[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6392-S6401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN:
  S. 2002. A bill to strengthen our mental health system and improve 
public safety; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2002

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Mental 
     Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:
       Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

              TITLE I--MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFE COMMUNITIES

       Sec. 101. Law enforcement grants for crisis intervention 
           teams, mental health purposes, and fixing the 
           background check system.
       Sec. 102. Assisted outpatient treatment programs.
       Sec. 103. Federal drug and mental health courts.
       Sec. 104. Mental health in the judicial system.
       Sec. 105. Forensic assertive community treatment 
           initiatives.
       Sec. 106. Assistance for individuals transitioning out of 
           systems.
       Sec. 107. Co-occurring substance abuse and mental health 
           challenges in drug courts.
       Sec. 108. Mental health training for Federal uniformed 
           services.
       Sec. 109. Advancing mental health as part of offender 
           reentry.
       Sec. 110. School mental health crisis intervention teams.
       Sec. 111. Active-shooter training for law enforcement.
       Sec. 112. Co-occurring substance abuse and mental health 
           challenges in residential substance abuse treatment 
           programs.
       Sec. 113. Mental health and drug treatment alternatives to 
           incarceration programs.
       Sec. 114. National criminal justice and mental health 
           training and technical assistance.
       Sec. 115. Improving Department of Justice data collection 
           on mental illness involved in crime.
       Sec. 116. Reports on the number of mentally ill offenders 
           in prison.

         TITLE II--COMPREHENSIVE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH ACT

       Sec. 201. Short title.
       Sec. 202. Findings.
       Sec. 203. Sequential intercept model.
       Sec. 204. Veterans treatment courts.
       Sec. 205. Prison and jails.
       Sec. 206. Allowable uses.
       Sec. 207. Law enforcement training.
       Sec. 208. Federal law enforcement training.
       Sec. 209. GAO report.
       Sec. 210. Evidence based practices.
       Sec. 211. Transparency, program accountability, and 
           enhancement of local authority.
       Sec. 212. Grant accountability.

          TITLE III--NICS REAUTHORIZATION AND NICS IMPROVEMENT

       Sec. 301. Reauthorization of NICS.
       Sec. 302. Definitions relating to mental health.
       Sec. 303. Incentives for State compliance with NICS mental 
           health record requirements.
       Sec. 304. Protecting the second amendment rights of 
           veterans.
       Sec. 305. Applicability of amendments.
       Sec. 306. Clarification that Federal court information is 
           to be made available to the national instant criminal 
           background check system.

                 TITLE IV--REAUTHORIZATIONS AND OFFSET

       Sec. 401. Reauthorization of appropriations.
       Sec. 402. Offset.

              TITLE I--MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFE COMMUNITIES

     SEC. 101. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION 
                   TEAMS, MENTAL HEALTH PURPOSES, AND FIXING THE 
                   BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

    
       (a) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
     Program.--Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(H) Mental health programs and related law enforcement 
     and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and 
     crisis intervention teams.
       ``(I) Achieving compliance with the mental health records 
     requirements of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
     (Public Law 110-180; 121 Stat. 2259).''.
       (b) Community Oriented Policing Services Program.--Section 
     1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (21);
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
       ``(17) to provide specialized training to law enforcement 
     officers to--
       ``(A) recognize individuals who have a mental illness; and
       ``(B) properly interact with individuals who have a mental 
     illness, including strategies for verbal de-escalation of 
     crises;
       ``(18) to establish collaborative programs that enhance the 
     ability of law enforcement agencies to address the mental 
     health, behavioral, and substance abuse problems of 
     individuals encountered by law enforcement officers in the 
     line of duty;
       ``(19) to provide specialized training to corrections 
     officers to recognize individuals who have a mental illness;
       ``(20) to enhance the ability of corrections officers to 
     address the mental health of individuals under the care and 
     custody of jails and prisons, including specialized training 
     and strategies for verbal de-escalation of crises; and''; and
       (4) in paragraph (21), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``through (16)'' and inserting ``through (20)''.
       (c) Modifications to the Staffing for Adequate Fire and 
     Emergency Response Grants.--Section 34(a)(1)(B) of the 
     Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
     2229a(a)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``and to provide specialized training 
     to paramedics, emergency medical services workers, and other 
     first responders to recognize individuals who have mental 
     illness and how to properly intervene with individuals with 
     mental illness, including strategies for verbal de-escalation 
     of crises''.

     SEC. 102. ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

       Section 2201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ii) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
     Attorney General'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting before the semicolon 
     the following: ``, or court-ordered assisted outpatient 
     treatment when the court has determined such treatment to be 
     necessary''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment.--The 
     term `court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment' means a 
     program through which a court may order a treatment plan for 
     an eligible patient that--
       ``(A) requires such patient to obtain outpatient mental 
     health treatment while the patient is living in a community; 
     and
       ``(B) is designed to improve access and adherence by such 
     patient to intensive behavioral health services in order to--

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       ``(i) avert relapse, repeated hospitalizations, arrest, 
     incarceration, suicide, property destruction, and violent 
     behavior; and
       ``(ii) provide such patient with the opportunity to live in 
     a less restrictive alternative to incarceration or 
     involuntary hospitalization.
       ``(2) Eligible patient.--The term `eligible patient' means 
     an adult, mentally ill person who, as determined by a court--
       ``(A) has a history of violence, incarceration, or 
     medically unnecessary hospitalizations;
       ``(B) without supervision and treatment, may be a danger to 
     self or others in the community;
       ``(C) is substantially unlikely to voluntarily participate 
     in treatment;
       ``(D) may be unable, for reasons other than indigence, to 
     provide for any of his or her basic needs, such as food, 
     clothing, shelter, health, or safety;
       ``(E) has a history of mental illness or condition that is 
     likely to substantially deteriorate if the patient is not 
     provided with timely treatment; or
       ``(F) due to mental illness, lacks capacity to fully 
     understand or lacks judgment to make informed decisions 
     regarding his or her need for treatment, care, or 
     supervision.''.

     SEC. 103. FEDERAL DRUG AND MENTAL HEALTH COURTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``eligible offender'' means a person who--
       (A)(i) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a 
     qualified mental health professional as having a mental 
     illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental illness 
     and substance abuse disorders; or
       (ii) manifests obvious signs of mental illness, mental 
     retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and substance 
     abuse disorders during arrest or confinement or before any 
     court; and
       (B) is determined by a judge to be eligible.
       (2) the term ``mental illness'' means a diagnosable mental, 
     behavioral, or emotional disorder--
       (A) of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria 
     within the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and 
     Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the 
     American Psychiatric Association; and
       (B) that has resulted in functional impairment that 
     substantially interferes with or limits 1 or more major life 
     activities.
       (b) Establishment of Program.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     establish a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of 
     diverting eligible offenders from Federal prosecution, 
     Federal probation, or a Bureau of Prisons facility, and 
     placing such eligible offenders in drug or mental health 
     courts.
       (c) Program Specifications.--The pilot program established 
     under subsection (b) shall involve--
       (1) continuing judicial supervision, including periodic 
     review, of program participants who have a substance abuse 
     problem or mental illness; and
       (2) the integrated administration of services and 
     sanctions, which shall include--
       (A) mandatory periodic testing, as appropriate, for the use 
     of controlled substances or other addictive substances during 
     any period of supervised release or probation for each 
     program participant;
       (B) substance abuse treatment for each program participant 
     who requires such services;
       (C) diversion, probation, or other supervised release with 
     the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration 
     based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure 
     to show satisfactory progress;
       (D) programmatic offender management, including case 
     management, and aftercare services, such as relapse 
     prevention, health care, education, vocational training, job 
     placement, housing placement, and child care or other family 
     support services for each program participant who requires 
     such services;
       (E) outpatient or inpatient mental health treatment, as 
     ordered by the court, that carries with it the possibility of 
     dismissal of charges or reduced sentencing upon successful 
     completion of such treatment;
       (F) centralized case management, including--
       (i) the consolidation of all cases, including violations of 
     probations, of the program participant; and
       (ii) coordination of all mental health treatment plans and 
     social services, including life skills and vocational 
     training, housing and job placement, education, health care, 
     and relapse prevention for each program participant who 
     requires such services; and
       (G) continuing supervision of treatment plan compliance by 
     the program participant for a term not to exceed the maximum 
     allowable sentence or probation period for the charged or 
     relevant offense and, to the extent practicable, continuity 
     of psychiatric care at the end of the supervised period.
       (d) Implementation; Duration.--The pilot program 
     established under subsection (b) shall be conducted--
       (1) in not less than 1 United States judicial district, 
     designated by the Attorney General in consultation with the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts, as appropriate for the pilot program; and
       (2) during fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 2020.
       (e) Criteria for Designation.--Before making a designation 
     under subsection (d)(1), the Attorney General shall--
       (1) obtain the approval, in writing, of the United States 
     Attorney for the United States judicial district being 
     designated;
       (2) obtain the approval, in writing, of the chief judge for 
     the United States judicial district being designated; and
       (3) determine that the United States judicial district 
     being designated has adequate behavioral health systems for 
     treatment, including substance abuse and mental health 
     treatment.
       (f) Assistance From Other Federal Entities.--The 
     Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the 
     United States Probation Offices shall provide such assistance 
     and carry out such functions as the Attorney General may 
     request in monitoring, supervising, providing services to, 
     and evaluating eligible offenders placed in a drug or mental 
     health court under this section.
       (g) Reports.--The Attorney General, in consultation with 
     the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
     States Courts, shall monitor the drug and mental health 
     courts under this section, and shall submit a report to 
     Congress on the outcomes of the program at the end of the 
     period described in subsection (d)(2).

     SEC. 104. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

       Part V of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 3796ii et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 2209. MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

       ``(a) Pretrial Screening and Supervision.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General may award grants to 
     States, units of local government, territories, Indian 
     Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to 
     develop, implement, or expand pretrial services programs to 
     improve the identification and outcomes of individuals with 
     mental illness.
       ``(2) Allowable uses.--Grants awarded under this subsection 
     may be may be used for--
       ``(A) universal behavioral health needs and risk screening 
     of defendants, including verification of interview 
     information, mental health evaluation, and criminal history 
     screening;
       ``(B) assessment of risk of pretrial misconduct through 
     objective, statistically validated means, and presentation to 
     the court of recommendations based on such assessment, 
     including services that will reduce the risk of pre-trial 
     misconduct;
       ``(C) follow-up review of defendants unable to meet the 
     conditions of release;
       ``(D) evaluation of process and results of pre-trial 
     service programs;
       ``(E) supervision of defendants who are on pretrial 
     release, including reminders to defendants of scheduled court 
     dates;
       ``(F) reporting on process and results of pretrial services 
     programs to relevant public and private mental health 
     stakeholders; and
       ``(G) data collection and analysis necessary to make 
     available information required for assessment of risk.
       ``(b) Behavioral Health Assessments and Intervention.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General may award grants to 
     States, units of local government, territories, Indian 
     Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to 
     develop, implement, or expand a behavioral health screening 
     and assessment program framework for State or local criminal 
     justice systems.
       ``(2) Allowable uses.--Grants awarded under this subsection 
     may be used for--
       ``(A) promotion of the use of validated assessment tools to 
     gauge the criminogenic risk, substance abuse needs, and 
     mental health needs of individuals;
       ``(B) initiatives to match the risk factors and needs of 
     individuals to programs and practices associated with 
     research-based, positive outcomes;
       ``(C) implementing methods for identifying and treating 
     individuals who are most likely to benefit from coordinated 
     supervision and treatment strategies, and identifying 
     individuals who can do well with fewer interventions; and
       ``(D) collaborative decision making among system leaders, 
     including the relevant criminal justice agencies, mental 
     health systems, judicial systems, and substance abuse 
     systems, for determining how treatment and intensive 
     supervision services should be allocated in order to maximize 
     benefits, and developing and utilizing capacity accordingly.
       ``(c) Restrictions on Use of Grant Funds.--
       ``(1) In general.--A State, unit of local government, 
     territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency that receives a 
     grant under this section shall, in accordance with subsection 
     (b)(2), use grant funds for the expenses of a treatment 
     program, including--
       ``(A) salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, and other 
     costs directly related to the operation of the program, 
     including costs relating to enforcement;
       ``(B) payments for treatment providers that are approved by 
     the State or Indian Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to 
     provide needed treatment to program participants, including 
     aftercare supervision, vocational training, education, and 
     job placement; and
       ``(C) payments to public and nonprofit private entities 
     that are approved by the State or Indian Tribe and licensed, 
     if necessary, to

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     provide alcohol and drug addiction treatment to offenders 
     participating in the program.
       ``(d) Supplement of Non-Federal Funds.--
       ``(1) In general.--Grants awarded under this section shall 
     be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds 
     that would otherwise be available for programs described in 
     this section.
       ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant made 
     under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the total 
     costs of the program described in an application under 
     subsection (e).
       ``(e) Applications.--To request a grant under this section, 
     a State, unit of local government, territory, Indian Tribe, 
     or nonprofit agency shall submit an application to the 
     Attorney General in such form and containing such information 
     as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
       ``(f) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall 
     ensure that, to the extent practicable, the distribution of 
     grants under this section is equitable and includes--
       ``(1) each State; and
       ``(2) a unit of local government, territory, Indian Tribe, 
     or nonprofit agency--
       ``(A) in each State; and
       ``(B) in rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban jurisdictions.
       ``(g) Reports and Evaluations.--For each fiscal year, each 
     grantee under this section during that fiscal year shall 
     submit to the Attorney General a report on the effectiveness 
     of activities carried out using such grant. Each report shall 
     include an evaluation in such form and containing such 
     information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
     The Attorney General shall specify the dates on which such 
     reports shall be submitted.
       ``(h) Accountability.--Grants awarded under this section 
     shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under 
     subparagraph (C) that the audited grantee has used grant 
     funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
     unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 1 year 
     after the date on which final audit report is issued.
       ``(B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the date of enactment of this section, and in each 
     fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall conduct audits of grantees under 
     this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
     grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
     appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Final audit report.--The Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall submit a final report on each 
     audit conducted under subparagraph (B).
       ``(D) Mandatory exclusion.--Grantees under this section 
     about which there is an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
     eligible to receive a grant under this section during the 2 
     fiscal years beginning after the end of the 1-year period 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(E) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the 
     Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that did 
     not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
     years before submitting an application for a grant under this 
     section.
       ``(F) Reimbursement.--If an entity receives a grant under 
     this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the 
     entity is prohibited from receiving grants under subparagraph 
     (D), the Attorney General shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant 
     that was improperly awarded to the grantee into the General 
     Fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment under 
     clause (i) from the grantee that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit agency requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and the 
     grant program under this section, the term `nonprofit agency' 
     means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) 
     and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)).
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not award a 
     grant under this section to a nonprofit agency that holds 
     money in an offshore account for the purpose of avoiding 
     paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 511(a)).
       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit agency that is awarded a 
     grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed 
     in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 
     reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the 
     process for determining such compensation, including the 
     independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--Not more than $20,000 of the amounts 
     made available to the Department of Justice to carry out this 
     section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 
     individual or entity awarded a grant under this section to 
     host, or make any expenditures relating to, a conference 
     unless the Deputy Attorney General provides prior written 
     authorization that the funds may be expended to host the 
     conference or make such expenditure.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under 
     this paragraph.
       ``(4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives an annual certification--
       ``(A) indicating whether--
       ``(i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the 
     Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and 
     reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 
     Director;
       ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 
     (1)(D) have been issued; and
       ``(iii) any reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(F) 
     have been made; and
       ``(B) that includes a list of any grantees excluded under 
     paragraph (1)(D) from the previous year.
       ``(i) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
       ``(1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
     grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney 
     General shall compare the possible grant with any other 
     grants awarded to the applicant under this Act to determine 
     whether the grants are for the same purpose.
       ``(2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards multiple 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       ``(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any such grants awarded; and
       ``(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate 
     grants.''.

