United States · Law · HR
H.R. 1593 (110th)
Second Chance Act of 2007
Introduced
20 March 2007
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Status
Became Public Law No: 110-199.
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10 August 2026
Summary
Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or the Second Chance Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects to provide expanded services to offenders and their families for reentry into society. Directs the Attorney General to award grants for: (1) state and local reentry courts; (2) Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Forces: (3) evaluation of methods to improve academic and vocational education for offenders at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (4) demonstration programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs in long-term substance abusers and reduce illegal drug demand by providing drug treatment; (5) incentive grants to improve drug treatment for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (6) pharmacological drug treatment services to incarcerated offenders; (7) technology career training for offenders; and (8) mentoring services for reintegrating offenders into the community. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for: (1) the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center; (2) drug treatment programs as an alternative to imprisonment; (3) prison-based family treatment programs for incarcerated parents of minor children; and (4) a study of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to establish: (1) a prisoner reentry program; and (2) a pilot program for the release of elderly nonviolent offenders (age 60 or older).
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16 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 9 April 2008
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 9 April 2008
Public Law
summary · EN · 9 April 2008
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 14 November 2007
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 14 November 2007
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 13 November 2007
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 13 November 2007
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 13 November 2007
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 9 May 2007
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 9 May 2007
Reported to House without amendment
summary · EN · 9 May 2007
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 20 March 2007
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 20 March 2007
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 20 March 2007
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/1593
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1593