff–3(d)</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1996E67484B44FD5877C21833112C49" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H374F28D0EA364E7EA023E24C4EC29C47"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Residential
substance abuse treatment</header><text>In this part, the term
<term>residential substance abuse treatment</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="HF5DF812291AD40CB87536E97EB38E4C4"><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="HB189E63BA9254F2D8998B32FE1B84FA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may 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>
</section><section id="H4DEDA5A3AB0F4BF086C71BE9A0154BB8"><enum>118.</enum><header>Residential
drug abuse program in Federal prisons</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3621">Section 3621(e)(5)(A)</external-xref> 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="H34534263A34D4C1FB44FAE4D58E3797E"><enum>119.</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="H9DCA030CB7784E5A0008AB00AA4F8072"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 222(a)(1) of the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9222">20 U.S.C. 9222(a)(1)</external-xref>) 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="H1F1550DA4439497FAD89638DEB8FEA93"><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="H693B023D10D847AF8BC0392B622BC4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on
the use of literacy funds provided under the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9201">20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.</external-xref>) to correctional institutions as defined
in section 225(d)(2) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9225">20 U.S.C. 9225(d)(2)</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A24B1AEE6E449CEB95C471247A4D66C"><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="HDD24B697BDB242F791118E95E5D85318"><enum>120.</enum><header>Mentoring
grants to nonprofit organizations</header>
<subsection id="H9A5C3DA722CA494400A5141F49EFFCB7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this
section, the Attorney General shall make grants, in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to
nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing mentoring and other
transitional services essential to the reentry of offenders into the
community.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70F2CD1FCDB34C4C90A2FD2905989AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A grant under subsection (a) may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="H73D00F8985C449C4B430D3EE4EBD7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>mentoring adult and
juvenile offenders during incarceration, during transition back to the
community, and post-incarceration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F919D8AB7664D62BA084D6C29D0090"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transitional
services to assist in the reentry of offenders into the community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BE934092F3349D6B18126948CF6F00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application;
priority consideration</header>
<paragraph id="id919EB4B90C6C43188B84F7919CD16C89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9534EF15A89843068BDA5A281CA0B698"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Attorney General shall give priority consideration to applications that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H796ADF53C98F4F5D9EF3C19902800CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a plan to
implement activities that have been demonstrated to be effective in
facilitating the successful reentry of offenders into the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0621C2B08F5E4CE0BD64A233C6232DB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide for an
independent evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B969A2D8AAE4A25B7B42E885ADD42B"><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
reintegrating offenders into the community.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H014113C0D85045BFAC00406FB144C88B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Attorney General to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2008 and 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1521758268BC4963A7F1C224A3001DF4"><enum>121.</enum><header>Clarification
of authority to place prisoner in community corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3624">Section 3624(c)</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57BAE43561344C5091E212976D3DF1F0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HED1B59573CF841DD8DF210AF53A29228"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prerelease
custody</header>
<paragraph id="H9BFEFA8495EE436D81317F5613BFF9C0"><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 such term, not to exceed 12 months, under conditions that will
afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to adjust to and prepare for
reentry into the community. Such conditions may include a community
correctional facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9884966855B64F6FA5947D32CB19B503"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Bureau of Prisons is authorized to place a prisoner in home confinement for the
final portion of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner, not to exceed the
shorter of 10 percent of that term of imprisonment or 6 months.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F900EA9242E4FBCBD82EEFCB2C3EBA1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The
United States Probation System shall, to the extent practicable, offer
assistance to a prisoner during any prerelease custody under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21D7FC400DD64B40ACB3D2ED92D5AFC0"><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 commented="no" id="H625741816C30486D899BC0B57F007983"><enum>122.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1151">20 U.S.C. 1151</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF57CCBA077A6461390BF46812270A807" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HCA23B2EF56E2437B9B053EA253CBAC99"><enum>821.</enum><header>Grants to
states for improved workplace and community transition training for
incarcerated youth offenders</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDCCD09EB7E0F449CA804707866B3838F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>youth offender</term> 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 commented="no" id="HE643CBDB13F9484CA4DFBE0F35C0028"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
program</header><text>The Secretary of Education (in this section referred to
as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H48B984EF359346DF8E098089739040F2"><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 commented="no" id="H60EDCB7E7AC74C8587E6EB8DDB77852C"><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 commented="no" id="HFB2459A1C74944B19DF3A58034809B00"><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 commented="no" id="HE03DBE06D6AC4F0C93C6ED7B66246189"><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 commented="no" id="H3E2B4D832A8347FB00BC6C62146536EE"><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 commented="no" id="HE74383A17B2E4D468254D4C179B9286B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies the
scope of the problem, including the number of youth offenders in need of
postsecondary education and career and technical education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H975D922D0B464C61A9287875E594964E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>lists the
accredited public or private educational institution or institutions that will
provide postsecondary educational services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDDF3B317173C47239351AD8FEAFBE6FA"><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 commented="no" id="H228D5DBF914346B287946FF3DF39ADD3"><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 commented="no" id="HF08CD2A062DC488397D76B92BC34A21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specific and
quantified student outcome measures that are compared with outcomes for
non-program participants with similar demographic characteristics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A7FA35994194489BA537D5B67FA2FF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures,
consistent with the data elements and definitions described in subsection
(d)(1)(A), of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3B3F9E9116524006BBE554DFF21F1600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>program
completion, including an explicit definition of what constitutes a program
completion within the proposal;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0D595982D3DD48499145E6AEC023DDF1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>knowledge and
skill attainment, including specification of instruments that will measure
knowledge and skill attainment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD0FE180D3B9C4795ADD180DE514D5C88"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>attainment of
employment both before and after release;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3C3BC2CDFC8345BBB9B66DBC70C52D5C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>success in
employment indicated by job retention and advancement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9382926D52014D91A730CBE563C73C14"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recidivism,
including such subindicators as time before subsequent offense and severity of
subsequent offense;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF2FBC8FD95984662804E06823255ECE"><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 career and technical education) and State industry
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE93460F9694249EA00E088A0CBF4CAE5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>describes how the
proposed programs will utilize technology to deliver the services under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H94B1D94CD7C24230BD2B492779BA5DC4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>describes how
students will be selected so that only youth offenders eligible under
subsection (e) will be enrolled in a program receiving a grant under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H30C8A4E24F4E45238DB7CB5BA119B442"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text>Each State correctional education agency receiving a
grant under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7442E132F66B43B49D7B3B9BD1BEA556"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually report to
the Secretary regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A3ABAD324A0411381D30237FFA7B689"><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 commented="no" id="H17A1587753044046A416A85923B7C160"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any objectives or
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF7CAD2A14EF74C379BA0C1E02760CF60"><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 commented="no" id="HACA8C3F1B86F4F62A21E977B6798A0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expend on each
participating eligible student for an academic year, not more than the maximum
Federal Pell Grant appropriated under section 401 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 for such academic year, which shall be used for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6D7B2801FF248CB9248016B536444F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tuition, books,
and essential materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA5411671960844E2A1CC338ED812A200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>related services
such as career development, substance abuse counseling, parenting skills
training, and health education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA9E08972DB2746528F72F4ECF6987095"><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 commented="no" id="H4CA3BBBE796D424BB2BFA83DD6E20E1"><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 commented="no" id="H448FD98DC5144DB397103CCDB00E207"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is 35 years of age
or younger.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF1145F8B56594E35BB06C56913DE584B"><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 commented="no" id="HEF91ACA20898440F9E03FA46513ED081"><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 commented="no" id="H822B9324927F407F93AD27C30006233"><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 youth offenders
eligible under subsection (e) in such State bears to the total number of such
youth offenders in all States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFAA92C903BE436EBA7DCF20ABAED797"><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 2008 and
2009.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD7BC068088184BF1A97BA94FEA422048"><enum>123.</enum><header>Improved
reentry procedures for Federal prisoners</header>
<subsection id="H3507C6CACB464EA0BBD335652013ADA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General reentry
procedures</header><text>The Attorney General shall take such steps as are
necessary to modify existing procedures and policies to enhance case planning
and to improve the transition of offenders from the custody of the Bureau of
Prisons to the community, including placement of such individuals in community
corrections facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2D35552589E74680ADA60986F34073A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures
regarding benefits</header>
<paragraph id="HB4620F3973B34B6D9147BE08FDF26B7"><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 offenders with information in the following areas:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8697FC17F4BD4BCC881FC8A0A2D8BDB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Health and
nutrition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0A2745D293047109726C400C740A47F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32D812A1071A4643A8004C98D500D69B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Personal finance
and consumer skills.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5CBDB29D8924090859206BD68C3512F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Information and
community resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B203A52D4F945299680A23689FB31D2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Release
requirements and procedures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BD8558FF3114CBB89E5108F6F76C275"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Personal growth
and development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE2204F242124C1B82EA4387C805069F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Format</header><text>Any
written information that the Bureau of Prisons provides to offenders 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 offenders scheduled for release and reentry into the
community. 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 such offenders. The
Bureau of Prisons shall provide offenders with a sufficient amount of all
necessary medications upon release from custody.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1C12E1DBAEC04B7096B684BFD09D7400"><enum>C</enum><header>Economic
Empowerment</header>
<section id="HE4B2F8F382D34669B649A91667DD6278"><enum>131.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12681">42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) 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 2008
and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE217DFC9CDEA4449A51B1404B9EBE920"><enum>132.</enum><header>Job
Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2901">29 U.S.C. 2901</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through
2003</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) for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA454C421F144903B51CC400FDCA4000" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>Workforce Investment
Act youth activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
137(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2872">29 U.S.C. 2872(a)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999
through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HEF1203D663A44812A961178E34478BD"><enum>134.</enum><header>Expansion and
reauthorization of the mentoring initiative for system involved youth</header>
<subsection id="HF078E64285FE4314A9C4C69115F0C0A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>Section
261(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5665(a)) 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="H0B204AF8009B4A06A1AAA2E0DDA9D160"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text>Section
299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5671) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CB30DD144B54DB6B4EAF18C22918F5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H56D177C47707460B833EADB4C8190013"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for part e</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out part E $4,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, and
2012.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Suppression and
Community Anti-gang Initiatives</header>
<subtitle id="H2DEDAE04806D45AAACBDAD62B5550425"><enum>A</enum><header>Gang activity
policing program</header>
<section id="H991891C3E0D244ED9677166355CDF674"><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 tribes, 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 to otherwise enhance public safety.</text>
</section><section id="HED27C2CC165C447DAC4B7F80A954F69F"><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="HAF87672D5A814ECBB8AA960024AC350"><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="H1C87AB13B2744978BA7FCC7B5DCDE1B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hire and train
additional career law enforcement officers for deployment to reduce gang
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E8C6FB2E359441F9F793D69937D295D"><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="HE14C7C56CFED41AAB325B6DD839F5900"><enum>(4)</enum><text>hire officers to
perform intelligence activities to reduce gang activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79647507885E475AA853A3207249BA92"><enum>(5)</enum><text>increase the
number of law enforcement officers involved in activities that are focused on
interaction with members of the community or on proactive gang control and
prevention by redeploying officers to such activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACDA42A67A7448698BAB08C84F865F23"><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="HB627E6854C644028B17437D26727FF67"><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="H0906044AAD53458B9327C99DF6E031A4"><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="H7B26579B6BE740C8A3895FD4932FC668"><enum>(9)</enum><text>support the
purchase by law enforcement agencies of not more than 1 service weapon per
officer, upon hiring for deployment in gang activity policing or, if necessary,
upon the initial redeployment of an officer to gang activity policing.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1511D57651DB4ED2BA11815ECAB2B224"><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 to applicants—</text>
<paragraph id="H871195B3C6894705BA6CE93FDE81A849"><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="H95E5D27CF8044A7EB334A3D600D70077"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that are located
in a high-intensity interstate gang activity area designated under section
211.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDAC8317C858549BB91D900885BEA7260"><enum>204.</enum><header>Use of
components</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney
General may use any component of the Department of Justice in carrying out this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="H2EE24D96832244519473C4984118EBFE"><enum>205.</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless all applications
submitted by any qualifying State and grantee within that State under this
subtitle have been funded, each qualifying State, together with grantees within
that State, shall receive in each fiscal year under this subtitle an amount
equal to not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount appropriated in that
fiscal year for grants under this subtitle. In this section, <term>qualifying
State</term> means any State that has submitted an application for a grant, or
in which a unit of local government, Indian tribe, other public or private
entity, or multijurisdictional or regional consortia thereof has submitted an
application for a grant, that meets the requirements established by the
Attorney General under this subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="HF5BC9EE870DE4C0EB82BEF859400128F"><enum>206.</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<subsection id="id79CE0EC5196E431987A909FF408DBB43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the costs of a program, project, or activity carried out with a grant under
this subtitle shall be not more than 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2E4E2192C1094146A8485E911A6074B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hiring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a grant for a period exceeding 1 year
for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, the Federal share shall
decrease each year for up to 5 years, by an amount determined by the Attorney
General, with a goal of the continuation of the increased hiring level using
State or local sources of funding following the conclusion of Federal
support.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB78A7724FD4420FB0658F773C0537EC"><enum>207.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $700,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Any amount appropriated under this
section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBDE63C49FE9C43D1AC9D1938C183B1A7"><enum>B</enum><header>High-intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<section id="H040D3063F2DA4ED9A35E693320055917"><enum>211.</enum><header>Designation of
and assistance for <quote>high-intensity</quote> interstate gang activity
areas</header>
<subsection id="HD013D192C0724B2089A8DB7ACDA6955"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section the following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HC8D7717E00CA4A2F91409800D9700B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Governor</header><text>The
term <term>Governor</term> means a Governor or other chief executive officer of
a State, or the Mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9238097DDEE84CF5857048835115ED46"><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="HEA0BA318661E400582BF2E69F558066E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2E013EF55A794D18B13557350B46F02B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a State of
the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory,
or possession of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56834F5C584C47CFAA7CFEA242057930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes an
<term>Indian tribe</term>, as that term is defined in section 102 of the
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/479a">25 U.S.C. 479a</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74AD701E74D14675B200CD4C005C54DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High-intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<paragraph id="H90E52ABC2DCB4DD789D290D2584EC9B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Attorney General, after consultation with the Governor of any appropriate
State, may designate as high-intensity interstate gang activity areas, a
specific area that is located within 1 or more States, based on the criteria
under
<internal-xref idref="HBB8AA06ED4DF4A50B735DFF8D6124F87" legis-path="211.(b)(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>. To the extent that the
goals of a high-intensity interstate gang activity area overlap with the goals
of a high-intensity drug trafficking area designed under section 707 of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C.
1706), the Attorney General may merge the 2 areas to serve both functions. The
Attorney General may not make the final designation of a high-intensity
interstate gang activity area without consulting with and receiving comment
from local elected officials representing communities within the affected
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C3A2B41F57845259224A7C8CD4A139"><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="HDBCF8D08FFD54A90BB4B8EE535AF5BE8"><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="H2BAB7648D16C43B9B35D33F3CD55EBA3"><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 established under
<internal-xref idref="HDBCF8D08FFD54A90BB4B8EE535AF5BE8" legis-path="211.(b)(2)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H557B576B71EE49B0AF00E49D3DC08EC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide all
necessary funding for the operation of such criminal street gang enforcement
teams in each high-intensity interstate gang activity area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HACF2F29F6033490293F389191267BE80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composition of
criminal street gang enforcement team</header><text>Each team established under
paragraph (2)(A) shall consist of agents and officers, where feasible,
from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FDEA112D7B9437D9817A9F7DCBC3700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DEA1F6CFA51401597C7F885576FBD22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H201314AE208747FF96A635F1277DCD3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of
Housing and Urban Development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47C04E28A11E435BB3A600CB76A40044"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Drug
Enforcement Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E10B267BAF7422DBD6CCE339B1885F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Internal
Revenue Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ADE23D635DD433B91E0F59E90A475F6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Federal Bureau
of Investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H287D843A6AE94B079D31DD1D6B34CE1B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the United States
Marshals Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3464DB6827C64F0285380600E3EC9152"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the United States
Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1ADEA1BE1BA451DA9E8E73B100247D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>State and local law
enforcement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77E50B2C7A154BF5BB9C70A5B5B841E9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and local prosecutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB8AA06ED4DF4A50B735DFF8D6124F87"><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="H47173AC2E146456FA6809CB8DEFD0192"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current and
predicted levels of gang crime activity in that area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96C0345DB55C42C4B383ABD63553154"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which
violent crime in that 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="HAAE2CCA07E174643B1B9AF0205729185"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to
which State and local law enforcement agencies have committed resources
to—</text>
<clause id="H8E29571A99DD4B7395FCBAD0CDC72C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>respond to the
gang crime problem in that area; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H809D37053F3044B18D851F64B0BB2013"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participate in a
gang enforcement team;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0CB55EE36F04BC688A03D351CAF6DF0"><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 that area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13C3ABE5FC8D4B358F00739CCB0039F0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other criteria
that the Attorney General considers to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF2585A63AB9E40B981B2D8917159C9E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HEC602A152E0546C58D12BA7BA399875B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2008 to 2012 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CBE263E269546E689234BB155EAA8B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Of amounts made available under paragraph (1) in each
fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DA08D030DA74B218B97214397905F82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be used to carry out subsection (b)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12EF8FA16D854E7486E7E6C72B5F5FA"><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 a high-intensity interstate gang activity
area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7CD3AF9F0D04428BA710EBD7B49DD9B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Attorney
General shall provide a report to Congress which describes, for each
high-intensity interstate gang activity area—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E895A9CFE2A4CAEBF95F2C2007C7000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific
long-term and short-term goals and objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDB7D609C87E4A46BBFB0003FEFD409"><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="H90742FDE7FEF4F148FE3AE54FDCA8F15"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the age,
composition, and membership of gangs in that high-intensity interstate gang
activity area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE5CA5166F024B65BFC754B261022CA6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number and
nature of crimes committed by gangs in that high-intensity interstate gang
activity area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54476E3E98DF4FF094477EB4B5D450A6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the definition of
the term <term>gang</term> used to compile that report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HAAA2E1FC4B8E4D05B384509F59C6247D"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional
funding</header>
<section id="HD8779B586DF64A7DBAF156296CD38BDC"><enum>221.</enum><header>Additional
resources needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and
prosecute violent criminal street gangs</header>
<subsection id="HD75A642E6E4B4AD394ECA3DBCDA1BDC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Director of the FBI</header><text>The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall use any funds made available under this section to carry
out the Safe Streets Program and to support the criminal street gang
enforcement teams, established under section 211(b)(2), in high-intensity
interstate gang activity areas designated under section 211(b)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE4E400FF4AEF4EFEB0F01DF73771C2A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2012 to carry out this section, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBED7F80AE8B7488AB14DDEAA14939DA0"><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="H3D609A9B6DBE413DA82EE8AEE6E7EA19"><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> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13862">42 U.S.C. 13862</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A76AC92A73548ADAF91C6F1A5FBB9A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14A12BBB369944559E500008C478B94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1291C5C68FEF43A5949C000060AB2C6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H31C42E02A2B34AC995B7C92BF7D4AB39">
<paragraph id="H75FBA995119C4BEC8FCAEC24B5757ED5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to hire additional
prosecutors to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8744A3D7B953495888BE42148EF53332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow more cases
to be prosecuted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBCEA1C95AE04AA5B8C5F69EECB6BC70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce
backlogs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H067D322A069849F88823C8CE4BD232C1"><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="H2F0FCD38FB824004A7DF7DF4A937852B"><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="HA43AC3F136464559BA11282B676F9035"><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> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13867">42 U.S.C. 13867</external-xref>) 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="H51CC3F1189DD4A85BD082C14B32BE3DE" style="OLC">
<section id="HB1D3581C0AC94B4BA9713F04A2D2F009"><enum>31707.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HDC4883FA48474581BE1E6C0000E1006C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $32,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B0134C4A3CD4651A8C9F3D2570D34C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) in each
fiscal year, $12,000,000 shall be used to carry out section
31702(7).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H193059DD142D47FDB1D9692CAFB01094"><enum>223.</enum><header>Enhancement of
Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to improve enforcement of criminal laws
against violent gangs</header>
<subsection id="HC956DDC58FCA41989C131162688BB8B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General is authorized to expand the Project
Safe Neighborhoods program to require each United States attorney to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8150A98118A4F5191FDB00316D70BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify,
investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street gangs operating within
the district of that United States attorney;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5958CDE1F30B4BC698CF7F602B5639EE"><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="H1105D1FB9A8E45C1B72321E6BBE9C819"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate and
establish criminal street gang enforcement teams, established under section
211(b)(2), in high-intensity interstate gang activity areas designated under
section 211(b)(1) within the district of that United States attorney.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74D8B4ECC13745D991C7128CE186BA9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional staff
for Project Safe Neighborhoods</header>
<paragraph id="H698C391C79934448A23D1C11DDCBA700"><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 this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8EF0B6B48DA40879257BB8383C49D36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8CB870B5D1AA4146BFD50957431D98AF"><enum>224.</enum><header>Providing
additional forensic examiners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 816 of the USA PATRIOT Act (28
U.S.C. 509 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE62B0C79489C445BAB46B5D4D75C3BA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEFA5ECEDB0A14935B52F89D2BD8FB42A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD899EE9BAC244C1EB9BB5906C5CE92B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5CB70159D77545728DEA15173EDC33BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC336AFB0BA0B47CEB114BF7FE11C00BF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H89B62DA17C214C79A837E38834B7B8B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to hire additional
forensic examiners to help with forensic work and to fight gang activity;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD520FDBF0549BD9EBA5614BE5BA361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD40CBDCF808A4E1D8D03A484E835C0C8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBB7433B3EED84189BA9E4100BC14DE07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $55,000,000
for each fiscal year to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Punishment and
Improved Crime Data</header>
<subtitle id="H219477153E844D85B6C9CC6BE9A6C740"><enum>A</enum><header>Gang
Crimes</header>
<section id="HF2EE4704213F4A529E3842CD283EC100"><enum>301.</enum><header>Criminal street
gangs</header>
<subsection id="HC8107AEFFE0C49E1AAF3F67DC2FF14C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang prosecutions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/521">Section 521</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0780BD9504324D73A464AF4A360F783" style="USC">
<section id="H6707310D1D0D40809061EDD86B26AC1"><enum>521.</enum><header>Criminal street
gang prosecutions</header>
<subsection id="HE57EDD5B527B4D66A043A40088DA60B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As
used in this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="H9EFA0B3BEF3D49C686E9FCAF96B491CE"><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 5 or more
individuals—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2353FC12A4BC4905A6FE1AC118B24268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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—</text>
<clause id="idAC0AE3F82DBB43818E213CB565CCB190"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1
of which occurs after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of
2007</short-title>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7A8870E0232F4435920CFC1DC719853F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the last of
which occurs not later than 5 years after the commission of a prior predicate
gang crime (excluding any period of imprisonment); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id140B4FEB97114329BA44EE96E419B30B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 of which is a
crime of violence or involves manufacturing, importing, distributing,
possessing with intent to distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled
substance or listed chemical (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (21 U.S.C.
802)); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8135307D2CC446BD8B4CDABDAA270365"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose activities
affect interstate or foreign commerce, or involve the use of any facility of,
or travel in, interstate or foreign commerce.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72B433E5EFF34991A9B7E23975787683"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Predicate gang
crime</header><text>The term <term>predicate gang crime</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C9968A39EE7479EA7768FBD1ECB5E37"><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="HA8728D1BD2F140A0B4F3D5D23BFF7026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>murder;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9557FD050EFA4CB4B7E4A18EDB9B3531"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>manslaughter;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE3BCF39E93524C6BA8D56430A26ED3D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>maiming;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE25A9EE41D994A73AD5B15322740B601"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assault with a
dangerous weapon;</text>
</clause><clause id="HACCD0D735026435FBCD0F5B9B98028F4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assault resulting
in serious bodily injury;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0923EEC124284565A1FD3B4F144692C1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>gambling;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A95E80E4ADB4AFB8C0912D8DAB771FE"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>kidnapping;</text>
</clause><clause id="H69DD1478C4A64976976123A8AC8E0868"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>robbery;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD054CD795A44428B85FB000E57BDDF5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>extortion;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AFE97644E8E42128EF2B805E5828676"><enum>(x)</enum><text>arson;</text>
</clause><clause id="H03C73EBA3BEF4CA6AF9008501025D526"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>obstruction of
justice;</text>
</clause><clause id="H96280B8D1E8B406E9ED249C6B225E600"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>tampering with
or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE07691E7B93B44D2B6CEFBCA41DCB5F"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>burglary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1928CD6165A14F599EEF00130020FCBB"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>sexual
assault;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D095B10F8E04556AC55009FDA14A5ED"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>carjacking;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1768AD93751B4DDDB417342D30006DDF"><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="H27AEFECBB2F5444E84A1968248B3CB56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any act punishable
by imprisonment for more than 1 year under—</text>
<clause id="HD5AA4150542A4B0AA92FE9AF1637B84F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 844
(relating to explosive materials);</text>
</clause><clause id="HFE724FD69F584FB2869716A825005205"><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="H135721D6A66C4A3B81501412EDB3BBCD"><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="H29E563E6331E45EA9CA8D379D47514E0"><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="H40415EB777EC49BE00DD2BFF21155EC0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>section 1503
(relating to obstruction of justice);</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BF0FDD4126041CE85B0B876525CE07"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>section 1510
(relating to obstruction of criminal investigations);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD5B528AEFB814C6C812517BB9B7489C5"><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="HB7F91C084500424888BE4EAC2BD2B153"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>section 1708
(relating to theft of stolen mail matter);</text>
</clause><clause id="H59F179388F754C9795BD3514E89622E3"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>section 1951
(relating to interference with commerce, robbery or extortion);</text>
</clause><clause id="H969D7D3275554D8AA6729026F1F1C999"><enum>(x)</enum><text>section 1952
(relating to racketeering);</text>
</clause><clause id="H48326AB61B894053B2A940183500B3F5"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>section 1956
(relating to the laundering of monetary instruments);</text>
</clause><clause id="H26BBD8B1C47E4B1382D201DB51765F59"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>section 1957
(relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from
specified unlawful activity);</text>
</clause><clause id="H8367813E105E4D88BAA1BF9BA6E20EB"><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="H785A0101831D4E7CA81F0300E80471AD"><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="H5DDDA52EFAA04B4F8410C5B329026776"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any violation of
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) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324">8 U.S.C. 1324</external-xref>, 1327, and 1328).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7B820CB6AAD8408D86043ADEABE10F41"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sexual
assault</header><text>The term <term>sexual assault</term> means any offense
that involves conduct that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred
in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD54694E186864BE8ADB57B405EDC69E6"><enum>(4)</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="H3138AE2E371049D3AA43C1F70A459BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation in
criminal street gangs</header><text>It shall be unlawful—</text>
<paragraph id="H03E7502E8D8A44B4AC1900685F00915B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to commit, or
conspire or attempt to commit a predicate gang crime—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EBF1CE257D04314966310BFB5DE23A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in furtherance or
in aid of the activities of a criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C01D9FC06504762A2DF11AC37B864E"><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="HB6C810B626B9412A86CF3BB5693394D"><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="HDC2057CF76BA471B854C28DAEDF56CB"><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="H106D4856D0654EB4A0C02C092848A649"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in furtherance or
in aid of the activities of a criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3E8F36ED0604548907B08E0CEF57304"><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="H293875CFDF0249CE88DFDAAB7583FB7D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the direct or
indirect benefit of the criminal street gang, or in association with the
criminal street gang.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24D3EF467AA643B5A4C11D4692047555"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Whoever
violates subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B2DC05611294A19AD264931CAF03DF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned for not more than 30 years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFF4AA6FC61C4E9A9D07915885941C2B"><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="H1FDA275AD3764F7FAD465D4408DDA2ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header>
<paragraph id="HFB4F8E1588574F9BBB0810D0C5EA41AD"><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="HF95EA38DD0AE4451B7B71814D0804A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any property, real
or personal, constituting or traceable to gross proceeds obtained from that
offense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4645249D8B041DCA5DDB9BECCDE5D78"><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 that offense.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5B56002D2858436A8137AA7D47FDDECB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal
procedures</header><text>The procedures under section 413 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (21 U.S.C.
853) (other than subsection (d) of that section) and under 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="H50382773E5DA469399BBECDED278D58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Civil
procedures</header><text>Property subject to forfeiture under paragraph (1) may
be forfeited in a civil case under 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="H01202393A0B04AE38516AF6573EA111"><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 striking the item relating to
section 521 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAC92A19544474B20B6347C1E00EBB507" 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="H5194B1BCBC9A4E57A136AD3692120095"><enum>302.</enum><header>Solicitation or
recruitment of persons and violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of criminal
street gangs</header>
<subsection id="H3E11973991C845828011B76541DA9DE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Solicitation or
recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/26">Chapter 26</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0637FA038E394A50A2C7EA19490631B5" style="USC">
<section id="H92BAD6161BE94FEAA0486E10C76853D2"><enum>522.</enum><header>Recruitment of
persons to participate in a criminal street gang</header>
<subsection id="H87F0F070B33B4446848B8948F05B5E94"><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 a predicate gang crime.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H68EF0ECA773845A487CBBD7F784D696E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
minor</header><text>In this section, the term <term>minor</term> means a person
who is less than 18 years of age.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1F7B4DDE6BF4BDBB3DDBD690109EE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any
person who violates subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB9F4B257F6D45B50087F48F827866FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be imprisoned not
more than 10 years, fined under this title, or both; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54FF0EF5B4DB48909DF289FD48ED952E"><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="H1E8BD716FB594166A1A81F282C5BC73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be imprisoned for
not more than 20 years, fined under this title, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BC12F3559B54550AF0056BE33994022"><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>
