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Union Calendar No. 417 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1064 

[Report No. 111–688, Part I] 

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 

delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency 

to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and lawabiding lives. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2009 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CAO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 

WEINER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

SERRANO, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. CLAY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 

ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Ms. CLARKE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STARK, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. WATT, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. 

RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education 

and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period 

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ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

DECEMBER 16, 2010 

Reported from Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 16, 2010 

Referral to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 

and Financial Services extended for a period ending not later than December 17, 2010 

DECEMBER 17, 2010 

Referral to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 

and Financial Services extended for a period ending not later than December 21, 2010 

DECEMBER 21, 2010 

Referral to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 

and Financial Services extended for a period ending not later than December 22, 2010 

DECEMBER 22, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 

Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. GONZALEZ, 

Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. DOYLE, 

Mr. HARE, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SIRES, 

Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. BISHOP

of New York, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. JONES, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. NYE, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. WAXMAN, 

Mr. PLATTS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LOEBSACK, 

Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. 

FORBES, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. REYES, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BACA, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. WELCH, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. WALZ, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 

KISSELL, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. CUELLAR, 

Mr. STUPAK, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ENGEL, 

Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HODES, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 

KLEIN of Florida, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Ms. KILROY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. HILL, Mr. 

DOGGETT, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. PASCRELL, 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARDOZA, 

Mr. BERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, 


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Mr. ARCURI, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. 

LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. 

CHANDLER, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 

RAHALL, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, 

Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. ALTMIRE, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. DICKS, 

Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. TITUS, Mr. KINGSTON, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 

Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, 

Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 

BOCCIERI, Mr. SPACE, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. WU, Ms. CHU, 

Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. MASSA, Mr. ROSS, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. 

HERSETH SANDLIN, and Mr. GARAMENDI

DECEMBER 22, 2010 

The Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 13, 2009] 


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A BILL 

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related 

to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure 

that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and 

law-abiding lives. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Prison Reduction 

5 through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, 

6 and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘Youth PROMISE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

8 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION AND EFFORTS 

Sec. 101. PROMISE Advisory Panel. 

Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation. 

TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

Sec. 200. Purposes. 

Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 

Sec. 201. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized. 

Sec. 202. PROMISE Coordinating Councils. 

Sec. 203. Needs and strengths assessment. 

Sec. 204. PROMISE Plan components. 

Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 

Sec. 211. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized. 

Sec. 212. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements. 

Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines. 

Sec. 214. Reports. 

Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

Sec. 221. Non-supplanting clause. 

Sec. 222. Grant application review panel. 

Sec. 223. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs. 

TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH CENTERS 

Sec. 301. Establishment of the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices. 

Sec. 302. Grants for Regional Research Proven Practices Partnerships. 


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TITLE IV—YOUTH–ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 

Sec. 401. Purpose. 

Sec. 402. Definitions. 

Sec. 403. Grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire and 

train youth-oriented policing officers. 

Sec. 404. Establishment of Center for Youth-oriented Policing. 

Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE V—ENHANCED FEDERAL SUPPORT OF LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Designation as a comprehensive gang prevention and relief area. 

Sec. 503. Interagency Gang Prevention Task Force. 

Sec. 504. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Community and Police Collaboration 

Sec. 511. Gang prevention grants. 

Subtitle C—City Youth Violence Recovery 

Sec. 521. Grants to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence. 

TITLE VI—PRECAUTION ACT 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Purposes. 

Sec. 603. Definitions. 

Sec. 604. National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime and Delinquency Prevention. 

Sec. 605. Innovative crime and delinquency prevention and intervention strategy 

grants. 

TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO JUVENILE JUSTICE 

Sec. 701. Youth Victim and Witness Assistance Program. 

‘‘Sec. 31707. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 702. Expansion and reauthorization of the Mentoring Initiative for systeminvolved youth. 

Sec. 703. Study on adolescent development and sentences in the Federal system. 

Sec. 704. Partnerships with professional athletic leagues. 

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of Juve5 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 


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1 (2) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘community’’ means 

2 a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe, or 

3 part of such a unit or Tribe, as determined by such 

4 a unit or Tribe for the purpose of applying for a 

5 grant under this Act. 

6 (3) DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The term 

7 ‘‘designated geographic area’’ means a 5-digit postal 

8 ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by the 

9 United States Postal Service. 

10 (4) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence11 based’’, when used with respect to a practice relating 

12 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac13 tivity prevention and intervention, means a practice 

14 (including a service, program, or strategy) that has 

15 statistically significant juvenile delinquency and 

16 criminal street gang activity reduction outcomes when 

17 evaluated by— 

18 (A) an experimental trial, in which partici19 pants are randomly assigned to participate in 

20 the practice that is the subject of the trial; or 

21 (B) a quasi-experimental trial, in which the 

22 outcomes for participants are compared with 

23 outcomes for a control group that is made up of 

24 individuals who are similar to such partici25 pants. 


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1 (5) INTERVENTION.—The term ‘‘intervention’’ 

2 means the provision of programs and services that are 

3 supported by research, are evidence-based or prom4 ising practices, and are provided to youth who are in5 volved in, or who are identified by evidence-based risk 

6 assessment methods as being at high risk of continued 

7 involvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 

8 street gangs, as a result of indications that dem9 onstrate involvement with problems such as truancy, 

10 substance abuse, mental health treatment needs, or 

11 siblings who have had involvement with juvenile or 

12 criminal justice systems. 

13 (6) JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIMINAL

14 STREET GANG ACTIVITY PREVENTION.—The term ‘‘ju15 venile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

16 prevention’’ means the provision of programs and re17 sources to children and families who have not yet had 

18 substantial contact with criminal justice or juvenile 

19 justice systems, that— 

20 (A) are designed to reduce potential juvenile 

21 delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

22 risks; and 

23 (B) are evidence-based or promising edu24 cational, health, mental health, school-based, 

25 community-based, faith-based, parenting, job 


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1 training, social opportunities and experiences, or 

2 other programs, for youth and their families, 

3 that have been demonstrated to be effective in re4 ducing juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

5 gang activity risks. 

6 (7) PROMISING.—The term ‘‘promising’’, when 

7 used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile de8 linquency and criminal street gang activity preven9 tion and intervention, means a practice that is not 

10 evidence-based, but— 

11 (A) that has outcomes from an evaluation 

12 that demonstrate that such practice reduces juve13 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ14 ity; and 

15 (B) about which a study is being conducted 

16 to determine if such practice is evidence-based. 

17 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 

18 several States, the District of Columbia, the Common19 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 

20 Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 

21 any other territories or possessions of the United 

22 States. 

23 (9) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means— 

24 (A) an individual who is 18 years of age or 

25 younger; or 


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1 (B) in any State in which the maximum 

2 age at which the juvenile justice system of such 

3 State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 

4 18 years of age, an individual who is such max5 imum age or younger. 

6 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA7 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

8 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA9 TION AND EFFORTS 

10 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

11 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP MEM12 BER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Juvenile 

13 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

14 5633(f)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(1) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

18 MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—The Administrator 

19 shall provide technical and financial assistance to a 

20 nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is described 

21 in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986, to assist such organization in carrying out the 

23 functions specified in paragraph (2). To receive such 

24 assistance, an organization shall— 

25 ‘‘(A) be governed by individuals who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) have been appointed by a chief ex2 ecutive of a State to serve as a State advi3 sory group member under subsection (a)(3); 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a governing 

6 officer of such organization by a majority of 

7 the Chairs (or Chair-designees) of all such 

8 State advisory groups; 

9 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from a 

10 majority of such State advisory groups, who 

11 shall be representative of regionally and demo12 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; and 

13 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

14 chief executive of each State of one State advi15 sory group member and one alternate State advi16 sory group member from each such State to im17 plement the advisory functions specified in sub18 paragraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), in19 cluding serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

20 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint21 ments available to the public.’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara23 graph (D) to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(D) advising the Administrator with re25 spect to particular functions or aspects of the 


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1 work of the Office, and appointing a representa2 tive, diverse group of members of such organiza3 tion under paragraph (1) to serve as an advisory 

4 panel of State juvenile justice advisors (referred 

5 to as the ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry 

6 out the functions specified in subsection (g); 

7 and’’. 

