,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #i1       
#bjai,mr4 ,hill of ,arkansas 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 ,mr4 ,turner1 
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 and ,ms4     
,sewell of ,alabama7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
the ,judiciary1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,attorney  
,general1 in consultation with the      
,secretary of ,education1 to establish a
 pilot program to make grants to        
historically ,black colleges and        
universities to provide educational     
programs to offenders who have recently 
been1 or will soon be1 released from    
incarceration1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited

 as the ,shift ,back to ,society ,act of
 #bjai4  #b4 ,offender education        
re-entry pilot program  7a7             
,authorization ,the ,attorney ,general1 
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,education1 shall establish a pilot     
program for #e years which makes grants 
to not more than #aj historically ,black
 colleges and universities to provide   
educational programming to eligible     
offenders in order to facilitate        
re-entry into the community4  7b7       
,application ,the chief executive       
officer of a historically ,black college
 or university seeking a grant under    
this section shall submit to the        
,attorney ,general an application at    
such time1 in such manner1 and          
containing such information as the      
,attorney ,general may reasonably       
require4  7c7 ,matching funds ,the      
portion of the costs of a program       
provided by a grant under subsection 7a7
 may not exceed #ej percent4 ,the       
recipient of a grant under this section 

may meet the matching requirement under 
this subsection by making in-kind       
contributions of goods or services that 
are directly related to the purpose for 
which such grant was awarded4  7d7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term educational programming means--   
7,a7 general education development      
7,,ged7 programming2 or  7,b7           
educational courses which are           
transferable for course credit at that  
historically ,black college or          
university4  7#b7 ,the term eligible    
offender means an individual who was    
convicted of a criminal offense and--   
7,a7 has been released from             
incarceration for not longer than one   
year2 or  7,b7 is scheduled to be       
released from incarceration in not      
longer than one year4  7#c7 ,the term   
historically ,black college or          
university has the meaning given the    
term part ,b institution under section  
#cbb7b7 of the ,higher ,education ,act  
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajfa7b774  7#d7

 ,the term institution of higher        
education has the meaning given that    
term in section #aja of the ,higher     
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja74  7e7 ,prohibition on new        
authorization of funds ,this section    
shall be carried out using amounts      
otherwise appropriated or made available
 to the ,department of ,justice4 ,no    
additional funds are authorized to be   
appropriated to carry out this section4 
#c4 ,,gao ,study ,not later than #bgj   
days after the conclusion of the pilot  
program under section #b1 the           
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to ,congress a     
report which describes the results of   
the pilot program4