</subsection><subsection id="H52C9836B2910452691455493C5223883"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Violent crimes
and criminal street gang recruitment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/26">Chapter 26</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id750EA133EA52453EA2872B7AC458B18B" style="USC">
<section id="HE8645EFE76D043C08BF4B4EA023F246"><enum>523.</enum><header>Violent crimes
in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, 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="HA5A4991C9A3C40FA825D1562CBE12FE9"><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="H5E0A23C224364D6B8EB8AC3601CD5F69"><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="H4ED21214AFFC4ED791AD044D513EC43F"><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="H67E56CC550D3471C858F32E97E628627"><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="H8F557150C2FB47D19B05A9A3A73E26CB"><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="HF6BFBE48A30E4CC2A2C2AA00373686FF"><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="HB29BA0D029B24C55A738B097FEEE1C66"><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="H56871E32F2D84941A9BE385E43DCD37"><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></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H964E261D652A44BDA5458300001D0901"><enum>(c)</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="H08B040E03E6546C385FA10FD2D9CA8D" 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="HCA39B7BD00F14380B4BA521C63003ECF"><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="H389AEA2C8F5B4BA495421323F3001BAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10F6C0B1F8D44DADACCAEA44FC3FC48E"><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="H1A34972D60994FFDAD9DB1561836A6E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD393CBEE92594EA0BD14EACBFF4433F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AAB3F6DF6294BE1A2C8B3E5D09566BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4DF83D24022D4F30BA379BF709AB1D69">
<subsection id="H8B3A18B460694B5F907231F34EA1E8B0"><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="H05BAA17B1EF0420B84C43EAA7824A6C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be fined under
this title, imprisoned for any term of years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C6A026C83154A88A14E8CC700F90064"><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="H0CB8A657E1174BFCB6CDF25CA975377F"><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="H0B40B5A742584C4292EFC7C9415F04A3"><enum>304.</enum><header>Amendments
relating to violent crime in areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="H5CCD13DA3BB44F71A002CB946DAEFBF8"><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="HA07E271333DB481E993FDF1BE8A87835"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manslaughter</header><text>Section
1112(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H61AD67A6870F454FAAB65100CBD6992"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>ten
years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82D59BE394DE4820B1B97B7D5C2E4593"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking
<quote>six years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF318384509A4437CA807B4F4EB279302"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Offenses
committed within Indian country</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1153">Section 1153(a)</external-xref> 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="H5216D524DC0B476ABDEA032429920347"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Racketeer
influenced and corrupt organizations</header><text>Section 1961(1)(A) of title
18, United States Code, is amended 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>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE75498A5F45645BDAA1DF49992F7E5ED"><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="H166BA086FD7C446BAF8F66FACE6BD73F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Clarification of
prohibition on firearm transfer to commit crime of violence or drug trafficking
crime</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">Section 924(h)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H04CDB40D9F564754BABFCECA4E6DA2EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or will be possessed in furtherance of,</quote> after
<quote>commit</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H803AC82BA9CE4F11AD673CD859B7FD42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB2D1704E3BD4E8FB6356C8FDEE45BC5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Amendment of
special sentencing provision</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3582">Section 3582(d)</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H648F3AA6DFB648F79FA98C889F5BF8FE"><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 523 (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="H400561DA93354857BBB031009473EFAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>a criminal street gang or</quote> before <quote>an illegal
enterprise</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1953D8181BCA442596BD684829BB67A5"><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="HFC15686F56404E96A895003C5F533EBD"><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 the fact that the offense was committed in 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="HDA4CD9FC5FB84FDB85618E9BCE5600DF"><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>
<subsection id="idA39E5E765A704F42B3B44C67F62B3EBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1958 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF69F2B64F1548B2ABF3E29CBA528571"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA1500133E6124656A6E96252C1801C2C" style="USC">
<section id="H4D68F65F20A447169E02844ECAFA57CC"><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="H5CE72F4634044DB4BE892C978ED4D4F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>Whoever</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>conspires to do so</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>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</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF67CD5899DB54FC7A9B39F22FABB298B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>striking
<quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DB3499050A2426095EF4534CB1642BD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>twenty years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C9B6464DAA04BBEB18D1E2D6566CA14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/95">chapter 95</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item
relating to section 1958 and inserting the following:</text>
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section"><quote>1958. Use of interstate
commerce facilities in the Commission at murder-for-hire and other felony
crimes of violence.</quote>.</toc-entry>
</toc>
</subsection></section><section id="HD1C7146A3EED4D5AB851628D43B1D197"><enum>306.</enum><header>Increased
penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1959">Section 1959(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF524FC85CE54A24B93153AE00F6379F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Whoever</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>punished</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>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 (as that term is
defined in section 521), 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</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D961F0793CC4A9D9D59F54646FBF46B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) through (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EA3534840484DB5B73D947868350067" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE4A9AA0694914386B50895A5D9E7734D"><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="H8401F7D1202E4D77BAE06C69CB8B1C58"><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="H28DEC7C7F310426A88BFB6EEFD2585DC"><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="H90EB92EBBA944CA6A68F02F52C3C629F"><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="H8C4954905B4D4040ADDBC6CEDAECF72"><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="HA39656ADA8604695B949CF97307E539B"><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="H1E26B7EA79734EEB8228AA2B145774EB"><enum>307.</enum><header>Violent crimes
committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header>
<subsection id="H271152CCF98A4D32B67967CE57B5ACFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part D of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled
Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/841">21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Controlled Substances Act" id="HCBE9194E2B2A42939B5BC29749932724" style="traditional">
<section id="H8A68F85152C34E7AB691EF5FBAB4FF5D"><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="H17C533D6AD26491582E83F3348B8B3ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who, during and in relation to any drug
trafficking crime, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults, 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="HB84D2F96543941A795D98429763EF5F"><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="HDFF2A806374C4CCF81096F56147EAB6"><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="H5EFCE7FE0DF34EB5BD47EEA9B38E15E0"><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="H00E25C1B9BE042FAB666928307D037B5"><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="H427DA7AD610F4BDF8CA800EB4EB6C2F3"><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 such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD6A9E62245F4EE5845DB728B5839D65"><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="H2A8745ABE798453AB6A837FDA00ED06"><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="H5F50D79BA9A3410F8D7F296209F019F"><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="H766942AB57B64B6487D05C1EB8A312AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A
prosecution for a violation of this section may be brought in—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C4FF4430D81442A961ED1BA009EE111"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the judicial
district in which the murder or other crime of violence occurred; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H318FACFBC9184A8D865D326435D500E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any judicial
