107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 863

AN ACT

To provide grants to ensure increased

accountability for juvenile offenders.
107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 863

AN ACT

To provide grants to ensure increased accountability for

juvenile offenders.

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 ‘‘Consequences for Juve3 nile Offenders Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

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

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

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘PART R—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK

9 GRANTS

10 ‘‘SEC. 1801. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is author12 ized to provide grants to States, for use by States and

13 units of local government, and in certain cases directly to

14 specially qualified units.

15 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Amounts paid to a

16 State or a unit of local government under this part shall

17 be used by the State or unit of local government for the

18 purpose of strengthening the juvenile justice system,

19 which includes—

20 ‘‘(1) developing, implementing, and admin21 istering graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders;

22 ‘‘(2) building, expanding, renovating, or oper23 ating temporary or permanent juvenile correction,

24 detention, or community corrections facilities;

25 ‘‘(3) hiring juvenile court judges, probation offi26 cers, and court-appointed defenders and special ad-
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1 vocates, and funding pretrial services (including

2 mental health screening and assessment) for juvenile

3 offenders, to promote the effective and expeditious

4 administration of the juvenile justice system;

5 ‘‘(4) hiring additional prosecutors, so that more

6 cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be

7 prosecuted and case backlogs reduced;

8 ‘‘(5) providing funding to enable prosecutors to

9 address drug, gang, and youth violence problems

10 more effectively and for technology, equipment, and

11 training to assist prosecutors in identifying and ex12 pediting the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders;

13 ‘‘(6) establishing and maintaining training pro14 grams for law enforcement and other court per15 sonnel with respect to preventing and controlling ju16 venile crime;

17 ‘‘(7) establishing juvenile gun courts for the

18 prosecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms of19 fenders;

20 ‘‘(8) establishing drug court programs for juve21 nile offenders that provide continuing judicial super22 vision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse

23 problems and the integrated administration of other

24 sanctions and services for such offenders;
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1 ‘‘(9) establishing and maintaining a system of

2 juvenile records designed to promote public safety;

3 ‘‘(10) establishing and maintaining interagency

4 information-sharing programs that enable the juve5 nile and criminal justice systems, schools, and social

6 services agencies to make more informed decisions

7 regarding the early identification, control, super8 vision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly

9 commit serious delinquent or criminal acts;

10 ‘‘(11) establishing and maintaining account11 ability-based programs designed to reduce recidivism

12 among juveniles who are referred by law enforce13 ment personnel or agencies;

14 ‘‘(12) establishing and maintaining programs to

15 conduct risk and need assessments of juvenile of16 fenders that facilitate the effective early intervention

17 and the provision of comprehensive services, includ18 ing mental health screening and treatment and sub19 stance abuse testing and treatment to such offend20 ers;

21 ‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account22 ability-based programs that are designed to enhance

23 school safety;

24 ‘‘(14) establishing and maintaining restorative

25 justice programs;
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1 ‘‘(15) establishing and maintaining programs to

2 enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation officers

3 to be more effective and efficient in holding juvenile

4 offenders accountable and reducing recidivism; or

5 ‘‘(16) hiring detention and corrections per6 sonnel, and establishing and maintaining training

7 programs for such personnel to improve facility

8 practices and programming.

9 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

10 term ‘restorative justice program’ means a program that

11 emphasizes the moral accountability of an offender toward

12 the victim and the affected community, and may include

13 community reparations boards, restitution (in the form of

14 monetary payment or service to the victim or, where no

15 victim can be identified, service to the affected commu16 nity), and mediation between victim and offender.

17 ‘‘SEC. 1802. GRANT ELIGIBILITY.

