103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

AN ACT

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

participation and juvenile drug trafficking.more effective programs to reduce juvenile gangStreets Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

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

10 (3) by inserting after part P the following new

11 part:
2

•HR 3353 EH

1 ‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND

2 GANG PREVENTION GRANTS

3 ‘‘SEC. 1701. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

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

5 make grants to States and units of local government or

6 combinations thereof to assist them in planning, establish7 ing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects di8 rectly or through grants and contracts with public and pri9 vate agencies for the development of more effective pro10 grams, including education, prevention, treatment and en11 forcement programs to reduce—

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

13 gangs; and

14 ‘‘(2) the use and sale of illegal drugs by juve15 niles.

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

17 section may be used for any of the following specific pur18 poses:

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

20 drug related crimes (including drug trafficking and

21 drug use), particularly in and around elementary

22 and secondary schools;

23 ‘‘(2) to reduce juvenile involvement in organized

24 crime, drug and gang-related activity, particularly

25 activities that involve the distribution of drugs by or

26 to juveniles;
3

•HR 3353 EH

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

2 address the problems of juveniles convicted of seri3 ous, drug-related and gang-related offenses;

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

5 activity in public housing projects;

6 ‘‘(5) to provide technical assistance and train7 ing to personnel and agencies responsible for the ad8 judicatory and corrections components of the juve9 nile justice system to identify drug-dependent or

10 gang-involved juvenile offenders and to provide ap11 propriate counseling and treatment to such offend12 ers;

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

14 in lawful activities, including—

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

16 and gang involvement are wrong; and

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

18 other activities, including girls and boys clubs,

19 scout troops, and little leagues;

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

21 with local school officials to develop education, pre22 vention and treatment programs for juveniles who

23 are likely to participate in drug trafficking, drug use

24 or gang-related activities;
4

•HR 3353 EH

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

2 treatment to juveniles in the juvenile justice system;

3 with the highest possible priority to providing drug

4 abuse treatment to drug-dependent pregnant juve5 niles and drug-dependent juvenile mothers;

6 ‘‘(9) to provide education and treatment pro7 grams for youth exposed to severe violence in their

8 homes, schools, or neighborhoods;

9 ‘‘(10) to establish sports mentoring and coach10 ing programs in which athletes serve as role models

11 for youth to teach that athletics provide a positive

12 alternative to drug and gang involvement;

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

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

15 challenges faced by juveniles living at or near Inter16 national Ports of Entry and in other international

17 border communities, including rural localities;

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

19 demand reduction and enforcement programs, to

20 replicate and demonstrate these programs to serve

21 as national, regional or local models that could be

22 used, in whole or in part, by other public and private

23 juvenile justice programs, and to provide technical

24 assistance and training to public or private organiza25 tions to implement similar programs; and
5

•HR 3353 EH

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

2 drug prevention programs with other existing Fed3 eral programs that serve community youth to better

4 address the comprehensive needs of such youth.

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

6 grant made under this part may not exceed 75 percent

7 of the total costs of the projects described in applications

8 submitted under this section for the fiscal year for which

9 the projects receive assistance under this part.

10 ‘‘(2) The Director may waive the 25 percent match11 ing requirement under paragraph (1), upon making a de12 termination that such waiver is equitable due to the finan13 cial circumstances affecting the ability of the applicant to

14 meet such requirements.

15 ‘‘SEC. 1702. APPLICATIONS.

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

17 grants under this part shall submit an application to the

18 Director in such form and containing such information as

19 the Director shall reasonably require.’’.

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con21 tents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

22 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is amended

23 by striking the matter relating to part Q and inserting

24 the following:

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

‘‘Sec. 1701. Grant authorization.
6

•HR 3353 EH

‘‘Sec. 1702. Applications.

‘‘PART R—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER

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

1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con3 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is

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

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

6 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995

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

Passed the House of Representatives November 3,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.