Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community Reentry Act of 2017”.
Community Reentry Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to encourage the placement of released Federal prisoners in residential reentry centers near their homes.
Sec. 2 Prerelease custody
Section 3624(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Subject to the availability of appropriations and of bed space availability, the Director shall place a prisoner in a residential reentry center that is within 50 miles of the prisoner’s previous or anticipated permanent legal address.”.