18 ‘‘(a) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive

19 a grant under this section, a State shall submit to the

20 Attorney General an application at such time, in such

21 form, and containing such assurances and information as

22 the Attorney General may require by guidelines,

23 including—

24 ‘‘(1) information about—
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1 ‘‘(A) the activities proposed to be carried

2 out with such grant; and

3 ‘‘(B) the criteria by which the State pro4 poses to assess the effectiveness of such activi5 ties on achieving the purposes of this part; and

6 ‘‘(2) assurances that the State and any unit of

7 local government to which the State provides fund8 ing under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall

9 have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date

10 that the State submits such application) laws, or has

11 implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1

12 year after the date that the State submits such ap13 plication) policies and programs, that provide for a

14 system of graduated sanctions described in sub15 section (c).

16 ‘‘(b) LOCAL ELIGIBILITY.—

17 ‘‘(1) SUBGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to

18 receive a subgrant, a unit of local government, other

19 than a specially qualified unit, shall provide to the

20 State—

21 ‘‘(A) information about—

22 ‘‘(i) the activities proposed to be car23 ried out with such subgrant; and

24 ‘‘(ii) the criteria by which the unit

25 proposes to assess the effectiveness of such
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1 activities on achieving the purposes of this

2 part; and

3 ‘‘(B) such assurances as the State shall re4 quire, that, to the maximum extent applicable,

5 the unit of local government has in effect (or

6 shall have in effect, not later than 1 year after

7 the date that the unit submits such application)

8 laws, or has implemented (or shall implement,

9 not later than 1 year after the date that the

10 unit submits such application) policies and pro11 grams, that provide for a system of graduated

12 sanctions described in subsection (c).

13 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The requirements of

14 paragraph (1) shall apply to a specially qualified

15 unit that receives funds from the Attorney General

16 under section 1803(e), except that information that

17 is otherwise required to be submitted to the State

18 shall be submitted to the Attorney General.

19 ‘‘(c) GRADUATED SANCTIONS.—A system of grad20 uated sanctions, which may be discretionary as provided

21 in subsection (d), shall ensure, at a minimum, that—

22 ‘‘(1) sanctions are imposed on a juvenile of23 fender for each delinquent offense;

24 ‘‘(2) sanctions escalate in intensity with each

25 subsequent, more serious delinquent offense;
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1 ‘‘(3) there is sufficient flexibility to allow for in2 dividualized sanctions and services suited to the indi3 vidual juvenile offender; and

4 ‘‘(4) appropriate consideration is given to public

5 safety and victims of crime.

6 ‘‘(d) DISCRETIONARY USE OF SANCTIONS.—

7 ‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—A State or

8 unit of local government may be eligible to receive

9 a grant under this part if—

10 ‘‘(A) its system of graduated sanctions is

11 discretionary; and

12 ‘‘(B) it demonstrates that it has promoted

13 the use of a system of graduated sanctions by

14 taking steps to encourage implementation of

15 such a system by juvenile courts.

16 ‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT IF GRADUATED

17 SANCTIONS NOT USED.—

18 ‘‘(A) JUVENILE COURTS.—A State or unit

19 of local government in which the imposition of

20 graduated sanctions is discretionary shall re21 quire each juvenile court within its

22 jurisdiction—

23 ‘‘(i) which has not implemented a sys24 tem of graduated sanctions, to submit an

25 annual report that explains why such court
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1 did not implement graduated sanctions;

2 and

3 ‘‘(ii) which has implemented a system

4 of graduated sanctions but has not im5 posed graduated sanctions in all cases, to

6 submit an annual report that explains why

7 such court did not impose graduated sanc8 tions in all cases.

9 ‘‘(B) UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—

10 Each unit of local government, other than a

11 specially qualified unit, that has 1 or more juve12 nile courts that use a discretionary system of

13 graduated sanctions shall collect the informa14 tion reported under subparagraph (A) for sub15 mission to the State each year.

16 ‘‘(C) STATES.—Each State and specially

17 qualified unit that has 1 or more juvenile courts

18 that use a discretionary system of graduated

19 sanctions shall collect the information reported

20 under subparagraph (A) for submission to the

21 Attorney General each year. A State shall also

22 collect and submit to the Attorney General the

23 information collected under subparagraph (B).

