Union Calendar No. 85

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 905

[Report No. 106–152]

A BILL

To provide funding for the National Center for

other purposes.the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and forMissing and Exploited Children, to reauthorize

MAY 20, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
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Union Calendar No. 85

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 905

[Report No. 106–152]

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

MAY 20, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 2, 1999]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing, Exploited, and

3 Runaway Children Protection Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

5 CHILDREN.

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Children’s

7 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

9 end;

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

11 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

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

13 ‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss14 ing and Exploited Children has—

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

16 and clearinghouse congressionally mandated

17 under the provisions of the Missing Children’s

18 Assistance Act of 1984; and

19 ‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De20 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In21 vestigation, the Department of the Treasury, the

22 Department of State, and many other agencies

23 in the effort to find missing children and prevent

24 child victimization;

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

26 private non-profit corporation, access to the National
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1 Crime Information Center of the Federal Bureau of

2 Investigation, and the National Law Enforcement

3 Telecommunications System;

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

5 National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction

6 with the United States Customs Service and the

7 United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin8 ning this year, the Center established a new

9 CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming ‘the

10 911 for the Internet’;

11 ‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es12 sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of 1997

14 created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’) flag to

15 provide the Center immediate notification in the most

16 serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifications to

17 the Center and helping the Center to have its highest

18 recovery rate in history;

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

20 increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center

21 online with each of the missing children clearing22 houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co23 lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland

24 Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian

25 Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,
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1 France, and others, which has enabled the Center to

2 transmit images and information regarding missing

3 children to law enforcement across the United States

4 and around the world instantly;

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

6 31, 1998, the Center has—

7 ‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its 24-

8 hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST) and

9 currently averages 700 calls per day;

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

11 criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare

12 professionals in child sexual exploitation and

13 missing child case detection, identification, in14 vestigation, and prevention;

15 ‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica16 tions to citizens and professionals; and

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

18 cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in the

19 recovery of 40,180 children;

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

21 is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact that

22 in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an all-time

23 record, and by the fact that its new Internet website

24 (www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000 ‘hits’ every

25 day, and is linked with hundreds of other websites to
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1 provide real-time images of breaking cases of missing

2 children;

3 ‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train4 ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States

5 and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement

6 Training Center;

7 ‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a re8 markable impact, such as in the fight against infant

9 abductions in partnership with the healthcare indus10 try, during which the Center has performed 668 on11 site hospital walk-throughs and inspections, and

12 trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses, and

13 security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce in14 fant abductions in the United States by 82 percent;

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

16 role in international child abduction cases, serving as

17 a representative of the Department of State at cases

18 under The Hague Convention, and successfully resolv19 ing the cases of 343 international child abductions,

20 and providing greater support to parents in the

21 United States;

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

23 partnership, raising private sector funds to match

24 congressional appropriations and receiving extensive

25 private in-kind support, including advanced tech-
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1 nology provided by the computer industry such as im2 aging technology used to age the photographs of long3 term missing children and to reconstruct facial im4 ages of unidentified deceased children;

5 ‘‘(20) the Center was 1 of only 10 of 300 major

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

7 American Institute of Philanthropy; and

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

9 Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource

10 center once every 3 years through a competitive selec11 tion process conducted by the Office of Juvenile Jus12 tice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of

13 Justice, and has received grants from that Office to

14 conduct the crucial purposes of the Center.’’.

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil16 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

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

18 end;

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

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

22 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Center

23 for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.
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1 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS2 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

5 (d); and

6 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS9 ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall an11 nually make a grant to the Center, which shall be

12 used to—

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

14 telephone line by which individuals may report

15 information regarding the location of any miss16 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

17 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to such

18 child’s legal custodian, and request information

19 pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite

20 such child with such child’s legal custodian; and

21 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele22 phone line with the operation of the national

23 communications system referred to in part C of

24 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42

25 U.S.C. 5714–11);
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1 ‘‘(B) operate the official national resource

2 center and information clearinghouse for missing

3 and exploited children;

4 ‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern5 ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,

