Not less than $409,483,000 of the prison money is for First Step Act programs
What the document says“That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391)”
The first proviso under the Federal Prison System heading. It sets a floor of $409,483,000 for programs and activities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018, and requires not less than 2 percent of that to be transferred to the National Institute of Justice to evaluate them. A later proviso bars First Step Act money under this heading from being transferred to the Department of Labor. What the First Step Act itself authorizes is not indexed here.
What the document actually says“That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391)”
At least $409,483,000 must go to programs from a 2018 law. That law is the First Step Act.
Part of that money must pay for studying whether the programs work. That study is done by a research office in the Justice Department. The money may not be handed to the Labor Department.
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