24 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘discretionary’ means that a sys2 tem of graduated sanctions is not required to be im3 posed by each and every juvenile court in a State or

4 unit of local government.

5 ‘‘(2) The term ‘sanctions’ means tangible, pro6 portional consequences that hold the juvenile of7 fender accountable for the offense committed. A

8 sanction may include counseling, restitution, commu9 nity service, a fine, supervised probation, or confine10 ment.

11 ‘‘SEC. 1803. ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

12 ‘‘(a) STATE ALLOCATION.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with regula14 tions promulgated pursuant to this part and except

15 as provided in paragraph (3), the Attorney General

16 shall allocate—

17 ‘‘(A) 0.50 percent for each State; and

18 ‘‘(B) of the total funds remaining after the

19 allocation under subparagraph (A), to each

20 State, an amount which bears the same ratio to

21 the amount of remaining funds described in this

22 subparagraph as the population of people under

23 the age of 18 living in such State for the most

24 recent calendar year in which such data is

25 available bears to the population of people
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1 under the age of 18 of all the States for such

2 fiscal year.

3 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to a

4 State under this subsection or received by a State

5 for distribution under subsection (b) may be distrib6 uted by the Attorney General or by the State in7 volved for any program other than a program con8 tained in an approved application.

9 ‘‘(b) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), each State which receives funds under

12 subsection (a)(1) in a fiscal year shall distribute

13 among units of local government, for the purposes

14 specified in section 1801, not less than 75 percent

15 of such amounts received.

16 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—If a State submits to the Attor17 ney General an application for waiver that dem18 onstrates and certifies to the Attorney General

19 that—

20 ‘‘(A) the State’s juvenile justice expendi21 tures in the fiscal year preceding the date in

22 which an application is submitted under this

23 part (the ‘State percentage’) is more than 25

24 percent of the aggregate amount of juvenile jus-
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1 tice expenditures by the State and its eligible

2 units of local government; and

3 ‘‘(B) the State has consulted with as many

4 units of local government in such State, or or5 ganizations representing such units, as prac6 ticable regarding the State’s calculation of ex7 penditures under subparagraph (A), the State’s

8 application for waiver under this paragraph,

9 and the State’s proposed uses of funds,

10 the percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall

11 equal the percentage determined by subtracting the

12 State percentage from 100 percent.

13 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—In making the distribution

14 under paragraph (1), the State shall allocate to such

15 units of local government an amount which bears

16 the same ratio to the aggregate amount of such

17 funds as—

18 ‘‘(A) the sum of—

19 ‘‘(i) the product of—

20 ‘‘(I) three-quarters; multiplied by

21 ‘‘(II) the average juvenile justice

22 expenditure for such unit of local gov23 ernment for the 3 most recent cal24 endar years for which such data is

25 available; plus
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1 ‘‘(ii) the product of—

2 ‘‘(I) one-quarter; multiplied by

3 ‘‘(II) the average annual number

4 of part 1 violent crimes in such unit

5 of local government for the 3 most re6 cent calendar years for which such

7 data is available, bears to—

8 ‘‘(B) the sum of the products determined

9 under subparagraph (A) for all such units of

10 local government in the State.

11 ‘‘(4) EXPENDITURES.—The allocation any unit

12 of local government shall receive under paragraph

13 (3) for a payment period shall not exceed 100 per14 cent of juvenile justice expenditures of the unit for

15 such payment period.

16 ‘‘(5) REALLOCATION.—The amount of any unit

17 of local government’s allocation that is not available

18 to such unit by operation of paragraph (4) shall be

19 available to other units of local government that are

20 not affected by such operation in accordance with

21 this subsection.

