To authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to establish a pilot program to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs to offenders who have recently been, or will soon be, released from incarceration, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-799| House
| Updated: 3/2/2017
J. French Hill
Republican Representative
Arkansas
Cosponsors (23)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Mia B. Love (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Steve Stivers (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Will Hurd (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Mark Walker (Republican)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Shift Back to Society Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for less than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Education
Correctional facilities and imprisonmentEducation programs fundingHigher educationLaw enforcement administration and fundingMinority education
To authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to establish a pilot program to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs to offenders who have recently been, or will soon be, released from incarceration, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-799| House
| Updated: 3/2/2017
Shift Back to Society Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for less than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
J. French Hill
Republican Representative
Arkansas
Cosponsors (23)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Mia B. Love (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Steve Stivers (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Will Hurd (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Mark Walker (Republican)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Education
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Correctional facilities and imprisonmentEducation programs fundingHigher educationLaw enforcement administration and fundingMinority education