6 and individuals, information regarding—

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

8 lodging, and transportation services that

9 are available for the benefit of missing and

10 exploited children and their families; and

11 ‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro12 grams being carried out by Federal agencies

13 to assist missing and exploited children and

14 their families;

15 ‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro16 grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing

17 children with their families;

18 ‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in19 formation relating to innovative and model pro20 grams, services, and legislation that benefit miss21 ing and exploited children;

22 ‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and train23 ing to law enforcement agencies, State and local

24 governments, elements of the criminal justice sys25 tem, public and private nonprofit agencies, and
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1 individuals in the prevention, investigation,

2 prosecution, and treatment of cases involving

3 missing and exploited children; and

4 ‘‘(G) provide assistance to families and law

5 enforcement agencies in locating and recovering

6 missing and exploited children, both nationally

7 and internationally.

8 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin10 istrator to carry out this subsection, $10,000,000 for

11 each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

12 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis13 trator, either by making grants to or entering into contracts

14 with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies, shall—

15 ‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence

16 studies to determine for a given year the actual num17 ber of children reported missing each year, the num18 ber of children who are victims of abduction by

19 strangers, the number of children who are the victims

20 of parental kidnapings, and the number of children

21 who are recovered each year; and

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

23 public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ24 uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school
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1 records and birth certificates to identify and locate

2 missing children.’’.

3 (d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

4 CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Children’s As5 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘the Center and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.

7 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

9 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2000 through 2003’’.

11 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

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

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

14 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re15 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

16 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

17 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop18 ment of’’; and

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

20 following:

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

22 are needed in urban, suburban, and rural areas;’’.

23 (b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND

24 SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Homeless

25 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

2 following:

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

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

5 grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and

6 combinations of such entities) to establish and operate

7 (including renovation) local centers to provide serv8 ices for runaway and homeless youth and for the fam9 ilies of such youth.

10 ‘‘(2) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services provided

11 under paragraph (1)—

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

13 involving runaway and homeless youth in the

14 law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,

15 and juvenile justice systems;

16 ‘‘(B) shall include—

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

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

19 counseling, as appropriate; and

20 ‘‘(C) may include—

21 ‘‘(i) street-based services;

22 ‘‘(ii) home-based services for families

23 with youth at risk of separation from the

24 family; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre2 vention services.’’;

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

4 Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and

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

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

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

8 (1) in subsection (b)—

9 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para10 graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;

11 (B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’

12 at the end;

13 (C) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe14 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

15 (D) by adding at the end the following:

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

17 report that includes, with respect to the year for

18 which the report is submitted—

19 ‘‘(A) information regarding the activities

20 carried out under this part;

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

22 this part carried out by the applicant; and

23 ‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—

24 ‘‘(i) the number and the characteristics

25 of the runaway and homeless youth, and
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1 youth at risk of family separation, who par2 ticipate in the project; and

3 ‘‘(ii) the services provided to such

4 youth by the project.’’; and

5 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in6 serting the following:

7 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV8 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

9 311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli10 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)

11 assurances that in providing such services the applicant

12 will—

13 ‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in14 cluding on-street supervision by appropriately

15 trained staff;

16 ‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street staff;

17 ‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of

18 staff who provide such services; and

19 ‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway and

20 homeless youth, and street youth.

21 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV22 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section 311(a)

23 to provide home-based services described in section

24 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re-
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1 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

2 services the applicant will—

3 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

4 youth and the families (including unrelated individ5 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ6 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

7 skill building, educational advancement, job attain8 ment skills, mental and physical health care, par9 enting skills, financial planning, and referral to

10 sources of other needed services;

11 ‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrangement

12 made by the applicant, 24-hour service to respond to

13 family crises (including immediate access to tem14 porary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and

15 youth at risk of separation from the family);

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

17 of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of

18 separation from the family, objectives and measures of

19 success to be achieved as a result of receiving home20 based services;

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

22 staff who provide home-based services; and

23 ‘‘(5) ensure that—

24 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

25 to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)
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1 involvement with each family receiving such

2 services; and

3 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re4 ceive qualified supervision.