22 ‘‘(c) UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR UNITS OF

23 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—If the State has reason to believe

24 that the reported rate of part 1 violent crimes or juvenile
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1 justice expenditures for a unit of local government is in2 sufficient or inaccurate, the State shall—

3 ‘‘(1) investigate the methodology used by the

4 unit to determine the accuracy of the submitted

5 data; and

6 ‘‘(2) if necessary, use the best available com7 parable data regarding the number of violent crimes

8 or juvenile justice expenditures for the relevant years

9 for the unit of local government.

10 ‘‘(d) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALLOCATIONS LESS

11 THAN $10,000.—If under this section a unit of local gov12 ernment is allocated less than $10,000 for a payment pe13 riod, the amount allotted shall be expended by the State

14 on services to units of local government whose allotment

15 is less than such amount in a manner consistent with this

16 part.

17 ‘‘(e) DIRECT GRANTS TO SPECIALLY QUALIFIED

18 UNITS.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State does not qualify

20 or apply for funds reserved for allocation under sub21 section (a) by the application deadline established by

22 the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall re23 serve not more than 75 percent of the allocation that

24 the State would have received under subsection (a)

25 for such fiscal year to provide grants to specially
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1 qualified units which meet the requirements for

2 funding under section 1802.

3 ‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS.—In addition to the quali4 fication requirements for direct grants for specially

5 qualified units the Attorney General may use the av6 erage amount allocated by the States to units of

7 local government as a basis for awarding grants

8 under this section.

9 ‘‘SEC. 1804. GUIDELINES.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall issue

11 guidelines establishing procedures under which a State or

12 specially qualified unit of local government that receives

13 funds under section 1803 is required to provide notice to

14 the Attorney General regarding the proposed use of funds

15 made available under this part.

16 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY BOARD.—The guidelines referred to

17 in subsection (a) shall include a requirement that such eli18 gible State or unit of local government establish and con19 vene an advisory board to review the proposed uses of such

20 funds. The board shall include representation from, if

21 appropriate—

22 ‘‘(1) the State or local police department;

23 ‘‘(2) the local sheriff’s department;

24 ‘‘(3) the State or local prosecutor’s office;

25 ‘‘(4) the State or local juvenile court;
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1 ‘‘(5) the State or local probation office;

2 ‘‘(6) the State or local educational agency;

3 ‘‘(7) a State or local social service agency;

4 ‘‘(8) a nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advo5 cacy organization; and

6 ‘‘(9) a nonprofit, religious, or community group.

7 ‘‘SEC. 1805. PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.

8 ‘‘(a) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Attorney General

9 shall pay, to each State or specially qualified unit of local

10 government that receives funds under section 1803 that

11 has submitted an application under this part, the amount

12 awarded to such State or unit not later than the later of

13 the following two dates:

14 ‘‘(1) 180 days after the date that the amount

15 is available.

16 ‘‘(2) The first day of the payment period if the

17 State has provided the Attorney General with the as18 surances required by subsection (c).

19 ‘‘(b) REPAYMENT OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS.—

20 ‘‘(1) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—From amounts

21 awarded under this part, a State or specially quali22 fied unit shall repay to the Attorney General, before

23 the expiration of the 36-month period beginning on

24 the date of the award, any amount that is not ex25 pended by such State or unit.
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1 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Attorney General may

2 adopt policies and procedures providing for a one3 time extension, by not more than 12 months, of the

4 period referred to in paragraph (1).

5 ‘‘(3) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPAY.—If the

6 amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the At7 torney General shall reduce payment in future pay8 ment periods accordingly.

9 ‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS REPAID.—Amounts

10 received by the Attorney General as repayments

11 under this subsection shall be deposited in a des12 ignated fund for future payments to States and spe13 cially qualified units.

14 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State or unit of

15 local government that receives funds under this part may

16 use not more than 5 percent of such funds to pay for ad17 ministrative costs.

18 ‘‘(d) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds

19 made available under this part to States and units of local

20 government shall not be used to supplant State or local

21 funds as the case may be, but shall be used to increase

22 the amount of funds that would, in the absence of funds

23 made available under this part, be made available from

24 State or local sources, as the case may be.

25 ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of a

2 grant received under this part may not exceed 90

3 percent of the total program costs.