district in which the drug trafficking crime may be prosecuted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4986D217329740B7B2FA588FFCC307A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As
used in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H93C0D598143C419AAF8796E583B7B785"><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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDF07D389D0A4A0AA2B296A900B8E17B"><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; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id395DEF5A21414334A315B54B5B1FAD43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>sexually assault</term> has the meaning given that term in section 521 of
title 18, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2481D84F60E4B48A16BE95BE70C3FA"><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="H46E214F290F34A5600B3D967D7FE105" 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="H758F5DB61D164109B943DA10167D7100"><enum>308.</enum><header>Statute of
limitations for violent crime</header>
<subsection id="H7BB874811F2A49F2006E2F06BC008444"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/213">Chapter 213</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBCCBF725D5BF471E87969BD1D06FD720" style="USC">
<section id="H2C7CB496916F411C9760608225719C23"><enum>3299A.</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="H775DE88F41544D6A85E7030005BB41C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>10 years after the
date on which the alleged violation occurred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0F74965AD604B42AE91B2D4AB26B890"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 years after the
date on which the continuing offense was completed; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40A7968BFDCD4EE4A944AEF53DC634B6"><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="HF72F0B1AD6F148A78976F39C7C9C34DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 213
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H430585F7530D499EBEBD89FCFC43F0C9" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3299A. Violent crime
offenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H5BD528D07C9645CA905345498B5CDBA3"><enum>309.</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="HFC7BA66632A9446DAD18C1E063D17680"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (q),
by striking <quote>or’.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66D88149FF4F46B3AB00042BAAF36E79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (s) as paragraph (u); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77C44DC6C4BE496BA04F39921D14968C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (r) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEE285EB4872A4BDBAB073FA2302633EC">
<subsection id="H672756A18B684D95A956EAAF2B9F8E71" indent="down1"><enum>(s)</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="HC67E00F62EF34BA0B408C471ABC46D2D" 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="HCF80AFA2FC9B416CB07952CBE2EA2115"><enum>310.</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 by striking <quote>A statement</quote> and all that follows
and inserting: <quote>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.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9BA4E4FD39654C13BEBBF07EFA00E6F0"><enum>311.</enum><header>Clarification
of venue for retaliation against a witness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1513">Section 1513</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HC4448DBAF7204D86BAB9DAF8CD6CCF26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>redesignating
subsection (e) beginning with <quote>Whoever conspires</quote> as subsection
(f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC183E65433C942CFA3FF4E4BF4B9173"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1C363088D6C54978B3EA9D970C8DAEB">
<subsection id="H56F9CB076CB44A359E1B87C6FFDAAF8E"><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 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="HC59D0FB0D9D540E39748E38D00C80094"><enum>312.</enum><header>Amendment of
sentencing guidelines relating to certain gang and violent crimes</header>
<subsection id="HDD9D2101798C4B88AE6D5165E834B5E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Directive to the
United States Sentencing Commission</header><text>Pursuant to its authority
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/994">section 994(p)</external-xref> 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
amendments made by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84743CEE851F47C8B0E505885E73B900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Sentencing Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8B9295EC16164773B184A6141C86F163"><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="HD335D7DA93EE4C278534C7E009BF647C"><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="H25B06E933F1F4E65B418828DE4535BA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider the
extent to which the guidelines and policy statements adequately address—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA156F495C7634D18961D52030001D0D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the
guideline offense levels and enhancements for gang and violent crimes—</text>
<clause id="H9EF5204901F54741B5A4A081619BD373"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are
sufficient to deter and punish such offenses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H174C32E5E76A4EF497836F37DA02D7A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are
adequate in view of the statutory increases in penalties contained in the
amendments made by this title; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9084CD358F6D4D84975FA2E5FC74D33E"><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="H4EE6CA381EB64E99A52DD600006C6EAD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assure reasonable
consistency with other relevant directives and with other sentencing
guidelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78EB373257A64458AF656998C9C1F1E"><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="H9B0EA3F5EB0B4424AA946395C5367E40"><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="H3E3F78C0A35A4288959FE7752D8E5E90"><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="H2BB31C65E10A4935AC3D35C639E6EB28"><enum>313.</enum><header>Study on
expanding Federal authority for juvenile offenders</header>
<subsection id="H66F29A2789914FE18454BF7200F6D096"><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
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives a report on the costs and benefits associated with
expanding Federal authority to prosecute offenders under the age of 18 years
who are gang members who commit criminal offenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70C495C6068745D782FBC19940CA44C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H15F31CE1CE77483B830234897C78E47B"><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 that term is defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/521">section 521</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AA87B43C8E54A37BECC21145EA079D3"><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="H85F69638A2484DBCBBC679B2EB1C42CF"><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="H842497F40A724C25B8D83FA12CE264A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>examine the extent
to which United States attorneys bring criminal indictments and prosecute
offenders under the age of 18 years, and the extent to which United States
Attorneys' offices include prosecutors with experience prosecuting juveniles
for adult criminal violations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4A93A0408E34580B850B33D6583BC1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>examine the extent
to which the Bureau of Prisons houses offenders under the age of 18 years, and
has the ability and experience to meet the needs of young offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBA255619AC54F69A725AFDA3A6D573"><enum>(6)</enum><text>estimate the cost
to the Federal Government of prosecuting and incarcerating members of criminal
street gangs who are 16 or 17 years old and are accused of violent crimes;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC2EC1F2D13B49F0A1A663DD49003BA8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>detail any
benefits for Federal prosecutions that would be realized by expanding Federal
authority to bring charges against members of criminal street gangs who are 16
or 17 years old and are accused of violent crimes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HEC307B0E65144B6EBA41A52E31D5E41C"><enum>B</enum><header>Firearms
offenses</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78C8AF77316E415EAB505269199F7197"><enum>321.</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="HB9EC0E22739F4270B2000024702426F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
in the matter following paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C66EB0E695B44FAB84C3B939EFC7087"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>an offense under section 922(g)(1) where the underlying conviction is a
serious drug offense (as that term is defined in section 924(e)(2)(A) of this
title) 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 that term is defined in section
3559(c)(2)(F) of this title),</quote> after <quote>that the person
committed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F873DFB4A894B22B65BD2C4C7D1F2F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting a
comma before <quote>or an offense involving a minor</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H489373CD65CB4200B28B5E936284B24C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8E7BF7D9B41425E815DEB9105AFFCF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72342F5C7C4B412B00B630C4F4C1E15B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H90602CABFE584DB384B0B5AA41BBDD1C">
<subparagraph id="H3A89CD4EA58B4D7BBAE43B34F30563FE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an offense under
section 922(g);
or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H892BC3CA79D7452F805F483C05B8A1B"><enum>322.</enum><header>Increased
penalties for use of firearm in crime of violence or drug trafficking
crime</header>
<subsection id="HDBC16438A9B3419DBF2F2107DB5484A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">Section 924(c)(1)(A)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H50EA88F3B5EB46C6A2C13100FCC098FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>or conspires to use, carry, or
possess a firearm during and in relation to any such crime shall, for each
