12 2 STA T .69 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 199 — AP R .9 , 200 8ofparent-child relation s hips b et w een incarcerated ( and for m erl y incarcerated ) parents and their children , as appropriate to the health and well-bein g of the children .SEC.24 4.S TUDYOF EFFECT IV E N ESS OF DE P OTN AL T R E X ONE FOR H EROIN ADDICTION. (a) GRANTP R OG RA MAU T H OR IZED . —F rom amo u nts made a v ail- able to carry out this section, the Attorney General, through the N ational I nstitute of J ustice, and in consultation with the National Institute on D rug Abuse, may ma k e grants to public and private research entities (including consortia, single private research enti- ties, and individual institutions of higher education) to evaluate the effectiveness of depot naltre x one for the treatment of heroin addiction. (b) EV A L UATION PROGRAM.—An entity described in subsection (a) desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application that— ( 1 ) contains such information as the Attorney General specifies, including information that demonstrates that— (A) the applicant conducts research at a private or public institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 1 0 1 of the H igher Education Act of 1 965 ( 2 0 U . S . C . 1101)
( B ) the applicant has a plan to work with parole officers or probation officers for offenders who are under court supervision; and (C) the evaluation described in subsection (a) will measure the effectiveness of such treatments using random- i z ed trials; and (2) is in such form and manner and at such time as the Attorney General specifies. (c) R E P ORT S .—An entity that receives a grant under subsection (a) during a fiscal year shall, not later than the last day of the following fiscal year, submit to the Attorney General a report that describes and assesses the uses of that grant. SEC. 24 5 . AUTHORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH. T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out sections 2 4 1, 242, 24 3 , and 244 of this chapter, $ 10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010. CHAPTER3— C O RRECT I O N A L RE F OR MS TOE X ISTIN G LA W SEC. 25 1 . CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRISONER IN CO M MUNITY CORRECTIONS. (a) PRERELEASE CUSTOD Y .—Section 3624(c) of title 1 8 , United States Code, is amended to read as follows
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‘(c) PRERELEASE CUSTODY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends a portion of the final months of that term (not to exceed 12 months), under conditions that will afford that prisoner a reasonable opportunity to ad j ust to and prepare for the reentry of that prisoner into the commu- nity. Such conditions may include a community correctional facility. 42USC175 55 . 42 USC 17554.
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