To amend title 18, United States Code, to encourage the placement of released Federal prisoners in residential reentry centers near their homes.

Community Reentry Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify requirements with respect to the pre-release placement of inmates in residential reentry centers. Specifically, it adds a requirement for the Bureau of Prisons to place a prisoner in a residential reentry center that is within 50 miles of the prisoner's permanent legal address, subject to bed space availability.