     SEC. 105. FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT INITIATIVES.

       Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after 
     subsection (k), as added by section 205, the following:
       ``(l) Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) 
     Initiative Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General may make grants to 
     States, units of local government, territories, Indian 
     Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to 
     develop, implement, or expand Assertive Community Treatment 
     initiatives to develop forensic assertive community treatment 
     (referred to in this subsection as `FACT') programs that 
     provide high intensity services in the community for 
     individuals with mental illness with involvement in the 
     criminal justice system to prevent future incarcerations.
       ``(2) Allowable uses.--Grant funds awarded under this 
     subsection may be used for--
       ``(A) multidisciplinary team initiatives for individuals 
     with mental illnesses with criminal justice involvement that 
     addresses criminal justice involvement as part of treatment 
     protocols;
       ``(B) FACT initiatives that involve mental health 
     professionals, criminal justice agencies, chemical dependency 
     specialists, nurses, psychiatrists, vocational specialists, 
     forensic peer specialists, forensic specialists, and 
     dedicated administrative support staff who work together to 
     provide recovery oriented, 24/7 wraparound services;
       ``(C) services such as integrated evidence-based practices 
     for the treatment of co-occurring mental health and 
     substance-related disorders, assertive outreach and 
     engagement, community-based service provision at 
     participants' residence or in the community, psychiatric 
     rehabilitation, recovery oriented services, services to 
     address criminogenic risk factors, and community tenure;
       ``(D) payments for treatment providers that are approved by 
     the State or Indian Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to 
     provide needed treatment to eligible offenders participating 
     in the program, including behavioral health services and 
     aftercare supervision; and
       ``(E) training for all FACT teams to promote high-fidelity 
     practice principles and technical assistance to support 
     effective and continuing integration with criminal justice 
     agency partners.
       ``(3) Supplement and not supplant.--Grants made under this 
     subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
     non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for 
     programs described in this subsection.
       ``(4) Applications.--To request a grant under this 
     subsection, a State, unit of local government, territory, 
     Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit an application 
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     the Attorney General in such form and containing such 
     information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
     require.''.

     SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING OUT OF 
                   SYSTEMS.

       Section 2976(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) provide mental health treatment and transitional 
     services for those with mental illnesses or with co-occurring 
     disorders, including housing placement or assistance; and''.

     SEC. 107. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH 
                   CHALLENGES IN DRUG COURTS.

       Part EE of title I of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 2951(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3797u(a)(1)), by 
     inserting ``, including co-occurring substance abuse and 
     mental health problems,'' after ``problems''; and
       (2) in section 2959(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797u-8(a)), by inserting 
     ``, including training for drug court personnel and officials 
     on identifying and addressing co-occurring substance abuse 
     and mental health problems'' after ``part''.

     SEC. 108. MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FEDERAL UNIFORMED 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, and the Secretary of Commerce shall provide 
     the following to each of the uniformed services (as that term 
     is defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) 
     under their direction:
       (1) Training programs.--Programs that offer specialized and 
     comprehensive training in procedures to identify and respond 
     appropriately to incidents in which the unique needs of 
     individuals with mental illnesses are involved.
       (2) Improved technology.--Computerized information systems 
     or technological improvements to provide timely information 
     to Federal law enforcement personnel, other branches of the 
     uniformed services, and criminal justice system personnel to 
     improve the Federal response to mentally ill individuals.
       (3) Cooperative programs.--The establishment and expansion 
     of cooperative efforts to promote public safety through the 
     use of effective intervention with respect to mentally ill 
     individuals encountered by members of the uniformed services.

     SEC. 109. ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF OFFENDER 
                   REENTRY.

       (a) Reentry Demonstration Projects.--Section 2976(f) of 
     title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)), as amended by section 106, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``mental health 
     services,'' before ``drug treatment''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) target offenders with histories of homelessness, 
     substance abuse, or mental illness, including a prerelease 
     assessment of the housing status of the offender and 
     behavioral health needs of the offender with clear 
     coordination with mental health, substance abuse, and 
     homelessness services systems to achieve stable and permanent 
     housing outcomes with appropriate support service.''.
       (b) Mentoring Grants.--Section 211(b)(2) of the Second 
     Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531(b)(2)) is amended by 
     inserting ``, including mental health care'' after 
     ``community''.

     SEC. 110. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS.

       Section 2701 of title I of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is amended by--
       (1) redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) 
     and (6), respectively; and
       (2) inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) the development and operation of crisis intervention 
     teams that may include coordination with law enforcement 
     agencies and specialized training for school officials in 
     responding to mental health crises.''.

     SEC. 111. ACTIVE-SHOOTER TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

       The Attorney General, as part of the Preventing Violence 
     Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and 
     Survivability Initiative (VALOR) of the Department of 
     Justice, may provide safety training and technical assistance 
     to local law enforcement agencies, including active-shooter 
     response training.

     SEC. 112. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH 
                   CHALLENGES IN RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
                   TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

       Section 1901(a) of title I of Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) developing and implementing specialized residential 
     substance abuse treatment programs that identify and provide 
     appropriate treatment to inmates with co-occurring mental 
     health and substance abuse disorders or challenges.''.

     SEC. 113. MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO 
                   INCARCERATION PROGRAMS.

       Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
     of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by striking part 
     CC and inserting the following:

      ``PART CC--MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO 
                         INCARCERATION PROGRAMS

     ``SEC. 2901. MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO 
                   INCARCERATION PROGRAMS.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `eligible entity' means a State, unit of 
     local government, Indian tribe, or nonprofit organization; 
     and
       ``(2) the term `eligible participant' means an individual 
     who--
       ``(A) comes into contact with the criminal justice system 
     or is charged with an offense;
       ``(B) has a history of or a current--
       ``(i) substance use disorder;
       ``(ii) mental illness; or
       ``(iii) co-occurring mental illness and substance use 
     disorders; and
       ``(C) has been approved for participation in a program 
     funded under this section by, the relevant law enforcement 
     agency, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, probation 
     official, corrections official, judge, representative of a 
     mental health agency, or representative of a substance abuse 
     agency.
       ``(b) Program Authorized.--The Attorney General may make 
     grants to eligible entities to develop, implement, or expand 
     a treatment alternative to incarceration program for eligible 
     participants, including--
       ``(1) pre-booking treatment alternative to incarceration 
     programs, including--
       ``(A) law enforcement training on substance use disorders, 
     mental illness, and co-occurring mental illness and substance 
     use disorders;
       ``(B) receiving centers as alternatives to incarceration of 
     eligible participants;
       ``(C) specialized response units for calls related to 
     substance use disorders, mental illness, or co-occurring 
     mental illness and substance use disorders; and
       ``(D) other arrest and pre-booking treatment alternatives 
     to incarceration models; or
       ``(2) post-booking treatment alternative to incarceration 
     programs, including--
       ``(A) specialized clinical case management;
       ``(B) pre-trial services related to substances use 
     disorders, mental illness, and co-occurring mental illness 
     and substance use disorders;
       ``(C) prosecutor and defender based programs;
       ``(D) specialized probation;
       ``(E) treatment and rehabilitation programs; and
       ``(F) problem-solving courts, including mental health 
     courts, drug courts, co-occuring mental health and substance 
     abuse courts, DWI courts, and veterans treatment courts.
       ``(c) Application.--
       ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity desiring a grant 
     under this section shall submit an application to the 
     Attorney General--
       ``(A) that meets the criteria under paragraph (2); and
       ``(B) at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
     information as the Attorney General may require.
       ``(2) Criteria.--An eligible entity, in submitting an 
     application under paragraph (1), shall--
       ``(A) provide extensive evidence of collaboration with 
     State and local government agencies overseeing health, 
     community corrections, courts, prosecution, substance abuse, 
     mental health, victims services, and employment services, and 
     with local law enforcement agencies; and
       ``(B) demonstrate consultation with the Single State 
     Authority for Substance Abuse;
       ``(C) demonstrate that evidence-based treatment practices 
     will be utilized; and
       ``(D) demonstrate that evidenced-based screening and 
     assessment tools will be used to place participants in the 
     treatment alternative to incarceration program.
       ``(d) Requirements.--Each eligible entity awarded a grant 
     for a treatment alternative to incarceration program under 
     this section shall--
       ``(1) determine the terms and conditions of participation 
     in the program by eligible participants, taking into 
     consideration the collateral consequences of an arrest, 
     prosecution or criminal conviction;
       ``(2) ensure that each substance abuse and mental health 
     treatment component is licensed and qualified by the relevant 
     jurisdiction;
       ``(3) for programs described in subsection (b)(2), organize 
     an enforcement unit comprised of appropriately trained law 
     enforcement professionals under the supervision of the State, 
     Tribal, or local criminal justice agency involved, the duties 
     of which shall include--
       ``(A) the verification of addresses and other contacts of 
     each eligible participant who participates or desires to 
     participate in the program; and
       ``(B) if necessary, the location, apprehension, arrest, and 
     return to court of an eligible participant in the program who 
     has absconded from the facility of a treatment provider or 
     has otherwise significantly violated the terms and conditions 
     of the program, consistent with Federal and State 
     confidentiality requirements;
       ``(4) notify the relevant criminal justice entity if any 
     eligible participant in the program absconds from the 
     facility of the treatment provider or otherwise violates the

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     terms and conditions of the program, consistent with Federal 
     and State confidentiality requirements;
       ``(5) submit periodic reports on the progress of treatment 
     or other measured outcomes from participation in the program 
     of each eligible offender participating in the program to the 
     relevant State, Tribal, or local criminal justice agency, 
     including mental health courts, drug courts, co-occurring 
     mental health and substance abuse courts, DWI courts, and 
     veterans treatment courts;
       ``(6) describe the evidence-based methodology and outcome 
     measurements that will be used to evaluate the program, and 
     specifically explain how such measurements will provide valid 
     measures of the impact of the program; and
       ``(7) describe how the program could be broadly replicated 
     if demonstrated to be effective.
       ``(e) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity shall use a grant 
     received under this section for expenses of a treatment 
     alternative to incarceration program, including--
       ``(1) salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, and other 
     costs directly related to the operation of the program, 
     including the enforcement unit;
       ``(2) payments for treatment providers that are approved by 
     the relevant State or Tribal jurisdiction and licensed, if 
     necessary, to provide needed treatment to eligible offenders 
     participating in the program, including aftercare 
     supervision, vocational training, education, and job 
     placement; and
       ``(3) payments to public and nonprofit private entities 
     that are approved by the State or Tribal jurisdiction and 
     licensed, if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug addiction 
     treatment to eligible offenders participating in the program.
       ``(f) Supplement Not Supplant.--An eligible entity shall 
     use Federal funds received under this section only to 
     supplement the funds that would, in the absence of those 
     Federal funds, be made available from other Federal and non-
     Federal sources for the activities described in this section, 
     and not to supplant those funds. The Federal share of a grant 
     made under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the 
     total costs of the program described in an application under 
     subsection (d).
       ``(g) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall 
     ensure that, to the extent practicable, the geographical 
     distribution of grants under this section is equitable and 
     includes a grant to an eligible entity in--
       ``(1) each State;
       ``(2) rural, suburban, and urban areas; and
       ``(3) Tribal jurisdictions.
       ``(h) Reports and Evaluations.--Each fiscal year, each 
     recipient of a grant under this section during that fiscal 
     year shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the 
     outcomes of activities carried out using that grant in such 
     form, containing such information, and on such dates as the 
     Attorney General shall specify.
       ``(i) Accountability.--All grants awarded by the Attorney 
     General under this section shall be subject to the following 
     accountability provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the 
     audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 
     expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed 
     or resolved within 12 months from the date on which the final 
     audit report is issued.
       ``(B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the date of enactment of this subsection, and in each 
     fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
     grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
     of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 
     the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant funds 
     under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit 
     finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under 
     this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 
     the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
     Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants 
     that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 
     fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant 
     under this section.
       ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant funds 
     under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during 
     which the entity is barred from receiving grants under 
     subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant 
     funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the 
     General Fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 
     fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and the 
     grant programs under this part, the term `nonprofit 
     organization' means an organization that is described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
     exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not award a 
     grant under this part to a nonprofit organization that holds 
     money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying 
     the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986.
       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is 
     awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures 
     prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption 
     of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the 
     process for determining such compensation, including the 
     independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts made available to the 
     Department of Justice under this section may be used by the 
     Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded 
     discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under 
     this section, to host or support any expenditure for 
     conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made 
     available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of 
     the relevant agency or department, provides prior written 
     authorization that the funds may be expended to host the 
     conference.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under 
     this paragraph.
       ``(4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, an annual certification--
       ``(A) indicating whether--
       ``(i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector 
     General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed 
     by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
       ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 
     (1)(C) have been issued; and
       ``(iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) 
     have been made; and
       ``(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 
     under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
       ``(5) Preventing duplicative grants.--
       ``(A) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
     grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney 
     General shall compare potential grant awards with other 
     grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant 
     awards are awarded for the same purpose.
       ``(B) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       ``(i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
       ``(ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the 
     duplicate grants.''.

     SEC. 114. NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH 
                   TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

       Part HH of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 2992. NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH 
                   TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Authority.--The Attorney General may make grants to 
     eligible organizations to provide for the establishment of a 
     National Criminal Justice and Mental Health Training and 
     Technical Assistance Center.
       ``(b) Eligible Organization.--For purposes of subsection 
     (a), the term `eligible organization' means a national 
     nonprofit organization that provides technical assistance and 
     training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-
     level experience in, mental health, crisis intervention, 
     criminal justice systems, law enforcement, translating 
     evidence into practice, training, and research, and education 
     and support of people with mental illness and the families of 
     such individuals.
       ``(c) Use of Funds.--Any organization that receives a grant 
     under subsection (a) shall establish and operate a National 
     Criminal Justice and Mental Health Training and Technical 
     Assistance Center to--
       ``(1) provide law enforcement officer training regarding 
     mental health and working with individuals with mental 
     illnesses, with an emphasis on de-escalation of encounters 
     between law enforcement officers and those with mental 
     disorders or in crisis, which shall include support the 
     development of in-person and technical information exchanges 
     between systems and the individuals working in those systems 
     in support of the concepts identified in the training;

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       ``(2) provide education, training, and technical assistance 
     for States, Indian tribes, territories, units of local 
     government, service providers, nonprofit organizations, 
     probation or parole officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, 
     emergency response providers, and corrections institutions to 
     advance practice and knowledge relating to mental health 
     crisis and approaches to mental health and criminal justice 
     across systems;
       ``(3) provide training and best practices around relating 
     to diversion initiatives, jail and prison strategies, reentry 
     of individuals with mental illnesses in into the community, 
     and dispatch protocols and triage capabilities, including the 
     establishment of learning sites;
       ``(4) develop suicide prevention and crisis intervention 
     training and technical assistance for criminal justice 
     agencies;
       ``(5) develop a receiving center system and pilot strategy 
     that provides a single point of entry into the mental health 
     and substance abuse system for assessments and appropriate 
     placement of individuals experiencing a crisis;
       ``(6) collect data and best practices in mental health and 
     criminal health and criminal justice initiatives and policies 
     from grantees under this part, other recipients of grants 
     under this section, Federal, State, and local agencies 
     involved in the provision of mental health services, and non-
     governmental organizations involved in the provision of 
     mental health services;
       ``(7) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, 
     and measures to better assess and document performance 
     measures and outcomes;
       ``(8) disseminate information to States, units of local 
     government, criminal justice agencies, law enforcement 
     agencies, and other relevant entities about best practices, 
     policy standards, and research findings; and
       ``(9) provide education and support to individuals with 
     mental illness involved with, or at risk of involvement with, 
     the criminal justice system, including the families of such 
     individuals.
       ``(d) Accountability.--Grants awarded under this section 
     shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under 
     subparagraph (C) that the audited grantee has used grant 
     funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
     unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 1 year 
     after the date on which the final audit report is issued.
       ``(B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the date of enactment of this section, and in each 
     fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall conduct audits of grantees under 
     this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
     grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
     appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Final audit report.--The Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall submit a final report on each 
     audit conducted under subparagraph (B).
       ``(D) Mandatory exclusion.--Grantees under this section 
     about which there is an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
     eligible to receive a grant under this section during the 2 
     fiscal years beginning after the end of the 1-year period 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(E) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the 
     Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that did 
     not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
     years before submitting an application for a grant under this 
     section.
       ``(F) Reimbursement.--If an entity receives a grant under 
     this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the 
     entity is prohibited from receiving grants under subparagraph 
     (D), the Attorney General shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant 
     that was improperly awarded to the grantee into the General 
     Fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment under 
     clause (i) from the grantee that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit agency requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and the 
     grant program under this section, the term `nonprofit agency' 
     means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) 
     and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)).
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not award a 
     grant under this section to a nonprofit agency that holds 
     money in an offshore account for the purpose of avoiding 
     paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 511(a)).
       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit agency that is awarded a 
     grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed 
     in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 
     reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the 
     process for determining such compensation, including the 
     independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts made available to the 
     Department of Justice under this section may be used by the 
     Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded 
     discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under 
     this section, to host or support any expenditure for 
     conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made 
     available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of 
     the relevant agency or department, provides prior written 
     authorization that the funds may be expended to host the 
     conference.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under 
     this paragraph.
       ``(4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives an annual certification--
       ``(A) indicating whether--
       ``(i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the 
     Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and 
     reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 
     Director;
       ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 
     (1)(D) have been issued; and
       ``(iii) any reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(F) 
     have been made; and
       ``(B) that includes a list of any grantees excluded under 
     paragraph (1)(D) from the previous year.
       ``(5) Preventing duplicative grants.--
       ``(A) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
     grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney 
     General shall compare potential grant awards with other 
     grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant 
     awards are awarded for the same purpose.
       ``(B) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       ``(i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
       ``(ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the 
     duplicate grants.''.

     SEC. 115. IMPROVING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DATA COLLECTION ON 
                   MENTAL ILLNESS INVOLVED IN CRIME.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, on or after the date that is 90 days after the date on 
     which the Attorney General promulgates regulations under 
     subsection (b), any data prepared by, or submitted to, the 
     Attorney General or the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation with respect to the incidences of homicides, 
     law enforcement officers killed, seriously injured, and 
     assaulted, or individuals killed or seriously injured by law 
     enforcement officers shall include data with respect to the 
     involvement of mental illness in such incidences, if any.
       (b) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     promulgate or revise regulations as necessary to carry out 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 116. REPORTS ON THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS IN 
                   PRISON.

       (a) Report on the Cost of Treating the Mentally Ill in the 
     Criminal Justice System.--Not later than 12 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to Congress a report detailing the 
     cost of imprisonment for individuals who have serious mental 
     illness by the Federal Government or a State or unit of local 
     government, which shall include--
       (1) the number and type of crimes committed by individuals 
     with serious mental illness each year; and
       (2) detail strategies or ideas for preventing crimes by 
     those individuals with serious mental illness from occurring.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the Attorney 
     General, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of 
     Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders shall defined 
     ``serious mental illness'' based on the ``Health Care Reform 
     for Americans with Severe Mental Illnesses: Report'' of the 
     National Advisory Mental Health Council, American Journal of 
     Psychiatry 1993; 150:1447-1465.

         TITLE II--COMPREHENSIVE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH ACT

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Justice and 
     Mental Health Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 202. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) An estimated 2,000,000 individuals with serious mental 
     illnesses are booked into jails

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     each year, resulting in prevalence rates of serious mental 
     illness in jails that are 3 to 6 times higher than in the 
     general population. An even greater number of individuals who 
     are detained in jails each year have mental health problems 
     that do not rise to the level of a serious mental illness but 
     may still require a resource-intensive response.
       (2) Adults with mental illnesses cycle through jails more 
     often than individuals without mental illnesses, and tend to 
     stay longer (including before trial, during trial, and after 
     sentencing).
       (3) According to estimates, almost \3/4\ of jail detainees 
     with serious mental illnesses have co-occurring substance use 
     disorders, and individuals with mental illnesses are also 
     much more likely to have serious physical health needs.
       (4) Among individuals under probation supervision, 
     individuals with mental disorders are nearly twice as likely 
     as other individuals to have their community sentence 
     revoked, furthering their involvement in the criminal justice 
     system. Reasons for revocation may be directly or indirectly 
     related to an individual's mental disorder.

     SEC. 203. SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MODEL.

       (a) Redesignation.--Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is 
     amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (o).
       (b) Sequential Intercept Model.--Section 2991 of the 
     Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
     3797aa) is amended by inserting after subsection (h) the 
     following:
       ``(i) Sequential Intercept Grants.--
       ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `eligible 
     entity' means a State, unit of local government, Indian 
     tribe, or tribal organization.
       ``(2) Authorization.--The Attorney General may make grants 
     under this subsection to an eligible entity for sequential 
     intercept mapping and implementation in accordance with 
     paragraph (3).
       ``(3) Sequential intercept mapping; implementation.--An 
     eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection 
     may use funds for--
       ``(A) sequential intercept mapping, which--
       ``(i) shall consist of--

       ``(I) convening mental health and criminal justice 
     stakeholders to--

       ``(aa) develop a shared understanding of the flow of 
     justice-involved individuals with mental illnesses through 
     the criminal justice system; and
       ``(bb) identify opportunities for improved collaborative 
     responses to the risks and needs of individuals described in 
     item (aa); and

       ``(II) developing strategies to address gaps in services 
     and bring innovative and effective programs to scale along 
     multiple intercepts, including--

       ``(aa) emergency and crisis services;
       ``(bb) specialized police-based responses;
       ``(cc) court hearings and disposition alternatives;
       ``(dd) reentry from jails and prisons; and
       ``(ee) community supervision, treatment and support 
     services; and
       ``(ii) may serve as a starting point for the development of 
     strategic plans to achieve positive public health and safety 
     outcomes; and
       ``(B) implementation, which shall--
       ``(i) be derived from the strategic plans described in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii); and
       ``(ii) consist of--

       ``(I) hiring and training personnel;
       ``(II) identifying the eligible entity's target population;
       ``(III) providing services and supports to reduce 
     unnecessary penetration into the criminal justice system;
       ``(IV) reducing recidivism;
       ``(V) evaluating the impact of the eligible entity's 
     approach; and
       ``(VI) planning for the sustainability of effective 
     interventions.''.

     SEC. 204. VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS.

       Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after 
     subsection (i), as added by section 203, the following:
       ``(j) Assisting Veterans.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Peer to peer services or programs.--The term `peer to 
     peer services or programs' means services or programs that 
     connect qualified veterans with other veterans for the 
     purpose of providing support and mentorship to assist 
     qualified veterans in obtaining treatment, recovery, 
     stabilization, or rehabilitation.
       ``(B) Qualified veteran.--The term `qualified veteran' 
     means a preliminarily qualified offender who--
       ``(i) served on active duty in any branch of the Armed 
     Forces, including the National Guard or Reserves; and
       ``(ii) was discharged or released from such service under 
     conditions other than dishonorable.
       ``(C) Veterans treatment court program.--The term `veterans 
     treatment court program' means a court program involving 
     collaboration among criminal justice, veterans, and mental 
     health and substance abuse agencies that provides qualified 
     veterans with--
       ``(i) intensive judicial supervision and case management, 
     which may include random and frequent drug testing where 
     appropriate;
       ``(ii) a full continuum of treatment services, including 
     mental health services, substance abuse services, medical 
     services, and services to address trauma;
       ``(iii) alternatives to incarceration; and
       ``(iv) other appropriate services, including housing, 
     transportation, mentoring, employment, job training, 
     education, and assistance in applying for and obtaining 
     available benefits.
       ``(2) Veterans assistance program.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Attorney General, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may award grants 
     under this subsection to applicants to establish or expand--
       ``(i) veterans treatment court programs;
       ``(ii) peer to peer services or programs for qualified 
     veterans;
       ``(iii) practices that identify and provide treatment, 
     rehabilitation, legal, transitional, and other appropriate 
     services to qualified veterans who have been incarcerated; 
     and
       ``(iv) training programs to teach criminal justice, law 
     enforcement, corrections, mental health, and substance abuse 
     personnel how to identify and appropriately respond to 
     incidents involving qualified veterans.
       ``(B) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
     the Attorney General shall give priority to applications 
     that--
       ``(i) demonstrate collaboration between and joint 
     investments by criminal justice, mental health, substance 
     abuse, and veterans service agencies;
       ``(ii) promote effective strategies to identify and reduce 
     the risk of harm to qualified veterans and public safety; and
       ``(iii) propose interventions with empirical support to 
     improve outcomes for qualified veterans.''.

     SEC. 205. PRISON AND JAILS.

       Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after 
     subsection (j), as added by section 204, the following:
       ``(k) Correctional Facilities.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--
       ``(A) Correctional facility.--The term `correctional 
     facility' means a jail, prison, or other detention facility 
     used to house people who have been arrested, detained, held, 
     or convicted by a criminal justice agency or a court.
       ``(B) Eligible inmate.--The term `eligible inmate' means an 
     individual who--
       ``(i) is being held, detained, or incarcerated in a 
     correctional facility; and
       ``(ii) manifests obvious signs of a mental illness or has 
     been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as 
     having a mental illness.
       ``(2) Correctional facility grants.--The Attorney General 
     may award grants to applicants to enhance the capabilities of 
     a correctional facility--
       ``(A) to identify and screen for eligible inmates;
       ``(B) to plan and provide--
       ``(i) initial and periodic assessments of the clinical, 
     medical, and social needs of inmates; and
       ``(ii) appropriate treatment and services that address the 
     mental health and substance abuse needs of inmates;
       ``(C) to develop, implement, and enhance--
       ``(i) post-release transition plans for eligible inmates 
     that, in a comprehensive manner, coordinate health, housing, 
     medical, employment, and other appropriate services and 
     public benefits;
       ``(ii) the availability of mental health care services and 
     substance abuse treatment services; and
       ``(iii) alternatives to solitary confinement and segregated 
     housing and mental health screening and treatment for inmates 
     placed in solitary confinement or segregated housing; and
       ``(D) to train each employee of the correctional facility 
     to identify and appropriately respond to incidents involving 
     inmates with mental health or co-occurring mental health and 
     substance abuse disorders.''.

     SEC. 206. ALLOWABLE USES.

       Section 2991(b)(5)(I) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(b)(5)(I)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(v) Teams addressing frequent users of crisis services.--
     Multidisciplinary teams that--

       ``(I) coordinate, implement, and administer community-based 
     crisis responses and long-term plans for frequent users of 
     crisis services;
       ``(II) provide training on how to respond appropriately to 
     the unique issues involving frequent users of crisis services 
     for public service personnel, including criminal justice, 
     mental health, substance abuse, emergency room, healthcare, 
     law enforcement, corrections, and housing personnel;
       ``(III) develop or support alternatives to hospital and 
     jail admissions for frequent users of crisis services that 
     provide treatment, stabilization, and other appropriate 
     supports in the least restrictive, yet appropriate, 
     environment; and
       ``(IV) develop protocols and systems among law enforcement, 
     mental health, substance abuse, housing, corrections, and 
     emergency medical service operations to provide coordinated 
     assistance to frequent users of crisis services.''.

     SEC. 207. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.

       Section 2991(h) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(h)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) Academy training.--To provide support for academy 
     curricula, law enforcement officer orientation programs, 
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     education training, and other programs that teach law 
     enforcement personnel how to identify and respond to 
     incidents involving persons with mental health disorders or 
     co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Priority consideration.--The Attorney General, in 
     awarding grants under this subsection, shall give priority to 
     programs that law enforcement personnel and members of the 
     mental health and substance abuse professions develop and 
     administer cooperatively.''.

     SEC. 208. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Attorney General shall provide direction and 
     guidance for the following:
       (1) Training programs.--Programs that offer specialized and 
     comprehensive training, in procedures to identify and 
     appropriately respond to incidents in which the unique needs 
     of individuals who have a mental illness are involved, to 
     first responders and tactical units of--
       (A) Federal law enforcement agencies; and
       (B) other Federal criminal justice agencies such as the 
     Bureau of Prisons, the Administrative Office of the United 
     States Courts, and other agencies that the Attorney General 
     determines appropriate.
       (2) Improved technology.--The establishment of, or 
     improvement of existing, computerized information systems to 
     provide timely information to employees of Federal law 
     enforcement agencies, and Federal criminal justice agencies 
     to improve the response of such employees to situations 
     involving individuals who have a mental illness.

     SEC. 209. GAO REPORT.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General, shall submit to 
     Congress a report on--
       (1) the practices that Federal first responders, tactical 
     units, and corrections officers are trained to use in 
     responding to individuals with mental illness;
       (2) procedures to identify and appropriately respond to 
     incidents in which the unique needs of individuals who have a 
     mental illness are involved, to Federal first responders and 
     tactical units;
       (3) the application of evidence-based practices in criminal 
     justice settings to better address individuals with mental 
     illnesses; and
       (4) recommendations on how the Department of Justice can 
     expand and improve information sharing and dissemination of 
     best practices.

     SEC. 210. EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES.

       Section 2991(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the following:
       ``(4) propose interventions that have been shown by 
     empirical evidence to reduce recidivism;
       ``(5) when appropriate, use validated assessment tools to 
     target preliminarily qualified offenders with a moderate or 
     high risk of recidivism and a need for treatment and 
     services; or''.