5 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU6 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to use

7 assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug

8 abuse education and prevention services, an applicant shall

9 include in the plan required by subsection (b)—

10 ‘‘(1) a description of—

11 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap12 plicant proposes to provide;

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

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

15 to be provided to individuals providing such

16 services to runaway and homeless youth; and

17 ‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such services

18 the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for

19 runaway and homeless youth.’’.

20 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of the

21 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713) is

22 amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or pri25 vate entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be ap-
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1 proved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

2 with respect to the State in which such entity proposes to

3 provide services under this part—

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

5 of the proposed services under this part for which all

6 grant applicants request approval; and

7 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the greatest

8 need for such services.

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

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

11 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

12 experience in providing services to runaway and

13 homeless youth; and

14 ‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of less

15 than $200,000.’’.

16 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

17 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

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

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PURPOSE

20 AND’’;

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

22 (3) by striking subsection (b).

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

24 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is
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1 amended by inserting ‘‘, and the services provided to such

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

3 (g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway and

4 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended to

5 read as follows:

6 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

7 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu8 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

9 youth, the Secretary—

10 ‘‘(1) in conjunction with the Attorney General,

11 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De12 partment of Health and Human Services with activi13 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,

14 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro15 gram and with the activities of other Federal entities;

16 and

17 ‘‘(2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies of

18 the Department of Health and Human Services with

19 the activities of other Federal entities and with the

20 activities of entities that are eligible to receive grants

21 under this title.’’.

22 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

23 EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE

24 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

25 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL2 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

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

4 after ‘‘research,’’; and

5 (3) in subsection (b)—

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

7 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

8 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re9 spectively.

10 (i) STUDY.—Part D of the Runaway and Homeless

11 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731 et seq.) is amended by adding

12 after section 344 the following:

13 ‘‘SEC. 345. STUDY.

14 ‘‘The Secretary shall conduct a study of a representa15 tive sample of runaways to determine the percent who leave

16 home because of sexual abuse. The report on the study shall

17 include—

18 ‘‘(1) in the case of sexual abuse , the relationship

19 of the assaulter to the runaway; and

20 ‘‘(2) recommendations on how Federal laws may

21 be changed to reduce sexual assaults on children.

22 The study shall be completed to enable the Secretary to

23 make a report to the committees of Congress with jurisdic24 tion over this Act, and to make such report available to
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1 the public, within one year of the date of the enactment

2 of this section.’’

3 (j) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

4 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

5 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.

6 (k) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and

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

8 as follows:

9 ‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2000, and

11 biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to the

12 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House

13 of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of

14 the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and accom15 plishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B,

16 C, D, and E, with particular attention to—

17 ‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part A,

18 the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—

19 ‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway

20 and homeless youth;

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

22 such youth with their families and encouraging

23 the resolution of intrafamily problems through

24 counseling and other services;
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1 ‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships and

2 encouraging stable living conditions for such

3 youth; and

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

5 future course of action; and

6 ‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part

7 B—

8 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of

9 homeless youth served by such projects;

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

11 such projects;

12 ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in al13 leviating the problems of homeless youth;

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

15 preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;

16 ‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in as17 sisting homeless youth to decide upon future edu18 cation, employment, and independent living;

19 ‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour20 age the resolution of intrafamily problems

21 through counseling and development of self-suffi22 cient living skills; and

23 ‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by

24 such projects for the following fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall in2 clude in each report submitted under subsection (a), sum3 maries of—

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

5 under section 386; and

6 ‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and

7 training provided to, individuals involved in car8 rying out such evaluations.’’.

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

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

11 as follows:

12 ‘‘SEC. 386. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a grantee receives grants for 3

14 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E (in

15 the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such

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

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

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

19 used for the purposes for which such grants are made

20 by the Secretary;

21 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re22 port required by section 384; and

23 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

24 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to improve
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1 the operation of the centers, projects, and activities for

2 which such grants are made.

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

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

5 evaluations, and to collect information, under this title.’’.

6 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

7 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

8 5751) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘SEC. 388. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be

12 appropriated to carry out this title (other than part

13 E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years

14 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

15 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—

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

17 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

18 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 90

19 percent to carry out parts A and B.

