Juvenile Corrections Act of 1995

Summary: Juvenile Corrections Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Administrator of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to assist States and local governments in planning, establishing, and operating secure facilities, staff-secure facilities, detention centers, and other correctional programs for violent and serious chronic juvenile offenders. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) application requirements; (2) minimum amounts allocated to qualifying States; (3) performance evaluations; and (4) technical assistance and training.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to make a compensating reduction of the authorization of appropriations from Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants. 
Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress a report regarding the possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating and improving the effectiveness of juvenile corrections facilities and programs.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Corrections Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR VIOLENT AND CHRONIC JUVENILE FACILITIES.

    (a) Grants.--The Administrator may make grants to States and units 
of local government or combinations thereof to assist them in planning, 
establishing, and operating secure facilities, staff-secure facilities, 
detention centers, and other correctional programs for violent and 
serious chronic juvenile offenders.
    (b) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--The chief executive officer of a State or 
        unit of local government that desires to receive a grant under 
        this section shall submit to the Administrator an application, 
        in such form and in such manner as the Administrator may 
        prescribe.
            (2) Contents.--An application under paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) provide assurances that each facility or 
                program funded with a grant under this section will 
                provide appropriate educational and vocational training 
                and substance abuse treatment for juvenile offenders; 
                and
                    (B) provide assurances that each facility or 
                program funded with a grant under this section will 
                afford juvenile offenders intensive post-release 
                supervision and services.
    (c) Minimum Amount.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
        qualifying State, together with units of local government 
        within the State, shall be allocated for each fiscal year not 
        less than 1.0 percent of the total amount appropriated for that 
        fiscal year for grants under subsection (b).
            (2) Exception.--The United States Virgin Islands, American 
        Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be 
        allocated 0.2 percent of the total amount appropriated for that 
        fiscal year for grants under subsection (b).
    (d) Performance Evaluation.--
            (1) Evaluation components.--
                    (A) In general.--Each facility or program funded 
                under this section shall contain an evaluation 
                component developed pursuant to guidelines established 
                by the Administrator.
                    (B) Outcome measures.--The evaluations required by 
                this subsection shall include outcome measures that can 
                be used to determine the effectiveness of the funded 
                programs, including the effectiveness of such programs 
                in comparison with other correctional programs or 
                dispositions in reducing the incidence of recidivism, 
                and other outcome measures.
            (2) Periodic review and reports.--
                    (A) Review.--The Administrator shall review the 
                performance of each grant recipient under this section.
                    (B) Reports.--The Administrator may require a grant 
                recipient to submit to the Office of Juvenile Justice 
                and Delinquency Prevention the results of the 
                evaluations required under paragraph (1) and such other 
                data and information as are reasonably necessary to 
                carry out the Administrator's responsibilities under 
                this section.
    (e) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Administrator shall 
provide technical assistance and training to States and units of local 
government that receive grants under this section to achieve the 
purposes of this section.
    (f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
        Programs;
            (2) the term ``qualifying State'' means a State that has 
        submitted, or a State in which an eligible unit of local 
        government has submitted, a grant application that meets the 
        requirements of subsections (b) and (d); and
            (3) the term ``State'' means a State, the District of 
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
        Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 
        Islands.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (3) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (5) $207,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 3. COMPENSATING REDUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 20109 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 is amended by striking paragraphs (2) through (6) and inserting 
the following:
            ``(2) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            ``(3) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            ``(4) $1,710,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            ``(5) $1,800,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            ``(6) $1,863,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN JUVENILE 
              CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, after consultation with 
the National Institute of Justice and other appropriate governmental 
and nongovernmental organizations, submit to Congress a report 
regarding the possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating 
and improving the effectiveness of juvenile corrections facilities and 
programs.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under this section shall 
discuss--
            (1) the range of performance-based measures that might be 
        utilized as evaluation criteria, including measures of 
        recidivism among juveniles who have been incarcerated in 
        facilities or have participated in correctional programs;
            (2) the feasibility of linking Federal juvenile corrections 
        funding to the satisfaction of performance-based criteria by 
        grantees (including the use of a Federal matching mechanism 
        under which the share of Federal funding would vary in relation 
        to the performance of a program or facility);
            (3) whether, and to what extent, the data necessary for the 
        Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to 
        utilize performance-based criteria in its administration of 
        juvenile corrections programs are collected and reported 
        nationally; and
            (4) the estimated cost and feasibility of establishing 
        minimal, uniform data collection and reporting standards 
        nationwide that would allow for the use of performance-based 
        criteria in evaluating juvenile corrections programs and 
        facilities and administering Federal juvenile corrections 
        funds.