Union Calendar No. 173

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

[Report No. 103–322]

A BILL

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

NOVEMBER 3, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 173

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3353

[Report No. 103–322]

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

NOVEMBER 3, 1993

Additional sponsor: Mr. HUGHES

NOVEMBER 3, 1993

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 October 26, 1993]

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.
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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:

12 ‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND

13 GANG PREVENTION GRANTS

14 ‘‘SEC. 1701. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

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

16 make grants to States and units of local government or com17 binations thereof to assist them in planning, establishing,

18 operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects directly or

19 through grants and contracts with public and private agen20 cies for the development of more effective programs, includ21 ing education, prevention, treatment and enforcement pro22 grams to reduce—

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

24 gangs; and
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1 ‘‘(2) the use and sale of illegal drugs by juve2 niles.

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

4 section may be used for any of the following specific pur5 poses:

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

7 drug related crimes (including drug trafficking and

8 drug use), particularly in and around elementary

9 and secondary schools;

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

11 crime, drug and gang-related activity, particularly

12 activities that involve the distribution of drugs by or

13 to juveniles;

14 ‘‘(3) to develop new and innovative means to ad15 dress the problems of juveniles convicted of serious,

16 drug-related and gang-related offenses;

17 ‘‘(4) to reduce juvenile drug and gang-related ac18 tivity in public housing projects;

19 ‘‘(5) to provide technical assistance and training

20 to personnel and agencies responsible for the adju21 dicatory and corrections components of the juvenile

22 justice system to identify drug-dependent or gang-in23 volved juvenile offenders and to provide appropriate

24 counseling and treatment to such offenders;
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1 ‘‘(6) to promote the involvement of all juveniles

2 in lawful activities, including—

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

4 and gang involvement are wrong; and

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

6 other activities, including girls and boys clubs,

7 scout troops, and little leagues;

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

9 with local school officials to develop education, pre10 vention and treatment programs for juveniles who are

11 likely to participate in drug trafficking, drug use or

12 gang-related activities;

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

14 treatment to juveniles in the juvenile justice system;

15 with the highest possible priority to providing drug

16 abuse treatment to drug-dependent pregnant juveniles

17 and drug-dependent juvenile mothers;

18 ‘‘(9) to provide education and treatment pro19 grams for youth exposed to severe violence in their

20 homes, schools, or neighborhoods;

21 ‘‘(10) to establish sports mentoring and coaching

22 programs in which athletes serve as role models for

23 youth to teach that athletics provide a positive alter24 native to drug and gang involvement;
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1 ‘‘(11) to develop new programs that specifically

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

3 challenges faced by juveniles living at or near Inter4 national Ports of Entry and in other international

5 border communities, including rural localities;

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

7 demand reduction and enforcement programs, to rep8 licate and demonstrate these programs to serve as na9 tional, regional or local models that could be used, in

10 whole or in part, by other public and private juvenile

11 justice programs, and to provide technical assistance

12 and training to public or private organizations to

13 implement similar programs; and

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

15 drug prevention programs with other existing Federal

16 programs that serve community youth to better ad17 dress the comprehensive needs of such youth.

18 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant

19 made under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the total

20 costs of the projects described in applications submitted

21 under this section for the fiscal year for which the projects

22 receive assistance under this part.

23 ‘‘SEC. 1702. APPLICATIONS.

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

25 grants under this part shall submit an application to the
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1 Director in such form and containing such information as

2 the Director shall reasonably require.’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

4 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

5 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is amended by striking

6 the matter relating to part Q and inserting 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.’’.

7 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con9 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is

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

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

12 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995

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