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H.R. 4202 109th Congress House

Re-Entry Enhancement Act

Official title: To encourage successful re-entry of incarcerated persons into the community after release, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 24, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 24, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 6, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 20, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Nov 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Nov 14, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Nov 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2249)
Nov 2, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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.
Nov 2, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reentry Enhancement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions regarding adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects, including by authorizing funds for grants to establish or expand the use of reentry courts. Sets forth grant priorities and requirements, including that each state or local government recipient establish a Reentry Task Force or other relevant convening authority.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make a grant to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. Establishes in the executive branch an interagency task force on federal programs related to former prisoner reentry into the community. Authorizes research on offender reentry.

Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a crime unless such individual is serving a felony sentence at the time.

Requires the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends a reasonable part of the final portion of that term preparing for reentry.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states to: (1) develop, implement, or expand family-based drug treatment alternatives to prison programs for custodial parents who are convicted of nonviolent or drug-related felonies; and (2) provide jail-based substance abuse treatment programs in women's correctional facilities for female offenders with minor children.

Provides for the establishment of certain aftercare treatment services for custodial parents with children under age 18.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 12
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 25, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 2, 2005
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