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Union Calendar No. 29

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 863

[Report No. 107–46]

To provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 6, 2001

Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr.

CHABOT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GREEN of

Wisconsin, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KELLER,

Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

APRIL 20, 2001

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 6, 2001]

A BILL

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 amended

7 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 units

13 of local government, and in certain cases directly to spe14 cially 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, which

19 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, de24 tention, or community corrections facilities;
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1 ‘‘(3) hiring juvenile court judges, probation offi2 cers, and court-appointed defenders and special advo3 cates, and funding pretrial services for juvenile of4 fenders, to promote the effective and expeditious ad5 ministration of the juvenile justice system;

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

7 cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be pros8 ecuted and case backlogs reduced;

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

10 address drug, gang, and youth violence problems more

11 effectively and for technology, equipment, and train12 ing to assist prosecutors in identifying and expediting

13 the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders;

14 ‘‘(6) establishing and maintaining training pro15 grams for law enforcement and other court personnel

16 with respect to preventing and controlling juvenile

17 crime;

18 ‘‘(7) establishing juvenile gun courts for the pros19 ecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms offend20 ers;

21 ‘‘(8) establishing drug court programs for juve22 nile offenders that provide continuing judicial super23 vision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse

24 problems and the integrated administration of other

25 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 juvenile

5 and criminal justice system, schools, and social serv6 ices agencies to make more informed decisions regard7 ing the early identification, control, supervision, and

8 treatment of juveniles who repeatedly commit serious

9 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 enforcement

13 personnel or agencies;

14 ‘‘(12) establishing and maintaining programs to

15 conduct risk and need assessments of juvenile offend16 ers that facilitate the effective early intervention and

17 the provision of comprehensive services, including

18 mental health screening and treatment and substance

19 abuse testing and treatment to such offenders;

20 ‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account21 ability-based programs that are designed to enhance

22 school safety;

23 ‘‘(14) establishing and maintaining restorative

24 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; and

5 ‘‘(16) hiring detention and corrections personnel,

6 and establishing and maintaining training programs

7 for such personnel to improve facility practices and

8 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 vic15 tim can be identified, service to the affected community),

16 and mediation between victim and offender.

17 ‘‘SEC. 1802. GRANT ELIGIBILITY.

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

19 grant under this section, a State shall submit to the Attor20 ney General an application at such time, in such form, and

21 containing such assurances and information as the Attor22 ney General may require by guidelines, including—

23 ‘‘(1) information about—

24 ‘‘(A) the activities proposed to be carried

25 out with such grant; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the criteria by which the State pro2 poses to assess the effectiveness of such activities

3 on achieving the purposes of this part; and

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

5 local government to which the State provides funding

6 under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall have in

7 effect, not later than 1 year after the date that the

8 State submits such application) laws, or has imple9 mented (or shall implement, not later than 1 year

10 after the date that the State submits such application)

11 policies and programs, that provide for a system of

12 graduated sanctions described in subsection (c).

13 ‘‘(b) LOCAL ELIGIBILITY.—

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

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

16 than a specially qualified unit, shall provide to the

17 State—

18 ‘‘(A) information about—

19 ‘‘(i) the activities proposed to be car20 ried out with such subgrant; and

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

22 proposes to assess the effectiveness of such

23 activities on achieving the purposes of this

24 part; and
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1 ‘‘(B) such assurances as the State shall re2 quire, that, to the maximum extent applicable,

3 the unit of local government has in effect (or

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

5 the date that the unit submits such application)

6 laws, or has implemented (or shall implement,

7 not later than 1 year after the date that the unit

8 submits such application) policies and programs,

9 that provide for a system of graduated sanctions

10 described in subsection (c).

11 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The requirements of para12 graph (1) shall apply to a specially qualified unit

13 that receives funds from the Attorney General under

14 section 1803(e), except that information that is other15 wise required to be submitted to the State shall be

16 submitted to the Attorney General.

17 ‘‘(c) GRADUATED SANCTIONS.—A system of graduated

18 sanctions, which may be discretionary as provided in sub19 section (d), shall ensure, at a minimum, that—

20 ‘‘(1) sanctions are imposed on a juvenile offender

21 for each delinquent offense;

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

23 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 a

9 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 such

15 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 imposed

5 graduated sanctions in all cases, to submit

6 an annual report that explains why such

7 court did not impose graduated sanctions in

8 all cases.

9 ‘‘(B) UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Each

10 unit of local government, other than a specially

11 qualified unit, that has 1 or more juvenile courts

12 that use a discretionary system of graduated

13 sanctions shall collect the information reported

14 under subparagraph (A) for submission to the

15 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 offender

7 accountable for the offense committed. A sanction may

8 include counseling, restitution, community service, a

9 fine, supervised probation, or confinement.

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

11 ‘‘(a) STATE ALLOCATION.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with regula13 tions promulgated pursuant to this part and except

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

15 shall allocate—

16 ‘‘(A) 0.25 percent for each State; and

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

18 allocation under subparagraph (A), to each

19 State, an amount which bears the same ratio to

20 the amount of remaining funds described in this

21 subparagraph as the population of people under

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

23 recent calendar year in which such data is avail24 able bears to the population of people under the

25 age of 18 of all the States for such fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to a

2 State under this subsection or received by a State for

3 distribution under subsection (b) may be distributed

4 by the Attorney General or by the State involved for

5 any program other than a program contained in an

6 approved application.

7 ‘‘(b) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), each State which receives funds under sub10 section (a)(1) in a fiscal year shall distribute among

11 units of local government, for the purposes specified

12 in section 1801, not less than 75 percent of such

13 amounts received.

14 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—If a State submits to the Attor15 ney General an application for waiver that dem16 onstrates and certifies to the Attorney General that—

17 ‘‘(A) the State’s juvenile justice expenditures

18 in the fiscal year preceding the date in which an

19 application is submitted under this part (the

20 ‘State percentage’) is more than 25 percent of the

21 aggregate amount of juvenile justice expenditures

22 by the State and its eligible units of local gov23 ernment; and

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

25 units of local government in such State, or orga-
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1 nizations representing such units, as practicable

2 regarding the State’s calculation of expenditures

3 under subparagraph (A), the State’s application

4 for waiver under this paragraph, and the State’s

5 proposed uses of funds,

6 the percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall

7 equal the percentage determined by subtracting the

8 State percentage from 100 percent.

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

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

11 units of local government an amount which bears the

12 same ratio to the aggregate amount of such funds

13 as—

14 ‘‘(A) the sum of—

15 ‘‘(i) the product of—

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

17 ‘‘(II) the average juvenile justice

18 expenditure for such unit of local gov19 ernment for the 3 most recent calendar

20 years for which such data is available;

21 plus

22 ‘‘(ii) the product of—

23 ‘‘(I) one-quarter; multiplied by

24 ‘‘(II) the average annual number

25 of part 1 violent crimes in such unit of
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1 local government for the 3 most recent

2 calendar years for which such data is

3 available, bears to—

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

5 under subparagraph (A) for all such units of

6 local government in the State.

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

8 of local government shall receive under paragraph (3)

9 for a payment period shall not exceed 100 percent of

10 juvenile justice expenditures of the unit for such pay11 ment period.

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

13 of local government’s allocation that is not available

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

15 available to other units of local government that are

16 not affected by such operation in accordance with this

17 subsection.

18 ‘‘(c) UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR UNITS OF LOCAL

19 GOVERNMENT.—If the State has reason to believe that the

20 reported rate of part 1 violent crimes or juvenile justice ex21 penditures for a unit of local government is insufficient or

22 inaccurate, the State shall—

23 ‘‘(1) investigate the methodology used by the unit

24 to determine the accuracy of the submitted data; and
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1 ‘‘(2) if necessary, use the best available com2 parable data regarding the number of violent crimes

3 or juvenile justice expenditures for the relevant years

4 for the unit of local government.

5 ‘‘(d) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALLOCATIONS LESS

6 THAN $10,000.—If under this section a unit of local govern7 ment is allocated less than $10,000 for a payment period,

8 the amount allotted shall be expended by the State on serv9 ices to units of local government whose allotment is less

10 than such amount in a manner consistent with this part.

11 ‘‘(e) DIRECT GRANTS TO SPECIALLY QUALIFIED

12 UNITS.—

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

14 apply for funds reserved for allocation under sub15 section (a) by the application deadline established by

16 the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall re17 serve not more than 75 percent of the allocation that

18 the State would have received under subsection (a) for

19 such fiscal year to provide grants to specially quali20 fied units which meet the requirements for funding

21 under section 1802.

22 ‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS.—In addition to the quali23 fication requirements for direct grants for specially

24 qualified units the Attorney General may use the av25 erage amount allocated by the States to units of local
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1 government as a basis for awarding grants under this

2 section.

3 ‘‘SEC. 1804. GUIDELINES.

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

5 guidelines establishing procedures under which a State or

6 unit of local government that receives funds under section

7 1803 is required to provide notice to the Attorney General

8 regarding the proposed use of funds made available under

9 this part.

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

11 subsection (a) shall include a requirement that such eligible

12 State or unit of local government establish and convene an

13 advisory board to review the proposed uses of such funds.

14 The board shall include representation from, if

15 appropriate—

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

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

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

19 ‘‘(4) the State or local juvenile court;

20 ‘‘(5) the State or local probation officer;

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

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

23 ‘‘(8) a nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advo24 cacy organization; and

25 ‘‘(9) a nonprofit, religious, or community group.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1805. PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.

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

3 shall pay to each State or unit of local government that

4 receives funds under section 1803 that has submitted an ap5 plication under this part not later than—

6 ‘‘(1) 180 days after the date that the amount is

7 available, or

8 ‘‘(2) the first day of the payment period if the

9 State has provided the Attorney General with the as10 surances required by subsection (c),

11 whichever is later.

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

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

14 awarded under this part, a State or specially quali15 fied unit shall repay to the Attorney General, before

16 the expiration of the 36-month period beginning on

17 the date of the award, any amount that is not ex18 pended by such State or unit.

19 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Attorney General may

20 adopt policies and procedures providing for a one21 time extension, by not more than 12 months, of the

22 period referred to in paragraph (1).

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

24 amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the Attor25 ney General shall reduce payment in future payment

26 periods accordingly.
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1 ‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS REPAID.—Amounts

2 received by the Attorney General as repayments under

3 this subsection shall be deposited in a designated fund

4 for future payments to States and specially qualified

5 units.

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

7 government that receives funds under this part may use not

8 more than 5 percent of such funds to pay for administrative

9 costs.

10 ‘‘(d) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds made

11 available under this part to States and units of local gov12 ernment shall not be used to supplant State or local funds

13 as the case may be, but shall be used to increase the amount

14 of funds that would, in the absence of funds made available

15 under this part, be made available from State or local

16 sources, as the case may be.

17 ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of a grant

19 received under this part may not exceed 90 percent of

20 the total program costs.

21 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—Notwith22 standing paragraph (1), with respect to the cost of

23 constructing juvenile detention or correctional facili24 ties, the Federal share of a grant received under this

25 part may not exceed 50 percent of approved cost.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1806. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.

2 ‘‘Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this part

3 may be used by a State or unit of local government that

4 receives a grant under this part to contract with private,

5 nonprofit entities, or community-based organizations to

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

7 ‘‘SEC. 1807. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

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

9 that receives funds under this part shall—

10 ‘‘(1) establish a trust fund in which the govern11 ment will deposit all payments received under this

12 part;

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

14 interest) during the period specified in section

15 1805(b)(1) and any extension of that period under

16 section 1805(b)(2);

17 ‘‘(3) designate an official of the State or spe18 cially qualified unit to submit reports as the Attorney

19 General reasonably requires, in addition to the an20 nual reports required under this part; and

21 ‘‘(4) spend the funds only for the purposes under

22 section 1801(b).

23 ‘‘(b) TITLE I PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise pro24 vided, the administrative provisions of part H shall apply

25 to this part and for purposes of this section any reference
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1 in such provisions to title I shall be deemed to include a

2 reference to this part.

3 ‘‘SEC. 1808. ASSESSMENT REPORTS.

4 ‘‘(a) REPORTS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), for each fiscal year for which a grant or

7 subgrant is awarded under this part, each State or

8 unit of local government that receives such a grant or

9 subgrant shall submit to the Attorney General a re10 port, at such time and in such manner as the Attor11 ney General may reasonably require, which report

12 shall include—

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

14 out with such grant or subgrant; and

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

16 such activities on achieving the purposes of this

17 part.

18 ‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may

19 waive the requirement of an assessment in paragraph

20 (1)(B) for a State or unit of local government if the

21 Attorney General determines 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 is

2 such that carrying out the assessment would not

3 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 days

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

10 grants are awarded under this part, the Attorney General

11 shall submit to the Congress a report, which shall include—

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

13 under subsection (a);

14 ‘‘(2) the assessment of the Attorney General of

15 the grant program carried out under this part; and

16 ‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney Gen17 eral considers appropriate.

18 ‘‘SEC. 1809. DEFINITIONS.

19 ‘‘For purposes of this part:

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

21 means—

22 ‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political

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

24 is a unit of local government as determined by
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1 the Secretary of Commerce for general statistical

2 purposes;

3 ‘‘(B) any law enforcement district or judi4 cial enforcement district that—

5 ‘‘(i) is established under applicable

6 State law; and

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

8 independent of other State entities, to estab9 lish a budget and raise revenues; and

10 ‘‘(C) the District of Columbia and the recog11 nized governing body of an Indian tribe or Alas12 kan Native village that carries out substantial

13 governmental duties and powers.

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

15 unit of local government which may receive funds

16 under this part only in accordance with section

17 1803(e).

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

19 United States, the District of Columbia, the Common20 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American

21 Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,

22 except that American Samoa, Guam, and the North23 ern Mariana Islands shall be considered as 1 State

24 and that, for purposes of section 1803(a), 33 percent

25 of the amounts allocated shall be allocated to Amer-
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1 ican Samoa, 50 percent to Guam, and 17 percent to

2 the Northern Mariana Islands.

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

4 who is 17 years of age or younger.

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

6 means expenditures in connection with the juvenile

7 justice system, including expenditures in connection

8 with such system to carry out—

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

10 and

11 ‘‘(B) other activities associated with pros12 ecutorial and judicial services and corrections as

13 reported to the Bureau of the Census for the fis14 cal year preceding the fiscal year for which a de15 termination is made under this part.

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

17 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape,

18 robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the

19 Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the

20 Uniform Crime Reports.

21 ‘‘SEC. 1810. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

24 ‘‘(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

25 ‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
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1 ‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.

2 ‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRA3 TION.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under

4 subsection (a), there shall be available to the Attorney Gen5 eral, for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004 (as ap6 plicable), to remain available until expended—

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

8 research, evaluation, and demonstration consistent

9 with this part;

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

11 training and technical assistance; and

12 ‘‘(3) not more than 1 percent, for administrative

13 costs to carry out the purposes of this part.

14 The Attorney General shall establish and execute an over15 sight plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipients.

16 ‘‘(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Appropriations for activities

17 authorized in this part may be made from the Violent

18 Crime Reduction Trust Fund.’’.

19 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

20 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect

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

22 the date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 4. TRANSITION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY IN2 CENTIVE BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM.

3 For each grant made from amounts made available for

4 the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants pro5 gram (as described under the heading ‘‘VIOLENT CRIME

6 REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND LOCAL LAW

7 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ in the Department of

8 Justice Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted by Public

9 Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1537–14)), the grant award shall

10 remain available to the grant recipient for not more than

11 36 months after the date of receipt of the grant.

Union Calendar No. 29

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 863

[Report No. 107–46]

A BILL

To provide grants to ensure increased

accountability for juvenile offenders.

APRIL 20, 2001

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed