Juvenile Corrections Act of 1994

Summary: Juvenile Corrections Act of 1994 - 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 and staff-secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) eligibility for grants; (2) application requirements; (3) minimum amounts allocated to qualifying States; (4) performance evaluations; and (5) 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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Corrections Act of 1994''.

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 and staff-secure 
facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders.
    (b) Eligibility.--The mandates required by the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Act (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) shall apply to grants under 
this section.
    (c) 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 funded 
                with a grant under this section will provide 
                appropriate educational, vocational, and lifeskills 
                training and substance abuse treatment for incarcerated 
                juveniles; and
                    (B) provide assurances that juveniles incarcerated 
                in a facility that is funded with a grant under this 
                section will be provided with intensive post-release 
                supervision and services.
    (d) Minimum Amount.--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 (c), except that the 
United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.2 percent of that amount.
    (e) Performance Evaluation.--
            (1) Evaluation components.--
                    (A) In general.--Each facility 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.
            (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.
    (f) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Administrator may 
request that the Director of the National Institute of Corrections and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 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.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Office of 
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs.
            ``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 (c) and (e).
            ``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.
    (h) 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:
            (1) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (2) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (3) $1,710,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (4) $1,800,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (5) $1,863,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.