8 (b) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.—Section 223 of the 

9 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

10 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at the end 

11 the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS.—The PROMISE Advisory 

14 Panel required under subsection (f)(2)(D) shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) assess successful evidence-based and 

16 promising practices related to juvenile delin17 quency and criminal street gang activity preven18 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

19 Coordinating Councils under such Act; 

20 ‘‘(B) provide the Administrator with a list 

21 of individuals who have experience in admin22 istering or evaluating practices that serve youth 

23 involved in, or at risk of involvement in, juvenile 

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1 from which the Administrator shall select indi2 viduals who shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

4 reviews of applications submitted by units 

5 of local government and Indian tribes pur6 suant to title II of such Act, to ensure that 

7 such applications demonstrate a clear plan 

8 to— 

9 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en10 tire family unit; and 

11 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

12 service to youth among agencies; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re14 spect to the award and allocation of PROM15 ISE Planning grants to local and tribal 

16 governments that develop PROMISE Co17 ordinating Councils, and of PROMISE Im18 plementation grants to such PROMISE Co19 ordinating Councils, pursuant to title II of 

20 such Act; 

21 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

22 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

23 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

24 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

25 changes achieved as a result of such programs 


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1 and activities related to decreases in juvenile de2 linquency and criminal street gang activity, in3 cluding— 

4 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at5 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi6 nal street gang activity; 

7 ‘‘(ii) diversion of youth with a high 

8 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

9 delinquency or criminal street gang activ10 ity; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

12 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

13 result of such programs and activities, and 

14 the reinvestment by the unit or Tribe of any 

15 such savings; and 

16 ‘‘(D) provide the Center for Youth-oriented 

17 Policing with a list of individuals the Panel rec18 ommends for membership on the Youth-oriented 

19 Policing Services Advisory Board, pursuant to 

20 section 403(c) of the Youth PROMISE Act. 

21 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 

22 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

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1 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con2 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 

3 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

4 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

5 Tribe.’’. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven8 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 

11 carry out this title— 

12 ‘‘(A) $6,800,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

13 ‘‘(B) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

14 ‘‘(C) $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

15 ‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

16 ‘‘(E) $13,600,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 

17 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO18 CATION. 

19 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETERMINE

20 NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 

21 Administrator shall award a grant, on a competitive basis, 

22 to an organization to— 

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1 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re2 sources in each designated geographic area; 

3 (2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

4 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo5 graphic areas that are in need of resources to carry 

6 out juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac7 tivity prevention and intervention; 

8 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

9 paragraph (1) to rank such areas in descending order 

10 by the amount of need for resources to carry out juve11 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

12 prevention and intervention, ranking the area with 

13 the greatest need for such resources highest; and 

14 (4) periodically update the list under paragraph 

15 (2) and the rankings under paragraph (3) as the Ad16 ministrator determines to be appropriate. 

17 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and deter18 mining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

19 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

20 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

21 (1) using the geographic information system and 

22 web-based mapping application known as the Socio23 economic Mapping and Resource Topography 

24 (SMART) system; 


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1 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of 

3 Housing and Urban Development, and the Depart4 ment of Education; and 

5 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

6 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

7 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

8 (c) USE OF DATA BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The list 

9 and rankings required by this section shall be provided to 

10 the Administrator to be used to provide funds under this 

11 Act in the most strategic and effective manner to ensure 

12 that resources and services are provided to youth in the 

13 communities with the greatest need for such resources and 

14 services. 

15 (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF COLLECTED DATA.—The 

16 information collected and analyzed under this section may 

17 not be used for any purpose other than to carry out the 

18 purposes of this Act. Such information may not be used 

19 for any purpose related to the investigation or prosecution 

20 of any person, or for profiling of individuals based on race, 

21 ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other characteristic. 

22 (e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2010 

24 to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II of this 

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1 percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, 

2 shall be available to carry out this section. 

3 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

4 SEC. 200. PURPOSES. 

5 The purposes of the grant programs established under 

6 this title are to— 

7 (1) enable local and tribal communities to assess 

8 the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, or are 

9 at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

10 criminal street gangs; 

11 (2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

12 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin13 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac14 tices; and 

15 (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

16 manner consistent with this Act. 

17 Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 

18 and Planning Grants 

19 SEC. 201. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

20 AUTHORIZED. 

21 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is au22 thorized to award grants to units of local government and 

23 Indian Tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

24 with planning and assessing evidence-based and promising 

25 practices relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 


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1 street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially 

2 for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk of involve3 ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac4 tivity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils shall— 

5 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths as6 sessment in accordance with section 203; and 

7 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

8 with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 

9 in accordance with section 203. 

10 (b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCATION.— 

11 (1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

12 section shall be for a period not to exceed one year. 

13 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant award14 ed under this section shall not exceed $300,000. 

15 (c) ALLOCATION.— 

16 (1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the avail17 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall en18 sure that the total funds allocated under this section 

19 to units of local governments and Indian tribes in a 

20 State shall not be less than $1,000,000. 

21 (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount made 

22 available for grants under this section for any fiscal 

23 year is less than the amount required to provide the 

24 minimum allocation of funds under paragraph (1) to 

25 units of local government and Indian tribes in each 


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1 State, then the amount of such minimum allocation 

2 shall be ratably reduced. 

3 SEC. 202. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

4 To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, 

5 a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe shall estab6 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu7 nity of such unit or Tribe, respectively, for which such unit 

8 or Tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 

9 such community shall include one or more designated geo10 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

11 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordinating 

12 Council shall be representatives of public and private sector 

13 entities and individuals that— 

14 (1) shall include, to the extent possible, at least 

15 one representative from each of the following: 

16 (A) the local chief executive’s office; 

17 (B) a local educational agency; 

18 (C) a local health agency or provider; 

19 (D) a local mental health agency or pro20 vider, unless the representative under subpara21 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

22 subparagraph; 

23 (E) a local public housing agency; 

24 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

25 (G) a local child welfare agency; 


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1 (H) a local juvenile court; 

2 (I) a local juvenile prosecutor’s office; 

3 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti4 ty; 

5 (K) a local juvenile public defender’s office; 

6 (L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

7 (M) a local business community representa8 tive; and 

9 (N) a local faith-based community rep10 resentative; 

11 (2) shall include two representatives from each of 

12 the following: 

13 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

14 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

15 criminal justice systems; 

16 (B) youth between the ages of 15 and 24 

17 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

18 Tribe; and 

19 (C) members from nonprofit community20 based organizations that provide effective delin21 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

22 the jurisdiction of the unit or Tribe; and 

23 (3) may include other members, as the unit or 

24 Tribe determines to be appropriate. 


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1 SEC. 203. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

2 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

3 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government or 

4 Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objective 

5 strengths and needs assessment of the resources of the com6 munity for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council 

7 was established, to identify the unmet needs of youth in the 

8 community with respect to evidence-based and promising 

9 practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

10 gang activity prevention and intervention. The PROMISE 

11 Coordinating Council shall consult with a research partner 

12 receiving a grant under section 302 for assistance with such 

13 assessment. Such assessment shall include, with respect to 

14 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

15 Council was established— 

16 (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in17 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac18 tivity; 

19 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju20 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

21 including the number of such youth who are at high22 risk of continued involvement; 

23 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum24 mer; 

25 (4) the number of individuals on public finan26 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the numbers 


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1 of men, women, and children on such assistance), the 

2 estimated number of youth who are chronically tru3 ant, and the number of youth who have dropped out 

4 of school in the previous year; and 

5 (5) for the year before such assessment, the esti6 mated total amount expended (by the community and 

7 other entities) for the incarceration of offenders who 

8 were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an of9 fense that was committed in such community, includ10 ing amounts expended for the incarceration of offend11 ers in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that are lo12 cated in the United States but are not located in such 

13 community; 

14 (6) a comparison of the amount under para15 graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 

16 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

17 described in such paragraph if the number of offend18 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na19 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu20 lation; and 

21 (7) a description of evidence-based and prom22 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

23 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

24 youth in the community, including school-based pro25 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 


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1 that have activities available for youth between 3:00 

2 and 6:00 in the afternoon), weekend activities and 

3 programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and com4 munity-based programs, summer activities, and sum5 mer jobs, if any; and 

6 (8) a description of evidence-based and prom7 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

8 community. 

