[House Report 117-584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress    }                                   {     Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                   {     117-584

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          ONE STOP SHOP COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM ACT OF 2021

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 November 25, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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    Mr. Nadler, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 3372]

    The Commmittee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the 
bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to 
community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers, 
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Purpose and Summary..............................................     1
Background and Need for the Legislation..........................     2
Hearings.........................................................     7
Committee Consideration..........................................     8
Committee Votes..................................................     8
Committee Oversight Findings.....................................    12
Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects..........................    12
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional 
  Budget Office Cost Estimate....................................    12
Duplication of Federal Programs..................................    12
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................    12
Advisory on Earmarks.............................................    12
Section-by-Section Analysis......................................    12

                          Purpose and Summary

    H.R. 3372, the ``One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program 
Act of 2021,'' would fill a critical void in reentry services 
by providing resources for state and local jurisdictions to 
make grants to establish a more centralized process for 
assisting individuals who are reentering their communities 
after a period of incarceration. The one-stop shop model that 
this legislation promotes would aim to provide complete reentry 
services to address the critical elements of the reentry 
process that promote long-term reentry success. Notably, the 
one-stop centers would include support personnel, who 
themselves are formerly incarcerated individuals, to provide 
direct support for recently released individuals. In addition, 
where reentry services may not logistically be able to be 
placed in a single geographic location, this legislation 
authorizes the Attorney General to fund States and local 
jurisdictions to establish 24/7 reentry service assistance 
hotlines that direct recently released individuals to 
appropriate reentry resources.
    When Congress passed the landmark Second Chance Act, it 
demonstrated its commitment to provide housing, employment 
assistance, substance abuse treatment and other related 
services to returning individuals with the goal of reducing 
recidivism. H.R. 3372 would go a step further by ensuring that 
returning citizens can more effectively access services such as 
those funded through the Second Chance Act, as well as other 
community-funded reentry programs.

                Background and Need for the Legislation

    There are currently over 2.1 million people incarcerated in 
local, state, and federal correctional facilities. This number 
represents a more than 500% increase in the incarcerated 
population over the last 40 years.\1\ Over 95% of people 
currently incarcerated will eventually be released back to 
their communities.\2\ In fact, approximately 600,000 people are 
released from custody every year.\3\ At the end of 2016, an 
estimated 4.5 million adults were under community supervision, 
which includes probation or parole.\4\ Reentry services are 
essential for this population, to ensure that these individuals 
transition smoothly out of jail and prison and to keep 
recidivism to a minimum.
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    \1\Wendy Sayer & Peter Wagner, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie, 
Prison Policy Initiative, https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/
pie2019.html; The Sentencing Project, Trends in U.S. Corrections U.S. 
State and Federal Prison Population, 1925-2017 (2019), https://
www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Trends-in-US-
Corrections.pdf.
    \2\John J. Gibbons & Nicholas de B. Katzenbach, Confronting 
Confinement: A Report The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's 
Prisons 11 (May 2006), https://www.vera.org/publications/confronting-
confinement.
    \3\E. Ann Carson, Prisoners in 2016, Bur. of Just. Stats 10 (Jan. 
2018), https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p16.pdf.
    \4\Danielle Kaeble, Probation and Parole in United States 2016, 
Bur. of Just. Stats, https://www.bjs.gov/
index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6188.
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    The recidivism rates for individuals leaving prisons remain 
high, and a large number of those released from prison will 
ultimately find themselves back in the criminal legal system. A 
2018 study found that 83% of people released from prisons in 
2005 were arrested at least once during the nine years 
following their release.\5\ Of those released from state 
prisons, 44% were arrested at least once in the year 
immediately following their release.\6\ A similar study on 
recidivism among federal offenders found that almost half of 
these returning individuals were rearrested at least once 
during an eight-year follow-up.\7\ Most of the rearrests 
occurred within the first two years after release, with the 
median time to rearrest being 21 months.\8\
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    \5\Mariel Alper, & Matthew R. Durose, 2018 Update on Prisoner 
Recidivism: A 9-Year Follow-up Period (2005-2014, Bur. of Just. Stats 
(Jun. 21, 2016), https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5642.
    \6\Id.
    \7\Kim Hunt & Robert Dumville, Recidivism Among Federal Offenders: 
A Comprehensive Review, U.S. Sentencing Comm. 3 (Mar. 2016), https://
www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/
research-and-publications/research-publications/2016/
recidivism_overview.pdf.
    \8\Id. at 5.
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    Lack of access to resources upon release leads to a cycle 
of rearrest and reincarceration that some scholars call the 
``revolving door'' to prison.\9\ This cycle of recidivism has 
tremendous financial consequences--the United States spends 
over $80 billion dollars a year on incarceration--not to 
mention the human toll it takes on families and 
communities.\10\ The cycle of release, rearrest, and 
reincarceration\11\ also costs state and local communities over 
$100 million in policing and judicial administration costs.\12\
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    \9\Pew Center on the States, State of Recidivism: The Revolving 
Door of America's Prisons 7 (Apr. 2011), https://www.pewtrusts.org//
media/legacy/uploadedfiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/reports/
sentencing_and_corrections/
staterecidivismrevolvingdooramericaprisons20pdf.pdf.
    \10\Melissa S. Kearney, et al, Ten Facts About Crime and 
Incarceration in the United States, The Hamilton Project (May 2014), 
https://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/ten_economic_
facts_about_crime_and_incarceration_in_the_united_states/.
    \11\Id.
    \12\Friedman, Barry, We Spend Over $100 Million a Year on Policing. 
We Have No Idea What Works, Wash. Post, March 10, 2017, https://
www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/10/we-spend-100-
billion-on-policing-we-have-no-idea-what-works/.
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             A. UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING RETURNING CITIZENS

