116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 494 

AN ACT 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability 

Block Grant program, 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 ‘‘Tiffany Joslyn Juve3 nile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bul4 lying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 

6 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

8 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in section 1801(b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘grad12 uated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated 

13 sanctions and incentives’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring 

15 juvenile court judges, probation officers, and 

16 court-appointed defenders and special advo17 cates, and’’; 

18 (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), 

19 and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) 

20 as paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; 

21 and 

22 (D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 

23 by striking ‘‘research-based bullying, 

24 cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘interventions such as researched26 based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and 
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1 gang prevention programs, as well as mental 

2 health services and trauma-informed practices’’; 

3 (2) in section 1802— 

4 (A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 

5 ‘‘individualized sanctions’’ the following: ‘‘, in6 centives,’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 

8 ‘‘graduated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘grad9 uated sanctions and incentives’’; and 

10 (C) in subsection (f)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (I) by inserting after ‘‘A sanction 

13 may include’’ the following: ‘‘a range 

14 of court-approved interventions, such 

15 as’’; and 

16 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a fine,’’ 

17 the following: ‘‘a restorative justice 

18 program,’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) INCENTIVES.—The term ‘incentives’ 

22 means individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated 

23 responses to a juvenile offender’s compliance with 

24 court orders and case disposition terms designed to 

25 reinforce or modify the skills and behaviors of the 
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1 juvenile offender. An incentive may include a certifi2 cate of achievement, a letter of recommendation, a 

3 family or program activity, a meeting or special out4 ing with a community leader, a reduction in commu5 nity service hours, a reduced curfew or home restric6 tion, a decrease in required court appearances, or a 

7 decrease in the term of court-ordered supervision.’’; 

8 (3) in section 1810(a), by striking 

9 ‘‘$350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 

10 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal 

11 years 2020 through 2024’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

14 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COMMITTEES.—In 

15 this section, the term ‘applicable committees’ means— 

16 ‘‘(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

17 Senate; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the 

21 Attorney General under this part shall be subject to the 

22 following accountability provisions: 

23 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

25 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
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1 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen2 eral of the Department of Justice that the au3 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

4 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow5 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

6 12 months after the date on which the final 

7 audit report is issued. 

8 ‘‘(B) AUDIT.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

9 year beginning after the date of enactment of 

10 this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 

11 the Inspector General of the Department of 

12 Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

13 grants awarded by the Attorney General under 

14 this part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 

15 funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 

16 determine the appropriate number of grantees 

17 to be audited each year. 

18 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi19 ent of grant funds under this part that is found 

20 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

21 eligible to receive grant funds under this part 

22 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 

23 the end of the 12-month period described in 

24 subparagraph (A). 
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1 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

2 under this part, the Attorney General shall give 

3 priority to eligible applicants that did not have 

4 an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

5 years before submitting an application for a 

6 grant under this part. 

7 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

8 awarded grant funds under this part during the 

9 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 

10 barred from receiving grants under subpara11 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

13 amount of the grant funds that were im14 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

15 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

17 repayment to the fund from the grant re18 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 

19 funds. 

20 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 

21 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en22 actment of this section, the Attorney General shall 

23 submit to the applicable committees an annual cer24 tification— 

25 ‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
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1 ‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 

2 General of the Department of Justice 

3 under paragraph (1) have been completed 

4 and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant 

5 Attorney General or Director; 

6 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

7 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 

10 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re13 cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

14 previous year. 

15 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen17 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this part, 

18 the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 

19 awards with other grants awarded under this part 

20 by the Attorney General to determine if duplicate 

21 grant awards are awarded for the same purpose. 

22 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 

23 duplicate grants under this part to the same appli24 cant for the same purpose, the Attorney General 
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1 shall submit to the applicable committees a report 

2 that includes— 

3 ‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded 

4 under this part, including the total dollar 

5 amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

7 awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best 

10 practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants 

11 under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

12 Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR JUVE14 NILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PRO15 GRAM. 

16 Section 1001(a)(16) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

17 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

18 10261(a)(16)) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(16) There are authorized to be appropriated 

2 to carry out projects under part R $30,000,000 for 

3 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 

2019. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 494 

AN ACT 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

other purposes. Accountability Block Grant program, and for Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile