H.R. 3552House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

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The Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 renews the Second Chance Act of 2007 and pushes its funding forward through 2030. It expands the scope of state and local reentry projects to include substance‑use disorder treatment, peer recovery, overdose education, reversal medication, and reentry housing. The bill also updates the authorized dates for a range of grant programs that support substance‑abuse treatment, education, job training, and mentoring for people returning from incarceration.

Key Provisions

Adds substance‑use disorder treatment (including peer recovery services, case management, overdose education and reversal medication) and reentry housing services to State and Local Reentry Demonstration Projects.
Extends the authorized funding periods for several Second Chance Act grant programs—including family‑based substance‑abuse treatment, educational‑methods evaluation in prisons/jails, careers‑training demonstrations, offender‑reentry substance‑abuse collaboration, and community‑based mentoring and transitional services—from the previous 2019‑2023 window to 2026‑2030.

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Introduced in House

May 21, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

May 21, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 21, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3552

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 21, 2025

Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Bacon, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Westerman, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Brown, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Carson, Mr. Turner of Ohio, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025.

Improvements to existing programs

(a)

State and local reentry demonstration projects

Section 2976 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end;

(B)

in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(9)

treating substance use disorders, including by providing peer recovery services, case management, and access to overdose education and overdose reversal medications; and

(10)

providing reentry housing services.

; and

(2)

in subsection (o)(1), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(b)

Grants for family-Based substance abuse treatment

Section 2926(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10595a(a)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(c)

Grant program To evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities

Section 1001(28) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(28)) is amended by striking 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(d)

Careers training demonstration grants

Section 115(f) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60511(f)) is amended by striking 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(e)

Offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program

Section 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60521(f)(1)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(f)

Community-Based mentoring and transitional service grants to nonprofit organizations

Section 211(f) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60531(f)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.