Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013
Latest action · Oct 1, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 13, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Second Chance Act of 2007 to revise and expand requirements for grant programs for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects.
(Sec. 2) Extends through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for grants for: (1) family-based substance abuse treatment, (2) the technology careers training demonstration program, and (3) the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program.
Renames the program of mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations for offender reentry as the program of community-based mentoring and transitional service grants to nonprofit organizations. Provides for transitional services under such program to assist in the reintegration of offenders into the community. Reauthorizes the program through FY2018.
Directs the Attorney General to identify and publish best practices relating to academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.
(Sec. 3) Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to periodically conduct audits of not less than 5% of all recipients of specified offender reentry grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Prohibits: (1) a grantee that is found to have an unresolved audit finding from receiving grant funds; and (2) the use of grant funds for lobbying DOJ representatives or representatives of a federal, state, local, or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to: (1) modify and extend through FY2018 grant programs for reentry of federal prisoners into the community, including the program for placing elderly offenders (not less than 60 years of age) in home detention; (2) repeal programs under such Act relating to responsible reintegration of offenders, the study of the effectiveness of depot naltrexone for heroin addiction, and the satellite tracking and reentry training program; and (3) establish a program for partnering faith-based or community-based nonprofit organizations with prisons to conduct recidivism reduction activities.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to establish an interagency task force on federal programs and activities for the reentry of offenders into the community. Requires the task force to: (1) identify and evaluate methods for improving such programs and activities, and (2) submit to Congress and annually update a report on barriers faced by offenders in reentering the community.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 to exclude from the scope of such Act grant programs administered by the Office of Violence Against Women or funded under certain provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 or the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 during the four-year period after enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Nov 13, 2013 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Dec 9, 2013 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Dec 17, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Mar 10, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Apr 1, 2014 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Apr 11, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | May 22, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2013Markup Sep 18, 2014Reported Oct 1, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014 with amendments. Without written report.
- Oct 1, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
- Sep 18, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Nov 13, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 13, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8001-8002)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8001Text printed S8002–S8006 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT (text) | Nov 13, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 7, 2014S. 1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 18, 2014
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3465 | Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Jan 9, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adult education and literacy
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family services
- Food assistance and relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public housing
- Research administration and funding
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Sex offenses
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Vocational and technical education
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2014Reported to Senate
- Nov 13, 2013Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