instance in which the firearm is so used, carried, or possessed</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D8F5018F53B42AB9D27BB42772DDE24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause
(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD51B1A8E361C411796F500F6CB825D3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>7 years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H855318EDB2D9416D89445708A984F4CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA12653845394ABDBCDA290098D5E900"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking clause
(ii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEC1FB9F4E3174D159AF0C214D8C6508C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H053646F941A74E2AB36EE8F1D300002D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">Section 924</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2124782C4B144157006BC3C646DB4D75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAA4C71E674104BB6B3F7F4A2036073F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95386ECBB69140D2B720838EB624936C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F67ADE0FEB041E589CF1685EEC0426E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (o).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H540D285C8F81444DA309A09164DABF4E"><enum>323.</enum><header>Possession of
firearms by dangerous felons</header>
<subsection id="H8D2852B57DD4401DAD9F59D2B2F68351"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">Section 924(e)(1)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H505572F43BF844BDB4389F59504BAA9B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H20E21D981A194F81B572553F707C0039"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE43DCC25AD974AFFAF2C60348834CC23"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDFCDCE46E195495BA5B46FF35C562887"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whoever violates section
922(g), previously having been convicted by any court of a violent felony or a
serious drug offense—</text>
<clause id="H697DF89997334C55AC1B3045D8586222" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the person has 1 such prior
conviction, and not more than 10 years has elapsed since the date of that prior
conviction or the release of the person from imprisonment for that prior
conviction, shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years, fined under this title,
or both;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9ABA7D28EC7E4E41B5D0B717EA25980" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the person has 2 such prior
convictions, committed on occasions different from one another, of any
combination of such crimes and not more than 10 years has elapsed since the
date of either of the prior convictions or of the release of the person from
imprisonment for either of the prior convictions, shall be imprisoned not more
than 20 years, fined under this title, or both; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA027E6FA2D4F4913A357702EA7AFFEDF" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the person has 3 such prior convictions,
committed on occasions different from one another, of any combination of such
crimes, shall be imprisoned not less than 15 years and fined under this
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE9F692FF6C7463D84C17DE0D9C03EC5" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of, or grant a probationary
sentence to, the person referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph with
respect to the conviction under section
922(g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEAAEC069E93421AAA9D95186B08F929"><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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/922">section 922(g)</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, in accordance with section 924(e) of such title 18, as
amended by subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE723A4B935DE41F7005F36995D2CCA53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 922(d) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by inserting <quote>, transfer,</quote> after <quote>sell</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H11DA693B85AC4C64A610FE50C0A097D4"><enum>C</enum><header>Crime
Data</header>
<section id="H6E4D8738363F43C9A6B0DB239126634F"><enum>331.</enum><header>Standardization
of crime reporting and investigation</header>
<subsection id="HFF968D40F6514589A09D8E62EF23B065"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expanding
uniform crime reporting</header><text>Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal
Crime Reporting Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">28 U.S.C. 534</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1788C5C13EF0435C84919B92F77B2835" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H94E3689C6187411D86A05E9D56C4DB27"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Juvenile
crime</header><text>The Attorney General shall create a separate category in
the Uniform Crime Reports to distinguish criminal offenses committed by
juveniles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1830C6D6DB9F480494CC317E4936FD14"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting by
States and local governments</header>
<subparagraph id="H4E4F38992C1843CB9991BF1269EA8B00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each fiscal year beginning after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Fighting Gangs and
Empowering Youth Act of 2007</short-title>, all departments and agencies within
a State or unit of local government which routinely investigate complaints of
criminal activity, shall meet the requirements of paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB15289030EB47F9BF00E302132B094C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of
2007</short-title>, a State or unit of local government that fails to comply
with
<internal-xref idref="H4E4F38992C1843CB9991BF1269EA8B00" legis-path="(5)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> shall not be eligible to
receive any of the funds that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year
to the State or unit of local government under subtitle A of title II of such
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C3CC8925C484EFAB9E760E6FF2EE146"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>Amounts
not allocated to a State or unit of local government under the subtitle
referred to in
<internal-xref idref="HFB15289030EB47F9BF00E302132B094C" legis-path="(5)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref> for failure to fully
comply with
<internal-xref idref="H4E4F38992C1843CB9991BF1269EA8B00" legis-path="(5)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> shall be reallocated under
that subtitle to States and units of local government that have not failed to
comply with such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB29A6CDE838E4741BDA1C618B61F579B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Attorney General shall waive the requirements of
<internal-xref idref="H4E4F38992C1843CB9991BF1269EA8B00" legis-path="(5)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> if compliance with such
subparagraph by a State or unit of local government would be unconstitutional
under the constitution of the applicable
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8EF0835D264C47B494034B75E780F2C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header> National
strategy for investigation coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7332 of the Uniform Federal Crime
Reporting Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">28 U.S.C. 534</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5313C7A21DB149FDBB9E69CE07A22551">
<subsection id="HB5C73BED3ABD4CC99E005726D1BCE042"><enum>(h)</enum><header>National
strategy for investigation coordination</header>
<paragraph id="H3EA844D618F147D38678ADA95DDB6F30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Attorney General shall develop a national strategy to coordinate, consolidate,
and standardize all investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies of
crimes that are included in the Uniform Crime Reports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF62B0A94D36A40B3BBADE72EAA85187D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2009, the
Attorney General shall submit a report to the President and Congress—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A27EAE9D5A346ECB9C8F804BD04BDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outlining the strategy developed under
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5995C2BF45A0480E831B1F86641511D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing the efforts and strategy of the
Department of Justice in consolidating and standardizing data on all crimes
that are included in the Uniform Crime
Reports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HCB0416053D924A90BFC6513561AA359D"><enum>332.</enum><header>Consolidating
and standardizing gang-related crime data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 150008 of the Violent Crime Control
and law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14062">42 U.S.C. 14062</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D28A5DA37874B6CA7A7BB17C018BD56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by inserting <quote>, consolidate, and standardize all</quote> after
<quote>strategy to coordinate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7085B60E0CFF4ECF8B3B61B73336D9B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>acquire and collect</quote> and inserting <quote>acquire,
collect, consolidate, and standardize all</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8D4C6A19E3A498098A067E994C6317"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44FA4567E5394D15A97BD8639368438E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H76BF3D1395F24DFD00452F4F7525CBA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than January 1, 2009, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the
President and Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="H0207266375DD4C148F64EAB46277ADF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outlining the strategy developed under
subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78D6B6AC9B2B4DC58CE279717E75C8D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describing the
efforts and strategy of the Department of Justice in consolidating and
standardizing data on national gang
offenses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7B6511F94534E8485AD80B4B2E90982"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1996</quote> and inserting
<quote>$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle>