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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2728 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 

to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

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 Justice Act of 

5 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 


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TITLE I—DECLARATION OF PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 

Sec. 101. Purposes. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

Sec. 201. Concentration of Federal efforts. 

Sec. 202. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 

Sec. 203. Annual report. 

Sec. 204. Allocation of funds. 

Sec. 205. State plans. 

Sec. 206. Authority to make grants. 

Sec. 207. Grants to Indian tribes. 

Sec. 208. Research and evaluation; statistical analyses; information dissemination. 

Sec. 209. Training and technical assistance. 

Sec. 210. Incentive grants for State and local programs. 

Sec. 211. Administrative authority. 

Sec. 212. Technical and conforming amendments. 

TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 301. Definitions. 

Sec. 302. Grants for delinquency prevention programs. 

Sec. 303. Technical and conforming amendment. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Evaluation by Government Accountability Office. 

Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 403. Accountability and oversight. 

TITLE V—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS 

Sec. 501. Grant eligibility. 

1 TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 

2 PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 

3 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

4 Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

5 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(4) to support a trauma-informed continuum 

3 of programs (including delinquency prevention, 

4 intervention, mental health, behavioral health, and 

5 substance abuse treatment, and aftercare) to ad6 dress the needs of at-risk youth and youth who come 

7 into contact with the justice system.’’. 

8 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

9 Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

10 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (8), by amending subpara12 graph (C) to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(C) an Indian tribe; or’’; 

14 (2) by amending paragraph (18) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(18) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

17 given that term in section 102 of the Federally Rec18 ognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 

19 479a);’’; 

20 (3) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘or confine 

21 adults’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘or con22 fine adult inmates;’’; 

23 (4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol24 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(25) the term ‘sight or sound contact’ means 

2 any physical, clear visual, or verbal contact, that is 

3 not brief and inadvertent;’’; 

4 (5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 

7 ‘‘(A) means an individual who— 

8 ‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi9 nal responsibility under applicable State 

10 law; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus12 tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 

13 charge, or is convicted of a criminal charge 

14 offense; and 

15 ‘‘(B) does not include an individual who— 

16 ‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of17 fense, was younger than the maximum age 

18 at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 

19 facility under applicable State law; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) was committed to the care and 

21 custody of a juvenile correctional agency by 

22 a court of competent jurisdiction or by op23 eration of applicable State law;’’; 

24 (6) in paragraph (28), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 


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1 (7) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(30) the term ‘core requirements’ means the 

5 requirements described in paragraphs (11), (12), 

6 (13), (14), and (15) of section 223(a); 

7 ‘‘(31) the term ‘chemical agent’ means a spray 

8 used to temporarily incapacitate a person, including 

9 oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, and 2- 

10 chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 

11 ‘‘(32) the term ‘isolation’— 

12 ‘‘(A) means any instance in which a youth 

13 is confined alone for more than 10 minutes in 

14 a room or cell; and 

15 ‘‘(B) does not include confinement during 

16 regularly scheduled sleeping hours, or for not 

17 more than 1 hour during any 24-hour period in 

18 the room or cell in which the youth usually 

19 sleeps, protective confinement (for injured 

20 youths or youths whose safety is threatened), 

21 separation based on an approved treatment pro22 gram, limited confinement that is requested by 

23 the youth, or the separation of the youth from 

24 a group in a non-locked setting for the purpose 

25 of calming; 


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1 ‘‘(33) the term ‘restraints’ has the meaning 

2 given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ii); 

4 ‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro5 gram or practice for which the Administrator has 

6 determined that— 

7 ‘‘(A) casual evidence documents a relation8 ship between the practice and its intended out9 come, based on measures of the direction and 

10 size of a change, and the extent to which a 

11 change may be attributed to the practice; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the use of scientific methods rules 

13 out, to the extent possible, alternative expla14 nations for the documented change; 

15 ‘‘(35) the term ‘scientific methods’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) evaluation by an experimental trial, 

17 in which participants are randomly assigned to 

18 participate in the practice that is subject to 

19 such trial; or 

20 ‘‘(B) evaluation by a quasi-experimental 

21 trial, in which the outcomes for participants are 

22 compared with outcomes for a control group 

23 that is made up of individuals who are similar 

24 to such participants; 


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1 ‘‘(36) the term ‘promising’ means a program or 

2 practice that is demonstrated to be effective based 

3 on positive outcomes from one or more objective, 

4 independent, and scientifically valid quantitative or 

5 qualitative evaluations, as documented in writing to 

6 the Administrator; 

7 ‘‘(37) the term ‘dangerous practice’ means an 

8 act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason9 able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 

10 harm to a juvenile subjected to the act, procedure, 

11 or program; 

12 ‘‘(38) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc13 ess— 

14 ‘‘(A) designed to identify youth who may 

15 have mental health or substance abuse needs 

16 requiring immediate attention, intervention, and 

17 further evaluation; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the purpose of which is to quickly 

19 identify a youth with a possible mental health 

20 or substance abuse need in need of further as21 sessment; 

22 ‘‘(39) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min23 imum, an interview and review of available records 

24 and other pertinent information— 


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1 ‘‘(A) by a mental health or substance 

2 abuse professional who meets the criteria of the 

3 applicable State for licensing and education in 

4 the mental health or substance abuse field; and 

5 ‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi6 cant mental health or substance abuse treat7 ment needs to be addressed during a youth’s 

8 confinement; 

9 ‘‘(40) the term ‘contact’ means the point at 

10 which a youth interacts with the juvenile justice sys11 tem or criminal justice system, including interaction 

12 with a juvenile justice, juvenile court, or law enforce13 ment official, and including brief, sustained, or re14 peated interaction; 

15 ‘‘(41) the term ‘trauma-informed’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo17 sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 

18 physical, psychological, and psychosocial devel19 opment; 

20 ‘‘(B) recognizing when a youth has been 

21 exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 

22 of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 

23 trauma; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) responding by helping in ways that 

2 reflect awareness of the adverse impacts of 

3 trauma; 

4 ‘‘(42) the term ‘racial and ethnic disparity’ 

5 means youth of color are involved at a decision point 

6 in the juvenile justice system at higher rates, incre7 mentally or cumulatively, than White non-Hispanic 

8 youth at that decision point; 

9 ‘‘(43) the term ‘community’ means a unit of 

10 local government or an Indian tribe, or part of such 

11 a unit or tribe, as determined by such a unit or tribe 

12 for the purpose of applying for a grant under this 

13 Act; and 

14 ‘‘(44) the term ‘designated geographic area’ 

15 means a 5-digit postal ZIP Code assigned to a geo16 graphic area by the United States Postal Service.’’. 

17 TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE 

18 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN19 TION 

20 SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 

21 Section 204(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin22 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614(a)) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘a long-term plan, and im2 plement’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a long3 term plan to improve the juvenile justice system 

4 in the United States, taking into account sci5 entific knowledge regarding adolescent develop6 ment and behavior and regarding the effects of 

7 delinquency prevention programs and juvenile 

8 justice interventions on adolescents, and shall 

9 implement’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘research, and improve11 ment of the juvenile justice system in the 

12 United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and research’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Federal 

15 Register’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Federal 

16 Register during the 30-day period ending on October 

17 1 of each year.’’. 

18 SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 

19 AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 

20 Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

21 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the 

24 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

25 Administration, the Secretary of Defense, the 


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1 Secretary of Agriculture,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary 

2 of Health and Human Services,’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Immi4 gration and Naturalization’’ and inserting ‘‘As5 sistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 

6 Enforcement’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para9 graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 

10 223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re11 quirements’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 

15 basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) not later than 120 days after the comple19 tion of the last meeting of the Council during any 

20 fiscal year, submit to the Committee on Education 

21 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(i) contains the recommendations de25 scribed in subparagraph (A); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) includes a detailed account of the ac2 tivities conducted by the Council during the fis3 cal year, including a complete detailed account4 ing of expenses incurred by the Council to con5 duct operations in accordance with this section; 

6 ‘‘(iii) is published on the websites of the 

7 Department of Justice and the Council; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) is in addition to the annual report re9 quired under section 207.’’. 

10 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT. 

11 Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

12 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5617) is amended— 

13 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

14 striking ‘‘a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

15 year’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

18 ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race’’; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

22 (i) by inserting ‘‘and other’’ before 

23 ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

25 and inserting a semicolon; and 


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1 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(G) a summary of data from 1 month of 

3 the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 

4 and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 

5 of secure detention and correctional facilities 

6 operated by a State or unit of local government; 

7 ‘‘(H) the number of juveniles released from 

8 custody and the type of living arrangement to 

9 which each such juvenile was released; 

10 ‘‘(I) the number of status offense cases pe11 titioned to court (including a breakdown by 

12 type of offense and disposition), number of sta13 tus offenders held in secure detention, the find14 ings used to justify the use of secure detention, 

15 and the average period of time a status of16 fender was held in secure detention; 

17 ‘‘(J) the number of pregnant juveniles held 

18 in the custody of secure detention and correc19 tional facilities operated by a State or unit of 

20 local government; and 

21 ‘‘(K) the number of juveniles whose of22 fenses originated on school grounds, during off23 campus activities, or due to a referral by any 

24 school official.’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(5) A description of the criteria used to deter2 mine what programs qualify as evidence-based and 

3 promising programs under this title and title V and 

4 a comprehensive list of those programs the Adminis5 trator has determined meet such criteria. 

6 ‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In7 dian tribes under this Act, or under the Tribal Law 

8 and Order Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–211; 124 

9 Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 

10 funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 

11 unit of local government. 

12 ‘‘(7) An analysis and evaluation of the internal 

13 controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin14 quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol15 lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 

16 Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant programs 

17 and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus18 tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re19 cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 

20 of the grant programs, including instances in 

21 which— 

22 ‘‘(A) supporting documentation was not 

23 provided for cost reports; 

24 ‘‘(B) unauthorized expenditures occurred; 

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1 ‘‘(C) subrecipients of grant funds were not 

2 compliant with program requirements. 

3 ‘‘(8) An analysis and evaluation of the total 

4 amount of payments made to grantees that the Of5 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

6 recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio7 lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju8 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 

9 programs, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) the full name and location of the 

11 grantee; 

12 ‘‘(B) the violation of the program found; 

13 ‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re14 couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

15 Delinquency Prevention; and 

16 ‘‘(D) the actual amount recouped by the 

17 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre18 vention.’’. 

19 SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

20 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 221(b)(1) of 

21 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

22 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

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1 (b) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Section 222 of the Juve2 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

3 U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘age 

6 eighteen’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age, based 

7 on the most recent census’’; and 

8 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2)(A) If the aggregate amount appropriated 

11 for a fiscal year to carry out this title is less than 

12 $75,000,000, then— 

13 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State 

14 other than a State described in clause (ii) for 

15 that fiscal year shall be not less than $400,000; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the Virgin Is18 lands of the United States, Guam, American 

19 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

20 Mariana Islands for that fiscal year shall be not 

21 less than $75,000. 

22 ‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for 

23 a fiscal year to carry out this title is not less than 

24 $75,000,000, then— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State 

2 other than a State described in clause (ii) for 

3 that fiscal year shall be not less than $600,000; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the Virgin Is6 lands of the United States, Guam, American 

7 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

8 Mariana Islands for that fiscal year shall be not 

9 less than $100,000.’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

11 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(c)(1) If any amount allocated under subsection (a) 

15 is withheld from a State due to noncompliance with the 

16 core requirements, the funds shall be reallocated for an 

17 improvement grant designed to assist the State in achiev18 ing compliance with the core requirements. 

19 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall condition a grant de20 scribed in paragraph (1) on the State— 

21 ‘‘(A) with the approval of the Administrator, 

22 developing specific action steps designed to restore 

23 compliance with the core requirements; and 

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1 specific action steps developed under subparagraph 

2 (A). 

3 ‘‘(3) The Administrator shall provide appropriate and 

4 effective technical assistance directly or through an agree5 ment with a contractor to assist a State receiving an im6 provement grant described in paragraph (1) in achieving 

7 compliance with the core requirements.’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik9 ing ‘‘efficient administration, including monitoring, 

10 evaluation, and one full-time staff position’’ and in11 serting ‘‘effective and efficient administration, in12 cluding the designation of not less than 1 person to 

13 coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 

14 with the core requirements’’; and 

15 (5) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by strik16 ing ‘‘5 per centum of the minimum’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘not more than 5 percent of the’’. 

18 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

19 Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

20 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

23 by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 

24 compliance with State plan requirements.’’ and 

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1 tus of compliance with State plan requirements, 

2 and shall describe how the State plan is sup3 ported by or takes account of scientific knowl4 edge regarding adolescent development and be5 havior and regarding the effects of delinquency 

6 prevention programs and juvenile justice inter7 ventions on adolescents. Not later than 30 days 

8 after the date on which a plan or amended plan 

9 submitted under this subsection is finalized, a 

10 State shall make the plan or amended plan pub11 licly available by posting the plan or amended 

12 plan on the State’s publicly available website.’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad16 olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con17 cerning’’; 

18 (II) in clause (ii)— 

19 (aa) in subclause (II), by 

20 striking ‘‘counsel for children and 

21 youth’’ and inserting ‘‘publicly 

22 supported court-appointed legal 

23 counsel for children and youth 

24 charged in delinquency matters’’; 


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1 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

2 striking ‘‘mental health, edu3 cation, special education’’ and in4 serting ‘‘children’s mental health, 

5 education, child and adolescent 

6 substance abuse, special edu7 cation, services for youth with 

8 disabilities’’; 

9 (cc) in subclause (V), by 

10 striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 

11 delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de12 linquent youth or youth at risk of 

13 delinquency’’; 

14 (dd) in subclause (VII), by 

15 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (ee) by redesignating sub17 clause (VIII) as subclause (XI); 

18 (ff) by inserting after sub19 clause (VII) the following: 

20 ‘‘(VIII) the executive director or 

21 the designee of the executive director 

22 of a public or nonprofit entity that is 

23 located in the State and receiving a 

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1 ‘‘(IX) persons with expertise and 

2 competence in preventing and ad3 dressing mental health and substance 

4 abuse needs in juvenile delinquents 

5 and those at risk of delinquency; 

6 ‘‘(X) representatives of victim or 

7 witness advocacy groups; and’’; and 

8 (gg) in subclause (XI), as so 

9 redesignated, by striking ‘‘dis10 abilities’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

11 other disabilities, truancy reduc12 tion, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 

13 transgender youth, school fail14 ure’’; and 

15 (III) in clause (iv), by striking 

16 ‘‘24 at the time of appointment’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘28’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik19 ing ‘‘requirements of paragraphs (11), 

20 (12), and (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘core re21 quirements’’; and 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (E)(i), by adding 

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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

5 ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and all that follows 

6 through ‘‘applicable to the detention and 

7 confinement of juveniles’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Indian tribes that agree to attempt to 

9 comply with the core requirements applica10 ble to the detention and confinement of ju11 veniles’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) by striking clause (i) and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(i) a plan for ensuring that the chief ex20 ecutive officer of the State, State legislature, 

21 and all appropriate public agencies in the State 

22 with responsibility for provision of services to 

23 children, youth, and families are informed of 

24 the requirements of the State plan and compli25 ance with the core requirements;’’; 


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1 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (III) by striking clause (iv) and 

4 inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) a plan to provide alternatives to de6 tention, including diversion to home-based or 

7 community-based services that are culturally 

8 and linguistically competent or treatment for 

9 those youth in need of mental health, substance 

10 abuse, or co-occurring disorder services at the 

11 time such juveniles first come into contact with 

12 the juvenile justice system; 

13 ‘‘(v) a plan to reduce the number of chil14 dren housed in secure detention and corrections 

15 facilities who are awaiting placement in residen16 tial treatment programs; 

17 ‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family members, 

18 where appropriate, in the design and delivery of 

19 juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment 

20 services, particularly post-placement; and 

21 ‘‘(vii) a plan to use community-based serv22 ices to address the needs of at-risk youth or 

23 youth who have come into contact with the ju24 venile justice system;’’; 


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1 (E) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘exist2 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and prom3 ising’’; 

4 (F) in paragraph (9)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘used for—’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘used for evidence-based and 

11 trauma-informed—’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by insert13 ing ‘‘status offenders and other’’ before 

14 ‘‘youth who need’’; 

15 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘parents and 

17 other family members’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘status offenders, other youth, and 

19 the parents and other family members 

20 of such offenders and youth’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 

23 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

24 (G) through (S) as subparagraphs (H) 

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1 (v) in subparagraph (F), in the mat2 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘ex3 panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex4 pand’’; 

5 (vi) by inserting after subparagraph 

6 (F), the following: 

7 ‘‘(G) expanding access to publicly sup8 ported, court-appointed legal counsel and en9 hancing capacity for the competent representa10 tion of every child;’’; 

11 (vii) in subparagraph (M), as so re12 designated— 

13 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘re14 straints’’ and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; 

15 and 

16 (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘by 

17 the provision’’; 

18 (viii) in subparagraph (S), as so re19 designated, by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the 

20 end; 

21 (ix) in subparagraph (T), as so redes22 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

23 and inserting a semicolon; and 

24 (x) by inserting after subparagraph 

25 (T) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(U) programs and projects designed to in2 form juveniles of the opportunity and process 

3 for expunging juvenile records and to assist ju4 veniles in pursuing juvenile record 

5 expungements for both adjudications and ar6 rests not followed by adjudications; and 

7 ‘‘(V) programs that address the needs of 

8 girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 

9 system, including young mothers, survivors of 

10 commercial sexual exploitation or domestic child 

11 sex trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls 

12 of color, including girls who are members of an 

13 Indian tribe;’’; 

14 (G) in paragraph (11)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

17 (i), by inserting ‘‘and individuals 

18 under 18 years of age who are 

19 charged with or who have committed 

20 an offense of purchase or public pos21 session of any alcoholic beverage’’ 

22 after ‘‘by an adult’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘excluding—’’ 

24 and all that follows through ‘‘State;’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘excluding’’; 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (iii) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(C) the use of community-based alter6 natives to secure detention, including programs 

7 of public and nonprofit entities receiving a 

8 grant under part A of title III is encouraged;’’; 

9 (H) in paragraph (12)(A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘alleged to be or found 

11 to be delinquent or juveniles within the 

12 purview of paragraph (11)’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘contact’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘sight or sound contact’’; 

15 (I) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con16 tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 

17 or sound contact’’; 

18 (J) by striking paragraph (22); 

19 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (23) 

20 through (28) as paragraphs (24) through (29), 

21 respectively; 

22 (L) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

23 through (21) as paragraphs (16) through (23), 

24 respectively; 


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1 (M) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(14) require that— 

4 ‘‘(A) not later than 3 years after the date 

5 of enactment of the Youth Justice Act of 2015, 

6 unless a court finds, after a hearing and in 

7 writing, that it is in the interest of justice, juve8 niles awaiting trial or other legal process who 

9 are treated as adults for purposes of prosecu10 tion in criminal court and housed in a secure 

11 facility— 

12 ‘‘(i) shall not have sight or sound con13 tact with adult inmates; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in paragraph 

15 (13), may not be held in any jail or lockup 

16 for adults; 

17 ‘‘(B) in determining under subparagraph 

18 (A) whether it is in the interest of justice to 

19 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock20 up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 

21 with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 

22 ‘‘(i) the age of the juvenile; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the physical and mental maturity 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the present mental state of the 

2 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

3 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

4 juvenile; 

5 ‘‘(iv) the nature and circumstances of 

6 the alleged offense; 

7 ‘‘(v) the juvenile’s history of prior de8 linquent acts; 

9 ‘‘(vi) the relative ability of the avail10 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

11 to meet the specific needs of the juvenile 

12 and to protect the public; 

13 ‘‘(vii) whether placement in a juvenile 

14 facility will better serve the long-term in15 terests of the juvenile and be more likely to 

16 prevent recidivism; 

17 ‘‘(viii) the availability of programs de18 signed to treat the juvenile’s behavioral 

19 problems; and 

20 ‘‘(ix) any other relevant factor; and 

21 ‘‘(C) if a court determines under subpara22 graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 

23 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock24 up for adults— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the court shall hold a hearing not 

2 less frequently than once every 30 days to 

3 review whether it is still in the interest of 

4 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

5 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile shall not be held in 

7 any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 

8 to have sight or sound contact with adult 

9 inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 

10 the court, in writing, determines there is 

11 good cause for an extension or the juvenile 

12 expressly waives this limitation; 

13 ‘‘(15) implement policy, practice, and system 

14 improvement strategies at the State, territorial, 

15 local, and tribal levels, as applicable, to identify and 

16 reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 

17 who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys18 tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 

19 standards or quotas, by— 

20 ‘‘(A) establishing coordinating bodies, com21 posed of juvenile justice stakeholders at the 

22 State, local, or tribal levels, to oversee and mon23 itor efforts by States, units of local government, 

24 and Indian tribes to reduce racial and ethnic 

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1 ‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing key decision 

2 points in State, local, or tribal juvenile justice 

3 and educational systems to determine which 

4 points create racial and ethnic disparities 

5 among youth who come into contact with the 

6 juvenile justice system; 

7 ‘‘(C) developing and implementing data 

8 collection and analysis systems to identify 

9 where racial and ethnic disparities exist in the 

10 juvenile justice system and to track and analyze 

11 such disparities; 

12 ‘‘(D) developing and implementing a work 

13 plan that includes measurable objectives for pol14 icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 

15 the needs identified in the data collection and 

16 analysis under subparagraphs (B) and (C); and 

17 ‘‘(E) publicly reporting, on an annual 

18 basis, the efforts made in accordance with sub19 paragraphs (B), (C), and (D);’’; 

20 (N) in paragraph (16), as so redesig21 nated— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘adequate system’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘requirements of para25 graph (11),’’ and all that follows through 


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1 ‘‘monitoring to the Administrator’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the core requirements are met, 

3 and for annual reporting to the Adminis4 trator of such plan, including the results of 

5 such monitoring and all related enforce6 ment and educational activities’’; and 

7 (iii) by striking ‘‘, in the opinion of 

8 the Administrator,’’; 

9 (O) in paragraph (17), as so redesig10 nated— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘ethnicity,’’ after 

12 ‘‘race,’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘sexual orientation’’ 

14 before ‘‘race’’; 

15 (P) in paragraph (24), as so redesignated 

16 in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), by striking 

17 ‘‘juvenile’’ each place it appears and inserting 

18 ‘‘status offender’’; 

19 (Q) in paragraph (26), as so redesignated, 

20 by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec21 tion 222(e)’’; 

22 (R) in paragraph (27), as so redesig23 nated— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 

2 with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max3 imum extent practicable,’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

5 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, so as to 

6 provide for— 

7 ‘‘(A) a compilation of data reflecting infor8 mation on juveniles entering the juvenile justice 

9 system with a prior reported history as victims 

10 of child abuse or neglect through arrest, court 

11 intake, probation and parole, juvenile detention, 

12 and corrections; and 

13 ‘‘(B) a plan to use the data described in 

14 subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 

15 for the treatment of victims of child abuse and 

16 neglect who have entered, or are at risk of en17 tering, the juvenile justice system;’’; 

18 (S) in paragraph (28), as so redesig19 nated— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘establish policies’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘establish protocols, policies, pro22 cedures,’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (T) in paragraph (29), as so redesignated, 

2 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

3 a semicolon; and 

4 (U) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(30) provide for the coordinated use of funds 

6 provided under this Act with other Federal and 

7 State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven8 tion and intervention programs; 

9 ‘‘(31) develop policies and procedures, and pro10 vide training for facility staff to eliminate the use of 

11 dangerous practices, unreasonable restraints, and 

12 unreasonable isolation, including by developing effec13 tive behavior management techniques, and provide 

14 that not later than 3 years after the date of enact15 ment of the Youth Justice Act of 2015, with a 1- 

16 year extension for each additional year that the 

17 State can demonstrate hardship as determined by 

18 the Administrator, the State will eliminate the use 

19 of dangerous practices, unreasonable restraints, and 

20 unreasonable isolation; 

21 ‘‘(32) describe— 

22 ‘‘(A) the evidence-based methods that will 

23 be used to conduct mental health and substance 

24 abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 

25 treatment for all juveniles who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) request a screening; 

2 ‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen3 ing; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) are held for a period of more 

5 than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro6 vides for an initial screening; 

7 ‘‘(B) the method to be used by the State 

8 to provide or arrange for mental health and 

9 substance abuse disorder treatment for juve10 niles determined to be in need of such treat11 ment; and 

12 ‘‘(C) the policies of the State designed to 

13 develop and implement comprehensive collabo14 rative State or local plans to meet the service 

15 needs of juveniles with mental health or sub16 stance abuse needs who come into contact with 

17 the justice system and the families of the juve18 niles, including recognizing trauma histories of 

19 juveniles and providing trauma-informed care; 

20 ‘‘(33) provide procedural safeguards to adju21 dicated juveniles, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) a written case plan for each juvenile, 

23 based on an assessment of the needs of the ju24 venile and developed and updated in consulta25 tion with the juvenile, the family of the juvenile, 


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1 and, if appropriate, counsel for the juvenile, 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(i) describes the pre-release and 

4 post-release programs and reentry services 

5 that will be provided to the juvenile; 

6 ‘‘(ii) describes the living arrangement 

7 to which the juvenile is to be discharged; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) establishes a plan for the enroll10 ment of the juvenile in post-release health 

11 care, behavioral health care, educational, 

12 vocational, training, family support, public 

13 assistance, and legal services programs, as 

14 appropriate; and 

15 ‘‘(B) as appropriate, a hearing that— 

16 ‘‘(i) shall take place in a family or ju17 venile court or another court (including a 

18 tribal court) of competent jurisdiction, or 

19 by an administrative body appointed or ap20 proved by the court, not later than 30 days 

21 before the date on which the juvenile is 

22 scheduled to be released, and at which the 

23 juvenile would be represented by counsel; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) shall determine the discharge 

2 plan for the juvenile, including a deter3 mination of whether a safe, appropriate, 

4 and permanent living arrangement has 

5 been secured for the juvenile and whether 

6 enrollment in health care, behavioral health 

7 care, educational, vocational, training, fam8 ily support, public assistance and legal 

9 services, as appropriate, has been arranged 

10 for the juvenile; 

11 ‘‘(34) provide that the agency of the State re12 ceiving funds under this Act collaborate with the 

13 State educational agency receiving assistance under 

14 part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) to 

16 develop and implement a plan to ensure that, in 

17 order to support educational progress— 

18 ‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju19 veniles, including electronic records if available, 

20 are transferred in a timely manner from the 

21 educational program in the juvenile detention or 

22 secure treatment facility to the educational or 

23 training program into which the juveniles will 

24 enroll; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 

2 are transferred; and 

3 ‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 

4 partial credit toward high school graduation for 

5 secondary school coursework satisfactorily com6 pleted before and during the period of time dur7 ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re8 gardless of the local educational agency or enti9 ty from which the credits were earned; and 

10 ‘‘(35) provide a description of the use by the 

11 State of funds for reentry and aftercare services for 

12 juveniles released from the juvenile justice system.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

15 (1)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘applicable require17 ments of paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and 

18 (22) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core 

19 requirements’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘beginning after Sep21 tember 30, 2001, then’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘the subsequent fiscal 

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘that fiscal year’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end and 

2 inserting a semicolon; 

3 (C) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘, administrative,’’ 

5 after ‘‘appropriate executive’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

7 and inserting ‘‘, as specified in section 

8 222(c); and’’; and 

9 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) the State shall submit to the Adminis11 trator a report detailing the reasons for noncompli12 ance with the core requirements, including the plan 

13 of the State to regain full compliance, and the State 

14 shall make publicly available such report, not later 

15 than 30 days after the date on which the Adminis16 trator approves the report, by posting the report on 

17 a publicly available website.’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ and in20 serting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 

22 (11), (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘described in the core require24 ments’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 

2 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub3 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require4 ments’’; 

5 (4) in subsection (f)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an eligi7 ble organization composed of member represent8 atives of the State advisory groups appointed 

9 under subsection (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a non10 partisan, nonprofit organization that is de11 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev12 enue Code of 1986,’’; and 

13 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

14 follows: 

15 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—To be eligible to receive 

16 such assistance, such organization shall— 

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

18 ‘‘(i) have been appointed by a chief 

19 executive of a State to serve as a State ad20 visory group member under subsection 

21 (a)(3); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov23 erning officer of such organization by a 

24 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

25 of all such State advisory groups; 


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1 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

2 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 

3 shall be representative of regionally and demo4 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; 

5 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

6 chief executive of each State of one State advi7 sory group member and one alternate State ad8 visory group member from each such State to 

9 implement the advisory functions specified in 

10 clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (D), in11 cluding serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

12 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint13 ments available to the public; and 

14 ‘‘(D) agree to carry out activities that in15 clude— 

16 ‘‘(i) conducting an annual conference 

17 of such member representatives for pur18 poses relating to the activities of such 

19 State advisory groups; 

20 ‘‘(ii) disseminating information, data, 

21 standards, advanced techniques, and pro22 gram models; 

23 ‘‘(iii) reviewing Federal policies re24 garding juvenile justice and delinquency 

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1 ‘‘(iv) advising the Administrator with 

2 respect to particular functions or aspects 

3 of the work of the Office, and appointing 

4 a representative, diverse group of members 

5 of such organization under subparagraph 

6 (C) to serve as an advisory panel of State 

7 juvenile justice advisors (referred to as the 

8 ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry out 

9 the functions specified in subsection (g); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(v) advising the President and Con12 gress with regard to State perspectives on 

13 the operation of the Office and Federal 

14 legislation pertaining to juvenile justice 

15 and delinquency prevention.’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

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

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

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

21 promising practices related to juvenile delin22 quency and criminal street gang activity preven23 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

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

2 of individuals and organizations with experience 

3 in administering or evaluating practices that 

4 serve youth involved in, or at risk of involve5 ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

6 street gang activity, from which the Adminis7 trator shall select individuals who shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

9 reviews of applications submitted by units 

10 of local government and Indian tribes pur11 suant to section 277, to ensure that such 

12 applications demonstrate a clear plan to— 

13 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en14 tire family unit; and 

15 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

16 service to youth among agencies; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re18 spect to the award and allocation of 

19 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

20 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

21 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

22 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

23 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to part G; 

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1 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

2 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

3 out with grants under part G, including the 

4 evaluation of changes achieved as a result of 

5 such programs and activities related to de6 creases in juvenile delinquency and criminal 

7 street gang activity, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at9 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi10 nal street gang activity; 

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

12 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

13 delinquency or criminal street gang activ14 ity; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

16 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

17 result of such programs and activities, and 

18 the reinvestment by the unit or tribe of 

19 any such savings. 

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

21 months after the date of enactment of the Youth 

22 Justice Act of 2015, and annually thereafter, the 

23 PROMISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report 

24 containing the findings and determinations under 

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1 Congress, the President, the Attorney General, and 

2 the chief executive and chief law enforcement officer 

3 of each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

4 tribe. 

5 ‘‘(h) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

7 after the date of receipt of information indicating 

8 that a State may be out of compliance with any of 

9 the core requirements, the Administrator shall deter10 mine whether the State is in compliance with the 

11 core requirements. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) issue an annual public report— 

14 ‘‘(i) describing any determination de15 scribed in paragraph (1) made during the 

16 previous year, including a summary of the 

17 information on which the determination is 

18 based and the actions to be taken by the 

19 Administrator (including a description of 

20 any reduction imposed under subsection 

21 (c)); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) for any such determination that 

23 a State is out of compliance with any of 

24 the core requirements, describing the basis 

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1 ‘‘(B) make the report described in sub2 paragraph (A) available on a publicly available 

3 website.’’. 

4 SEC. 206. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 

5 Section 241(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651(a)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘status of9 fenders,’’ before ‘‘juvenile offenders, and juveniles’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘juvenile of11 fenders and juveniles’’ and inserting ‘‘status offend12 ers, juvenile offenders, and juveniles’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, including 

14 juveniles with disabilities’’ before the semicolon; and 

15 (4) in paragraph (17), by inserting ‘‘truancy 

16 prevention and reduction,’’ after ‘‘mentoring,’’. 

17 SEC. 207. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 246(a)(2) of the Juvenile 

19 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

20 U.S.C. 5656(a)(2)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subparagraph (A); 

22 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

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1 (3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), as redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 paragraph (A)’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

5 Section 223(a)(7)(A) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(7)(A)) 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘(including any geographical area 

8 in which an Indian tribe performs law enforcement func9 tions)’’ and inserting ‘‘(including any geographical area of 

10 which an Indian tribe has jurisdiction)’’. 

11 SEC. 208. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 

12 ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 

13 Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

14 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5661) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in the matter proceeding subpara18 graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘shall’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu22 ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 

23 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

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1 ‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent sta2 tus offenders and first-time minor offend3 ers from subsequent involvement with the 

4 criminal justice system;’’; 

5 (II) by striking clause (vii) and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of 

8 behavioral health needs (including mental 

9 health, substance abuse, and co-occurring 

10 disorders) among juveniles pre-placement 

11 and post-placement when held in the cus12 tody of secure detention and corrections fa13 cilities, including an examination of the ef14 fects of confinement;’’; 

15 (III) by redesignating clauses 

16 (ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses (xi), (xii), 

17 and (xiii), respectively; and 

18 (IV) by inserting after clause 

19 (viii) the following: 

20 ‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 

21 have produced reductions in or elimination 

22 of the use of dangerous practices; 

23 ‘‘(x) methods to improve the recruit24 ment, selection, training, and retention of 

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1 icine, law enforcement, the judiciary, juve2 nile justice, social work and child protec3 tion, education, housing, and other rel4 evant fields who are engaged in, or intend 

5 to work in, the field of prevention, identi6 fication, and treatment of delinquency;’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), by striking ‘‘date of enactment 

11 of this paragraph, the’’ and inserting ‘‘date 

12 of enactment of the Youth Justice Act of 

13 2015, the’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

17 the period at the end and inserting a semi18 colon; and 

19 (iv) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(H) a description of the best practices in 

22 discharge planning; and 

23 ‘‘(I) an assessment of living arrangements 

24 for juveniles who cannot return to the homes of 

25 the juveniles.’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘shall’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin6 istrator, in consultation with experts in the field of juve7 nile justice research, recidivism, and data collection, 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec10 tion and technology that States shall use to evaluate 

11 data on juvenile recidivism on an annual basis; 

12 ‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re13 cidivism measurement system; and 

14 ‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 

15 that is collected from States available to the pub16 lic.’’. 

17 SEC. 209. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

18 Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

19 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5662) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

22 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 

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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘may’’ 

2 before ‘‘make grants to and contracts with’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de8 velop and implement projects’’; 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli10 ance with the core requirements’’ after 

11 ‘‘this title’’; and 

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘may’’ before ‘‘make 

15 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) shall, upon request, provide technical as20 sistance to States and units of local government on 

21 achieving compliance with the amendments made by 

22 the Youth Justice Act of 2015; and 

23 ‘‘(4) shall provide technical assistance to States 

24 in support of efforts to establish partnerships be25 tween a State and a university, institution of higher 


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1 education, or research center designed to improve 

2 the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 

3 professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 

4 enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 

5 work and child protection, education, housing, and 

6 other relevant fields who are engaged in, or intend 

7 to work in, the field of prevention, identification, and 

8 treatment of delinquency.’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES REGARD11 ING LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—The Ad12 ministrator shall, in consultation with the American Bar 

13 Association, State bar associations, National Juvenile De14 fender Center Associations, and the National Council on 

15 Juvenile and Family Court Judges— 

16 ‘‘(1) develop and issue standards of practice for 

17 attorneys representing children; and 

18 ‘‘(2) ensure that the standards issued under 

19 paragraph (1) are adapted for use in States. 

20 ‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR

21 LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC22 TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 

23 training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 

24 detention and corrections personnel of States and units 

25 of local government to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) promote methods for improving conditions 

2 of juvenile confinement, including methods that are 

3 designed to eliminate the use of dangerous practices, 

4 unreasonable restraints, and isolation; and 

5 ‘‘(2) encourage alternative behavior manage6 ment techniques based on positive youth develop7 ment approaches. 

8 ‘‘(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

9 SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

10 TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY11 BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 

12 and technical assistance, in conjunction with the appro13 priate public agencies, to individuals involved in making 

14 decisions regarding the disposition of cases for youth who 

15 enter the juvenile justice system about the appropriate 

16 services and placement for youth with mental health or 

17 substance abuse needs, including— 

18 ‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

19 ‘‘(2) probation officers; 

20 ‘‘(3) juvenile court judges and court services 

21 personnel; 

22 ‘‘(4) prosecutors and court-appointed counsel; 

23 and 

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1 ‘‘(g) GRANTS FOR JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND

2 PERSONNEL.—The Attorney General, acting through the 

3 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and 

4 the Office of Justice Programs, shall make grants to im5 prove training, education, technical assistance, evaluation, 

6 and research to enhance the capacity of State and local 

7 courts, judges, and related judicial personnel to— 

8 ‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in9 volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 

10 court system; and 

11 ‘‘(2) carry out the requirements of this Act.’’. 

12 SEC. 210. INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL PRO13 GRAMS. 

14 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre15 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by redesignating part F as part H; and 

18 (2) by inserting after part E the following: 

19 ‘‘PART F—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR STATE AND 

20 LOCAL PROGRAMS 

21 ‘‘SEC. 271. INCENTIVE GRANTS. 

22 ‘‘(a) INCENTIVE GRANT FUNDS.—The Administrator 

23 may make incentive grants to a State, unit of local govern24 ment, or combination of States and local governments to 

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1 thereof in carrying out an activity identified in subsection 

2 (b)(1). 

3 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An incentive grant made by 

5 the Administrator under this section may be used 

6 to— 

7 ‘‘(A) increase the use of evidence-based or 

8 promising prevention and intervention pro9 grams; 

10 ‘‘(B) improve the recruitment, selection, 

11 training, and retention of professional personnel 

12 (including in the fields of medicine, law enforce13 ment, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social work, 

14 and child prevention) who are engaged in, or in15 tend to work in, the field of prevention, inter16 vention, and treatment of juveniles to reduce 

17 delinquency; 

18 ‘‘(C) establish or support a partnership be19 tween juvenile justice agencies of a State or 

20 unit of local government and mental health au21 thorities of a State or unit of local government 

22 to establish and implement programs to ensure 

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1 ment, and after-care services for juveniles who 

2 come into contact with the justice system by— 

3 ‘‘(i) carrying out programs that divert 

4 from incarceration juveniles who come into 

5 contact with the justice system (including 

6 facilities contracted for operation by State 

7 or local juvenile authorities) and have men8 tal health or substance abuse needs— 

9 ‘‘(I) when such juveniles are at 

10 imminent risk of being taken into cus11 tody; 

12 ‘‘(II) at the time such juveniles 

13 are initially taken into custody; 

14 ‘‘(III) after such juveniles are 

15 charged with an offense or act of juve16 nile delinquency; 

17 ‘‘(IV) after such juveniles are ad18 judicated delinquent and before case 

19 disposition; and 

20 ‘‘(V) after such juveniles are 

21 committed to secure placement; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) improving treatment of juveniles 

23 with mental health needs by working to en24 sure— 

25 ‘‘(I) that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) initial mental health 

2 screening is— 

3 ‘‘(AA) completed for a 

4 juvenile immediately upon 

5 entering the juvenile justice 

6 system or a juvenile facility; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(BB) conducted by 

9 qualified health and mental 

10 health professionals or by 

11 staff who have been trained 

12 by qualified health, mental 

13 health, and substance abuse 

14 professionals; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) in the case of screen16 ing, results that indicate possible 

17 need for mental health or sub18 stance abuse services are re19 viewed by qualified mental health 

20 or substance abuse treatment 

21 professionals not later than 24 

22 hours after the screening; 

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1 cidal, or is in need of medical atten2 tion due to intoxication is— 

3 ‘‘(aa) placed in or imme4 diately transferred to an appro5 priate medical or mental health 

6 facility; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) only admitted to a se8 cure correctional facility with 

9 written medical clearance; 

10 ‘‘(III) that— 

11 ‘‘(aa) for a juvenile identi12 fied by a screening as needing a 

13 mental health assessment, the 

14 mental health assessment and 

15 any indicated comprehensive eval16 uation or individualized treat17 ment plan are written and imple18 mented— 

19 ‘‘(AA) not later than 2 

20 weeks after the date on 

21 which the juvenile enters the 

22 juvenile justice system; or 

23 ‘‘(BB) if a juvenile is 

24 entering a secure facility, 

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1 the date on which the juve2 nile enters the juvenile jus3 tice system; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) the assessments de5 scribed in item (aa) are com6 pleted by qualified health, mental 

7 health, and substance abuse pro8 fessionals; 

9 ‘‘(IV) that— 

10 ‘‘(aa) if the need for treat11 ment is indicated by the assess12 ment of a juvenile, the juvenile is 

13 referred to or treated by a quali14 fied professional; 

15 ‘‘(bb) a juvenile who is re16 ceiving treatment for a mental 

17 health or substance abuse need 

18 on the date of the assessment 

19 continues to receive treatment; 

20 ‘‘(cc) treatment of a juvenile 

21 continues until a qualified mental 

22 health professional determines 

23 that the juvenile is no longer in 

24 need of treatment; and 


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1 ‘‘(dd) treatment plans for 

2 juveniles are reevaluated at least 

3 every 30 days; 

4 ‘‘(V) that— 

5 ‘‘(aa) discharge plans are 

6 prepared for an incarcerated ju7 venile when the juvenile enters 

8 the correctional facility in order 

9 to integrate the juvenile back 

10 into the family and the commu11 nity; 

12 ‘‘(bb) discharge plans for an 

13 incarcerated juvenile are updated, 

14 in consultation with the family or 

15 guardian of a juvenile, before the 

16 juvenile leaves the facility; and 

17 ‘‘(cc) discharge plans ad18 dress the provision of aftercare 

19 services; 

20 ‘‘(VI) that any juvenile in the ju21 venile justice system receiving psycho22 tropic medications is— 

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1 ‘‘(bb) monitored regularly by 

2 trained staff to evaluate the effi3 cacy and side effects of the psy4 chotropic medications; and 

5 ‘‘(VII) that specialized treatment 

6 and services are continually available 

7 to a juvenile in the juvenile justice 

8 system who has— 

9 ‘‘(aa) a history of mental 

10 health needs or treatment; 

11 ‘‘(bb) a documented history 

12 of sexual offenses or sexual 

13 abuse, as a victim or perpetrator; 

14 ‘‘(cc) substance abuse needs 

15 or a health problem, learning dis16 ability, or history of family abuse 

17 or violence; or 

18 ‘‘(dd) developmental disabil19 ities; 

20 ‘‘(D) provide ongoing training, in conjunc21 tion with the public or private agency that pro22 vides mental health services, to individuals in23 volved in making decisions involving youth who 

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1 juvenile court judges, public defenders, mental 

2 health and substance abuse service providers 

3 and administrators, probation officers, and par4 ents) that focuses on— 

5 ‘‘(i) the availability of screening and 

6 assessment tools and the effective use of 

7 such tools; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the purpose, benefits, and need 

9 to increase availability of mental health or 

10 substance abuse treatment programs (in11 cluding home-based and community-based 

12 programs) available to juveniles within the 

13 jurisdiction of the recipient; 

14 ‘‘(iii) the availability of public and pri15 vate services available to juveniles to pay 

16 for mental health or substance abuse treat17 ment programs; or 

18 ‘‘(iv) the appropriate use of effective 

19 home-based and community-based alter20 natives to juvenile justice or mental health 

21 system institutional placement; and 

22 ‘‘(E) develop comprehensive collaborative 

23 plans to address the service needs of juveniles 

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1 who are at risk of coming into contact with the 

2 juvenile justice system that— 

3 ‘‘(i) revise and improve the delivery of 

4 intensive home-based and community-based 

5 services to juveniles who have been in con6 tact with or who are at risk of coming into 

7 contact with the justice system; 

8 ‘‘(ii) determine how the service needs 

9 of juveniles with mental health or sub10 stance abuse disorders who come into con11 tact with the juvenile justice system will be 

12 furnished from the initial detention stage 

13 until after discharge in order for those ju14 veniles to avoid further contact with the 

15 justice system; 

16 ‘‘(iii) demonstrate that the State or 

17 unit of local government has entered into 

18 appropriate agreements with all entities re19 sponsible for providing services under the 

20 plan, such as the agency of the State or 

21 unit of local government charged with ad22 ministering juvenile justice programs, the 

23 agency of the State or unit of local govern24 ment charged with providing mental health 

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1 local government charged with providing 

2 substance abuse treatment services, the 

3 educational agency of the State or unit of 

4 local government, the child welfare system 

5 of the State or local government, and pri6 vate nonprofit community-based organiza7 tions; 

8 ‘‘(iv) ensure that the State or unit of 

9 local government has in effect any laws 

10 necessary for services to be delivered in ac11 cordance with the plan; 

12 ‘‘(v) establish a network of individuals 

13 (or incorporate an existing network) to 

14 provide coordination between mental health 

15 service providers, substance abuse service 

16 providers, probation and parole officers, 

17 judges, corrections personnel, law enforce18 ment personnel, State and local edu19 cational agency personnel, parents and 

20 families, and other appropriate parties re21 garding effective treatment of juveniles 

22 with mental health or substance abuse dis23 orders; 

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1 tions personnel, State and local educational 

2 agency personnel, mental health service 

3 providers, and substance abuse service pro4 viders to enhance collaboration among sys5 tems; 

6 ‘‘(vii) provide for coordinated and ef7 fective aftercare programs for juveniles 

8 who have been diagnosed with a mental 

9 health or substance abuse disorder and 

10 who are discharged from home-based care, 

11 community-based care, any other treat12 ment program, secure detention facilities, 

13 secure correctional facilities, or jail; 

14 ‘‘(viii) provide for the purchase of 

15 technical assistance to support the imple16 mentation of the plan; 

17 ‘‘(ix) estimate the costs of imple18 menting the plan and propose funding 

19 sources sufficient to meet the non-Federal 

20 funding requirements for implementation 

21 of the plan under subsection (c)(2)(E); 

22 ‘‘(x) describe the methodology to be 

23 used to identify juveniles at risk of coming 

24 into contact with the juvenile justice sys25 tem; 


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1 ‘‘(xi) provide a written plan to ensure 

2 that all training and services provided 

3 under the plan will be culturally and lin4 guistically competent; and 

5 ‘‘(xii) describe the outcome measures 

6 and benchmarks that will be used to evalu7 ate the progress and effectiveness of the 

8 plan. 

9 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION.—A 

10 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

11 under this section shall ensure that— 

12 ‘‘(A) the use of the grant under this sec13 tion is developed as part of the State plan re14 quired under section 223(a); and 

15 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent of the 

16 amount received under this section is used for 

17 administration of the grant under this section. 

18 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 

20 government desiring a grant under this section shall 

21 submit an application at such time, in such manner, 

22 and containing such information as the Adminis23 trator may prescribe. 

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1 each application for incentive grant funding under 

2 this section shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) describe any activity or program the 

4 funding would be used for and how the activity 

5 or program is designed to carry out one or 

6 more of the activities described in subsection 

7 (b); 

8 ‘‘(B) if any of the funds provided under 

9 the grant would be used for evidence-based or 

10 promising prevention or intervention programs, 

11 include a detailed description of the studies, 

12 findings, or practice knowledge that support the 

13 assertion that such programs qualify as evi14 dence-based or promising; 

15 ‘‘(C) for any program for which funds pro16 vided under the grant would be used that is not 

17 evidence-based or promising, include a detailed 

18 description of any studies, findings, or practice 

19 knowledge which support the effectiveness of 

20 the program; 

21 ‘‘(D) if the funds provided under the grant 

22 will be used for an activity described in sub23 section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 

24 the State or unit of local government— 


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1 ‘‘(i) will work with public or private 

2 entities in the area to administer the train3 ing funded under subsection (b)(1)(D), to 

4 ensure that such training is comprehensive, 

5 constructive, linguistically and culturally 

6 competent, and of a high quality; 

7 ‘‘(ii) is committed to a goal of increas8 ing the diversion of juveniles coming under 

9 its jurisdiction into appropriate home10 based or community-based care when the 

11 interest of the juvenile and public safety 

12 allow; 

13 ‘‘(iii) intends to use amounts provided 

14 under a grant under this section for an ac15 tivity described in subsection (b)(1)(D) to 

16 further such goal; and 

17 ‘‘(iv) has a plan to demonstrate, using 

18 appropriate benchmarks, the progress of 

19 the agency in meeting such goal; and 

20 ‘‘(E) if the funds provided under the grant 

21 will be used for an activity described in sub22 section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 

23 not less than 25 percent of the total cost of the 

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1 is conducted with the grant under this section 

2 will be contributed by non-Federal sources. 

3 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS TO ESTABLISH

4 PARTNERSHIPS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY REPORTING.—A State or unit 

6 of local government receiving a grant for an activity 

7 described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall keep records 

8 of the incidence and types of mental health and sub9 stance abuse disorders in the juvenile justice popu10 lation of the State or unit of local government, the 

11 range and scope of services provided, and barriers to 

12 service. The State or unit of local government shall 

13 submit an analysis of this information yearly to the 

14 Administrator. 

15 ‘‘(2) STAFF RATIOS FOR CORRECTIONAL FA16 CILITIES.—A State or unit of local government re17 ceiving a grant for an activity described in sub18 section (b)(1)(C) shall require that a secure correc19 tional facility operated by or on behalf of that State 

20 or unit of local government— 

21 ‘‘(A) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

22 than 1 mental health and substance abuse 

23 counselor for every 50 juveniles, who shall be 

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1 ‘‘(B) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

2 than 1 clinical psychologist for every 100 juve3 niles; and 

4 ‘‘(C) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

5 than 1 licensed psychiatrist for every 100 juve6 niles receiving psychiatric care. 

7 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ISOLATION.—A State or 

8 unit of local government receiving a grant for an ac9 tivity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require 

10 that— 

11 ‘‘(A) isolation is used only for immediate 

12 and short-term security or safety reasons; 

13 ‘‘(B) no juvenile is placed in isolation with14 out approval of the facility superintendent or 

15 chief medical officer or their official staff des16 ignee; 

17 ‘‘(C) all instances in which a juvenile is 

18 placed in isolation are documented in the file of 

19 the juvenile along with the justification; 

20 ‘‘(D) a juvenile is in isolation only the 

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1 sional review of the need for isolation at least 

2 every 4 hours; and 

3 ‘‘(F) any juvenile held in isolation for 24 

4 hours is examined by a physician or licensed 

5 psychologist. 

6 ‘‘(4) MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH EMER7 GENCIES.—A State or unit of local government re8 ceiving a grant for an activity described in sub9 section (b)(1)(C) shall require that a correctional fa10 cility operated by or on behalf of that State or unit 

11 of local government has written policies and proce12 dures on suicide prevention. All staff working in a 

13 correctional facility operated by or on behalf of a 

14 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

15 for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall 

16 be trained and certified annually in suicide preven17 tion. A correctional facility operated by or on behalf 

18 of a State or unit of local government receiving a 

19 grant for an activity described in subsection 

20 (b)(1)(C) shall have a written arrangement with a 

21 hospital or other facility for providing emergency 

22 medical and mental health care. Physical and mental 

23 health services shall be available to an incarcerated 

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1 ‘‘(5) IDEA AND REHABILITATION ACT.—A 

2 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

3 for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall 

4 require that all juvenile facilities operated by or on 

5 behalf of the State or unit of local government abide 

6 by all mandatory requirements and timelines set 

7 forth under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu8 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) and section 504 

9 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 

10 ‘‘(6) FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.—A State or unit 

11 of local government receiving a grant for an activity 

12 described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall provide for 

13 such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures 

14 as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper 

15 disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds re16 ceived under this section that are used for an activ17 ity described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 


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1 ‘‘PART G—YOUTH PRISON REDUCTION THROUGH 

2 OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORING, INTERVEN3 TION, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION 

4 ‘‘Subpart 1—Federal Coordination of Local and 

5 Tribal Juvenile Justice Information and Efforts 

6 ‘‘SEC. 272. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO7 CATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER9 MINE NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropria10 tions, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a com11 petitive basis, to an organization to— 

12 ‘‘(1) collect and analyze data related to the ex13 isting juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang 

14 activity prevention and intervention needs and re15 sources in each designated geographic area; 

16 ‘‘(2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

17 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo18 graphic areas that have the most need of resources, 

19 based on such data, to carry out juvenile delin20 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention 

21 and intervention; 

22 ‘‘(3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

23 paragraph (1) to rank the areas listed under para24 graph (2) in descending order by the amount of need 

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1 vention, ranking the area with the greatest need for 

2 such resources highest; and 

3 ‘‘(4) periodically update the list and rankings 

4 under paragraph (3) as the Administrator deter5 mines to be appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de7 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

8 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

9 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

10 ‘‘(1) using the geographic information system 

11 and Web-based mapping application known as the 

12 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

13 (SMART) system; 

14 ‘‘(2) from the Department of Health and 

15 Human Services, the Department of Labor, the De16 partment of Housing and Urban Development, and 

17 the Department of Education; and 

18 ‘‘(3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

19 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

20 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

21 ‘‘(c) USE OF DATA BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

22 list and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

23 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

24 this part in the most strategic and effective manner to 

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1 in the communities with the greatest need for such re2 sources and services. 

3 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF COLLECTED DATA.— 

4 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

5 may not be used for any purpose other than to carry out 

6 the purposes of this part. Such information may not be 

7 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros8 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

9 on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or any other char10 acteristic. 

11 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPRO12 PRIATIONS.—Of the amount made available to carry out 

13 this part— 

14 ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 5 per15 cent of such amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is 

16 less, shall be made available to carry out this sec17 tion; and 

18 ‘‘(2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not 

19 more than 2 percent of such amount, or $400,000, 

20 whichever is less, shall be made available to carry 

21 out this section. 

22 ‘‘Subpart 2—Promise Grants 

23 ‘‘SEC. 273. PURPOSES. 

24 ‘‘The purposes of the grant programs established 

25 under this subpart are to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) enable local and tribal communities to as2 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

3 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

4 or criminal street gangs; 

5 ‘‘(2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

6 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin7 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac8 tices; and 

9 ‘‘(3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

10 manner consistent with this part. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 274. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

12 AUTHORIZED. 

13 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is 

14 authorized to award grants to units of local government 

15 and Indian tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating Coun16 cils with planning and assessing evidence-based and prom17 ising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and crimi18 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention, espe19 cially for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk 

20 of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

21 gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

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1 ‘‘(2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

2 with section 277, based on the assessment conducted 

3 in accordance with section 276. 

4 ‘‘(b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCA5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

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

8 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

9 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

10 $300,000. 

11 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the 

13 availability of appropriations, the Administrator 

14 shall ensure that the total funds allocated under this 

15 section to units of local governments and Indian 

16 tribes in a State shall not be less than $1,000,000. 

17 ‘‘(2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount 

18 made available for grants under this section for any 

19 fiscal year is less than the amount required to pro20 vide the minimum allocation of funds under para21 graph (1) to units of local government and Indian 

22 tribes in each State, then the amount of such min23 imum allocation shall be ratably reduced. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 275. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

2 ‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, 

3 a unit of local government or an Indian tribe shall estab4 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu5 nity of such unit or tribe, respectively, for which such unit 

6 or tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 

7 such community shall include one or more designated geo8 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

9 272(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi10 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri11 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

12 ‘‘(1) shall include, to the extent possible, at 

13 least one representative from each of the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) the local chief executive’s office; 

15 ‘‘(B) a local educational agency; 

16 ‘‘(C) a local health agency or provider; 

17 ‘‘(D) a local mental health agency or pro18 vider, unless the representative under subpara19 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

20 subparagraph; 

21 ‘‘(E) a local public housing agency; 

22 ‘‘(F) a local law enforcement agency; 

23 ‘‘(G) a local child welfare agency; 

24 ‘‘(H) a local juvenile court; 

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1 ‘‘(J) a private juvenile residential care en2 tity; 

3 ‘‘(K) a local juvenile public defender’s of4 fice; 

5 ‘‘(L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

6 ‘‘(M) a local business community rep7 resentative; and 

8 ‘‘(N) a local faith-based community rep9 resentative; 

10 ‘‘(2) shall include two representatives from each 

11 of the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) parents who have minor children, and 

13 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

14 criminal justice systems; 

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

16 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

17 tribe; and 

18 ‘‘(C) members from nonprofit community19 based organizations that provide effective delin20 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

21 the jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and 

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

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1 ‘‘SEC. 276. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

2 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

3 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

4 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec5 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

6 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

7 Council was established, to identify the unmet needs of 

8 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

9 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

10 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven11 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

12 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

13 279F for assistance with such assessment. Such assess14 ment shall include, with respect to the community for 

15 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab16 lished— 

17 ‘‘(1) the number of youth who are at risk of in18 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac19 tivity; 

20 ‘‘(2) the number of youth who are involved in 

21 juvenile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

22 including the number of such youth who are at high 

23 risk of continued involvement; 

24 ‘‘(3) youth unemployment rates during the 

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1 ‘‘(4) the number of individuals on public finan2 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num3 bers of men, women, and children on such assist4 ance); 

5 ‘‘(5) the estimated number of youth who are 

6 chronically truant; 

7 ‘‘(6) the number of youth who have dropped out 

8 of school in the previous year; 

9 ‘‘(7) for the year before such assessment, the 

10 estimated total amount expended (by the community 

11 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

12 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

13 offense that was committed in such community, in14 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

15 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 

16 are located in the United States but are not located 

17 in such community; 

18 ‘‘(8) a comparison of the amount under para19 graph (7) with an estimation of the amount that 

20 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

21 described in such paragraph if the number of offend22 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na23 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu24 lation; 


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1 ‘‘(9) a description of evidence-based and prom2 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

3 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

4 youth in the community, including school-based pro5 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 

6 that have activities available for youth between 3 

7 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend activities 

8 and programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and 

9 community-based programs, summer activities, and 

10 summer jobs, if any; and 

11 ‘‘(10) a description of evidence-based and prom12 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

13 community. 

14 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA15 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

16 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

17 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 277. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

20 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

21 or Indian tribe under this subpart shall develop a PROM22 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro23 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 

24 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

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1 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

2 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab3 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) include the strategy by which the PROM5 ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al6 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

7 needs of youth in the community, consistent with the 

8 needs and available resources of communities with 

9 the greatest need for assistance, as determined pur10 suant to section 272; 

11 ‘‘(2) include a combination of evidence-based 

12 and promising prevention and intervention practices 

13 that are responsive to the needs of the community; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of 

16 the community are met. 

17 ‘‘(b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

18 Plan shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) include a plan to connect youth identified 

20 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 276(a) to evi21 dence-based and promising practices related to juve22 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

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1 ‘‘(2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

2 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi3 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

4 ‘‘(3) provide strategies to improve indigent de5 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

6 given to groups of children who are disproportion7 ately represented in the State delinquency system 

8 and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 

9 the representation of such groups in the general 

10 population of the State; 

11 ‘‘(4) provide for training (which complies with 

12 the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 

13 Standards for the representation and care of youth 

14 in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de15 fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 

16 personnel related to issues concerning the develop17 mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 

18 the juvenile justice system (including training re19 lated to adolescent development and mental health 

20 issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 

21 practices and cost reduction strategies); 

22 ‘‘(5) ensure that the number of youth involved 

23 in the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice sys24 tems does not increase as a result of the activities 


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1 undertaken with the funds provided under this sub2 title; 

3 ‘‘(6) describe the coordinated strategy that will 

4 be used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to 

5 provide at-risk youth with evidence-based and prom6 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

7 criminal street gang activity prevention and inter8 vention; 

9 ‘‘(7) propose the performance evaluation proc10 ess to be used to carry out section 278(d), which 

11 shall include performance measures to assess efforts 

12 to address the unmet needs of youth in the commu13 nity with evidence-based and promising practices re14 lated to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

15 gang activity prevention and intervention; and 

16 ‘‘(8) identify the research partner the PROM17 ISE Coordinating Council will use to obtain informa18 tion on evidence-based and promising practices re19 lated to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

20 gang activity prevention and intervention, and for 

21 the evaluation under section 278(d) of the results of 

22 the activities carried out with funds under this sub23 part. 

24 ‘‘(c) VOLUNTARY COMPONENTS.—In addition to the 

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1 include evidence-based or promising practices related to 

2 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity pre3 vention and intervention in the following categories: 

4 ‘‘(1) Early childhood development services (such 

5 as prenatal and neonatal health services), early 

6 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro7 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par8 enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 

9 abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 

10 Head Start. 

11 ‘‘(2) Child protection and safety services (such 

12 as foster care and adoption assistance programs), 

13 family stabilization programs, child welfare services, 

14 and family violence intervention programs. 

15 ‘‘(3) Youth and adolescent development serv16 ices, including job training and apprenticeship pro17 grams, job placement and retention training, edu18 cation and after school programs (such as school 

19 programs with shared governance by students, 

20 teachers, and parents, and activities for youth be21 tween the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the after22 noon), mentoring programs, conflict resolution skills 

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1 sources for youth who have dropped out of school or 

2 demonstrate chronic truancy. 

3 ‘‘(4) Health and mental health services, includ4 ing cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and 

5 peer mentoring and counseling. 

6 ‘‘(5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

7 services, including harm-reduction strategies. 

8 ‘‘(6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

9 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

10 for runaway and homeless youth). 

11 ‘‘(7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, 

12 and exit services such as tattoo removal, successful 

13 models of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such 

14 as ‘street worker’ programs), and other criminal 

15 street gang truce or peacemaking activities. 

16 ‘‘(8) Training and education programs for preg17 nant teens and teen parents. 

18 ‘‘(9) Restorative justice programs. 

19 ‘‘(10) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

20 programs (such as mandated participation in com21 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

22 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 

23 ‘‘(11) Prerelease, postrelease, and reentry serv24 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 


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1 transitioning back into and reentering the commu2 nity. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 277A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 ‘‘For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount 

5 made available to carry out this part for any fiscal year, 

6 not more than 15 percent shall be made available to carry 

7 out this subpart. 

8 ‘‘Subpart 3—PROMISE Implementation Grants 

9 ‘‘SEC. 278. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR10 IZED. 

11 ‘‘(a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AU12 THORIZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

13 Justice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to 

14 award grants to units of local government and Indian 

15 tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with im16 plementing PROMISE Plans developed pursuant to sub17 part 2. 

18 ‘‘(b) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

20 subtitle shall be for a 3-year period. 

21 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

22 awarded under this subtitle shall not be for more 

23 than $10,000,000 per year for each year of the 

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1 ‘‘(c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each 

2 fiscal year during the 3-year grant period for a grant 

3 under this subtitle, each unit of local government or In4 dian tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordi5 nating Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in 

6 cash or in kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities 

7 carried out with such grant. 

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

9 of local government or an Indian tribe for a grant under 

10 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro11 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

12 assess the progress of the unit or tribe in addressing the 

13 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 

14 with the needs and strengths assessed under section 276. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 279. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA16 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re18 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub19 part, a unit of local government or Indian tribe that re20 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

21 subpart 2 shall submit an application to the Administrator 

22 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven23 tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 

24 local government or Indian tribe was awarded such grant 

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1 such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 

2 with the organization under section 223(f)(1), may re3 quire. 

4 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

5 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) identify potential savings from criminal 

7 justice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

8 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

9 practices related to juvenile delinquency and crimi10 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

11 ‘‘(2) document— 

12 ‘‘(A) investment in evidence-based and 

13 promising practices related to juvenile delin14 quency and criminal street gang activity preven15 tion and intervention to be provided by the unit 

16 of local government or Indian tribe; 

17 ‘‘(B) the activities to be undertaken with 

18 the grants funds; 

19 ‘‘(C) any expected efficiencies in the juve20 nile justice or other local systems to be attained 

21 as a result of implementation of the programs 

22 funded by the grant; and 

23 ‘‘(D) outcomes from such activities, in 

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1 ‘‘(3) describe how savings sustained from in2 vestment in prevention and intervention practices 

3 will be reinvested in the continuing implementation 

4 of the PROMISE Plan; and 

5 ‘‘(4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

6 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

7 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

8 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

9 intervention in the community for which the PROM10 ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 

11 year of the grant period will not be less than the 

12 local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac13 tices in the community for the year preceding the 

14 first year of the grant period. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 279A. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

16 ‘‘(a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants 

17 awarded under this subpart shall be awarded on a com18 petitive basis. The Administrator shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) take such steps as may be necessary to en20 sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov21 ernments and Indian tribes in areas with the highest 

22 concentrations of youth who are— 

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1 ‘‘(B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

2 street gang activity and who are at high risk of 

3 continued involvement; and 

4 ‘‘(2) give consideration to the need for grants 

5 to be awarded to units of local governments and In6 dian tribes in each region of the United States, and 

7 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

8 ‘‘(b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis9 trator may extend the grant period under section 

10 278(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

11 of local government or an Indian tribe, in accordance with 

12 regulations issued by the Administrator. 

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

14 availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 

15 renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of 

16 local government or an Indian tribe to provide such unit 

17 or tribe with additional funds to continue implementation 

18 of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

19 ‘‘(1) shall be initiated by an application for re20 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

21 tribe; 

22 ‘‘(2) shall be carried out in accordance with 

23 regulations issued by the Administrator; and 

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1 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

2 under section 279F with respect to the community 

3 of such unit or tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi4 nating Council was established, and for which such 

5 unit or tribe is applying for renewal. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 279B. REPORTS. 

7 ‘‘Not later than one year after the end of the grant 

8 period for which a unit of local government or an Indian 

9 tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an10 nually thereafter for as long as such unit or tribe con11 tinues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordi12 nating Council, such unit or tribe shall report to the Ad13 ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple14 ment the PROMISE Plan developed under section 275. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 279C. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 ‘‘For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount 

17 made available to carry out this part for any fiscal year, 

18 not more than 75 percent shall be made available to carry 

19 out this subpart. 

20 ‘‘Subpart 4—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

21 ‘‘SEC. 279D. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

22 ‘‘A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving 

23 a grant under this part shall use such grant only to sup24 plement, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in 

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1 the needs of youth in the community with respect to evi2 dence-based and promising practices related to juvenile de3 linquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

4 intervention. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 279E. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

6 ‘‘The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

7 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

8 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

9 transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap10 plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 

11 and for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall de12 termine which applicants meet the criteria for funding, 

13 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

14 accordance with section 272), with due consideration to 

15 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

16 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

17 in the application. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 279F. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

19 ‘‘(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail20 ability of appropriations under this part, the Adminis21 trator shall, in consultation with the organization provided 

22 assistance under section 223(f)(1), provide for an evalua23 tion of the programs and activities carried out with grants 

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1 ‘‘(1) award grants to institutions of higher edu2 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re3 ceive funds under part F of title III of the Higher 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q et seq.)), 

5 to facilitate the evaluation process and measurement 

6 of achieved outcomes; 

7 ‘‘(2) identify evidence-based and promising 

8 practices used by PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

9 under PROMISE Implementation grants that have 

10 proven to be effective in preventing involvement in, 

11 or diverting further involvement in, juvenile delin12 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

13 ‘‘(3) ensure— 

14 ‘‘(A) that such evaluation is based on the 

15 performance standards that are developed by 

16 the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 

17 with section 223(g)(1)(C); 

18 ‘‘(B) the development of longitudinal and 

19 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas20 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

21 promising practices funded under this part; and 

22 ‘‘(C) the dissemination of the practices 

23 identified in paragraph (2) to the National Re24 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Prac25 tices (established under section 279D), units of 


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1 local government, and Indian tribes to promote 

2 the use of such practices by such units and 

3 tribes to prevent involvement in, or to divert 

4 further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

5 criminal street gang activity. 

6 ‘‘(b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CEN7 TER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The 

8 Administrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 

9 under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for 

10 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec11 tion 279G. 

12 ‘‘Subpart 5—Promise Research Centers 

13 ‘‘SEC. 279G. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

14 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

15 PRACTICES. 

16 ‘‘(a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail17 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a 

18 grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa19 tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi20 dence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

21 criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 

22 develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

23 Justice Practices. Such Center shall— 

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1 juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup2 port the programs and activities carried out with 

3 grants under subpart 3 of this part; 

4 ‘‘(2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co5 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

6 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

7 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac8 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef9 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re10 gional research partners and to support the pro11 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

12 subpart 3 of this part; 

13 ‘‘(3) increase the public’s knowledge and under14 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre15 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(4) develop, manage, and regularly update a 

18 site to disseminate proven practices for successful 

19 juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention. 

20 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

21 amount made available to carry out this part— 

22 ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 

23 percent of such amount shall be made available to 

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1 ‘‘(2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not 

2 more than 4 percent of such amount shall be made 

3 available to carry out this section. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 279H. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

5 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

6 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis7 trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

8 establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 

9 of higher education to serve as regional research partners 

10 with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 

11 the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora12 tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve13 nile Justice Practices authorized under section 279D. Re14 gional research partners shall provide research support to 

15 such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 

16 ‘‘(1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

17 applications under subpart 3, including collection of 

18 baseline data for such applications; 

19 ‘‘(2) assistance with the needs and strengths 

20 assessments conducted under section 274; and 

21 ‘‘(3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

22 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

23 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

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1 ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 

2 percent of such amount shall be made available to 

3 carry out this section; and 

4 ‘‘(2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not 

5 more than 4 percent of such amount shall be made 

6 available to carry out this section.’’. 

7 SEC. 211. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

8 Section 299A(e) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin9 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672(e)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘requirements described in para11 graphs (11), (12), and (13) of section 223(a)’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘core requirements’’. 

13 SEC. 212. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

14 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

15 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 204(b)(6) (42 U.S.C. 

17 5614(b)(6)), by striking ‘‘section 223(a)(15)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘section 223(a)(16)’’; 

19 (2) in section 246(a)(2)(D) (42 U.S.C. 

20 5656(a)(2)(D)), by striking ‘‘section 222(c)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘section 222(d)’’; and 

22 (3) in section 299D(b) (42 U.S.C. 5675(b)), by 

23 striking ‘‘section 222(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

24 222(d)’’. 


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1 TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 

2 FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

3 PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

4 SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin6 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

7 5781) is amended— 

8 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DEFI9 NITION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘this title, the term’’ and insert11 ing the following: ‘‘this title— 

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘mentoring’ means matching 1 

13 adult with 1 or more youths (not to exceed 4 youths) 

14 for the purpose of providing guidance, support, and 

15 encouragement aimed at developing the character of 

16 the youths, where the adult and youths meet regu17 larly for not less than 4 hours each month for not 

18 less than a 9-month period; and 

19 ‘‘(2) the term’’. 

20 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO21 GRAMS. 

22 Section 504(a) of the Incentive Grants for Local De23 linquency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(9) mentoring programs.’’. 

7 SEC. 303. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

8 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

9 of 1974 is amended by striking title V, as added by the 

10 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

11 (Public Law 93–415; 88 Stat. 1133) (relating to miscella12 neous and conforming amendments). 

13 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

14 PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

16 OFFICE. 

17 (a) EVALUATION.—Not later than October 1, 2016, 

18 the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

19 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and eval20 uation regarding the performance of the Office of 

21 Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention (re22 ferred to in this section as ‘‘the agency’’), its func23 tions, its programs, and its grants; 

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1 grantees (as determined by the Comptroller General) 

2 that receive Federal funds under grant programs ad3 ministered by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delin4 quency and Prevention including a review of internal 

5 controls to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of funds 

6 by grantees; and 

7 (3) submit a report in accordance with sub8 section (d). 

9 (b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In con10 ducting the analysis and evaluation under subsection 

11 (a)(1), and in order to document the efficiency and public 

12 benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven13 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the 

14 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 

15 seq.) and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.), the Comptroller General shall take 

17 into consideration— 

18 (1) the extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 

19 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

20 or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 

21 other agencies; 

22 (2) the potential benefits of consolidating pro23 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

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1 (3) whether present functions or operations are 

2 impeded or enhanced by existing statutes, rules, and 

3 procedures; 

4 (4) the number and types of beneficiaries or 

5 persons served by programs carried out by the agen6 cy; 

7 (5) the manner with which the agency seeks 

8 public input and input from State and local govern9 ments on the performance of the functions of the 

10 agency; 

11 (6) the extent to which the agency complies 

12 with section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com13 monly known as the Freedom of Information Act); 

14 (7) whether greater oversight is needed of pro15 grams developed with grants made by the agency; 

16 and 

17 (8) the extent to which changes are necessary 

18 in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order for 

19 the functions of the agency to be performed in a 

20 more efficient and effective manner. 

21 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 

22 the audit and evaluation under subsection (a)(2), and in 

23 order to document the efficiency and public benefit of the 

24 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

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1 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and the 

2 Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et 

3 seq.), the Comptroller General shall take into consider4 ation— 

5 (1) whether grantees timely file Financial Sta6 tus Reports; 

7 (2) whether grantees have sufficient internal 

8 controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant fund 

9 received; 

10 (3) whether disbursements were accompanied 

11 with adequate supporting documentation (including 

12 invoices and receipts); 

13 (4) whether expenditures were authorized; 

14 (5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 

15 complying with program requirements; 

16 (6) whether salaries and fringe benefits of per17 sonnel were adequately supported by documentation; 

18 (7) whether contracts were bid in accordance 

19 with program guidelines; and 

20 (8) whether grant funds were spent in accord21 ance with program goals and guidelines. 

22 (d) REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 

24 the United States shall submit a report regarding 

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1 audit under subsection (b), together with supporting 

2 materials, to the Speaker of the House of Represent3 atives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, 

4 and be made available to the public, not later than 

5 October 1, 2016. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted in ac7 cordance with paragraph (1) shall include all audit 

8 findings determined by the selected, statistically sig9 nificant sample of grantees as required by subsection 

10 (a)(2) and shall include the name and location of 

11 any selected grantee as well as any findings required 

12 by subsection (a)(2). 

13 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delin15 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

18 APPROPRIATIONS; ACCOUNT19 ABILITY AND OVERSIGHT 

20 ‘‘SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to carry out this Act— 

23 ‘‘(1) $262,500,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

24 ‘‘(2) $267,750,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

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1 ‘‘(4) $278,565,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 

2 ‘‘(5) $284,130,000 for fiscal year 2020, and for 

3 each succeeding fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(b) MENTORING PROGRAMS.—Not more than 10 

5 percent of the amount made available under subsection (a) 

6 for a fiscal year may be used for mentoring programs. 

7 ‘‘(c) PART G FUNDS.—Not more than 10 percent of 

8 the amount made available under subsection (a) for a fis9 cal year may be used to carry out part G of title II.’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

12 1974 is amended by striking— 

13 (1) section 299 (42 U.S.C. 5671); 

14 (2) section 388 (42 U.S.C. 5751); 

15 (3) section 408 (42 U.S.C. 5777); and 

16 (4) section 505 (42 U.S.C. 5784). 

17 SEC. 403. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Juvenile Justice 

19 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as added by this 

20 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 602. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

22 ‘‘All grants awarded by the Attorney General under 

23 this Act shall be subject to the following accountability 

24 provisions: 

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1 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 

2 ‘‘(i) the term ‘Inspector General’ 

3 means the Inspector General of the De4 partment of Justice; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘unresolved audit find6 ing’ means a finding in the final audit re7 port of the Inspector General— 

8 ‘‘(I) that the audited grantee has 

9 used grant funds for an unauthorized 

10 expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

11 cost; and 

12 ‘‘(II) that is not closed or re13 solved during the 12-month period be14 ginning on the date on which the final 

15 audit report is issued. 

16 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the 

17 first fiscal year beginning after the date of en18 actment of this Act, and in each fiscal year 

19 thereafter, the Inspector General shall conduct 

20 audits of recipients of grants under this Act to 

21 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

22 grantees. 

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1 the appropriate number of grantees to be au2 dited under subparagraph (B) each fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(D) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi4 ent of grant funds under this Act that is found 

5 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

6 eligible to receive grant funds under this Act 

7 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 

8 the 12-month period described in subparagraph 

9 (A)(ii)(II). 

10 ‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

11 under this Act, the Attorney General shall give 

12 priority to an eligible entity that did not have 

13 an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

14 years prior to the date on which the eligible en15 tity submits an application for a grant under 

16 this Act. 

17 ‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

18 awarded grant funds under this Act during the 

19 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred 

20 from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), 

21 the Attorney General shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

23 amount of the grant funds that were im24 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

2 repayment to the general fund under 

3 clause (i) from the grantee that was erro4 neously awarded grant funds. 

5 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE6 MENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

8 paragraph and the grant programs described in 

9 this Act, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

10 means an organization that is described in sec11 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

12 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

13 501(a) of such Code. 

14 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen15 eral may not award a grant under any grant 

16 program described in this Act to a nonprofit or17 ganization that holds money in offshore ac18 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

19 tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

20 Revenue Code of 1986. 

21 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each nonprofit or23 ganization that is awarded a grant under 

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1 tions to create a rebuttable presumption of 

2 reasonableness for the compensation of its 

3 officers, directors, trustees, and key em4 ployees, shall disclose to the Attorney Gen5 eral, in the application for the grant, the 

6 process for determining such compensa7 tion, including— 

8 ‘‘(I) the independent persons in9 volved in reviewing and approving 

10 such compensation; 

11 ‘‘(II) the comparability data 

12 used; and 

13 ‘‘(III) contemporaneous substan14 tiation of the deliberation and deci15 sion. 

16 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON RE17 QUEST.—Upon request, the Attorney Gen18 eral shall make the information disclosed 

19 under clause (i) available for public inspec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

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1 zation awarded discretionary funds through a 

2 cooperative agreement under this Act, to host 

3 or support any expenditure for conferences that 

4 uses more than $20,000 in funds made avail5 able to the Department of Justice, unless the 

6 Deputy Attorney General or such assistant at7 torneys general, Directors, or principal deputies 

8 as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 

9 provides prior written authorization that the 

10 funds may be expended to host a conference. 

11 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap12 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

13 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

14 conference, including the cost of all food and 

15 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

16 speakers, and entertainment. 

17 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen18 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com19 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

20 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

21 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

22 approved under this paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 

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1 utilized by any recipient of a grant made using 

2 such amounts to— 

3 ‘‘(i) lobby any representative of the 

4 Department of Justice regarding the 

5 award of grant funding; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) lobby any representative of a 

7 Federal, State, local, or tribal government 

8 regarding the award of grant funding. 

9 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

10 determines that any recipient of a grant made 

11 using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

12 under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), 

13 the Attorney General shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) require the grant recipient to 

15 repay the grant in full; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

17 receiving another grant under this Act for 

18 not less than 5 years. 

19 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 

20 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en21 actment of the Youth Justice Act of 2015, the At22 torney General shall submit, to the Committee on 

23 the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations 

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1 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives, an annual certification that— 

3 ‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 

4 Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

5 under paragraph (1) have been completed and 

6 reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 

7 General or Director; 

8 ‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 

9 under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; 

10 ‘‘(C) all reimbursements required under 

11 paragraph (1)(F)(i) have been made; and 

12 ‘‘(D) includes a list of any grant recipients 

13 excluded under paragraph (1)(D) during the 

14 preceding fiscal year.’’. 

15 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and 

17 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by 

18 striking section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5776a). 

19 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

20 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day 

21 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en22 actment of this Act. 

23 (3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—In the case of an entity 

24 that is barred from receiving grant funds under 

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1 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

2 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5776a), the amendment made by 

3 paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not affect the 

4 applicability to the entity, or to the Attorney Gen5 eral with respect to the entity, of paragraph (2), (3), 

6 or (7) of such section 407, as in effect on the day 

7 before the effective date under paragraph (2) of this 

8 subsection. 

9 TITLE V—JUVENILE ACCOUNT10 ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS 

11 SEC. 501. GRANT ELIGIBILITY. 

12 Section 1802(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con13 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee– 

14 2(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) assurances that the State agrees to comply 

21 with the core requirements, as defined in section 103 

22 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

23 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603), applicable to the de24 tention and confinement of juveniles.’’. 

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