4 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—Notwith5 standing paragraph (1), with respect to the cost of

6 constructing juvenile detention or correctional facili7 ties, the Federal share of a grant received under this

8 part may not exceed 50 percent of approved cost.

9 ‘‘SEC. 1806. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.

10 ‘‘Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this

11 part may be used by a State or unit of local government

12 that receives a grant under this part to contract with pri13 vate, nonprofit entities, or community-based organizations

14 to carry out the purposes specified under section 1801(b).

15 ‘‘SEC. 1807. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or specially qualified

17 unit that receives funds under this part shall—

18 ‘‘(1) establish a trust fund in which the govern19 ment will deposit all payments received under this

20 part;

21 ‘‘(2) use amounts in the trust fund (including

22 interest) during the period specified in section

23 1805(b)(1) and any extension of that period under

24 section 1805(b)(2);
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1 ‘‘(3) designate an official of the State or spe2 cially qualified unit to submit reports as the Attor3 ney General reasonably requires, in addition to the

4 annual reports required under this part; and

5 ‘‘(4) spend the funds only for the purpose of

6 strengthening the juvenile justice system.

7 ‘‘(b) TITLE I PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise pro8 vided, the administrative provisions of part H shall apply

9 to this part and for purposes of this section any reference

10 in such provisions to title I shall be deemed to include

11 a reference to this part.

12 ‘‘SEC. 1808. ASSESSMENT REPORTS.

13 ‘‘(a) REPORTS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (4), for each fiscal year for which a grant or

16 subgrant is awarded under this part, each State or

17 specially qualified unit of local government that re18 ceives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney

19 General a grant report, and each unit of local gov20 ernment that receives such a subgrant shall submit

21 to the State a subgrant report, at such time and in

22 such manner as the Attorney General may reason23 ably require.

24 ‘‘(2) GRANT REPORT.—Each grant report re25 quired by paragraph (1) shall include—
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1 ‘‘(A) a summary of the activities carried

2 out with such grant;

3 ‘‘(B) if such activities included any

4 subgrant, a summary of the activities carried

5 out with each such subgrant; and

6 ‘‘(C) an assessment of the effectiveness of

7 such activities on achieving the purposes of this

8 part.

9 ‘‘(3) SUBGRANT REPORT.—Each subgrant re10 port required by paragraph (1) shall include—

11 ‘‘(A) a summary of the activities carried

12 out with such subgrant; and

13 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of

14 such activities on achieving the purposes of this

15 part.

16 ‘‘(4) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may

17 waive the requirement of an assessment in para18 graph (2)(C) for a State or specially qualified unit

19 of local government, or in paragraph (3)(B) for a

20 unit of local government, if the Attorney General de21 termines that—

22 ‘‘(A) the nature of the activities are such

23 that assessing their effectiveness would not be

24 practical or insightful;
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1 ‘‘(B) the amount of the grant or subgrant

2 is such that carrying out the assessment would

3 not be an effective use of those amounts; or

4 ‘‘(C) the resources available to the State or

5 unit are such that carrying out the assessment

6 would pose a financial hardship on the State or

7 unit.

8 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90

9 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or

10 more grants are awarded under this part, the Attorney

11 General shall submit to the Congress a report, which shall

12 include—

13 ‘‘(1) a summary of the information provided

14 under subsection (a);

15 ‘‘(2) an assessment by the Attorney General of

16 the grant program carried out under this part; and

17 ‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney

18 General considers appropriate.

19 ‘‘SEC. 1809. TRIBAL GRANT PROGRAM.

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount made avail21 able under section 1811(b), the Attorney General shall

22 make grants to Indian tribes, or consortia of such tribes,

23 for programs to strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems

24 and to hold tribal youth accountable.
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1 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive grant

2 amounts under this section, an Indian tribe or consortia

3 of such tribes—

4 ‘‘(1) must carry out tribal juvenile justice func5 tions; and

6 ‘‘(2) shall submit to the Attorney General an

7 application at such time, in such form, and con8 taining such assurances and information as the At9 torney General may require by guidelines.

10 ‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Attorney General

11 shall award grants under this section on a competitive

12 basis.

13 ‘‘(d) GUIDELINES.—In issuing guidelines to carry out

14 this section, the Attorney General shall ensure that the

15 application for, award of, and use of grant amounts under

16 this section are consistent with the purposes and require17 ments of this part.

18 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

19 term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning given such term in

20 section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List

21 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 479a).

22 ‘‘SEC. 1810. DEFINITIONS.

23 ‘‘For purposes of this part:

24 ‘‘(1) The term ‘unit of local government’

25 means—
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1 ‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political

2 subdivision of a county, township, or city, that

3 is a unit of local government as determined by

4 the Secretary of Commerce for general statis5 tical purposes;

6 ‘‘(B) any law enforcement district or judi7 cial enforcement district that—

8 ‘‘(i) is established under applicable

9 State law; and

10 ‘‘(ii) has the authority, in a manner

11 independent of other State entities, to es12 tablish a budget and raise revenues; and

13 ‘‘(C) the District of Columbia and the rec14 ognized governing body of an Indian tribe or

15 Alaskan Native village that carries out substan16 tial governmental duties and powers.

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘specially qualified unit’ means a

18 unit of local government which may receive funds

19 under this part only in accordance with section

20 1803(e).

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means any State of the

22 United States, the District of Columbia, the Com23 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer24 ican Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Is25 lands, except that—
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1 ‘‘(A) the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,

2 Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (the

3 ‘partial States’) shall collectively be considered

4 as 1 State; and

5 ‘‘(B) for purposes of section 1803(a), the

6 amount allocated to a partial State shall bear

7 the same proportion to the amount collectively

8 allocated to the partial States as the population

9 of the partial State bears to the collective popu10 lation of the partial States.

11 ‘‘(4) The term ‘juvenile’ means an individual

12 who is 17 years of age or younger.

13 ‘‘(5) The term ‘juvenile justice expenditures’

14 means expenditures in connection with the juvenile

15 justice system, including expenditures in connection

16 with such system to carry out—

17 ‘‘(A) activities specified in section 1801(b);

18 and

19 ‘‘(B) other activities associated with pros20 ecutorial and judicial services and corrections as

21 reported to the Bureau of the Census for the

22 fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which a

23 determination is made under this part.

24 ‘‘(6) The term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ means

25 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible
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1 rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to

2 the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of

3 the Uniform Crime Reports.

4 ‘‘SEC. 1811. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—

7 ‘‘(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

8 ‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

9 ‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.

10 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appro11 priated pursuant to subsection (a), 2 percent shall be

12 made available for grants under section 1809.

13 ‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINIS14 TRATION.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated

15 under subsection (a), there shall be available to the Attor16 ney General, for each of the fiscal years 2002 through

17 2004 (as applicable), to remain available until expended—

18 ‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent of that amount,

19 for research, evaluation, and demonstration con20 sistent with this part;

21 ‘‘(2) not more than 2 percent of that amount,

22 for training and technical assistance; and

23 ‘‘(3) not more than 1 percent, for administra24 tive costs to carry out the purposes of this part.
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1 The Attorney General shall establish and execute an over2 sight plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipi3 ents.’’.

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect

6 on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after

7 the date of the enactment of this Act.

8 SEC. 4. TRANSITION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY IN9 CENTIVE BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM.

10 For each grant made from amounts made available

11 for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants

12 program (as described under the heading ‘‘VIOLENT

13 CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND

14 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ in the

15 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en16 acted by Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1537–14)), the

17 grant award shall remain available to the grant recipient

18 for not more than 36 months after the date of reciept of

19 the grant.

Passed the House of Representatives October 16,

2001.

Attest:

Clerk.