    While some returning individuals have a release plan, many 
people are released from custody with only their personal 
property, little money, and no place to go.\13\ The result of 
not having a reentry plan can be ruinous. In the last decade, 
policymakers have begun to measure the effects of reentry on 
returning individuals, their families, and their communities. 
Studies show that most people enter the prison system with low 
levels of education, limited work experience, substance abuse 
issues, and mental health infirmities, and that these same 
issues are still present when a person is released from 
prison.\14\ Without appropriate reentry services to assist 
them, many returning citizens find themselves back in the 
criminal justice system.\15\ Indeed, even those individuals who 
are released with a comprehensive reentry plan still face many 
unique challenges reintegrating into society.
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    \13\Jocelyn Fontaine & Jennifer Biess, Housing as a Platform for 
Formerly Incarcerated Persons, Urban Institute 2, 5-7 (Apr. 2012), 
https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/25321/412552-
Housing-as-a-Platform-for-Formerly-Incarcerated-Persons.PDF.
    \14\Baer, Demelza, et al., Understanding the Challenges to Prisoner 
Reentry; Research Findings from the Urban Institute's Prisoner Reentry 
Portfolio, Urban Institute 2 (Jan. 2006), https://www.urban.org/sites/
default/files/publication/42981/411289-Understanding-the-Challenges-of-
Prisoner-Reentry.PDF.
    \15\Id.
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1. Many Housing Options Are Out of Reach for Returning Citizens

    Finding a safe and secure place to live is crucial to 
successful reintegration into society.\16\ The first month 
after release is a particularly important period, ``during 
which the risk of becoming homeless and/or returning to 
criminal justice involvement is high.''\17\ Options for 
reentering individuals can be limited.\18\ Securing safe and 
stable housing often poses a significant challenge for 
returning individuals. The private rental market is off-limits 
to many returning citizens because of the lack of affordable 
housing options in most major cities.\19\ Even if someone has 
sufficient income to afford private market rent, many landlords 
refuse to rent to people with criminal records.\20\ 
Additionally, people with certain criminal records are often 
barred from public housing.\21\ These bans on public housing 
assistance keep formerly incarcerated persons from reuniting 
with their families because many local public housing agencies 
will evict or deny housing to an entire household if one family 
member has a prior conviction.\22\ As a result, many returning 
citizens end up at homeless shelters, as a last resort.
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    \16\Lucius Couloute, Nowhere to Go: Homelessness Among Formerly 
Incarcerated People, Prison Policy Initiative (Aug. 2018), https://
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/housing.html (``Stable housing is the 
foundation of successful reentry from prison.'').
    \17\Council of State Governments, Report of the Re-Entry Policy 
Council Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the 
Community 272 (2005), https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/
2020/02/report-of-the-re-entry-policy-council-charting-the-safe-and-
successful-
return-of-prisoners-to-the-community.pdf.
    \18\Jocelyn Fontaine & Jennifer Biess, Housing as a Platform for 
Formerly Incarcerated Persons, Urban Institute 2-5 (Apr. 2012), https:/
/www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/25321/412552-Housing-as-
a-Platform-for-Formerly-Incarcerated-Persons.PDF.
    \19\Brenda Richardson, America's Affordable Housing Crisis is Only 
Getting Worse, Forbes, Jan. 31, 2019.
    \20\Mireya Navarro, Federal Housing Authorities Warn Against 
Blanket Bans on Ex-offenders, N.Y. Times, Apr. 4, 2016.
    \21\42 U.S.C. 13663 (2018)(excluding certain sex offenders from 
public housing); see also 24 C.F.R. 982.553(a) (2020).
    \22\Rebecca Vallas, et al, Removing Barriers to Opportunity for 
Parents with Criminal Records and Their Children, Ctr. for Am. Progress 
10 (Dec. 2015), https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/
2015/12/09060720/CriminalRecords-report2.pdf.
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    The overall lack of housing options has profound effects on 
the entire prisoner reentry process and contributes to the 
cycle of incarceration. One study showed that homeless 
individuals who had access to stable housing were significantly 
less likely to recidivate,\23\ while those without access to 
housing were more than twice as likely to commit another crime 
within the first 12 months of release.\24\
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    \23\Julian M. Somers et al., Urban Inst., Housing First Reduces Re-
Offending Among Formerly Homeless Adults with Mental Disorders: Results 
of a Randomized Controlled Trial, PLOS ONE 1, 6-8 (Sept. 2013), http://
www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.
1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072946&representation=PDF.
    \24\Lornet Turnbull, Few Rentals for Freed Felons, Seattle Times, 
Nov. 29, 2010, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/few-rentals-
for-freed-felons/.
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2. Barriers to Employment Increase Recidivism

