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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 26, 1993

Mr. BROOKS (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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 SEC. 101. 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 T as part U;
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1 (2) by redesignating section 2001 as section

2 2101; and

3 (3) by inserting after part S the following new

4 part:

5 ‘‘PART T—JUVENILE DRUG

6 TRAFFICKING AND GANG

7 PREVENTION GRANTS

8 ‘‘SEC. 2001. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

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

10 make grants to States and units of general local govern11 ment or combinations thereof to assist them in planning,

12 establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating

13 projects directly or through grants and contracts with

14 public and private agencies for the development of more

15 effective programs, including education, prevention, treat16 ment and enforcement programs to reduce—

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

18 gangs; and

19 ‘‘(2) the use and sale of illegal drugs by juve20 niles.

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

22 section may be used for any of the following specific pur23 poses:

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

25 drug related crimes (including drug trafficking and
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1 drug use), particularly in and around elementary

2 and secondary schools;

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

4 crime, drug and gang-related activity, particularly

5 activities that involve the distribution of drugs by or

6 to juveniles;

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

8 address the problems of juveniles convicted of seri9 ous, drug-related and gang-related offenses;

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

11 activity in public housing projects;

12 ‘‘(5) to provide technical assistance and train13 ing to personnel and agencies responsible for the ad14 judicatory and corrections components of the juve15 nile justice system to identify drug-dependent or

16 gang-involved juvenile offenders and to provide

17 appropriate counseling and treatment to such

18 offenders;

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

20 in lawful activities, including—

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

22 and gang involvement are wrong;

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

24 other activities, including girls and boys clubs,

25 scout troops, and little leagues;
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1 ‘‘(7) to facilitate Federal and State cooperation

2 with local school officials to develop education, pre3 vention and treatment programs for juveniles who

4 are likely to participate in drug trafficking, drug use

5 or gang-related activities;

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

7 treatment to juveniles in the juvenile justice system;

8 with the highest possible priority to providing drug

9 abuse treatment to drug-dependent pregnant juve10 niles and drug-dependent juvenile mothers;

11 ‘‘(9) to provide education and treatment pro12 grams for youth exposed to severe violence in their

13 homes, schools, or neighborhoods;

14 ‘‘(10) to establish sports mentoring and coach15 ing programs in which athletes serve as role models

16 for youth to teach that athletics provide a positive

17 alternative to drug and gang involvement;

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

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

20 challenges faced by juveniles living at or near Inter21 national Ports of Entry and in other international

22 border communities, including rural localities; and

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

24 demand reduction and enforcement programs, to

25 replicate and demonstrate these programs to serve
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1 as national, regional or local models that could be

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

3 juvenile justice programs, and to provide technical

4 assistance and training to public or private organiza5 tions to implement similar programs.

6 ‘‘SEC. 2002. APPLICATIONS.

7 A State or unit of local government applying for

8 grants under this part shall submit an application to the

9 Director in such form and containing such information as

10 the Director shall reasonably require.’’.

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con12 tents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

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

14 by striking the matter relating to part T and inserting

15 the following:

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

‘‘Sec. 2001. Grant authorization.

‘‘Sec. 2002. Applications.

‘‘PART V—TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALER

‘‘Sec. 2101. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

17 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

18 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is amended by add19 ing after paragraph (13) the following:

20 ‘‘(14) There are authorized to be appropriated

21 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and

22 1995 to carry out the projects under part T.’’.
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