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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3980

To support and assist drug courts.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 8, 1994

Mr. SCHUMER (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred

jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To support and assist drug courts.

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

3 SECTION 1. GRANT AUTHORITY.

4 The Attorney General may make grants to units of

5 State and local government, and to other public and pri6 vate entities, for programs that involve continuing judicial

7 supervision over specified categories of persons with sub8 stance abuse problems, and that involve the integrated ad9 ministration of other sanctions and services including—

10 (1) testing for the use of controlled substances

11 or other addictive substances;

12 (2) substance abuse treatment;
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1 (3) diversion, probation, or other supervised re2 lease involving the possibility of prosecution, confine3 ment, or incarceration based on noncompliance with

4 program requirements or failure to show satisfactory

5 progress; and

6 (4) programmatic or health related aftercare

7 services such as relapse prevention, education, voca8 tional training, job placement, housing placement,

9 and child care or other family support services.

10 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.

11 (a) COLLABORATION.—The Attorney General may

12 consult or collaborate with the Secretary of Health and

13 Human Services and any other appropriate officials in car14 rying out this Act.

15 (b) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General

16 may utilize any component or components of the Depart17 ment of Justice in carrying out this Act.

18 (c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Attorney Gen19 eral may issue regulations and guidelines to carry out this

20 Act, including specifications concerning application re21 quirements, selection criteria, duration and renewal of

22 grants, evaluation requirements, matching funds, limita23 tion of administrative expenses, submission of reports by

24 grantees, recordkeeping by grantees, and access to books,
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1 records, and documents maintained by grantees or other

2 persons for purposes of audit or examination.

3 (d) APPLICATIONS.—In addition to any other require4 ments that may be specified by the Attorney General, an

5 application for a grant under this Act shall—

6 (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed

7 implementation plan;

8 (2) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the

9 program adequately without Federal assistance;

10 (3) certify that the Federal support provided

11 will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State

12 and local sources of funding that would otherwise be

13 available;

14 (4) identify related governmental or community

15 initiatives which complement or will be coordinated

16 with the proposal;

17 (5) certify that there has been appropriate con18 sultation with all affected agencies, and that there

19 will be appropriate coordination with all affected

20 agencies in the implementation of the program;

21 (6) specify plans for obtaining necessary sup22 port and continuing the proposed program following

23 the conclusion of Federal support; and

24 (7) describe the methodology that will be uti25 lized in evaluating the program.
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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUA2 TION.

3 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The

4 Attorney General may provide technical assistance and

5 training in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.

6 (b) EVALUATIONS.—In addition to any evaluation re7 quirements that may be prescribed for grantees, the Attor8 ney General may carry out or make arrangements for eval9 uations of programs that receive support under this Act.

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The technical assistance,

11 training, and evaluations authorized by this section may

12 be carried out directly by the Attorney General, in collabo13 ration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,

14 or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative arrange15 ments with other entities.

16 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There are authorized to be appropriated

18 $200,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and

19 1997 to carry out this Act.

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