    Steady employment has been shown to help returning citizens 
gain economic stability and reduce recidivism.\25\ While many 
formerly incarcerated people want to work, they face tremendous 
challenges when seeking employment.\26\ One frequently 
encountered barrier to employment is the lack of formal 
education or job training and limited work experience of some 
returning individuals. People in prison have lower levels of 
education and limited work experience than the general 
population.\27\ The statistics are troubling; 41 percent of 
those in state and federal prisons do not have a high school 
diploma, compared with 18 percent of the general 
population.\28\ While 48 percent of the general population has 
some college education, only 24 percent of people in federal 
prisons have a similar education level.\29\ Further, while 
incarcerated, they are unable to work and gain job skills, are 
removed from their communities, and experience a disruption in 
social connections that would help them obtain a job upon 
release.\30\
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    \25\Lucius Couloute & Daniel Kopf, Out of Prison & Out of Work: 
Unemployment Among Formerly Incarcerated People, Prison Policy 
Initiative (July 2018), https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/
outofwork.html.
    \26\Id. (``[I]ncarcerated people are unemployed at a rate of over 
27%--higher than the total U.S. unemployment rate during any historical 
period, including the Great Depression.'').
    \27\Caroline Wolf Harlow, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special 
Report, Education and Correctional Populations, Bur. Just. Stats. 2, 10 
(Jan. 1, 2003), https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ecp.pdf.
    \28\Id. at 1.
    \29\Id. at 2.
    \30\John Schmitt & Kris Warner, Ex-Offenders and the Labor Market, 
Ctr. for Econ. & Policy Research 8 (Nov. 2010), http://cepr.net/
documents/publications/ex-offenders-2010-11.pdf.
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    Having a record of a prior criminal conviction poses 
another hurdle to finding stable employment. In most states, 
people with criminal convictions are categorically barred from 
obtaining certain occupational licenses for employment, such as 
for work as cosmetologists, barbers, teachers or mortgage 
brokers.\31\ This is the case even if the license has nothing 
to do with the nature of the prior conviction.\32\ Even when an 
occupational license is not a prerequisite, employers' general 
reluctance to hire people with criminal records serves as an 
additional barrier to employment.\33\ For instance, one study 
found that only 40 percent of employers would ``definitely'' or 
``probably'' hire someone with a criminal conviction, 
especially for a job that involves handling money or dealing 
with customers.\34\
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    \31\Allyson Fredericksen & Desiree Omli, Jobs After Jail, Ending 
the Prison to Poverty Pipeline, Alliance for a Just Soc'y (2016), 
https://jobgap2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/
ajs_job_after_jail_report_final_pdf.pdf (noting that on average, states 
have 123 restrictions on the type of work that those with felony 
convictions may engage in); Chidi Umez & Rebecca Pirius, Barriers to 
Work: People with Criminal Records: Improving Access to Licensed 
Occupations for Individuals With Criminal Records, Nat'l Conf. of St. 
Leg. (Jul. 17, 2018), https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-
employment/barriers-to-work-individuals-with-criminal-records.aspx.
    \32\Id. at 19, 35.
    \33\Schmitt, Ex-Offenders and the Labor Market, supra note 29, at 
8.
    \34\Id. at 10.
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    Given these challenges, it is not surprising that the 
unemployment rate for formerly incarcerated people is five 
times higher than the rate for the general population.\35\ 
Three in four formerly incarcerated individuals remain 
unemployed one year after release.\36\ And, for those returning 
citizens who do get jobs, they are more likely to work part 
time and earn lower wages. A report from the Brookings 
Institution found that one year after release, about half of 
returning citizens earned less than $500 and only 20 percent 
earned more than $15,000.\37\
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    \35\Lucuis Coulote & Daniel Kopf, Out of Prison and Out of Work, 
Prison Policy Initiative (Jul. 2018), https://www.prisonpolicy.org/
reports/outofwork.html.
    \36\Am. Civil Liberties Union, Back to Business: How Hiring 
Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers Benefits Your Company 4 (2017), 
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/
060917-trone-reportweb_0.pdf.
    \37\Adam Looney & Nicholas Turner, Work and Opportunity Before and 
After Incarceration, Brookings Inst. 7 (Mar. 14, 2018), https://
www.brookings.edu/ research/work-and-opportunity- before-and-after-
incarceration/.
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    Despite these many challenges, the majority of returning 
individuals want to work and believe that having a job after 
release is an important factor in helping them stay out of 
prison.\38\ Indeed, as the data show, returning individuals who 
participate in structured reentry programs have a better chance 
of finding and maintaining full-time employment.\39\
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    \38\Demelza Baer, et al., Understanding the Challenges to Prisoner 
Reentry; Research Findings from the Urban Institute's Prisoner Reentry 
Portfolio, Urban Inst. 2, 4 (Jan. 2003).
    \39\See e.g., Aaron Yelowitz and Christopher Bollinger, Prison-to-
Work: The Benefits of Intensive Job Search Assistance for Former 
Inmates, Civic Report, No, Ctr. for State & Local Leadership 96 (Mar. 
2015) (finding that a job assistance program that quickly placed 
individuals in jobs reduced the rates of recidivism).
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3. People with Mental Health Disorders Are Overrepresented in Prison 
        Populations

    People with mental illnesses make up a significant portion 
of the prison population.\40\ Because of this, our nation's 
corrections institutions are often, collectively, considered 
the biggest provider of mental health services in America.\41\ 
For example, the Los Angeles County Jail, the Cook County Jail, 
and Rikers Island each hold more people with mental health 
disorders than any psychiatric hospital currently operating in 
the United States.\42\ While only 18 percent of the general 
population has been diagnosed with a mental health disorder, 
among the prison population, that number is between 30 and 40 
percent.\43\
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    \40\Treatment Advocacy Ctr., Background Paper: Serious Mental 
Illness Prevalence in Jails & Prisons (Sept. 2016), https://
www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/learn-more-about/
3695#::text=Overall%2C%20approximately%2020%25%20of%20inmates,have%20a
%20serious%20mental%20illness.
    \41\Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez & Nadine M. Connell, Mental Health 
and Prisoners: Identifying Barriers to Mental Health Treatment and 
Medication Continuity, Am. J. of Public Health, Vol. 104. No.12 (2014).
    \42\Cynthia Zubritsky, et al., Breaking the Cycle of Recidivism: 
From In-Jail Behavioral Health Services to Community Support, J. of 
Crim. & Forensic Studies, Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1 (2018), http://www.bc-
systemofcare.org/test/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ChancesR-
JOCFS
180010.pdf.
    \43\Heather Stringer, Improving Mental Health for Inmates, American 
Psychological Association, Monitor on Psychology. Vol 50. No. 3 March 
(2019); Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health By the Numbers, 
https://www.nami.org/mhstats (``19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental 
illness in 2018 (47.6 million people)'').
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    Despite these numbers, few people in prison actually 
receive appropriate mental health services while serving a 
prison sentence.\44\ Researchers point to insufficient 
screening and limited resources as explanations for the paucity 
of mental health services in prisons.\45\ One study showed that 
only 52 percent of inmates who were taking medication for a 
mental health condition prior to incarceration actually 
received medication during their period of incarceration.\46\ 
Without proper medication, these individuals were more likely 
to have disciplinary problems while incarcerated and the 
resulting punishment, including solitary confinement, can 
exacerbate these mental health conditions.\47\
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    \44\Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez, & Nadine M. Connell, Mental 
Health and Prisoners: Identifying Barriers to Mental Health Treatment 
and Medication Continuity, Am. J. of Pub. Health, Vol. 104. No.12 
(2014).
    \45\Id.
    \46\Id.
    \47\Id.
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    Returning citizens with mental health conditions often do 
not fare any better once they are released. Many corrections 
institutions do not assist those about to be released in making 
arrangements for their care upon release.\48\ Without these 
preparations, many recently released prisoners leave 
corrections facilities without referrals to mental or physical 
health providers in their communities or even an adequate 
supply of necessary medication.\49\
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    \48\Kamala Malik-Kane, Returning Home Illinois Policy Brief, Health 
and Prisoner Reentry, Urban Inst. 2-3 (Aug. 2005), https://
www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/42876/311214-Returning-
Home-Illinois-Policy-Brief-Health-and-Prisoner-Reentry.PDF.
    \49\Jeffrey Draine, & Daniel Herman, Critical Time Intervention for 
Reentry From Prison for Persons with Mental Illness, Psychiatric 
Services 1-2 (Dec. 2007), https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/ doi/full/
10.1176/ps.2007.58.12.1577.
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    When returning individuals do not receive appropriate 
mental health treatment in prison, and are released without a 
plan for follow-up care, they are at higher risk of 
recidivism.\50\ For those with a diagnosed mental health 
disorder, a 2014 study showed, the rates of recidivism were 
between 50 to 230 percent higher than for people without a 
mental health diagnosis.\51\
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    \50\See e.g. Christine Herman, Most Inmates With Mental Illness 
Still Wait For Decent Care, NPR (Feb. 3, 2019), https://www.npr.org/
sections/health-shots/2019/02/03/690872394/most-inmates-with-mental-
illness-still-wait-for-decent-care.
    \51\Gonzalez & Connell, Mental Health and Prisoners, supra note 43.
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    B. RECENT EFFORTS TO EASE REENTRY FOR THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED

    In recent years, governmental organizations have recognized 
that targeting services to returning citizens results in lower 
rates of recidivism leading to safer and stronger communities. 
Both on the national level and in the states there have been 
significant efforts to provide services specifically to 
recently released persons. Congress' effort to assist and 
promote reentry programs nationwide is codified in the Second 
Chance Act.
    In 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the 
Second Chance Act.\52\ This landmark bipartisan piece of 
legislation authorized grants to government agencies and 
nonprofit organizations to provide housing, employment 
assistance, substance abuse treatment, and other related 
services to returning citizens with the goal of reducing 
recidivism.\53\ As originally enacted, the law authorized $165 
million for federal, state, and local agencies, as well as for 
non-profit organizations working on prisoner reentry.\54\ Since 
2009, more than 800 grants have been awarded to various 
entities to provide reentry services.\55\
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    \52\Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism 
Prevention, Pub. L. No. 110-199 (2008), 34 U.S.C. Sec. 60501 (2018).
    \53\Id.
    \54\Second Chance Act, supra note 52.
    \55\Nat. Reentry Resource Ctr., The Second Chance Act: Fact Sheet 
(Apr. 2018), https://csgjusticecenter.org/jc/publications/fact-sheet-
the-second-chance-act/; Second Chance Act, supra note 51.
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    Congress most recently reauthorized the Second Chance Act 
in the First Step Act of 2018 and authorized $85 million 
through 2023.\56\ While the Second Chance Act grants have been 
awarded to various entities to provide reentry services, a 
large portion of the grants have been distributed to state and 
county entities.\57\ The Second Chance Act has highlighted the 
importance of funding reentry programs and has awarded numerous 
grants to organizations, but many returning citizens still have 
a difficult time accessing critical reentry services. For 
example, in many cities, reentry programs are in different 
places, sometimes physically far from each other, making it 
difficult to obtain all the needed services, such as job 
training and mental health treatment, in an expeditious and 
efficient manner.
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    \56\First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391 (2018).
    \57\See e.g., Nat. Reentry Resource Ctr., The Second Chance Act 
(July 2018), https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/
July-2018_SCA_factsheet.pdf.
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                                Hearings

    For the purposes of clause 3(c)(6)(A) of House rule XIII, 
on May 13, 2021, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing entitled, ``Juvenile Justice 
Pipeline and the Road Back to Integration,'' that highlighted 
the number of challenges formerly incarcerated juveniles face 
upon their release. The Subcommittee heard testimony concerning 
early intervention strategies for at-risk youth, developing 
appropriate confinement settings, and rehabilitation programs 
that will ease reentry when sentences are over.

                        Committee Consideration

    On July 21, 2021, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered the bill, H.R. 3372, favorably reported without an 
amendment, by a roll call vote of 31 to 8, a quorum being 
present.

                            Committee Votes

    In compliance with clause 3(b) of House rule XIII, the 
following roll call votes occurred during the Committee's 
consideration of H.R. 3372:
    1. An amendment offered by Mr. Tiffany that would make a 
state, Indian tribe, or unit of a local government that defunds 
a police department ineligible for grants under H.R. 3372 was 
defeated by a rollcall vote of 14 in favor to 20 against. The 
vote was as follows:


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    2. A motion to report H.R. 3372 was agreed to by a roll 
call vote of 31 to 8. The vote was as follows:

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                      Committee Oversight Findings

    In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of House rule XIII, the 
Committee advises that the findings and recommendations of the 
Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) 
of House rule X, are incorporated in the descriptive portions 
of this report.

                Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects

    Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of House rules XIII, the 
Committee adopts as its own the cost estimate prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

               New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures

    With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) of House 
rule XIII and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and with respect to requirements of clause (3)(c)(3) of 
House rule XIII and section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has requested but not received from the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office a budgetary 
analysis and a cost estimate of this bill.

