Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2025” or the “CAREER Act of 2025”.
Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2025
A BILL
To reauthorize certain programs under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Reauthorization of the CAREER Act; treatment, recovery, and workforce support grants
In general— Section 7183 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–8) is amended—
in the section heading, by inserting “; treatment, recovery, and workforce support grants” after “CAREER Act”;
in subsection (b), by inserting “each” before “for a period”;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “the rates described in paragraph (2)” and inserting “the average rates for calendar years 2018 through 2022 described in paragraph (2)”; and
by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
“(2) Rates—The rates described in this paragraph are the following:
“(A) The highest age-adjusted average rates of drug overdose deaths for calendar years 2018 through 2022 based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including, if necessary, provisional data for calendar year 2022.
“(B) The highest average rates of unemployment for calendar years 2018 through 2022 based on data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“(C) The lowest average labor force participation rates for calendar years 2018 through 2022 based on data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
in subsection (g)—
in each of paragraphs (1) and (3), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking “An entity” and inserting the following:
“(1) In general—An entity”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Transportation services—An entity receiving a grant under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the funds for providing transportation for individuals to participate in an activity supported by a grant under this section, which transportation shall be to or from a place of work or a place where the individual is receiving vocational education or job training services or receiving services directly linked to treatment of or recovery from a substance use disorder.
“(3) Limitation—The Secretary may not require an entity to, or give priority to an entity that plans to, use the funds of a grant under this section for activities that are not specified in this subsection.”
in subsection (i)(2), by inserting “, which shall include employment and earnings outcomes described in subclauses (I) and (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)) with respect to the participation of such individuals with a substance use disorder in programs and activities funded by the grant under this section” after “subsection (g)”;
in subsection (j)—
in paragraph (1), by inserting “for grants awarded prior to the date of enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2025” after “grant period under this section”; and
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “2 years after submitting the preliminary report required under paragraph (1)” and inserting “September 30, 2030”; and
in subparagraph (A), by striking “(g)(3)” and inserting “(g)(1)(C)”; and
in subsection (k), by striking “$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”.
Clerical amendment— The table of contents in section 1(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271; 132 Stat. 3894) is amended by striking the item relating to section 7183 and inserting the following:
Sec. 3 Reauthorization of the CAREER Act; Recovery Housing Pilot Program
In general— Section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 note; Public Law 115–271) is amended—
by striking the section heading and inserting “CAREER Act; Recovery Housing Pilot Program”;
in subsection (a), by striking “through 2023” and inserting “through 2030”;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act” and inserting “not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2025”; and
in paragraph (2)(B)(i)—
in subclause (I)—
by striking “for calendar years 2013 through 2017”; and
by inserting “for calendar years 2018 through 2022” after “rates of unemployment”;
in subclause (II)—
by striking “for calendar years 2013 through 2017”; and
by inserting “for calendar years 2018 through 2022” after “participation rates”; and
by striking subclause (III) and inserting the following:
“(III) The highest age-adjusted average rates of drug overdose deaths for calendar years 2018 through 2022 based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including, if necessary, provisional data for calendar year 2022.”
in subsection (f), by striking “For the 2-year period following the date of enactment of this Act, the” and inserting “The”.
Conforming amendment— Subtitle F of title VIII of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271; 132 Stat. 4095) is amended by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the following:
“F CAREER Act; Recovery Housing Pilot Program”
Clerical amendments— The table of contents in section 1(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271; 132 Stat. 3894) is amended—
by striking the item relating to subtitle F of title VIII and inserting the following:
by striking the item relating to section 8071 and inserting the following: