,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjba,mr4 ,crow 7for himself and ,mr4   
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct   
the ,attorney ,general1 in consultation 
with the ,secretary of ,veterans        
,affairs1 to establish a pilot program  
to help ,state prisons and local jails  
improve the documentation of            
incarcerated veterans4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,justice
 ,involved ,veterans ,support ,act4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3 7#a7 ,approximately #aha1jjj 
veterans are incarcerated in the ,united
 ,states4  7#b7 ,more than half of all  
veterans involved in the criminal       
justice system suffer from a mental     
health condition or substance abuse     
disorder4  7#c7 ,such veterans may be at
 a greater risk for suicide4  7#d7      
,veterans released from incarceration   

have specialized needs and face         
different issues relating to reentry    
into society4  #c4 ,pilot program to    
improve documentation of incarcerated   
veterans  7a7 ,establishment ,the       
,attorney ,general1 in consultation with
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1  
shall carry out a pilot program to      
provide grants and technical assistance 
to ,state prisons and local jails to    
improve documentation of whether inmates
 of such institutions are veterans4  7b7
 ,purpose ,the purposes of the pilot    
program are the following3 7#a7 ,to     
assist the ,secretary in providing      
benefits to incarcerated veterans under 
laws administered by the ,secretary4    
7#b7 ,to assist veterans affairs offices
 of ,states in providing benefits to    
incarcerated veterans under laws        
administered by such offices4  7#c7 ,to 
increase the number of veterans involved
 in the criminal justice system whose   
cases are diverted to veterans treatment
 courts4  7c7 ,priority ,in selecting   

grant recipients under the pilot        
program1 the ,attorney ,general shall   
give priority to ,state prisons and     
local jails located in-- 7#a7 ,states   
that contain the greatest populations of
 veterans per capita2  7#b7 ,states with
 the highest rates of veterans living in
 poverty2 and  7#c7 jurisdictions that  
contain a veterans treatment court or   
veterans diversion program4  7d7        
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 veterans treatment court and veterans  
diversion program mean a ,state or local
 court that is participating in the     
veterans treatment court program 7as    
defined in section #biia7;i77#a7 of the 
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh2 #cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajfea7;i77#a774