                    Duplication of Federal Programs

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of House rule XIII, no provision 
of H.R. 3372 establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
federal government known to be duplicative of another federal 
program.

                    Performance Goals and Objectives

    The Committee states that pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of 
House rule XIII, H.R. 3372 would allow the Office of Justice 
Programs to contract with a nonprofit specializing in analyzing 
data with regard to reentry services to support grantees with 
data collection and provide administrative support to grantees 
so that they may fully abide by the grant conditions. Pursuant 
to the bill, the Attorney General would be required to provide 
an annual report to Congress that includes data and performance 
goals on those served by the one-stop centers.

                          Advisory on Earmarks

    In accordance with clause 9 of House rule XXI, H.R. 3372 
does not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax 
benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in clause 9(d), 
9(e), or 9(f) of House rule XXI.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis

    The following discussion describes the bill as reported by 
the Committee.
    Sec. 1. Short Title. This section establishes the short 
title as the ``One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 
2021.''
    Sec. 2. Community Center Grant Program. Section 2 of the 
Act authorizes the Attorney General to make implementation 
grants available for creating one-stop community reentry 
centers.
    Application Requirements. Subsection (b) outlines the 
application requirements for grantees to apply for one-stop 
community reentry center grants. To qualify, all applicants 
must collaborate with community leaders who work with the 
formerly incarcerated and their families to identify the needs 
of those who the grantee proposes to serve and to determine how 
to best meet their needs. Applicants must also provide plans to 
account for beneficiary transportation from service to service 
if feasible, outline a process by which the grantee can 
continue to support beneficiaries if they move, and describe 
how recipients of grant funding plan to comply with grant 
performance objectives. Additionally, applicants must, to the 
extent practicable, identify State, local, and private funds 
available to supplement the funds received under the Act.
    Preference. Subsection (c) would require the Attorney 
General to award these grants to applicants who intend to 
employ those who have been formerly convicted or incarcerated 
and have completed any court-ordered supervision, to the extent 
allowable by law, and to employ such formerly incarcerated 
individuals in positions of responsibility.
    Evaluation and Report. Subsection (d) instructs the 
Attorney General to contract with a nonprofit specializing in 
analyzing data regarding reentry services to support grantees 
with data collection and provide administrative support to 
grantees so that they may fully abide by the grant conditions. 
Pursuant to this section, the Attorney General would be 
required to provide an annual report to Congress that includes 
data on those served by the one-stop centers.
    Definitions. Subsection (e) provides definitions for 
eligible entity; one stop community reentry center; reentry 
services; community leader; and success rate. The definition of 
the term reentry services includes job placement, job training, 
vocational and technical training placement, housing placement 
assistance, assistance to apply for benefits or entitlements, 
financial counseling, substance abuse treatment, and case 
management.
    Authorization for Appropriations. Subsection (f) authorizes 
the appropriation of $10 million each fiscal year from 2021 to 
2025 and requires that the Attorney General equitably award the 
grants among the geographical regions and between urban and 
rural populations, including Indian Tribes.
    Sec. 3. Grants for Assistance Hotlines. Section 3 of the 
bill authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, 
tribes, and units of local government to establish 24/7 reentry 
service assistance hotlines. This section would require that 
each grant award last no more than five years. The Attorney 
General is authorized to expend $1.5 million for each fiscal 
year from 2021 to 2025 for the reentry hotline program. In 
awarding grants, this section also requires the Attorney 
General to give preference, to the extent authorized by law, to 
applicants who employ those who have been formerly convicted or 
incarcerated and have completed any court-ordered supervision.
    Hotline Requirements. Subsection (b) outlines the grant 
requirements. Under this section, funded hotlines must direct 
callers to reentry services, keep personally identifiable 
information confidential unless otherwise authorized by 
callers, and be accessible to those who are limited English 
proficient and who are individuals with disabilities. These 
hotlines would also have the ability to engage with individuals 
over text. Finally, this subsection would require that hotline 
operators be trained and knowledgeable about reentry services 
and other relevant information.

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