     SEC. 211. TRANSPARENCY, PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY, AND 
                   ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 2991(a) of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7)--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``Mental illness'' and 
     inserting ``Mental illness; mental health disorder''; and
       (B) by striking ``term ``mental illness'' means'' and 
     inserting ``terms ``mental illness'' and ``mental health 
     disorder'' mean''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following:
       ``(9) Preliminarily qualified offender.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `preliminarily qualified 
     offender' means an adult or juvenile accused of an offense 
     who--
       ``(i)(I) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a 
     qualified mental health professional as having a mental 
     illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 
     disorders;
       ``(II) manifests obvious signs of mental illness or co-
     occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders during 
     arrest or confinement or before any court; or
       ``(III) in the case of a veterans treatment court provided 
     under subsection (i), has been diagnosed with, or manifests 
     obvious signs of, mental illness or a substance abuse 
     disorder or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 
     disorder;
       ``(ii) has been unanimously approved for participation in a 
     program funded under this section by, when appropriate--

       ``(I) the relevant--

       ``(aa) prosecuting attorney;
       ``(bb) defense attorney;
       ``(cc) probation or corrections official; and
       ``(dd) judge; and

       ``(II) a representative from the relevant mental health 
     agency described in subsection (b)(5)(B)(i);

       ``(iii) has been determined, by each person described in 
     clause (ii) who is involved in approving the adult or 
     juvenile for participation in a program funded under this 
     section, to not pose a risk of violence to any person in the 
     program, or the public, if selected to participate in the 
     program; and
       ``(iv) has not been charged with or convicted of--

       ``(I) any sex offense (as defined in section 111 of the Sex 
     Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16911)) 
     or any offense relating to the sexual exploitation of 
     children; or
       ``(II) murder or assault with intent to commit murder.

       ``(B) Determination.--In determining whether to designate a 
     defendant as a preliminarily qualified offender, the relevant 
     prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, probation or 
     corrections official, judge, and mental health or substance 
     abuse agency representative shall take into account--
       ``(i) whether the participation of the defendant in the 
     program would pose a substantial risk of violence to the 
     community;
       ``(ii) the criminal history of the defendant and the nature 
     and severity of the offense for which the defendant is 
     charged;
       ``(iii) the views of any relevant victims to the offense;
       ``(iv) the extent to which the defendant would benefit from 
     participation in the program;
       ``(v) the extent to which the community would realize cost 
     savings because of the defendant's participation in the 
     program; and
       ``(vi) whether the defendant satisfies the eligibility 
     criteria for program participation unanimously established by 
     the relevant prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, 
     probation or corrections official, judge and mental health or 
     substance abuse agency representative.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 2927(2) of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 3797s-6(2)) is amended by striking ``has the meaning 
     given that term in section 2991(a).'' and inserting ``means 
     an offense that--
       ``(A) does not have as an element the use, attempted use, 
     or threatened use of physical force against the person or 
     property of another; or
       ``(B) is not a felony that by its nature involves a 
     substantial risk that physical force against the person or 
     property of another may be used in the course of committing 
     the offense.''.

     SEC. 212. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.

       Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after 
     subsection (k), as added by section 205, the following:
       ``(m) Accountability.--All grants awarded by the Attorney 
     General under this section shall be subject to the following 
     accountability provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the 
     audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 
     expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed 
     or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final 
     audit report is issued.
       ``(B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the date of enactment of this subsection, and in each 
     fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
     grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
     of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 
     the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant funds 
     under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit 
     finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under 
     this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 
     the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
     Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants 
     that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 
     fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant 
     under this section.
       ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant funds 
     under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during 
     which the entity is barred from receiving grants under 
     subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant 
     funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the 
     General Fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 
     fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and the 
     grant programs under this part, the term `nonprofit 
     organization' means an organization that is described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
     exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not award a 
     grant under this part to a nonprofit organization that holds 
     money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying 
     the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986.

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       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is 
     awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures 
     prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption 
     of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the 
     process for determining such compensation, including the 
     independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts made available to the 
     Department of Justice under this section may be used by the 
     Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded 
     discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under 
     this section, to host or support any expenditure for 
     conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made 
     available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of 
     the relevant agency or department, provides prior written 
     authorization that the funds may be expended to host the 
     conference.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under 
     this paragraph.
       ``(4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, an annual certification--
       ``(A) indicating whether--
       ``(i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector 
     General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed 
     by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
       ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 
     (1)(C) have been issued; and
       ``(iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) 
     have been made; and
       ``(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 
     under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
       ``(n) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
       ``(1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
     grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney 
     General shall compare potential grant awards with other 
     grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant 
     awards are awarded for the same purpose.
       ``(2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       ``(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
       ``(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate 
     grants.''.

          TITLE III--NICS REAUTHORIZATION AND NICS IMPROVEMENT

     SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF NICS.

       (a) In General.--Section 103(e) of the NICS Improvement 
     Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by 
     striking ``fiscal year 2013'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
     years 2016 through 2020''.

     SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

       (a) Title 18 Definitions.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(36)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term `has been 
     adjudicated mentally incompetent or has been committed to a 
     psychiatric hospital', with respect to a person--
       ``(i) means the person is the subject of an order or 
     finding by a judicial officer, court, board, commission, or 
     other adjudicative body--

       ``(I) that was issued after--

       ``(aa) a hearing--
       ``(AA) of which the person received actual notice; and
       ``(BB) at which the person had an opportunity to 
     participate with counsel; or
       ``(bb) the person knowingly and intelligently waived the 
     opportunity for a hearing--
       ``(AA) of which the person received actual notice; and
       ``(BB) at which the person would have had an opportunity to 
     participate with counsel; and

       ``(II) that found that the person, as a result of marked 
     subnormal intelligence, mental impairment, mental illness, 
     incompetency, condition, or disease--

       ``(aa) was a danger to himself or herself or to others;
       ``(bb) was guilty but mentally ill in a criminal case, in a 
     jurisdiction that provides for such a verdict;
       ``(cc) was not guilty in a criminal case by reason of 
     insanity or mental disease or defect;
       ``(dd) was incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case;
       ``(ee) was not guilty by reason of lack of mental 
     responsibility under section 850a of title 10 (article 50a of 
     the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
       ``(ff) required involuntary inpatient treatment by a 
     psychiatric hospital for any reason, including substance 
     abuse; or
       ``(gg) required involuntary outpatient treatment by a 
     psychiatric hospital based on a finding that the person is a 
     danger to himself or herself or to others; and
       ``(ii) does not include--

       ``(I) an admission to a psychiatric hospital for 
     observation; or
       ``(II) a voluntary admission to a psychiatric hospital.

       ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `order or finding' does 
     not include--
       ``(i) an order or finding that has expired or has been set 
     aside or expunged;
       ``(ii) an order or finding that is no longer applicable 
     because a judicial officer, court, board, commission, or 
     other adjudicative body has found that the person who is the 
     subject of the order or finding--

       ``(I) does not present a danger to himself or herself or to 
     others;
       ``(II) has been restored to sanity or cured of mental 
     disease or defect;
       ``(III) has been restored to competency; or
       ``(IV) no longer requires involuntary inpatient or 
     outpatient treatment by a psychiatric hospital; or

       ``(iii) an order or finding with respect to which the 
     person who is subject to the order or finding has been 
     granted relief from disabilities under section 925(c), under 
     a program described in section 101(c)(2)(A) or 105 of the 
     NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note), 
     or under any other State-authorized relief from disabilities 
     program of the State in which the original commitment or 
     adjudication occurred.
       ``(37) The term `psychiatric hospital' includes a mental 
     health facility, a mental hospital, a sanitarium, a 
     psychiatric facility, and any other facility that provides 
     diagnoses or treatment by licensed professionals of mental 
     retardation or mental illness, including a psychiatric ward 
     in a general hospital.''; and
       (2) in section 922--
       (A) in subsection (d)(4)--
       (i) by striking ``as a mental defective'' and inserting 
     ``mentally incompetent''; and
       (ii) by striking ``any mental institution'' and inserting 
     ``a psychiatric hospital''; and
       (B) in subsection (g)(4)--
       (i) by striking ``as a mental defective or who has'' and 
     inserting ``mentally incompetent or has''; and
       (ii) by striking ``mental institution'' and inserting 
     ``psychiatric hospital''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The NICS 
     Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``as a mental defective'' each place that 
     term appears and inserting ``mentally incompetent'';
       (2) by striking ``mental institution'' each place that term 
     appears and inserting ``psychiatric hospital'';
       (3) in section 101(c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``to the mental health of a person'' and 
     inserting ``to whether a person is mentally incompetent''; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``to the mental 
     health of a person'' and inserting ``to whether a person is 
     mentally incompetent''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``to the mental 
     health of a person'' and inserting ``to whether a person is 
     mentally incompetent''; and
       (4) in section 102(c)(3)--
       (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``as a mental 
     defective or committed to a mental institution'' and 
     inserting ``mentally incompetent or committed to a 
     psychiatric hospital''; and
       (B) by striking ``mental institutions'' and inserting 
     ``psychiatric hospitals''.

     SEC. 303. INCENTIVES FOR STATE COMPLIANCE WITH NICS MENTAL 
                   HEALTH RECORD REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 104(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
     2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
       (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by striking ``of 
     paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``of paragraph (1)''; and
       (4) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
     following:
       ``(1) Incentives for providing mental health records and 
     fixing the background check system.--
       ``(A) Definition of compliant state.--In this paragraph, 
     the term `compliant State' means a State that has--
       ``(i) provided not less than 90 percent of the records 
     required to be provided under sections 102 and 103; or
       ``(ii) in effect a statute that--

       ``(I) requires the State to provide the records required to 
     be provided under sections 102 and 103; and
       ``(II) implements a relief from disabilities program in 
     accordance with section 105.

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       ``(B) Incentives for compliance.--During the period 
     beginning on the date that is 18 months after the enactment 
     of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 and 
     ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
     enactment of such Act, the Attorney General--
       ``(i) shall use funds appropriated to carry out section 103 
     of this Act, the excess unobligated balances of the 
     Department of Justice and funds withheld under clause (ii), 
     or any combination thereof, to increase the amounts available 
     under section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) for each compliant 
     State in an amount that is not less than 2 percent nor more 
     than 5 percent of the amount that was allocated to such State 
     under such section 505 in the previous fiscal year; and
       ``(ii) may withhold an amount not to exceed the amount 
     described in clause (i) that would otherwise be allocated to 
     a State under any section of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) if the 
     State--

       ``(I) is not a compliant State; and
       ``(II) does not submit an assurance to the Attorney General 
     that--

       ``(aa) an amount that is not less than the amount described 
     in clause (i) will be used solely for the purpose of enabling 
     the State to become a compliant State; or
       ``(bb) the State will hold in abeyance an amount that is 
     not less than the amount described in clause (i) until such 
     State has become a compliant State.
       ``(C) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 
     2015, the Attorney General shall issue regulations 
     implementing this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 304. PROTECTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF VETERANS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 5511. Conditions for treatment of certain persons as 
       adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes

       ``(a) Protecting Rights of Veterans With Existing 
     Records.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
     of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015, the 
     Secretary shall provide written notice in accordance with 
     subsection (b) of the opportunity for administrative review 
     under subsection (c) to all persons who, on the date of 
     enactment of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 
     2015, are considered to have been adjudicated mentally 
     incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital under 
     subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18 as a 
     result of having been found by the Department to be mentally 
     incompetent.
       ``(b) Notice.--The Secretary shall provide notice under 
     this section to a person described in subsection (a) that 
     notifies the person of--
       ``(1) the determination made by the Secretary;
       ``(2) a description of the implications of being considered 
     to have been adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to 
     a psychiatric hospital under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of 
     section 922 of title 18; and
       ``(3) the right of the person to request a review under 
     subsection (c)(1).
       ``(c) Administrative Review.--
       ``(1) Request.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which a person described in subsection (a) receives notice in 
     accordance with subsection (b), such person may request a 
     review by the board designed or established under paragraph 
     (2) or by a court of competent jurisdiction to assess whether 
     the person is a danger to himself or herself or to others. In 
     such assessment, the board may consider the person's 
     honorable discharge or decorations.
       ``(2) Board.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 
     2015, the Secretary shall designate or establish a board that 
     shall, upon request of a person under paragraph (1), assess 
     whether the person is a danger to himself or herself or to 
     others.
       ``(d) Judicial Review.--A person may file a petition with a 
     Federal court of competent jurisdiction for judicial review 
     of an assessment of the person under subsection (c) by the 
     board designated or established under subsection (c)(2).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     55 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:

``5511. Conditions for treatment of certain persons as adjudicated 
              mentally incompetent for certain purposes.''.

     SEC. 305. APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENTS.

       With respect to any record of a person prohibited from 
     possessing or receiving a firearm under subsection (d)(4) or 
     (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, before 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     remove such a record from the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System--
       (1) upon being made aware that the person is no longer 
     considered as adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed 
     to a psychiatric hospital according to the criteria under 
     paragraph (36)(A)(i)(II) of section 921(a) of title 18, 
     United States Code (as added by this title), and is therefore 
     no longer prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm;
       (2) upon being made aware that any order or finding that 
     the record is based on is an order or finding described in 
     paragraph (36)(B) of section 921(a) of title 18, United State 
     Code (as added by this title); or
       (3) upon being made aware that the person has been found 
     competent to possess a firearm after an administrative or 
     judicial review under subsection (c) or (d) of section 5511 
     of title 38, United States Code (as added by this title).

     SEC. 306. CLARIFICATION THAT FEDERAL COURT INFORMATION IS TO 
                   BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL INSTANT 
                   CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

       Section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
     Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(F) Application to federal courts.--In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the terms `department or agency of the United States' 
     and `Federal department or agency' include a Federal court; 
     and
       ``(ii) for purposes of any request, submission, or 
     notification, the Director of the Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts shall perform the functions of the 
     head of the department or agency.''.

                 TITLE IV--REAUTHORIZATIONS AND OFFSET

     SEC. 401. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Adult and Juvenile Collaboration Programs.--Subsection 
     (o) of section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa), as redesignated by 
     section 203, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``2009 through 2014'' 
     and inserting ``2016 through 2020''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Limitation.--Not more than 20 percent of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under this section may be used 
     for purposes described in subsection (j) (relating to 
     veterans).''.
       (b) Mental Health Courts and Qualified Drug Treatment 
     Programs.--Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (20), by striking ``2001 through 2004'' 
     and inserting ``2016 through 2020''; and
       (2) in paragraph (26), by striking ``2009 and 2010'' and 
     inserting ``2016 through 2020''.

     SEC. 402. OFFSET.

       (a) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``covered 
     amounts'' means the unobligated balances of discretionary 
     appropriations accounts, except for the discretionary 
     appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of 
     Homeland Security.
       (b) Rescission.--
       (1) In general.--Effective on the first day of each of 
     fiscal years 2016 through 2020 , there are rescinded from 
     covered amounts, on a pro rata basis, the amount described in 
     paragraph (2).
       (2) Amount of rescission.--The amount described in this 
     subparagraph is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraphs (20) and (26) of section 
     1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)).
       (3) Report.--Not later 60 days after the first day of each 
     of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury a report specifying the account and 
     amount of each rescission under this subsection

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