Description:
H.R. 3406 would authorize the appropriation of $100 million annually over the 2017-2021 period for Department of Justice (DOJ) grant programs and other activities to improve the treatment of inmates and to help offenders reenter communities after they have served their prison sentences. The grants to state and local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations could be used for substance abuse services, educational and mentoring programs, and other activities.
Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts and the historical rate of spending for those activities, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 3406 would cost $333 million over the 2017-2021 period. (About $150 million would be spent after 2021.)
Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because enacting it would not affect direct spending or revenues. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3406 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
H.R. 3406 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
