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H.R. 1704: Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

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H.R. 1704: Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

109th Congress · introduced 2005-04-19 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-04-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

Plain summary

Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or the Second Chance Act of 2005 - 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 to: (1) provide structured post-release housing and transitional housing; (2) facilitate specified collaboration to promote the employment of people released from prison and jail; (3) carry out programs that support children of incarcerated parents; and (4) establish or expand the use of reentry courts. Sets forth grant priorities and requirements, including that each state, territory, tribe, or local government recipient establish a Reentry Task Force or other authority. Authorizes the Attorney General to make a grant to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. Directs the Attorney General to establish an interagency task force on federal programs regarding offender reentry. Authorizes the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct research on offender reentry. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the role of state child protective services at the time of arrest and establish services for the preservation of families impacted by the incarceration of a family member; and (2) the Secretary of Labor to implement a program to educate employers about one-stop centers, existing incentives for the hiring of former prisoners, and tax credits, and to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide transitional services. Amends the federal criminal code to direct a court to revoke a term of supervised release or a sentence of probation for a defendant who commits a crime of violence against, or an offense of unlawful sexual contact with, a person who has not attained the age of 16 years.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] · 114 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1704, Second Chance Act of 2006 (2006-09-05); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1704, Second Chance Act of 2006 (2006-09-05)

Cosponsors on this site

Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 54 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr1704 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109