9 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA10 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

11 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE Plan 

12 in accordance with this subtitle. 

13 SEC. 204. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

15 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government or 

16 Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROMISE 

17 Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro18 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and prom19 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

20 street gang activity prevention and intervention to youth 

21 and families who reside in the community for which such 

22 PROMISE Coordinating Council was established. Such a 

23 PROMISE Plan shall— 

24 (1) include the strategy by which the PROMISE 

25 Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and allocate 


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1 resources and services toward the unmet needs of 

2 youth in the community, consistent with the needs 

3 and available resources of communities with the 

4 greatest need for assistance, as determined pursuant 

5 to section 102; 

6 (2) include a combination of evidence-based and 

7 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

8 are responsive to the needs of the community; 

9 (3) take into account the cultural and linguistic 

10 needs of the community; and 

11 (4) use approaches that have been shown to be ef12 fective at reducing the rates of juvenile delinquency 

13 and criminal street gang activity in communities. 

14 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

15 Plan shall— 

16 (1) include a plan to connect youth identified in 

17 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(a) to evidence18 based and promising practices related to juvenile de19 linquency and criminal street gang activity preven20 tion and intervention; 

21 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

22 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi23 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

24 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent defense 

25 delivery systems, with particular attention given to 


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1 groups of children who are disproportionately rep2 resented in the State delinquency system and Federal 

3 criminal justice system, as compared to the represen4 tation of such groups in the general population of the 

5 State; 

6 (4) provide for training (which complies with the 

7 American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Stand8 ards for the representation and care of youth in the 

9 juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, defenders, pro10 bation officers, judges and other court personnel re11 lated to issues concerning the developmental needs, 

12 challenges, and potential of youth in the juvenile jus13 tice system, (including training related to adolescent 

14 development and mental health issues, and the ex15 pected impact of evidence-based practices and cost re16 duction strategies); 

17 (5) ensure that the number of youth involved in 

18 the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 

19 does not increase as a result of the activities under20 taken with the funds provided under this subtitle; 

21 (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will be 

22 used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to pro23 vide at-risk youth with evidence-based and promising 

24 practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

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1 (7) propose the performance evaluation process 

2 to be used to carry out section 211(d), which shall in3 clude performance measures to assess efforts to ad4 dress the unmet needs of youth in the community 

5 with evidence-based and promising practices related 

6 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac7 tivity prevention and intervention; and 

8 (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 

9 Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 

10 on evidence-based and promising practices related to 

11 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

12 prevention and intervention, and for the evaluation 

13 under section 211(d) of the results of the activities 

14 carried out with funds under this subtitle. 

15 (c) VOLUNTARY COMPONENTS.—In addition to the 

16 components under subsection (b), a PROMISE Plan may 

17 include evidence-based or promising practices related to ju18 venile delinquency and criminal street gang activity pre19 vention and intervention in the following categories: 

20 (1) Early childhood development services (such 

21 as pre-natal and neo-natal health services), early 

22 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro23 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, parenting 

24 and healthy relationship skills training, child abuse 


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1 prevention programs, Early Head Start, and Head 

2 Start. 

3 (2) Child protection and safety services (such as 

4 foster care and adoption assistance programs), family 

5 stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 

6 family violence intervention programs. 

7 (3) Youth and adolescent development services, 

8 including job training and apprenticeship programs, 

9 job placement and retention training, education and 

10 after school programs (such as school programs with 

11 shared governance by students, teachers, and parents, 

12 and activities for youth between the hours of 3:00 and 

13 6:00 in the afternoon), mentoring programs, conflict 

14 resolution skills training, sports, arts, life skills, em15 ployment and recreation programs, summer jobs, and 

16 summer recreation programs, and alternative school 

17 resources for youth who have dropped out of school or 

18 demonstrate chronic truancy. 

19 (4) Heath and mental health services, including 

20 cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer 

21 mentoring and counseling. 

22 (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

23 services, including harm-reduction strategies. 


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1 (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

2 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

3 for runaway and homeless youth). 

4 (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 

5 exit services such as tattoo removal, successful models 

6 of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as ‘‘street 

7 worker’’ programs), and other criminal street gang 

8 truce or peacemaking activities. 

9 (8) Training and education programs for preg10 nant teens and teen parents. 

11 (9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

12 programs (such as mandated participation in com13 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

14 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 

15 (10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv16 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 

17 transitioning back into and reentering the commu18 nity. 

19 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 Subject to the limitation under section 102(e), there 

21 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010, 

22 $300,000,000 to carry out this subtitle and section 102. 


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1 Subtitle B—PROMISE 

2 Implementation Grants 

3 SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR4 IZED. 

5 (a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR6 IZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

7 and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award grants 

8 to units of local government and Indian Tribes to assist 

9 PROMISE Coordinating Councils with implementing 

10 PROMISE Plans (developed pursuant to subtitle A). 

11 (b) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

12 (1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

13 section shall be for a four-year period. 

14 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant award15 ed under this section shall not be for more than 

16 $10,000,000 per year for each year of the grant pe17 riod. 

18 (c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fiscal 

19 year during the four-year grant period for a grant under 

20 this subtitle, each unit of local government or Indian Tribe 

21 receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordinating Coun22 cil shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in cash or in 

23 kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities carried out 

24 with such grant. 


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1 (d) EVALUATION.—Of any funds provided to a unit 

2 of local government or an Indian Tribe for a grant under 

3 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro4 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

5 assess the progress of the unit or Tribe in addressing the 

6 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance with 

7 the performance measures under section 204(b)(7). 

8 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION 

9 REQUIREMENTS. 

10 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to receive 

11 a PROMISE Implementation grant under this subtitle, a 

12 unit of local government or Indian Tribe that received a 

13 PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under subtitle 

14 A shall submit an application to the Administrator of the 

15 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention not 

16 later than one year after the date such unit of local govern17 ment or Indian Tribe was awarded such grant under sub18 title A, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa19 tion, as the Administrator, after consultation with the orga20 nization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and 

21 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), 

22 may require. 

23 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

24 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 


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1 (1) identify potential savings from criminal jus2 tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

3 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

4 practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

5 street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

6 (2) document— 

7 (A) investment in evidence-based and prom8 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

9 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

10 intervention to be provided by the unit of local 

11 government or Indian Tribe; 

12 (B) the activities to be undertaken with the 

13 grants funds; 

14 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

15 justice or other local systems to be attained as a 

16 result of implementation of the programs funded 

17 by the grant; and 

18 (D) outcomes from such activities, in terms 

19 of the expected numbers related to reduced crimi20 nal activity; 

21 (3) describe how savings sustained from invest22 ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 

23 reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 

24 PROMISE Plan; and 


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1 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

2 contribution with respect to evidence-based and prom3 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

4 criminal street gang activity prevention and interven5 tion in the community for which the PROMISE Co6 ordinating Council was established for each year of 

7 the grant period will not be less than the local fiscal 

8 contribution with respect to such practices in the 

9 community for the year preceding the first year of the 

10 grant period. 

11 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

12 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants awarded 

13 under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive basis. 

14 The Administrator shall— 

15 (1) take such steps as may be necessary to ensure 

16 that grants are awarded to units of local governments 

17 and Indian Tribes in areas with the highest con18 centrations of youth who are— 

19 (A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delin20 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

21 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

22 street gang activity and who are at high-risk of 

23 continued involvement; and 

24 (2) give consideration to the need for grants to 

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1 Tribes in each region of the United States, and 

2 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

3 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis4 trator may extend the grant period under section 211(b)(1) 

5 for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of local 

6 government or an Indian Tribe, in accordance with regula7 tions issued by the Administrator. 

8 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANT AWARD.—Subject to the 

9 availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 

10 renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of local 

11 government or an Indian Tribe to provide such unit or 

12 Tribe with additional funds to continue implementation of 

13 a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

14 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re15 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

16 Tribe; 

17 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with regu18 lations issued by the Administrator; and 

19 (3) shall not be granted unless the Administrator 

20 determines such a renewal to be appropriate based on 

21 the results of the evaluation conducted under section 

22 223(a) with respect to the community of such unit of 

23 Tribe for which a PROMISE Coordinating Council 

24 was established, and for which such unit or Tribe is 

25 applying for renewal. 


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1 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

2 Not later than one year after the end of the grant pe3 riod for which a unit of local government or an Indian 

4 Tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an5 nually thereafter for as long as such unit or Tribe continues 

6 to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordinating 

7 Council, such unit or Tribe shall report to the Adminis8 trator regarding the use of Federal funds to implement the 

9 PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

10 SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

12 this subtitle such sums as may be necessary for each of the 

13 fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

14 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

15 Grant Provisions 

16 SEC. 221. NON-SUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

17 A unit of local government or Indian Tribe receiving 

18 a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple19 ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 

20 absence of such grant, would be available to address the 

21 needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence22 based and promising practices related to juvenile delin23 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

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1 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

2 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

3 Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the PROM4 ISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a trans5 parent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating applica6 tions for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants and 

7 for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall determine 

8 which applicants meet the criteria for funding, based pri9 marily on a determination of greatest need (in accordance 

10 with section 102), with due consideration to other enumer11 ated factors and the indicated ability of the applicant to 

12 successfully implement the program described in the appli13 cation. 

14 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

15 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail16 ability of appropriations under this title, the Administrator 

17 shall, in consultation with the organization under section 

18 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven19 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), provide for an eval20 uation of the programs and activities carried out with 

21 grants under this title. In carrying out this section, the Ad22 ministrator shall— 

23 (1) award grants to institutions of higher edu24 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re25 ceive funds under part J of title IV of the Higher 

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1 110–84)) to facilitate the evaluation process and 

2 measurement of achieved outcomes; 

3 (2) identify evidence-based and promising prac4 tices used by Promise Coordinating Councils under 

5 PROMISE Implementation grants that have proven 

6 to be effective in preventing involvement in, or divert7 ing further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

8 criminal street gang activity; and 

9 (3) ensure— 

10 (A) that such evaluation is based on the 

11 performance standards that are developed by the 

12 PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance with 

13 section 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin14 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added by sec15 tion 101(b) of this Act); 

16 (B) the development of longitudinal and 

17 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas18 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

19 promising practices funded under this title; and 

20 (C) the dissemination of the practices iden21 tified in paragraph (2) to the National Research 

22 Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices (es23 tablished under section 301), units of local gov24 ernment, and Indian Tribes to promote the use 

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1 prevent involvement in, or to divert further in2 volvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 

3 street gang activity. 

4 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

5 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Admin6 istrator shall provide the results of the evaluation under 

7 subsection (a) to the National Research Center for Proven 

8 Juvenile Justice Practices established under section 301. 

9 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

10 CENTERS 

11 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

12 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

13 PRACTICES. 

14 (a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail15 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award 

16 a grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa17 tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi18 dence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

19 criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 

20 develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

21 Justice Practices. Such Center shall— 

22 (1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu23 cation as regional partners to create a best practices 

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1 port the programs and activities carried out with 

2 grants under title II of this Act; 

3 (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co4 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

5 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

6 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac7 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef8 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re9 gional research partners and to support the programs 

10 and activities carried out with grants under title II 

11 of this Act; 

12 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under13 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre14 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

15 and 

16 (4) develop, manage, and regularly update an 

17 Internet website to disseminate proven practices for 

18 successful juvenile delinquency prevention and inter19 vention. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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1 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

2 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

3 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis4 trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

5 establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 

6 of higher education to serve as regional research partners 

7 with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 

8 the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora9 tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

10 Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Regional re11 search partners shall provide research support to such 

12 PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 

13 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

14 applications under title II, including collection of 

15 baseline data for such applications; 

16 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as17 sessments conducted under section 203; and 

18 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

19 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

20 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

23 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012. 


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1 TITLE IV—YOUTH–ORIENTED 

2 POLICING SERVICES 

3 SEC. 401. PURPOSE. 

4 The purpose of this title is to prevent involvement by 

5 youth in, and to divert youth from further involvement in, 

6 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity by 

7 providing funding for youth-oriented community-based law 

8 enforcement, through coordination with PROMISE Coordi9 nating Councils and other community-based organizations, 

10 to carry out evidence-based and promising practices related 

11 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

12 prevention and intervention that are aimed at reducing— 

13 (1) the number of youth who are victims of 

14 crime; 

15 (2) the number of youth who lack proper edu16 cation and community-based resources, training, and 

17 support; 

18 (3) self-destructive behaviors in youth; 

19 (4) juvenile delinquency; 

20 (5) criminal street gang activity; and 

21 (6) the ‘‘stop snitching’’ culture pervasive among 

22 youth. 

23 SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICE.—The 

2 term ‘‘youth-oriented policing service’’ means a stra3 tegic effort by a State, local, or tribal law enforcement 

4 agency to— 

5 (A) provide evidence-based and promising 

6 practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

7 criminal street gang activity prevention and 

8 intervention; and 

9 (B) use strategies based on the SARA 

10 model, in collaboration with community-based 

11 public and private organizations, to reduce— 

12 (i) the number of youth who are vic13 tims of crime; and 

14 (ii) the risks of juvenile delinquency 

15 and criminal street gang activity. 

16 (2) SARA MODEL.—The term ‘‘SARA model’’ 

17 means a problem-solving technique used to organize 

18 approaches to recurring problems, which requires ac19 tion with respect to a problem that includes scanning, 

20 analysis, response, and assessment. 

21 SEC. 403. GRANTS TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW EN22 FORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND TRAIN 

23 YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING OFFICERS. 

24 (a) HIRING GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the 

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1 Community Oriented Policing Services shall award grants 

2 to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies— 

3 (1) to hire law enforcement officers as youth-ori4 ented police to work collaboratively with PROMISE 

5 Coordinating Councils, other community-based orga6 nizations, and youth at high risk of becoming in7 volved in delinquent activities to reduce such risks 

8 through specialized training related to— 

9 (A) youth development; 

10 (B) investigation of offenses committed by 

11 youth; and 

12 (C) the effectiveness of evidence-based and 

13 promising practices related to juvenile delin14 quency and criminal street gang activity preven15 tion and intervention, as compared to the effec16 tiveness of traditional law enforcement ap17 proaches, when dealing with youth; and 

18 (2) for training and capacity-building of law en19 forcement agencies related to youth-oriented policing 

20 practices and efforts, including— 

21 (A) carrying out youth-oriented commu22 nity-based policing activities including system23 atic needs and strengths assessment, coordina24 tion, technology deployment, technical assistance, 


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1 and problem solving techniques (such as strate2 gies based on the SARA model); and 

3 (B) working with PROMISE Coordinating 

4 Councils to develop effective initiatives and prac5 tices that promote healthy youth development 

6 and prevent involvement by youth in, or divert 

7 further youth involvement in, juvenile delin8 quency and criminal street gang activity. 

9 (b) DURATION.—A grant awarded to a law enforce10 ment agency under this section shall be for a 4-year period. 

11 (c) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded to 

12 a law enforcement agency under this section shall not exceed 

13 $2,000,000. 

14 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 

15 the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 

16 Services shall give priority to law enforcement agencies that 

17 serve designated geographic areas that are ranked highest 

18 in the rankings of such areas determined under section 102, 

19 and shall consider whether a law enforcement agency serves 

20 a community for which a PROMISE Coordinating Council 

21 was established. 

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1 priations, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented 

2 Policing Services shall award a grant, on a competitive 

3 basis, to an eligible organization to establish a Center for 

4 Youth-oriented Policing to— 

5 (1) develop a model youth-oriented policing serv6 ices training program to train representatives from 

7 State, regional, and local law enforcement training 

8 academies to provide youth-oriented policing services 

9 training to law enforcement officers, which shall— 

10 (A) be based on evidence-based and prom11 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

12 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

13 intervention; and 

14 (B) include training related to specialized 

15 police services for preventing youth at who are 

16 involved in, or who are at high risk of becoming 

17 involved in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 

18 street gang activity; 

19 (2) support the adoption of new technologies re20 lated to— 

21 (A) the prioritization of risks related to ju22 venile delinquency and criminal street gang ac23 tivity; 

24 (B) the safety of juveniles in custody; and 

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1 (3) develop, compile, and disseminate to youth2 oriented police information about evidence-based and 

3 promising practices that are best practices for Youth4 oriented Policing Services for preventing and reduc5 ing involvement of youth in juvenile delinquency and 

6 criminal street gang activity; and 

7 (4) develop, compile, and disseminate to youth8 oriented police— 

9 (A) information about the ‘‘stop snitching’’ 

10 culture pervasive in many communities in the 

11 United States; and 

12 (B) tactics to counter such culture. 

13 (b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the 

14 term ‘‘eligible organization’’ means a nonprofit organiza15 tion that has demonstrated— 

16 (1) experience in providing training, advice, and 

17 support to law enforcement agencies; 

18 (2) commitment to helping youth avoid delin19 quency, crime, and involvement with the juvenile and 

20 criminal justice systems; 

21 (3) experience in providing law-abiding alter22 native life styles to youth who are participating in 

23 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, or who 

24 are involved with the juvenile or criminal justice sys25 tems; and 


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1 (4) ability and commitment to work in partner2 ship with community-based organizations that pro3 vide services to reduce juvenile delinquency and 

4 criminal street gang activity. 

5 (c) YOPS ADVISORY BOARD.— 

6 (1) BOARD ESTABLISHED.—The Center for 

7 Youth-oriented Policing established pursuant to sub8 section (a) shall establish a Youth-oriented Policing 

9 Services Advisory Board to develop an annual work 

10 plan for the Center (in accordance with the conditions 

11 and requirements of the grant provided under this 

12 section). Such Board shall meet at least once each cal13 endar quarter to consider reports of the Center’s ac14 tivities (including progress made toward accom15 plishing such work plan), and to approve continu16 ation of or amendment to such work plan. 

17 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the 

18 Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board 

19 shall— 

20 (A) be composed of— 

21 (i) an appointee of the chief executive 

22 of the Center for Youth-oriented Policing, 

23 who shall serve in an ex-officio capacity; 

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1 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin2 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added by 

3 section 101(b) of this Act), who shall serve 

4 in an ex-officio capacity; and 

5 (iii) individuals who are selected by 

6 the Center for Youth-oriented Policing from 

7 a list of recommended individuals provided 

8 by the PROMISE Advisory Panel in ac9 cordance with such section 223(g), as fol10 lows: 

11 (I) 8 law enforcement officers 

12 from international, national, State, 

13 and local law enforcement organiza14 tions; 

15 (II) 4 juvenile justice administra16 tors (including judges), including 2 ad17 ministrators from the State level and 2 

18 administrators from the local level; 

19 (III) 4 representatives of commu20 nity-based organizations that advocate 

21 for juveniles, one each from a national, 

22 State, local, and tribal organization; 

23 and 

24 (IV) 4 individuals who research 

25 juvenile crime prevention issues; and 


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1 (B) to the greatest extent possible, have a 

2 demographic composition that represents the de3 mographic composition of the population of the 

4 United States. 

5 (3) TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the 

6 Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board shall 

7 serve for 3-year staggered terms. 

8 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this title $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 

11 through 2014, to be made available as follows: 

12 (1) Such sums as may be necessary in each such 

13 fiscal year to carry out the activities of the Center for 

14 Youth-oriented Policing established pursuant to sec15 tion 404, except that such sums shall not exceed 

16 $5,000,000 or 10 percent of the total amount appro17 priated to carry out this title, whichever is less. 

18 (2) Of the funds remaining for each such fiscal 

19 year after sums are made available for under para20 graph (1)— 

21 (A) 80 percent shall be available to award 

22 grants to carry out the activities in section 

23 403(a)(1); and 


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1 (B) 20 percent shall be available to award 

2 grants to carry out the activities in section 

3 403(a)(2). 

4 TITLE V—ENHANCED FEDERAL 

5 SUPPORT OF LOCAL LAW EN6 FORCEMENT 

7 Subtitle A—Comprehensive Gang 

8 Prevention and Relief 

9 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This subtitle may be cited as ‘‘Mynisha’s Law’’. 

11 SEC. 502. DESIGNATION AS A COMPREHENSIVE GANG PRE12 VENTION AND RELIEF AREA. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Units of local government and In14 dian Tribes with a PROMISE Coordinating Council (es15 tablished in accordance with subtitle A of title II of this 

16 Act) may submit an application to the Administrator for 

17 designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Re18 lief Area in accordance with this section. 

19 (b) CRITERIA.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es21 tablish criteria for reviewing applications submitted 

22 under subsection (a) and for evaluating and selecting 

23 areas for designation as Comprehensive Gang Preven24 tion and Relief Areas. 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing criteria 

2 under subsection (a) and evaluating an application 

3 for designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention 

4 and Relief Area, the Administrator shall consider— 

5 (A) the current and predicted levels of gang 

6 crime activity in the area, based on the informa7 tion collected and analyzed under section 102; 

8 (B) the extent to which violent crime in the 

9 area appears to be related to criminal gang ac10 tivity; 

11 (C) the extent to which the area is imple12 menting a PROMISE Plan, or is otherwise al13 ready engaged in local or regional collaboration 

14 regarding, and coordination of, gang prevention 

15 activities; and 

16 (D) such other criteria as the Administrator 

17 determines to be appropriate. 

18 SEC. 503. INTERAGENCY GANG PREVENTION TASK FORCE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to coordinate Federal as20 sistance to Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 

21 Areas, the Administrator shall establish an Interagency 

22 Gang Prevention Task Force (in this subtitle referred to as 

23 the ‘‘Task Force’’), consisting of a representative from— 

24 (1) the Department of Justice; 

25 (2) the Department of Education; 


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1 (3) the Department of Labor; 

2 (4) the Department of Health and Human Serv3 ices; and 

4 (5) the Department of Housing and Urban De5 velopment. 

6 (b) COORDINATION.—For each Comprehensive Gang 

7 Prevention and Relief Area designated by the Adminis8 trator under section 502, the Task Force shall— 

9 (1) coordinate the activities of the Federal Gov10 ernment to create a comprehensive gang prevention 

11 response, focusing on youth through early childhood 

12 intervention, at-risk youth intervention, literacy, em13 ployment, community policing, and comprehensive 

14 community-based programs such as Weed and Seed, 

15 Operation Cease Fire, and Homeboy Industries; and 

16 (2) coordinate such comprehensive gang preven17 tion response with local and regional gang prevention 

18 efforts, including PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

19 and PROMISE Plans (where such Plans are estab20 lished). 

21 (c) PROGRAMS.—The Task Force shall prioritize the 

22 needs of Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief Areas 

23 for funding under— 

24 (1) the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

25 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 


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1 (2) the Even Start programs under subpart 3 of 

2 part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.); 

4 (3) the Healthy Start Initiative under section 

5 330H of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 254c–8); 

7 (4) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); 

8 (5) the 21st Century Community Learning Cen9 ters program under part B of title IV of the Elemen10 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

11 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); 

12 (6) the Job Corps program under subtitle C of 

13 title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

14 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.); 

15 (7) the community development block grant pro16 gram under title I of the Housing and Community 

17 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 

18 (8) the Gang Resistance Education and Train19 ing projects under subtitle X of title III of the Violent 

20 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

21 U.S.C. 13921); 

22 (9) any program administered by the Office of 

23 Community Oriented Policing Services; 

24 (10) the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant 

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1 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

2 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.); 

3 (11) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist4 ance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of 

5 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

6 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.); and 

7 (12) any other program that the Task Force de8 termines to be appropriate. 

9 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of 

11 each year, the Task Force shall submit to Congress 

12 and the Administrator a report on the funding needs 

13 and programmatic outcomes for each area designated 

14 as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 

15 Area. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

17 (1) shall include— 

18 (A) an evidence-based analysis of the best 

19 practices and outcomes among the areas des20 ignated as Comprehensive Gang Prevention and 

21 Relief Areas; and 

22 (B) an analysis of the adequacy of Federal 

23 funding to meet the needs of each area designated 

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1 grammatic shortfalls in addressing gang preven2 tion, a request for new funding or reprogram3 ming of existing funds to meet such shortfalls. 

4 SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

6 may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle, 

7 including any needs identified by the Task Force as nec8 essary to carry out this subtitle. 

9 Subtitle B—Community and Police 

10 Collaboration 

11 SEC. 511. GANG PREVENTION GRANTS. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Office of 

13 Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department 

14 of Justice may make grants, in accordance with such rules 

15 and regulations as the Director may prescribe, to units of 

16 local government and Indian Tribes with a PROMISE Co17 ordinating Council (established in accordance with subtitle 

18 A of title II of this Act) to enable such PROMISE Coordi19 nating Council to develop community-based programs that 

20 provide crime prevention, research, and intervention serv21 ices that are designed to prevent violence and gang involve22 ment by youthful offenders and at-risk youth. 

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1 (1) preventing initial gang recruitment and in2 volvement among younger teenagers; 

3 (2) preventing violence and gang involvement 

4 through nonviolent and constructive activities, such as 

5 community service programs, development of non6 violent conflict resolution skills, restorative justice 

7 programs, employment and legal assistance, family 

8 counseling, and other safe, community-based alter9 natives for crime-involved or high-risk youth; 

10 (3) developing in-school and after-school gang 

11 safety, control, education, and resistance procedures 

12 and programs; 

13 (4) identifying (and disaggregating by race, eth14 nicity, and gender, where applicable) and addressing 

15 early childhood risk factors for violence and gang in16 volvement, including parent training and childhood 

17 skills development; 

18 (5) identifying (and disaggregating by race, eth19 nicity, and gender, where applicable) and fostering 

20 protective factors that buffer children and adolescents 

21 from violence, crime, and gang involvement; 

22 (6) developing and identifying investigative pro23 grams designed to deter gang recruitment, involve24 ment, and activities through effective intelligence 

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1 (7) developing programs and youth centers for 

2 first-time, non-violent offenders facing alternative 

3 penalties, such as mandated participation in commu4 nity service, restitution, mentoring, counseling, job 

5 training, and education and prevention programs; 

6 (8) implementing multidisciplinary approaches 

7 to combat youth violence and gang involvement 

8 through coordinated programs operated by law en9 forcement and other public, private, and faith-based 

10 community organizations for prevention and inter11 vention (including street outreach programs and other 

12 peacemaking activities) or coordinated law enforce13 ment activities (including crime mapping strategies 

14 that enhance focused crime prevention, intervention, 

15 and reintegration strategies for offender reentry); or 

16 (9) identifying at-risk and high-risk students 

17 through home visits organized through joint collabora18 tions between law enforcement, faith-based organiza19 tions, schools, health and mental health providers, 

20 other community based organizations, and social 

21 workers. 

22 (c) MAXIMUM GRANT.—The amount of a grant under 

23 this section may not exceed $1,000,000. 

24 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each recipient of a grant 

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1 in which funds from a grant received under this section 

2 are expended, a report containing— 

3 (1) a summary of the activities carried out with 

4 grant funds during that year; 

5 (2) an assessment of the effectiveness of the crime 

6 prevention, research, and intervention activities of the 

7 recipient, based on data collected by the grant recipi8 ent; 

9 (3) a strategic plan for the year following the 

10 year described in paragraph (1); 

11 (4) evidence of consultation and cooperation with 

12 local, State, or Federal law enforcement or, if the 

13 grant recipient is a government entity, evidence of 

14 consultation with an organization engaged in any ac15 tivity described in subsection (b); and 

16 (5) such other information as the Director may 

17 require. 

18 (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘units of 

19 local government’’ includes sheriffs’ departments, police de20 partments, and local prosecutor offices. 

21 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

22 authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 

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1 Subtitle C—City Youth Violence 

2 Recovery 

3 SEC. 521. GRANTS TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE THE EF4 FECTS OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. 

5 (a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General, in consultation 

6 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may 

7 award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the 

8 effects of youth violence in eligible urban communities by 

9 providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, coun10 seling, and mental health services to children and adoles11 cents in such communities. 

12 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 

13 the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that 

14 agree to use the grant in one or more eligible urban commu15 nities that lack the monetary or other resources to address 

16 youth violence. 

17 (c) LIMITATION.—The Attorney General may not make 

18 a grant to an eligible entity under this section unless the 

19 entity agrees to use not more than 15 percent of the funds 

20 provided through the grant for violence-prevention edu21 cation. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a partner24 ship between a State mental health authority and one 

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1 local agency, State agency, educational institution, or 

2 nonprofit or for-profit organization. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘eligible urban community’’ means 

4 an urban community with a high or increasing inci5 dence of youth violence. 

6 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

7 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

8 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

9 TITLE VI—PRECAUTION ACT 

10 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Prevention Resources 

12 for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Inter13 ventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2009’’, or the ‘‘PRE14 CAUTION Act of 2009’’. 

15 SEC. 602. PURPOSES. 

16 The purposes of this title are to— 

17 (1) establish a commitment on the part of the 

18 Federal Government to provide leadership on effective 

19 and culturally-appropriate crime prevention and 

20 intervention strategies, including strategies that are 

21 responsive to gender-specific needs; 

22 (2) further the integration of crime prevention 

23 and intervention strategies into traditional law en24 forcement practices of State and local law enforce25 ment offices around the country; 


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1 (3) develop a plain-language, implementation-fo2 cused assessment of those current crime and delin3 quency prevention and intervention strategies that 

4 are supported by rigorous evidence; 

5 (4) provide additional resources to the National 

6 Institute of Justice to administer research and devel7 opment grants for promising crime prevention and 

8 intervention strategies; 

9 (5) develop recommendations for Federal prior10 ities for crime and delinquency prevention and inter11 vention research, development, and funding that may 

12 augment important Federal grant programs, includ13 ing the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 

14 Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of title I 

15 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

16 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), grant programs ad17 ministered by the Office of Community Oriented Po18 licing Services of the Department of Justice, grant 

19 programs administered by the Office of Safe and 

20 Drug-Free Schools of the Department of Education, 

21 and other similar programs; and 

22 (6) reduce the costs that rising violent crime im23 poses on interstate commerce. 

24 SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

2 means the National Commission on Public Safety 

3 Through Crime Prevention established under section 

4 604(a). 

5 (2) RIGOROUS EVIDENCE.—The term ‘‘rigorous 

6 evidence’’ means evidence generated by scientifically 

7 valid forms of outcome evaluation, particularly ran8 domized trials (where practicable). 

9 (3) SUBCATEGORY.—The term ‘‘subcategory’’ 

10 means 1 of the following categories: 

11 (A) Family and community settings (in12 cluding public health-based strategies). 

13 (B) Law enforcement settings (including 

14 probation-based strategies). 

15 (C) School settings (including anti-gang 

16 and general anti-violence strategies). 

17 (4) TOP-TIER.—The term ‘‘top-tier’’ means any 

18 strategy supported by rigorous evidence of the sizable, 

19 sustained benefits to participants in the strategy or to 

20 society. 


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1 SEC. 604. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SAFETY 

2 THROUGH CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PRE3 VENTION. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a commis5 sion to be known as the National Commission on Public 

6 Safety Through Crime and Delinquency Prevention. 

7 (b) MEMBERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com9 posed of 9 members, of whom— 

10 (A) 3 shall be appointed by the President; 

11 (B) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

12 the House of Representatives, unless the Speaker 

13 is of the same party as the President, in which 

14 case 1 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 

15 House of Representatives and 1 shall be ap16 pointed by the minority leader of the House of 

17 Representatives; 

18 (C) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 

19 leader of the House of Representatives (in addi20 tion to any appointment made under subpara21 graph (B)); 

22 (D) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 

23 leader of the Senate, unless the majority leader 

24 is of the same party as the President, in which 

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1 of the Senate and 1 shall be appointed by the 

2 minority leader of the Senate; and 

3 (E) 1 member appointed by the minority 

4 leader of the Senate (in addition to any appoint5 ment made under subparagraph (D)). 

6 (2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

8 Commission shall be an individual who has 

9 knowledge or expertise in matters to be studied 

10 by the Commission. 

11 (B) REQUIRED REPRESENTATIVES.—At 

12 least— 

13 (i) 2 members of the Commission shall 

14 be social scientists with experience imple15 menting or interpreting rigorous, outcome16 based trials; 

17 (ii) 2 members of the Commission shall 

18 be law enforcement practitioners; and 

19 (iii) 2 members of the Commission 

20 shall be youth delinquency prevention or 

21 intervention practitioners. 

22 (3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The President, 

23 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the mi24 nority leader of the House of Representatives, and the 

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1 shall consult prior to the appointment of the members 

2 of the Commission to achieve, to the maximum extent 

3 possible, fair and equitable representation of various 

4 points of view with respect to the matters to be stud5 ied by the Commission. 

6 (4) TERM.—Each member shall be appointed for 

7 the life of the Commission. 

8 (5) TIME FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The ap9 pointment of the members shall be made not later 

10 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (6) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

12 shall be filled in the manner in which the original 

13 appointment was made, and shall be made not later 

14 than 60 days after the date on which the vacancy oc15 curred. 

16 (c) OPERATION.— 

17 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—At the initial meeting of the 

18 Commission, the members of the Commission shall 

19 elect a chairperson from among its voting members, 

by a vote of 2 20 ⁄3 of the members of the Commission. 

21 The chairperson shall retain this position for the life 

22 of the Commission. If the chairperson leaves the Com23 mission, a new chairperson shall be selected, by a vote 

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1 (2) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

2 the call of the chairperson. The initial meeting of the 

3 Commission shall take place not later than 30 days 

4 after the date on which all the members of the Com5 mission have been appointed. 

6 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

7 Commission shall constitute a quorum to conduct 

8 business, and the Commission may establish a lesser 

9 quorum for conducting hearings scheduled by the 

10 Commission. 

11 (4) RULES.—The Commission may establish by 

12 majority vote any other rules for the conduct of Com13 mission business, if such rules are not inconsistent 

14 with this title or other applicable law. 

15 (d) PUBLIC HEARINGS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold 

17 public hearings. The Commission may hold such hear18 ings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 

19 testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commis20 sion considers advisable to carry out its duties under 

21 this section. 

22 (2) FOCUS OF HEARINGS.—The Commission 

23 shall hold at least 3 separate public hearings, each of 

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1 (3) WITNESS EXPENSES.—Witnesses requested to 

2 appear before the Commission shall be paid the same 

3 fees as are paid to witnesses under section 1821 of 

4 title 28, United States Code. The per diem and mile5 age allowances for witnesses shall be paid from funds 

6 appropriated to the Commission. 

7 (e) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EVIDENCE-BASED

8 CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVEN9 TION STRATEGIES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry 

11 out a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of crime 

12 and delinquency prevention and intervention strate13 gies, organized around the 3 subcategories. 

14 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under 

15 paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 (A) a review of research on the general effec17 tiveness of incorporating crime and delinquency 

18 prevention and intervention strategies into an 

19 overall law enforcement plan; 

20 (B) an evaluation of how to more effectively 

21 communicate the wealth of social science research 

22 to practitioners; 

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1 vention strategies, focusing on those strategies 

2 supported by rigorous evidence; 

3 (D) an identification of— 

4 (i) promising areas for further research 

5 and development; and 

6 (ii) other areas representing gaps in 

7 the body of knowledge that would benefit 

8 from additional research and development; 

9 (E) an assessment of the best practices for 

10 implementing prevention and intervention strat11 egies; 

12 (F) an assessment of the best practices for 

13 gathering rigorous evidence regarding the imple14 mentation of intervention and prevention strate15 gies; and 

16 (G) an assessment of those top-tier strategies 

17 best suited for duplication efforts in a range of 

18 settings across the country. 

19 (3) INITIAL REPORT ON TOP-TIER CRIME AND

20 DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

21 STRATEGIES.— 

22 (A) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 18 

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1 mission shall submit a public report on the 

2 study carried out under this subsection to— 

3 (i) the President; 

4 (ii) Congress; 

5 (iii) the Attorney General; 

6 (iv) the Chief Federal Public Defender 

7 of each district; 

8 (v) the chief executive of each State; 

9 (vi) the Director of the Administrative 

10 Office of the Courts of each State; 

11 (vii) the Director of the Administrative 

12 Office of the United States Courts; and 

13 (viii) the attorney general of each 

14 State. 

15 (B) CONTENTS.—The report under subpara16 graph (A) shall include— 

17 (i) the findings and conclusions of the 

18 Commission; 

19 (ii) a summary of the top-tier strate20 gies, including— 

21 (I) a review of the rigorous evi22 dence supporting the designation of 

23 each strategy as top-tier; 


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1 (II) a brief outline of the keys to 

2 successful implementation for each 

3 strategy; and 

4 (III) a list of references and other 

5 information on where further informa6 tion on each strategy can be found; 

7 (iii) recommended protocols for imple8 menting crime and delinquency prevention 

9 and intervention strategies generally; 

10 (iv) recommended protocols for evalu11 ating the effectiveness of crime and delin12 quency prevention and intervention strate13 gies; and 

14 (v) a summary of the materials relied 

15 upon by the Commission in preparation of 

16 the report. 

17 (C) CONSULTATION WITH OUTSIDE AU18 THORITIES.—In developing the recommended 

19 protocols for implementation and rigorous eval20 uation of top-tier crime and delinquency preven21 tion and intervention strategies under this para22 graph, the Commission shall consult with the 

23 Committee on Law and Justice at the National 

24 Academy of Science and with national associa25 tions representing the law enforcement, social 


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1 science, and juvenile justice professions, includ2 ing the National Sheriffs’ Association, the Police 

3 Executive Research Forum, the International As4 sociation of Chiefs of Police, the Consortium of 

5 Social Science Associations, and the American 

6 Society of Criminology. 

7 (f) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DISSEMINATION

8 OF THE INNOVATIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN9 TION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGY GRANTS.— 

10 (1) SUBMISSION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

12 after the date of the final hearing under sub13 section (d) relating to a subcategory, the Com14 mission shall provide the Director of the Na15 tional Institute of Justice with recommendations 

16 on qualifying considerations relating to that sub17 category for selecting grant recipients under sec18 tion 605. 

19 (B) DEADLINE.—Not later than 13 months 

20 after the date on which all members of the Com21 mission have been appointed, the Commission 

22 shall provide all recommendations required 

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1 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The recommendations 

2 provided under paragraph (1) shall include rec3 ommendations relating to— 

4 (A) the types of strategies for the applicable 

5 subcategory that would best benefit from addi6 tional research and development; 

7 (B) any geographic or demographic targets; 

8 (C) the types of partnerships with other 

9 public or private entities that might be pertinent 

10 and prioritized; and 

11 (D) any classes of crime and delinquency 

12 prevention and intervention strategies that 

13 should not be given priority because of a pre-ex14 isting base of knowledge that would benefit less 

15 from additional research and development. 

16 (g) FINAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE INNOVA17 TIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTER18 VENTION STRATEGY GRANTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the close of the 3- 

20 year implementation period for each grant recipient 

21 under section 605, the Commission shall collect the re22 sults of the study of the effectiveness of that grant 

23 under section 605(b)(3) and shall submit a public re24 port to the President, the Attorney General, Congress, 

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1 eral of each State describing each strategy funded 

2 under section 605 and its results. This report shall be 

3 submitted not later than 5 years after the date of the 

4 selection of the chairperson of the Commission. 

5 (2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE

6 REGARDING GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Commission’s 

7 collection of information and evidence regarding each 

8 grant recipient under section 605 shall be carried out 

9 by— 

10 (A) ongoing communications with the Na11 tional Institute of Justice; 

12 (B) a review of the data generated by the 

13 study monitoring the effectiveness of the strategy; 

14 and 

15 (C) other means as necessary. 

16 (3) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report submitted 

17 under paragraph (1) shall include a review of each 

18 strategy carried out with a grant under section 605, 

19 detailing— 

20 (A) the type of crime or delinquency preven21 tion or intervention strategy; 

22 (B) where the activities under the strategy 

23 were carried out, including geographic and de24 mographic targets; 


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1 (C) any partnerships with public or private 

2 entities through the course of the grant period; 

3 (D) the type and design of the effectiveness 

4 study conducted under section 605(b)(3) for that 

5 strategy; 

6 (E) the results of the effectiveness study con7 ducted under section 605(b)(3) for that strategy; 

8 (F) lessons learned regarding implementa9 tion of that strategy or of the effectiveness study 

10 conducted under section 605(b)(3), including rec11 ommendations regarding which types of environ12 ments might best be suited for successful replica13 tion; and 

14 (G) recommendations regarding the need for 

15 further research and development of the strategy. 

16 (h) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

17 (1) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

18 Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ19 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author20 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 

21 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away 

22 from their homes or regular places of business in the 

23 performance of service for the Commission. 

24 (2) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of 

25 the Commission shall serve without compensation. 


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1 (3) STAFF.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The chairperson of the 

3 Commission may, without regard to the civil 

4 service laws, rules, and regulations, appoint and 

5 terminate an executive director and such other 

6 additional personnel as may be necessary to en7 able the Commission to perform its duties. The 

8 employment of an executive director shall be sub9 ject to confirmation by the Commission. 

10 (B) COMPENSATION.—The chairperson of 

11 the Commission may fix the compensation of the 

12 executive director and other personnel without 

13 regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub14 chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, relating to classification of positions and 

16 General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate 

17 of pay for the executive director and other per18 sonnel may not exceed the rate payable for level 

19 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

20 of such title. 

21 (4) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—With the 

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1 bursement, and such detail shall be without interrup2 tion or loss of civil service status, benefits, or privi3 leges. 

4 (i) CONTRACTS FOR RESEARCH.— 

5 (1) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—With a 

2 6 ⁄3 affirmative vote of the members of the Commission, 

7 the Commission may select nongovernmental research8 ers and experts to assist the Commission in carrying 

9 out its duties under this title. The National Institute 

10 of Justice may contract with the researchers and ex11 perts selected by the Commission to provide funding 

12 in exchange for their services. 

13 (2) OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.—Nothing in this 

14 subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of the 

15 Commission to enter into contracts with other entities 

16 or organizations for research necessary to carry out 

17 the duties of the Commission under this section. 

18 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

19 authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this 

20 section. 

21 (k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

22 on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Com23 mission submits the last report required by this section. 


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1 SEC. 605. INNOVATIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN2 TION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGY 

3 GRANTS. 

4 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the Na5 tional Institute of Justice may make grants to public and 

6 private entities to fund the implementation and evaluation 

7 of innovative crime or delinquency prevention or interven8 tion strategies. The purpose of grants under this section 

9 shall be to provide funds for all expenses related to the im10 plementation of such a strategy and to conduct a rigorous 

11 study on the effectiveness of that strategy. 

12 (b) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.— 

13 (1) PERIOD.—A grant under this section shall be 

14 made for a period of not more than 3 years. 

15 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant under 

16 this section— 

17 (A) shall be sufficient to ensure that rig18 orous evaluations may be performed; and 

19 (B) shall not exceed $2,000,000. 

20 (3) EVALUATION SET-ASIDE.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—A grantee shall use not 

22 less than $300,000 and not more than $700,000 

23 of the funds from a grant under this section for 

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1 that strategy, including outcome measures 

2 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender. 

3 (B) METHODOLOGY OF STUDY.—Each study 

4 conducted under subparagraph (A) shall use an 

5 evaluator and a study design approved by the 

6 National Institute of Justice. Approval of such 

7 an evaluator and study design shall be required 

8 before a grant is awarded to an entity under this 

9 section. 

10 (4) DATE OF AWARD.—Not later than 6 months 

11 after the date of receiving recommendations relating 

12 to a subcategory from the Commission under section 

13 604(f), the Director of the National Institute of Jus14 tice shall award all grants under this section relating 

15 to that subcategory. 

16 (5) TYPE OF GRANTS.—One-third of the grants 

17 made under this section shall be made in each sub18 category. In distributing grants, the recommendations 

19 of the Commission under section 604(f) shall be con20 sidered. 

21 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated $18,000,000 

23 to carry out this subsection. 

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1 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 

2 information as the Director of the National Institute of Jus3 tice may reasonably require. 

4 TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL IM5 PROVEMENTS TO JUVENILE 

6 JUSTICE 

7 SEC. 701. YOUTH VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE PRO8 GRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702(5) of the Violent 

10 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

11 U.S.C. 13862(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including juve12 nile witness and victim protection programs,’’ after ‘‘victim 

13 protection programs’’. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

15 31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

16 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 

20 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry out 

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1 SEC. 702. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF THE 

2 MENTORING INITIATIVE FOR SYSTEM-IN3 VOLVED YOUTH. 

4 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 261(a) of the Juvenile Jus5 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

6 5665(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘Within 6 months of the date of enactment of the Youth 

8 PROMISE Act, the Administrator shall expand the number 

9 of sites receiving such grants from 4 to 12.’’. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 299(c) of 

11 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

12 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

18 MENTORING INITIATIVE.—There are authorized to be 

19 appropriated to carry out the Mentoring Initiative 

20 for System-Involved Youth Program under part E 

21 $4,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

22 2014.’’. 


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1 SEC. 703. STUDY ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND SEN2 TENCES IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sentencing 

4 Commission shall conduct a study to examine the appro5 priateness of sentences for minors in the Federal system. 

6 (b) CONTENTS.—The study conducted under subsection 

7 (a) shall— 

8 (1) incorporate the most recent research and ex9 pertise in the field of adolescent brain development 

10 and culpability; 

11 (2) evaluate the toll of juvenile crime, particu12 larly violent juvenile crime, on communities; 

13 (3) consider the appropriateness of life sentences 

14 without possibility for parole for minor offenders in 

15 the Federal system; and 

16 (4) evaluate issues of recidivism by juveniles who 

17 are released from prison or detention after serving de18 terminate sentences. 

19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing Com21 mission shall submit to Congress a report regarding the 

22 study conducted under subsection (a), which shall— 

23 (1) include the findings of the Commission; 

24 (2) describe significant cases reviewed as part of 

25 the study; and 

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1 (d) REVISION OF GUIDELINES.—If determined appro2 priate by the United States Sentencing Commission after 

3 completing the study under subsection (a), the Commission 

4 may, pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 

5 28, United States Code, establish or revise guidelines and 

6 policy statements, as warranted, relating to the sentencing 

7 of minors. 

8 SEC. 704. PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETIC 

9 LEAGUES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may estab11 lish a program to provide for a youth initiative to end 

12 youth violence and other youth crime in collaboration with 

13 professional sports leagues and players in the United 

14 States, which may include the National Football League, 

15 National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, 

16 Major League Soccer, and other professional sports organi17 zations. 

18 (b) STUDY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that the pro20 gram under subsection (a) is established, not later 

21 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act, the Attorney General shall conduct a study of the 

23 potential for reducing youth violence and other youth 

24 crime through collaborations with professional sports 

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1 as the National Football League, National Basketball 

2 Association, Major League Baseball, and Major 

3 League Soccer. 

4 (2) CONTENTS.—The study conducted under 

5 paragraph (1) shall— 

6 (A) identify and describe all efforts under7 taken by professional sports organizations and 

8 players in the United States to reduce youth 

9 crime; and 

10 (B) include a description of the progress of 

11 these efforts in achieving the goal of reducing 

12 youth violence and other youth crime. 

13 (c) REPORT.—In the case a study is conducted under 

14 subsection (b), not later than 1 year after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit 

16 to Congress a report on such study, which shall— 

17 (1) include the findings of the Attorney General; 

18 (2) describe significant programs reviewed as 

19 part of the study; and 

20 (3) make recommendations, if any. 


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Union Calendar No. 417 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1064 

[Report No. 111–688, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide for evidence-based and promising pracabiding lives. productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law- strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead to help build individual, family, and community street gang activity prevention and intervention tices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

DECEMBER 22, 2010 

The Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and 

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