HR 4252 · 116th Congress · Education

Shift Back to Society Act of 2019

Introduced 2019-09-09· Sponsored by Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.(2019-10-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Shift Back to Society Act of 2019 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 not longer 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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Cosponsors (13)

6 Democrats7 Republicans