Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 3.djvu/203

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PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 "PART EE~DRUG COURTS 116 STAT. 1795 "SEC. 2951. GRANT AUTHORITY. 42 USC 3797u. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Attorney General may make grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through agreements with other public or private entities, for adult drug courts, juvenile drug courts, family drug courts, and tribal drug courts that involve— "(1) continuing judicial supervision over offenders with substance abuse problems who are not violent offenders; "(2) coordination with the appropriate State or local prosecutor; and "(3) the integrated administration of other sanctions and services, which shall include— "(A) mandatory periodic testing for the use of controlled substances or other addictive substances during any period of supervised release or probation for each participant; "(B) substance abuse treatment for each participant; "(C) diversion, probation, or other supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress; "(D) offender management, and aftercare services such as relapse prevention, health care, education, vocational training, job placement, housing placement, and child care or other family support services for each participant who requires such services; "(E) payment, in whole or part, by the offender of treatment costs, to the extent practicable, such as costs for urinalysis or counseling; and "(F) payment, in whole or part, by the offender of restitution, to the extent practicable, to either a victim of the offender's offense or to a restitution or similar victim support fund. "(b) LIMITATION.—Economic sanctions imposed on an offender pursuant to this section shall not be at a level that would interfere with the offender's rehabilitation. "SEC. 2952. PROHIBITION OF PARTICIPATION BY VIOLENT OFFENDERS. 42 USC 3797u-l. "The Attorney General shall— "(1) issue regulations or guidelines to ensure that the programs authorized in this part do not permit participation by violent offenders; and "(2) immediately suspend funding for any grant under this part, pending compliance, if the Attorney General finds that violent offenders are participating in any program funded under this part. "SEC. 2953. DEFINITION. "(a) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in subsection (b), in this part, the term Violent offender' means a person who— "(1) is charged with or convicted of an offense, during the course of which offense or conduct— "(A) the person carried, possessed, or used a firearm or dangerous weapon; 42 USC 3797U-2.