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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 905

To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 2, 1999

Mr. CASTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and

Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing, Exploited,

5 and Runaway Children Protection Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

7 CHILDREN.

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil9 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

2 end;

3 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss7 ing and Exploited Children has—

8 ‘‘(A) served as the national resource center

9 and clearinghouse congressionally mandated

10 under the provisions of the Missing Children’s

11 Assistance Act of 1984; and

12 ‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De13 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation, the Department of the Treasury,

15 the Department of State, and many other agen16 cies in the effort to find missing children and

17 prevent child victimization;

18 ‘‘(10) Congress has given the Center, which is

19 a private non-profit corporation, access to the Na20 tional Crime Information Center of the Federal Bu21 reau of Investigation, and the National Law En22 forcement Telecommunications System;

23 ‘‘(11) since 1987, the Center has operated the

24 National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction

25 with the United States Customs Service and the
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1 United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin2 ning this year, the Center established a new

3 CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming

4 ‘the 911 for the Internet’;

5 ‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es6 sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of

8 1997 created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’)

9 flag to provide the Center immediate notification in

10 the most serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifi11 cations to the Center and helping the Center to have

12 its highest recovery rate in history;

13 ‘‘(13) the Center has established a national and

14 increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center

15 online with each of the missing children clearing16 houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co17 lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland

18 Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian

19 Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,

20 France, and others, which has enabled the Center to

21 transmit images and information regarding missing

22 children to law enforcement across the United States

23 and around the world instantly;

24 ‘‘(14) from its inception in 1984 through March

25 31, 1998, the Center has—
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1 ‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its

2 24-hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST)

3 and currently averages 700 calls per day;

4 ‘‘(B) trained 146,284 law enforcement,

5 criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare

6 professionals in child sexual exploitation and

7 missing child case detection, identification, in8 vestigation, and prevention;

9 ‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica10 tions to citizens and professionals; and

11 ‘‘(D) worked with law enforcement on the

12 cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in

13 the recovery of 40,180 children;

14 ‘‘(15) the demand for the services of the Center

15 is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact

16 that in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an

17 all-time record, and by the fact that its new Internet

18 website (www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000

19 ‘hits’ every day, and is linked with hundreds of other

20 websites to provide real-time images of breaking

21 cases of missing children;

22 ‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train23 ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States

24 and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement

25 Training Center;
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1 ‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a

2 remarkable impact, such as in the fight against in3 fant abductions in partnership with the healthcare

4 industry, during which the Center has performed

5 668 onsite hospital walk-throughs and inspections,

6 and trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses,

7 and security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce

8 infant abductions in the United States by 82 per9 cent;

10 ‘‘(18) the Center is now playing a significant

11 role in international child abduction cases, serving as

12 a representative of the Department of State at cases

13 under The Hague Convention, and successfully re14 solving the cases of 343 international child abduc15 tions, and providing greater support to parents in

16 the United States;

17 ‘‘(19) the Center is a model of public/private

18 partnership, raising private sector funds to match

19 congressional appropriations and receiving extensive

20 private in-kind support, including advanced tech21 nology provided by the computer industry such as

22 imaging technology used to age the photographs of

23 long-term missing children and to reconstruct facial

24 images of unidentified deceased children;
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1 ‘‘(20) the Center was 1 of only 10 of 300 major

2 national charities given an A+ grade in 1997 by the

3 American Institute of Philanthropy; and

4 ‘‘(21) the Center has been redesignated as the

5 Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource

6 center once every 3 years through a competitive se7 lection process conducted by the Office of Juvenile

8 Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Depart9 ment of Justice, and has received grants from that

10 Office to conduct the crucial purposes of the Cen11 ter.’’.

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil13 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

15 end;

16 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

18 (3) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Cen20 ter for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.

21 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS22 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist23 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub25 section (d); and
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1 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR

4 MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall

6 annually make a grant to the National Center for

7 Missing and Exploited Children, which shall be used

8 to—

9 ‘‘(A)(i) operate a national 24-hour toll-free

10 telephone line by which individuals may report

11 information regarding the location of any miss12 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

13 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to

14 such child’s legal custodian, and request infor15 mation pertaining to procedures necessary to

16 reunite such child with such child’s legal custo17 dian; and

18 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele19 phone line with the operation of the national

20 communications system referred to in part C of

21 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42

22 U.S.C. 5714–11);

23 ‘‘(B) operate the official national resource

24 center and information clearinghouse for miss25 ing and exploited children;
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1 ‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern2 ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,

