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H.R.5563 / 106th Congress

Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 26, 2000

Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 - Title I: Federal Reentry Demonstration Projects - Requires the: (1) Attorney General (AG) to establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to assist Federal prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community after their release; (2) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Director) to establish the Federal High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who have previously violated release terms; (3) Trustee of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to establish the District of Columbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving District parolees who would otherwise be released without confinement in a community corrections facility; (4) Director to establish the Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who are being released without confinement in a community corrections facility; and (5) AG to establish the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project to prepare Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the community.Title II: State Reentry Grant Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the AG to make grants to: (1) States, territories, and Indian tribes to establish adult reentry demonstration projects; (2) State and local courts, and entities having agreements with courts, to establish reentry courts; (3) States to establish juvenile offender reentry programs; and (4) conduct State reentry program research, development, and evaluation.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] · R–IL

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  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
  • Judiciary Committee
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    1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    2. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    3. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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    5. Introduced in House

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