Calendar No. 270

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

AN ACT

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

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participation and juvenile drug trafficking.more effective programs to reduce juvenile gangStreets Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop

OVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

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Calendar No. 270

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

AN ACT

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop more effective

programs to reduce juvenile gang participation and juvenile drug trafficking.

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

3 SECTION 1. JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND GANG PRE4 VENTION GRANTS.

5 (a) The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

6 of 1968, is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating part Q as part R;

8 (2) by redesignating section 1701 as section

9 1801; and
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1 (3) by inserting after part P the following new

2 part:

3 ‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND

4 GANG PREVENTION GRANTS

5 ‘‘SEC. 1701. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to

7 make grants to States and units of local government or

8 combinations thereof to assist them in planning, establish9 ing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects di10 rectly or through grants and contracts with public and pri11 vate agencies for the development of more effective pro12 grams, including education, prevention, treatment and en13 forcement programs to reduce—

14 ‘‘(1) the formation or continuation of juvenile

15 gangs; and

16 ‘‘(2) the use and sale of illegal drugs by juve17 niles.

18 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—The grants made under this

19 section may be used for any of the following specific pur20 poses:

21 ‘‘(1) to reduce the participation of juveniles in

22 drug related crimes (including drug trafficking and

23 drug use), particularly in and around elementary

24 and secondary schools;
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1 ‘‘(2) to reduce juvenile involvement in organized

2 crime, drug and gang-related activity, particularly

3 activities that involve the distribution of drugs by or

4 to juveniles;

5 ‘‘(3) to develop new and innovative means to

6 address the problems of juveniles convicted of seri7 ous, drug-related and gang-related offenses;

8 ‘‘(4) to reduce juvenile drug and gang-related

9 activity in public housing projects;

10 ‘‘(5) to provide technical assistance and train11 ing to personnel and agencies responsible for the ad12 judicatory and corrections components of the juve13 nile justice system to identify drug-dependent or

14 gang-involved juvenile offenders and to provide ap15 propriate counseling and treatment to such offend16 ers;

17 ‘‘(6) to promote the involvement of all juveniles

18 in lawful activities, including—

19 ‘‘(A) school programs that teach that drug

20 and gang involvement are wrong; and

21 ‘‘(B) programs such as youth sports and

22 other activities, including girls and boys clubs,

23 scout troops, and little leagues;

24 ‘‘(7) to facilitate Federal and State cooperation

25 with local school officials to develop education, pre-
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1 vention and treatment programs for juveniles who

2 are likely to participate in drug trafficking, drug use

3 or gang-related activities;

4 ‘‘(8) to provide pre- and post-trial drug abuse

5 treatment to juveniles in the juvenile justice system;

6 with the highest possible priority to providing drug

7 abuse treatment to drug-dependent pregnant juve8 niles and drug-dependent juvenile mothers;

9 ‘‘(9) to provide education and treatment pro10 grams for youth exposed to severe violence in their

11 homes, schools, or neighborhoods;

12 ‘‘(10) to establish sports mentoring and coach13 ing programs in which athletes serve as role models

14 for youth to teach that athletics provide a positive

15 alternative to drug and gang involvement;

16 ‘‘(11) to develop new programs that specifically

17 address the unique crime, drug, and alcohol-related

18 challenges faced by juveniles living at or near Inter19 national Ports of Entry and in other international

20 border communities, including rural localities;

21 ‘‘(12) to identify promising new juvenile drug

22 demand reduction and enforcement programs, to

23 replicate and demonstrate these programs to serve

24 as national, regional or local models that could be

25 used, in whole or in part, by other public and private
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1 juvenile justice programs, and to provide technical

2 assistance and training to public or private organiza3 tions to implement similar programs; and

4 ‘‘(13) to coordinate violence, gang, and juvenile

5 drug prevention programs with other existing Fed6 eral programs that serve community youth to better

7 address the comprehensive needs of such youth.

8 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—(1) The Federal share of a

9 grant made under this part may not exceed 75 percent

10 of the total costs of the projects described in applications

11 submitted under this section for the fiscal year for which

12 the projects receive assistance under this part.

13 ‘‘(2) The Director may waive the 25 percent match14 ing requirement under paragraph (1), upon making a de15 termination that such waiver is equitable due to the finan16 cial circumstances affecting the ability of the applicant to

17 meet such requirements.

18 ‘‘SEC. 1702. APPLICATIONS.

19 ‘‘A State or unit of local government applying for

20 grants under this part shall submit an application to the

21 Director in such form and containing such information as

22 the Director shall reasonably require.’’.

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con24 tents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

25 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is amended
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1 by striking the matter relating to part Q and inserting

2 the following:

‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND GANG PREVENTION GRANTS

‘‘Sec. 1701. Grant authorization.

‘‘Sec. 1702. Applications.

‘‘PART R—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER

‘‘Sec. 1801. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.

3 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con5 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is

6 amended by adding after paragraph (10) the following:

7 ‘‘(11) There are authorized to be appropriated

8 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995

9 to carry out the projects under part Q.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives November 3,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.