3 and individuals, information regarding—

4 ‘‘(i) free or low-cost legal, restaurant,

5 lodging, and transportation services that

6 are available for the benefit of missing and

7 exploited children and their families; and

8 ‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro9 grams being carried out by Federal agen10 cies to assist missing and exploited chil11 dren and their families;

12 ‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro13 grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing

14 children with their families;

15 ‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in16 formation relating to innovative and model pro17 grams, services, and legislation that benefit

18 missing and exploited children;

19 ‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and

20 training to law enforcement agencies, State and

21 local governments, elements of the criminal jus22 tice system, public and private nonprofit agen23 cies, and individuals in the prevention, inves24 tigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases in25 volving missing and exploited children; and
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1 ‘‘(G) provide assistance to families and law

2 enforcement agencies in locating and recovering

3 missing and exploited children, both nationally

4 and internationally.

5 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad7 ministrator to carry out this subsection,

8 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000,

9 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

10 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis11 trator, either by making grants to or entering into con12 tracts with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies,

13 shall—

14 ‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence

15 studies to determine for a given year the actual

16 number of children reported missing each year, the

17 number of children who are victims of abduction by

18 strangers, the number of children who are the vic19 tims of parental kidnapings, and the number of chil20 dren who are recovered each year; and

21 ‘‘(2) provide to State and local governments,

22 public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ23 uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school

24 records and birth certificates to identify and locate

25 missing children.’’.
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1 (d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EX2 PLOITED CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Chil3 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by

4 inserting ‘‘the National Center for Missing and Exploited

5 Children and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.

6 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

7 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

8 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘1999 through 2004’’.

10 (f) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIRE11 MENTS.—Section 409 of the Missing Children’s Assistance

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 5778) is repealed.

13 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 302 of the Runaway and

15 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re17 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

18 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

19 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop20 ment of’’; and

21 (2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the

22 following:

23 ‘‘(8) services for runaway and homeless youth

24 are needed in urban, suburban and rural areas;’’.
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1 (b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS

2 AND SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Home3 less Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—

4 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make

8 grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and

9 combinations of such entities) to establish and oper10 ate (including renovation) local centers to provide

11 services for runaway and homeless youth and for the

12 families of such youth.

13 ‘‘(2) Such services—

14 ‘‘(A) shall be provided as an alternative to

15 involving runaway and homeless youth in the

16 law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,

17 and juvenile justice systems;

18 ‘‘(B) shall include—

19 ‘‘(i) safe and appropriate shelter; and

20 ‘‘(ii) individual, family, and group

21 counseling, as appropriate; and

22 ‘‘(C) may include—

23 ‘‘(i) street-based services;
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1 ‘‘(ii) home-based services for families

2 with youth at risk of separation from the

3 family; and

4 ‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre5 vention services.’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Trust

7 Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and

8 (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).

9 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 312 of the Runaway and

10 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘criminal

13 charges against’’ and inserting ‘‘criminal or de14 linquency charges against or the coordinated

15 delivery of services to’’;

16 (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para17 graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;

18 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’

19 at the end;

20 (D) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe21 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

22 (E) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual

24 report that includes, with respect to the year for

25 which the report is submitted—
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1 ‘‘(A) information regarding the activities

2 carried out under this part;

3 ‘‘(B) the achievements of the project under

4 this part carried out by the applicant; and

5 ‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—

6 ‘‘(i) the number and the characteris7 tics of the runaway and homeless youth,

8 and youth at risk of family separation, who

9 participate in the project; and

10 ‘‘(ii) the services provided to such

11 youth by the project.’’; and

12 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in13 serting the following:

14 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV15 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

16 311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli17 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)

18 assurances that in providing such services the applicant

19 will—

20 ‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in21 cluding on-street supervision by appropriately

22 trained staff;

23 ‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street

24 staff;
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1 ‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of

2 staff who provide such services; and

3 ‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway

4 and homeless youth, and street youth.

5 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV6 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

7 311(a) to provide home-based services described in section

8 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re9 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

10 services the applicant will—

11 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

12 youth and the families (including unrelated individ13 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ14 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

15 skill building, educational advancement, job attain16 ment skills, mental and physical health care, parent17 ing skills, financial planning, and referral to sources

18 of other needed services;

19 ‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrange20 ment made by the applicant, 24-hour service to re21 spond to family crises (including immediate access to

22 temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youth,

23 and youth at risk of separation from the family);

24 ‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families

25 of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk
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1 of separation from the family, objectives and meas2 ures of success to be achieved as a result of receiv3 ing home-based services;

4 ‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of

5 staff who provide home-based services; and

6 ‘‘(5) ensure that—

7 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

8 to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)

9 involvement with each family receiving such

10 services; and

11 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re12 ceive qualified supervision.

13 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU14 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to

15 use assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide

16 drug abuse education and prevention services, an appli17 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)—

18 ‘‘(1) a description of—

19 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap20 plicant proposes to provide;

21 ‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and

22 ‘‘(C) the types of information and training

23 to be provided to individuals providing such

24 services to runaway and homeless youth; and
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1 ‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such serv2 ices the applicant shall conduct outreach activities

3 for runaway and homeless youth.’’.

4 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of

5 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713)

6 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or

9 private entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be

10 approved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

11 with respect to the State in which such entity proposes

12 to provide services under this part—

13 ‘‘(1) the geographical distribution in such State

14 of the proposed services under this part for which all

15 grant applicants request approval; and

16 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the great17 est need for such services.

18 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications for grants

19 under section 311(a), the Secretary shall give priority to—

20 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

21 experience in providing services to runaway and

22 homeless youth; and

23 ‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of

24 less than $200,000.’’.
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1 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

2 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

3 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PUR5 POSE AND’’;

6 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

7 (3) by striking subsection (b).

8 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway

9 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is

10 amended by inserting ‘‘, and the services provided to such

11 youth by such project,’’ after ‘‘such project’’.

12 (g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway

13 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended

14 to read as follows:

15 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

16 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu17 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

18 youth, the Secretary—

19 (1) through the Administrator of the Office of

20 Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention,

21 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De22 partment of Health and Human Services with activi23 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,

24 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro-
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1 gram and with the activities of other Federal enti2 ties; and

3 (2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies of

4 the Department of Health and Human Services with

5 the activities of other Federal entities and with the

6 activities of entities that are eligible to receive

7 grants under this title.’’.

8 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

9 EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE

10 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

11 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—

12 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL13 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

14 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’

15 after ‘‘research,’’; and

16 (3) in subsection (b)—

17 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

18 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

19 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re20 spectively.

21 (i) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

22 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

23 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (j) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and

2 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended to read

3 as follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 1999,

6 and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to

7 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi9 ciary of the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and

10 accomplishments of entities that receive grants under

11 parts A, B, C, D, and E, with particular attention to—

12 ‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part

13 A, the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—

14 ‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway

15 and homeless youth;

16 ‘‘(B) if applicable or appropriate, reuniting

17 such youth with their families and encouraging

18 the resolution of intrafamily problems through

19 counseling and other services;

20 ‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships

21 and encouraging stable living conditions for

22 such youth; and

23 ‘‘(D) assisting such youth to decide upon a

24 future course of action; and
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1 ‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part

2 B—

3 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of

4 homeless youth served by such projects;

5 ‘‘(B) the types of activities carried out by

6 such projects;

7 ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in

8 alleviating the problems of homeless youth;

9 ‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in

10 preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;

11 ‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in

12 assisting homeless youth to decide upon future

13 education, employment, and independent living;

14 ‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour15 age the resolution of intrafamily problems

16 through counseling and development of self-suf17 ficient living skills; and

18 ‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by

19 such projects for the following fiscal year.

20 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall

21 include in each report submitted under subsection (a),

22 summaries of—

23 ‘‘(1) the evaluations performed by the Secretary

24 under section 386; and
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1 ‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and

2 training provided to, individuals involved in carrying

3 out such evaluations.’’.

4 (k) REPORTS.—Section 383 of the Runaway and

5 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731) is amended by

6 striking ‘‘Records’’ and inserting ‘‘Except for the purposes

7 of the disposition of criminal or delinquency charges

8 against or the coordinated delivery of services to individual

9 youths, records’’.

10 (l) EVALUATION.—Section 384 of the Runaway and

11 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5732) is amended to read

12 as follows:

13 ‘‘SEC. 384. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a grantee receives grants for

15 3 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E

16 (in the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such

17 grantee on-site, not less frequently than once in the period

18 of such 3 consecutive fiscal years, for purposes of—

19 ‘‘(1) determining whether such grants are being

20 used for the purposes for which such grants are

21 made by the Secretary;

22 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re23 port required by section 383; and

24 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

25 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to im-
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1 prove the operation of the centers, projects, and ac2 tivities for which such grants are made.

3 ‘‘(b) COOPERATION.—Recipients of grants under this

4 title shall cooperate with the Secretary’s efforts to carry

5 out evaluations, and to collect information, under this

6 title.’’.

7 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

9 5751) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 389. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to

13 be appropriated to carry out this title (other than

14 part E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

15 years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

16 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—

17 ‘‘(A) PARTS A AND B.—From the amount

18 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

19 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than

20 90 percent to carry out parts A and B.

21 ‘‘(B) PART B.—Of the amount reserved

22 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per23 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re24 served to carry out part B.
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1 ‘‘(3) PARTS C AND D.—In each fiscal year,

2 after reserving the amounts required by paragraph

3 (2), the Secretary shall use the remaining amount

4 (if any) to carry out parts C and D.

5 ‘‘(b) SEPARATE IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED.—No

6 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

7 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the pur8 pose of combining such funds is to make a single discre9 tionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless

10 such funds are separately identified in all grants and con11 tracts and are used for the purposes specified in this

12 title.’’.

13 (n) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

14 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

15 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.)

16 is amended—

17 (A) by striking the heading for part F;

18 (B) by redesignating part E as part F; and

19 (C) by inserting after part D the following:

20 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION

21 PROGRAM

22 ‘‘SEC. 351. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants

24 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

25 street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street
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1 youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being

2 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi3 tation.

4 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applicants to receive

5 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give prior6 ity to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

7 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

8 youth.’’.

9 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 Section 389(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection

12 (m) of this section, is amended by adding at the end

13 the following:

14 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out part E such sums as may be necessary

16 for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and

17 2004.’’.

18 (o) CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—

19 The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701

20 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 384 the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘SEC. 385. CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.

23 ‘‘With respect to funds available to carry out parts

24 A, B, C, D, and E, nothing in this title shall be construed

25 to prohibit the Secretary from—
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1 ‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the

2 availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of

3 such parts; and

4 ‘‘(2) reviewing applications for grants under 2

5 or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli6 cation review process.’’.

7 (p) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

8 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by insert9 ing after section 385, as added by subsection (o) of this

10 section, the following:

11 ‘‘SEC. 386. DEFINITIONS.

12 ‘‘In this title:

13 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVEN14 TION SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education

15 and prevention services’—

16 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home17 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

18 drugs by such youth; and

19 ‘‘(B) may include—

20 ‘‘(i) individual, family, group, and

21 peer counseling;

22 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

23 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

24 homeless youth in rural areas (including
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1 the development of community support

2 groups);

3 ‘‘(iv) information and training relating

4 to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and

5 homeless youth, to individuals involved in

6 providing services to such youth; and

7 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the availabil8 ity of local drug abuse prevention services

9 to runaway and homeless youth.

10 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term

11 ‘home-based services’—

12 ‘‘(A) means services provided to youth and

13 their families for the purpose of—

14 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run15 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa16 rated, from their families; and

17 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re18 turn to their families; and

19 ‘‘(B) includes services that are provided in

20 the residences of families (to the extent prac21 ticable), including—

22 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

23 counseling; and

24 ‘‘(ii) training relating to life skills and

25 parenting.
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1 ‘‘(3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘homeless

2 youth’ means an individual—

3 ‘‘(A) who is—

4 ‘‘(i) not more than 21 years of age;

5 and

6 ‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not

7 less than 16 years of age;

8 ‘‘(B) for whom it is not possible to live in

9 a safe environment with a relative; and

10 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv11 ing arrangement.

12 ‘‘(4) STREET-BASED SERVICES.—The term

13 ‘street-based services’—

14 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

15 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

16 where they congregate, designed to assist such

17 youth in making healthy personal choices re18 garding where they live and how they behave;

19 and

20 ‘‘(B) may include—

21 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

22 runaway and homeless youth, and street

23 youth;

24 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and counsel25 ing;
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1 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

2 housing;

3 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

4 transitional living and health care services;

5 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven6 tion services related to—

7 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

8 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;

9 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis10 eases, including human immuno11 deficiency virus (HIV); and

12 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual as13 sault.

14 ‘‘(5) STREET YOUTH.—The term ‘street youth’

15 means an individual who—

16 ‘‘(A) is—

17 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

18 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

19 homeless youth; and

20 ‘‘(B) spends a significant amount of time

21 on the street or in other areas that increase the

22 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual ex23 ploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

24 ‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL LIVING YOUTH PROJECT.—

25 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a
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1 project that provides shelter and services designed to

2 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

3 prevent long-term dependency on social services.

4 ‘‘(7) YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM

5 THE FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation

6 from the family’ means an individual—

7 ‘‘(A) who is less than 18 years of age; and

8 ‘‘(B)(i) who has a history of running away

9 from the family of such individual;

10 ‘‘(ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian

11 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

12 such individual; or

13 ‘‘(iii) who is at risk of entering the child

14 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a

15 result of the lack of services available to the

16 family to meet such needs.’’.

17 (q) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371,

18 372, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 386 of the Runaway

19 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.),

20 as amended by this title, are redesignated as sections 381,

21 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, and 388, respectively.

22 (r) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 331 of the

23 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et

24 seq.) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘With’’
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1 and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and inserting

2 ‘‘The Secretary’’.

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