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

21 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per22 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re23 served to carry out part B.

24 ‘‘(3) PARTS C AND D.—In each fiscal year, after

25 reserving the amounts required by paragraph (2), the
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1 Secretary shall use the remaining amount (if any) to

2 carry out parts C and D.

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

4 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

5 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purpose

6 of combining such funds is to make a single discretionary

7 grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless such funds

8 are separately identified in all grants and contracts and

9 are used for the purposes specified in this title.’’.

10 (n) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

11 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

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

13 amended—

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

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

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

17 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM

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

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

20 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

21 street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street

22 youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being

23 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi24 tation.
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1 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applicants to receive

2 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pri3 ority to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

4 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

5 youth.’’.

6 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec7 tion 388(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act

8 (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection (m) of

9 this section, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing:

11 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro12 priated to carry out part E such sums as may be nec13 essary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.’’.

14 (o) CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—The

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

16 is amended by inserting after section 383 the following:

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

18 ‘‘With respect to funds available to carry out parts A,

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

20 to prohibit the Secretary from—

21 ‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the

22 availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of

23 such parts; and
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1 ‘‘(2) reviewing applications for grants under 2

2 or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli3 cation review process.’’.

4 (p) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

5 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by inserting

6 after section 386, as amended by subsection (l) of this sec7 tion, the following:

8 ‘‘SEC. 387. DEFINITIONS.

9 ‘‘In this title:

10 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION

11 SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education and pre12 vention services’—

13 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home14 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

15 drugs by such youth; and

16 ‘‘(B) may include—

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

18 peer counseling;

19 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

20 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

21 homeless youth in rural areas (including

22 the development of community support

23 groups);

24 ‘‘(iv) information and training relat25 ing to the illicit use of drugs by runaway
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1 and homeless youth, to individuals involved

2 in providing services to such youth; and

3 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the avail4 ability of local drug abuse prevention serv5 ices to runaway and homeless youth.

6 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term ‘home7 based services’—

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

9 their families for the purpose of—

10 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run11 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa12 rated, from their families; and

13 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re14 turn to their families; and

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

16 the residences of families (to the extent prac17 ticable), including—

18 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

19 counseling; and

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

21 parenting.

22 ‘‘(3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘homeless

23 youth’ means an individual—

24 ‘‘(A) who is—
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1 ‘‘(i) not more than 21 years of age;

2 and

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

4 less than 16 years of age;

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

6 a safe environment with a relative; and

7 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv8 ing arrangement.

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

10 ‘street-based services’—

11 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

12 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

13 where they congregate, designed to assist such

14 youth in making healthy personal choices regard15 ing where they live and how they behave; and

16 ‘‘(B) may include—

17 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

18 runaway and homeless youth, and street

19 youth;

20 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and coun21 seling;

22 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

23 housing;

24 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

25 transitional living and health care services;
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1 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven2 tion services related to—

3 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

4 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;

5 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis6 eases, including human immuno7 deficiency virus (HIV); and

8 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual assault.

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

10 means an individual who—

11 ‘‘(A) is—

12 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

13 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

14 homeless youth; and

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

16 on the street or in other areas that increase the

17 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual exploi18 tation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

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

20 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a

21 project that provides shelter and services designed to

22 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

23 prevent long-term dependency on social services.
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1 ‘‘(7) YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM THE

2 FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation from

3 the family’ means an individual—

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

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

6 from the family of such individual;

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

8 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

9 such individual; or

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

11 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a re12 sult of the lack of services available to the family

13 to meet such needs.’’.

14 (q) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371, 372,

15 381, 382, and 383 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.), as amended by this Act,

17 are redesignated as sections 380, 381, 382, 383, and 384,

18 respectively.

19 (r) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Runaway and

20 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended—

21 (1) in section 331, in the first sentence, by strik22 ing ‘‘With’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec23 retary’’, and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and
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1 (2) in section 344(a)(1), by striking ‘‘With’’ and

2 all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and insert3 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’.