[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2612 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2612

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to encourage the placement of 
 released Federal prisoners in residential reentry centers near their 
                                 homes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2017

Mr. Lewis of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to encourage the placement of 
 released Federal prisoners in residential reentry centers near their 
                                 homes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Reentry Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PRERELEASE CUSTODY.

    Section 3624(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``Subject to the availability of 
appropriations and of bed space availability, the Director shall place 
a prisoner in a residential reentry center that is within 50 miles of 
the prisoner's previous or anticipated permanent legal address.''.
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