The date of the enactment of the Second Chance Act of 2007, referred to in subsec. (g)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–199, which was approved Apr. 9, 2008.

For a prior section 3621, applicable to offenses committed prior to Nov. 1, 1987, see note set out preceding section 3601 of this title.

2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–199, § 251(b), inserted “Any order, recommendation, or request by a sentencing court that a convicted person serve a term of imprisonment in a community corrections facility shall have no binding effect on the authority of the Bureau under this section to determine or change the place of imprisonment of that person.” at end of concluding provisions.

Subsec. (e)(5)(A). Pub. L. 110–199, § 252, substituted “means a course of individual and group activities and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population (which may include the use of pharmocotherapies, where appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6-month period);” for “means a course of individual and group activities, lasting between 6 and 12 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population—

“(i) directed at the substance abuse problems of the prisoner;

“(ii) intended to develop the prisoner’s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills so as to solve the prisoner’s substance abuse and related problems; and

“(iii) which may include the use of pharmacoptherapies, if appropriate, that may extend beyond the treatment period;”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 110–199, § 231(f), added subsec. (g).

2006—Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1146(1), added par. (4) and struck out heading and text of former par. (4). Text read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—

“(A) $13,500,000 for fiscal year 1996;

“(B) $18,900,000 for fiscal year 1997;

“(C) $25,200,000 for fiscal year 1998;

“(D) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

“(E) $27,900,000 for fiscal year 2000.”

Subsec. (e)(5)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1146(2), added cl. (iii).

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–248 added subsec. (f).

1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, § 32001(1), struck out “, to the extent practicable,” after “The Bureau shall” in concluding provisions.

Pub. L. 103–322, § 20401, inserted “In designating the place of imprisonment or making transfers under this subsection, there shall be no favoritism given to prisoners of high social or economic status.” after subsec. (b)(5).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–322, § 32001(2), added subsec. (e).

1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–647 inserted at end “The Bureau shall, to the extent practicable, make available appropriate substance abuse treatment for each prisoner the Bureau determines has a treatable condition of substance addiction or abuse.”

Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.

For construction of amendments by Pub. L. 110–199 and requirements for grants made under such amendments, see section 17504 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.