Sec. 716. AWARDS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO COERCE ABSTINENCE IN CHRONIC HARD-DRUG USERS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION THROUGH THE USE OF DRUG TESTING AND SANCTIONS
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## SEC. 716 AWARDS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO COERCE ABSTINENCE IN CHRONIC HARD-DRUG USERS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION THROUGH THE USE OF DRUG TESTING AND SANCTIONS **[**[21 U.S.C. 1714](/us/usc/t21/s1714)**]** ###
(a)Awards Required The Director shall make competitive awards to fund demonstration programs by eligible partnerships for the purpose of reducing the use of illicit drugs by chronic hard-drug users living in the community while under the supervision of the criminal justice system. ###
(b)Use of Award Amounts Award amounts received under this section shall be used— ####
(1)to support the efforts of the agencies, organizations, and researchers included in the eligible partnership; ####
(2)to develop and field a drug testing and graduated sanctions program for chronic hard-drug users living in the community under criminal justice supervision; and ####
(3)to assist individuals described in subsection
(a)by strengthening rehabilitation efforts through such means as job training, drug treatment, or other services. ###
(c)Eligible Partnership Defined In this section, the term “**eligible partnership**” means a working group whose application to the Director— ####
(1)identifies the roles played, and certifies the involvement of, two or more agencies or organizations, which may include— #####
(A)State, local, or tribal agencies (such as those carrying out police, probation, prosecution, courts, corrections, parole, or treatment functions); #####
(B)Federal agencies (such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and United States Attorney offices); and #####
(C)community-based organizations; ####
(2)includes a qualified researcher; ####
(3)includes a plan for using judicial or other criminal justice authority to administer drug tests to individuals described in subsection
(a)at least twice a week, and to swiftly and certainly impose a known set of graduated sanctions for non-compliance with community-release provisions relating to drug abstinence (whether imposed as a pre-trial, probation, or parole condition or otherwise); ####
(4)includes a strategy for responding to a range of substance use and abuse problems and a range of criminal histories; ####
(5)includes a plan for integrating data infrastructure among the agencies and organizations included in the eligible partnership to enable seamless, real-time tracking of individuals described in subsection (a); ####
(6)includes a plan to monitor and measure the progress toward reducing the percentage of the population of individuals described in subsection
(a)who, upon being summoned for a drug test, either fail to show up or who test positive for drugs. ###
(d)Reports to Congress ####
(1)Interim report Not later than June 1, 2009, the Director shall submit to Congress a report that identifies the best practices in reducing the use of illicit drugs by chronic hard-drug users, including the best practices identified through the activities funded under this section. ####
(2)Final report Not later than June 1, 2010, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on the demonstration programs funded under this section, including on the matters specified in paragraph (1). ###
(e)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. * * * * * * * # TITLE XI MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN TAXES
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AWARDS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS BY LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO COERCE ABSTINENCE IN CHRONIC HARD-DRUG USERS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION THROUGH THE USE OF DRUG TESTING AND SANCTIONS
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