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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 716

To provide for the prevention of juvenile crime, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 25, 1999.

Mr. KOHL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide for the prevention of juvenile crime, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘21st Century Safe and Sound Communities Act’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—INCREASED PLACEMENT OF JUVENILES IN

APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Sec. 101. Grants for facilities for violent and serious chronic juvenile offenders.

Sec. 102. Compensating reduction of authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 103. Report on accountability and performance measures in juvenile corrections programs.
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Sec. 104. Permitting shared staff for adults and juveniles.

Sec. 105. Expansion of limited exception for detaining juveniles in adult jails.

Sec. 106. Required training and certification for shared staff.

TITLE II—REDUCING YOUTH ACCESS TO FIREARMS

Sec. 201. Child safety locks.

Sec. 202. Gun ban for dangerous juvenile offenders.

Sec. 203. Firearms tracing program.

Sec. 204. Youth handgun felony penalties.

Sec. 205. Targeted enforcement of Federal firearms laws.

TITLE III—CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

Sec. 301. Purposes.

Sec. 302. Repeals.

Sec. 303. Evaluation of crime prevention programs and development of national

crime prevention research and evaluation strategy.

Sec. 304. At-risk children challenge grants.

Sec. 305. Weed and Seed Community Anticrime Program.

Sec. 306. 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

Sec. 307. Consolidation of gang prevention programs.

Sec. 308. Community organizations youth crime prevention.

Sec. 309. Further consolidation of programs for at-risk youth.

TITLE IV—JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY

BLOCK GRANTS

Sec. 401. Juvenile crime control and juvenile offender accountability incentive

block grants.

TITLE V—REAUTHORIZATION OF COPS PROGRAM AND JUVENILE

JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Sec. 501. Extension of COPS program.

Sec. 502. Reauthorization of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs.

TITLE VI—VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND

Sec. 601. Extension of Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

1 TITLE I—INCREASED PLACE2 MENT OF JUVENILES IN AP3 PROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL

4 FACILITIES

5 SEC. 101. GRANTS FOR FACILITIES FOR VIOLENT AND SERI6 OUS CHRONIC JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad2 ministrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and De3 linquency Prevention of the Department of Justice;

4 (2) the term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means a State

5 that has submitted, or a State in which an eligible

6 unit of local government has submitted, a grant ap7 plication that meets the requirements of subsections

8 (c) and (e);

9 (3) the terms ‘‘secure detention facility’’ and

10 ‘‘secure correctional facility’’ have the same mean11 ings as in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and

12 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

13 5603);

14 (4) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the Dis15 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto

16 Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American

17 Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands;

18 and

19 (5) the term ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the

20 same meaning as in section 103 of the Juvenile Jus21 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42

22 U.S.C. 5603).

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.—The Adminis24 trator shall make grants to qualifying States to assist

25 them in planning, establishing, and operating secure de-
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1 tention facilities, secure correctional facilities, and other

2 facilities and programs for violent juveniles and serious

3 chronic juvenile offenders who are accused of or who have

4 been adjudicated as having committed one or more of5 fenses.

6 (c) APPLICATIONS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The chief executive officer of

8 a State that seeks to receive a grant under this sec9 tion shall submit to the Administrator an applica10 tion, in such form and in such manner as the Ad11 ministrator may prescribe.

12 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted

13 under paragraph (1) shall—

14 (A) provide assurances that each facility or

15 program funded with a grant under this section

16 will provide appropriate educational and voca17 tional training and substance abuse treatment

18 for juvenile offenders; and

19 (B) provide assurances that juvenile of20 fenders in each facility or program funded with

21 a grant under this section will receive appro22 priate post-release supervision and services.

23 (d) DISTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFYING STATES.—Of

24 the total amount made available under subsection (g) to

25 carry out this section in each fiscal year—
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1 (1) 1.0 percent shall be allocated to each quali2 fying State, and except as provided in paragraph

3 (2), of the total amount remaining to be allocated,

4 there shall be allocated to each State an amount

5 that bears the same ratio to the amount of remain6 ing funds as the juvenile population of such State

7 bears to the juvenile population of all qualifying

8 States;

9 (2) the United States Virgin Islands, American

10 Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands

11 shall each be allocated 0.2 percent;

12 (3) not less than 50 percent of the amount ap13 propriated to each qualifying State shall be allocated

14 to units of local government within the State; and

15 (4) Federal funds, including funds allocated

16 under this section, shall not constitute more than 50

17 percent of the estimated costs of planning, estab18 lishing, and operating each facility or program fund19 ed with a grant under this section.

20 (e) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.—

21 (1) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each facility or pro23 gram funded with a grant under this section

24 shall contain an evaluation component devel-
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1 oped pursuant to guidelines established by the

2 Administrator.

3 (B) OUTCOME MEASURES.—Each evalua4 tion required by this subsection shall include

5 outcome measures that can be used to deter6 mine the effectiveness of each program funded

7 with a grant under this section, including the

8 effectiveness of the program in comparison with

9 other juvenile delinquency programs in reducing

10 the incidence of recidivism, and other outcome

11 measures.

12 (2) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—

13 (A) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall re14 view the performance of each recipient of a

15 grant under this section.

16 (B) REPORTS.—The Administrator may

17 require a grant recipient to submit to the Office

18 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

19 of the Department of Justice the results of the

20 evaluations required under paragraph (1) and

21 such other data and information as may be rea22 sonably necessary to carry out the Administra23 tor’s responsibilities under this section.

24 (f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The

25 Administrator shall provide technical assistance and train-
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1 ing to each recipient of a grant under this section to assist

2 those recipients in achieving the purposes of this section.

3 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

5 $275,310,000 for fiscal year 2000.

6 SEC. 102. COMPENSATING REDUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION

7 OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 20108(a) of the Violent Crime Control and

9 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13708(a)) is

10 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There is authorized to

13 be appropriated to carry out this subtitle,

14 $2,477,790,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’.

15 SEC. 103. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORM16 ANCE MEASURES IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONS

17 PROGRAMS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall,

20 after consultation with the National Institute of Justice

21 and other appropriate governmental and nongovernmental

22 organizations, submit to Congress a report regarding the

23 possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating

24 and improving the effectiveness of secure detention facili25 ties, secure correctional facilities, and other facilities and
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1 programs for juveniles who are accused of or who have

2 been adjudicated as having committed 1 or more offenses.

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under this sec4 tion shall include an analysis of—

5 (1) the range of performance-based measures

6 that might be utilized as evaluation criteria, includ7 ing measures of recidivism among juveniles who have

8 been incarcerated in a secure correctional facility or

9 a secure detention facility, or who have participated

10 in another facility or program for juveniles who are

11 accused of or who have been adjudicated as having

12 committed 1 or more offenses;

13 (2) the feasibility of linking Federal juvenile

14 corrections funding to the satisfaction of perform15 ance-based criteria by grantees (including the use of

16 a Federal matching mechanism under which the

17 share of Federal funding would vary in relation to

18 the performance of a facility or program);

19 (3) whether, and to what extent, the data nec20 essary for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin21 quency Prevention of the Department of Justice to

22 utilize performance-based criteria in its administra23 tion of juvenile corrections funding are collected and

24 reported nationally; and
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1 (4) the estimated cost and feasibility of estab2 lishing minimal, uniform data collection and report3 ing standards nationwide that would allow for the

4 use of performance-based criteria in evaluating and

5 administering amounts appropriated for secure cor6 rectional facilities, secure detention facilities, and

7 other facilities and programs for juveniles who are

8 accused of or who have been adjudicated as having

9 committed 1 or more offenses.

10 SEC. 104. PERMITTING SHARED STAFF FOR ADULTS AND

11 JUVENILES.

12 Section 223(a)(13) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin13 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(13))

14 is amended by striking ‘‘or with the’’ and all that follows

15 before the semicolon.

16 SEC. 105. EXPANSION OF LIMITED EXCEPTION FOR DETAIN17 ING JUVENILES IN ADULT JAILS.

18 Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin19 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is

20 amended by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(14) provide that the State shall not detain or

23 confine juveniles in a jail or lockup or other facility

24 for adults, except that—
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1 ‘‘(A) in areas outside a standard metro2 politan statistical area, a juvenile accused of a

3 nonstatus offense, who is awaiting an initial

4 court appearance, may be detained in a jail or

5 lockup or other facility for adults for a period

6 of not more than 72 hours (excluding holidays),

7 provided that there is no acceptable alternative

8 placement that is easily accessible; and

9 ‘‘(B) a juvenile who is accused of a non10 status offense may be detained in a jail or lock11 up or other facility for adults for a period of

12 not more than 6 hours—

13 ‘‘(i) for processing or release;

14 ‘‘(ii) while awaiting transfer to a juve15 nile facility; and

16 ‘‘(iii) immediately before or after the

17 juvenile makes a court appearance;’’.

18 SEC. 106. REQUIRED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR

19 SHARED STAFF.

20 Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin21 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is

22 amended—

23 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (16) through

24 (25) as paragraphs (17) through (26), respectively;
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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(16) provide that, in any institution in which

4 the same staff work with both detained juveniles and

5 adults, those staff are required to be trained and

6 certified to work with juveniles, although training

7 and certification shall not be required for staff pro8 viding specialized services (including medical care,

9 food service, laundry, maintenance, and engineering)

10 who are not normally in contact with detainees;’’.

11 TITLE II—REDUCING YOUTH

12 ACCESS TO FIREARMS

13 SEC. 201. CHILD SAFETY LOCKS.

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United

15 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing:

17 ‘‘(35) The term ‘locking device’ means a device or

18 locking mechanism—

19 ‘‘(A) that—

20 ‘‘(i) if installed on a firearm and secured

21 by means of a key or a mechanically, electroni22 cally, or electromechanically operated combina23 tion lock, is designed to prevent the firearm

24 from being discharged without first deactivating

25 or removing the device by means of a key or
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1 mechanically, electronically, or

2 electromechanically operated combination lock;

3 ‘‘(ii) if incorporated into the design of a

4 firearm, is designed to prevent discharge of the

5 firearm by any person who does not have access

6 to the key or other device designed to unlock

7 the mechanism and thereby allow discharge of

8 the firearm;

9 ‘‘(iii) is an easily removable device that, if

10 removed, is designed to prevent the discharge of

11 the firearm by any person who does not have

12 access to the device; or

13 ‘‘(iv) is a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock

14 box, or other device that is designed to store a

15 firearm and that is designed to be unlocked

16 only by means of a key, a combination, or other

17 similar means; and

18 ‘‘(B) that is approved by a licensed firearms

19 manufacturer for use on the handgun with which the

20 device or locking mechanism is sold, delivered, or

21 transferred.’’.

22 (b) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18,

24 United States Code, is amended by inserting after

25 subsection (y) the following:
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1 ‘‘(z) LOCKING DEVICES.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graph (2), it shall be unlawful for any licensed man4 ufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to

5 sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person

6 other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed im7 porter, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is

8 provided with a locking device for that handgun.

9 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not

10 apply to—

11 ‘‘(A) the—

12 ‘‘(i) manufacture for, transfer to, or

13 possession by, the United States or a State

14 or a department or agency of the United

15 States, or a State or a department, agency,

16 or political subdivision of a State, of a fire17 arm; or

18 ‘‘(ii) transfer to, or possession by, a

19 law enforcement officer employed by an en20 tity referred to in clause (i) of a firearm

21 for law enforcement purposes (whether on

22 or off duty); or

23 ‘‘(B) the transfer to, or possession by, a

24 rail police officer employed by a rail carrier and

25 certified or commissioned as a police officer
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1 under the laws of a State of a firearm for pur2 poses of law enforcement (whether on or off

3 duty).’’.

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 922(z) of title

5 18, United States Code, as added by this subsection,

6 shall take effect 180 days after the date of enact7 ment of this Act.

8 (c) LIABILITY; EVIDENCE.—

9 (1) LIABILITY.—Nothing in this section or the

10 amendments made by this section may be construed

11 to—

12 (A) create a cause of action against any

13 firearms dealer or any other person for any civil

14 liability; or

15 (B) establish any standard of care.

16 (2) EVIDENCE.—Notwithstanding any other

17 provision of law, evidence regarding compliance or

18 noncompliance with the amendments made by this

19 section shall not be admissible as evidence in any

20 proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other en21 tity, except with respect to an action to enforce this

22 section.

23 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this

24 subsection shall be construed to bar a governmental

25 action to impose a penalty under section 924(p) of
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1 title 18, United States Code, for a failure to comply

2 with section 922(z) of that title.

3 (d) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18,

4 United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or (f)’’

6 and inserting ‘‘(f), or (p)’’; and

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

8 ‘‘(p) PENALTIES RELATING TO LOCKING DEVICES.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

10 ‘‘(A) SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LI11 CENSE; CIVIL PENALTIES.—With respect to

12 each violation of section 922(z)(1) by a licensee,

13 the Secretary may, after notice and opportunity

14 for hearing—

15 ‘‘(i) suspend or revoke any license

16 issued to the licensee under this chapter;

17 or

18 ‘‘(ii) subject the licensee to a civil

19 penalty in an amount equal to not more

20 than $10,000.

21 ‘‘(B) REVIEW.—An action of the Secretary

22 under this paragraph may be reviewed only as

23 provided in section 923(f).

24 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.—The sus25 pension or revocation of a license or the imposition
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1 of a civil penalty under paragraph (1) does not pre2 clude any administrative remedy that is otherwise

3 available to the Secretary.’’.

4 SEC. 202. GUN BAN FOR DANGEROUS JUVENILE OFFEND5 ERS.

6 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a)(20) of title 18,

7 United States Code, is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and

9 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;

10 (2) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(20)’’;

11 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so

12 designated, the following:

13 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subsections (d), (g), and (s) of

14 section 922, the term ‘act of juvenile delinquency’ means

15 an adjudication of delinquency based on a finding of the

16 commission of an act by a person prior to his or her eight17 eenth birthday that, if committed by an adult, would be

18 a serious drug offense or a violent felony (as defined in

19 section 3559(c)(2)) on or after the date of enactment of

20 the Safe and Sound Communities Act of 1998.’’; and

21 (4) by striking ‘‘What constitutes’’ and all that

22 follows through the end and inserting the following:

23 ‘‘(C) What constitutes a conviction of such a crime

24 or an adjudication of juvenile delinquency shall be deter25 mined in accordance with law of the jurisdiction in which
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1 the proceedings were held. Any State conviction or adju2 dication of delinquency which has been expunged or set

3 aside for which a person has been pardoned or has had

4 civil rights restored by the jurisdiction in which the convic5 tion or adjudication of delinquency occurred shall never6 theless be considered a conviction or adjudication of delin7 quency unless (i) the expunction, set-aside, pardon or res8 toration of civil rights is directed to a specific person, (ii)

9 the State authority granting the expunction, set aside,

10 pardon or restoration of civil rights has expressly deter11 mined that the circumstances regarding the conviction and

12 the person’s record and reputation are such that the per13 son will not act in a manner dangerous to public safety,

14 and (iii) the expunction, set aside, pardon, or restoration

15 of civil rights expressly authorizes the person to ship,

16 transport, receive, or possess firearms. The requirement

17 of this subparagraph for an individualized restoration of

18 rights shall apply whether or not, under State law, the

19 person’s civil rights were taken away by virtue of the con20 viction or adjudication.’’.

21 (b) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United

22 States Code is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (d)—

24 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at

25 the end;
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1 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the

4 following:

5 ‘‘(10) who has committed an act of juvenile de6 linquency.’’;

7 (2) in subsection (g)—

8 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at

9 the end;

10 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the

13 following:

14 ‘‘(10) who has committed an act of juvenile de15 linquency.’’; and

16 (3) in subsection (s)(3)(B)—

17 (A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

18 end;

19 (B) in clause (vii), by inserting ‘‘and’’

20 after the semicolon at the end; and

21 (C) by inserting after clause (vii) the fol22 lowing:

23 ‘‘(viii) has not committed an act of ju24 venile delinquency.’’.
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1 SEC. 203. FIREARMS TRACING PROGRAM.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury

3 shall establish a program to expand—

4 (1) the number of city and county law enforce5 ment agencies that through the Youth Crime Gun

6 Interdiction Initiative (referred to in this section as

7 ‘‘YCGII’’) submit identifying information relating to

8 all firearms recovered during criminal investigations

9 of individuals under age 25 to the Secretary of the

10 Treasury to identify the types and origins of such

11 firearms; and

12 (2) the number of criminal investigations of ille13 gal firearms traffickers identified through YCGII,

14 including through the hiring of additional trafficking

15 agents, inspectors, intelligence analysts and support

16 personnel.

17 (b) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary of

18 the Treasury, in consultation with Federal, State, and

19 local law enforcement officials, shall select cities and coun20 ties for participation in the program established under this

21 section.

22 (c) ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION AND PROSECU23 TION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall, utilizing the

24 information provided through YCGII, facilitate the identi25 fication and prosecution of individuals illegally trafficking
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1 firearms to individuals, including in violation of section

2 922(x)(2) or 924(b) of title 18, United States Code.

3 (d) GRANTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall

4 award grants (in the form of funds or equipment) to

5 States, cities, and counties for purposes of assisting such

6 entities in the tracing of firearms and participation in

7 YCGII. Grants made under this subsection shall be used—

8 (1) to hire or assign additional personnel for

9 the gathering and submission of information relating

10 to firearms under YCGII;

11 (2) to hire additional law enforcement personnel

12 for the purpose of identifying and arresting individ13 uals illegally trafficking firearms; and

14 (3) to purchase additional equipment, including

15 automatic data processing equipment, and computer

16 software and hardware, for the timely submission

17 and analysis of tracing data.

18 (e) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—The Secretary of

19 the Treasury shall establish a system through which State

20 and local law enforcement agencies, through on-line com21 puter technology, can promptly access information derived

22 through YCGII and provide firearms-related information

23 to the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as such capa24 bility is available. Not later than 6 months after the date

25 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
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1 the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committees on

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

3 Senate, a report explaining the capacity to provide such

4 on-line access and the future technical and, if necessary,

5 legal changes required to make such capability available,

6 including cost estimates.

7 (f) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2000, and an8 nually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub9 mit to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

11 and the Senate a report regarding the types and sources

12 of firearms recovered from individuals under the age of

13 25, regional links to firearms trafficking trends, and the

14 number of arrests and prosecutions resulting from YCGII.

15 The Secretary of the Treasury shall also report its find16 ings to the Center for Disease Control, appropriate local

17 firearm injury centers, and, with respect to firearms seized

18 on school property, the Secretary of Education.

19 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the

21 Treasury to carry out this section $35,000,000 for fiscal

22 year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

23 years 2001 through 2005.
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1 SEC. 204. YOUTH HANDGUN FELONY PENALTIES.

2 Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is

3 amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(6) A person who knowingly violates section

6 922(x)—

7 ‘‘(A) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned

8 not more than 5 years, or both; and

9 ‘‘(B) if the person sold, delivered, or otherwise

10 transferred a handgun or ammunition to a juvenile

11 knowing or having reasonable cause to know that

12 the juvenile intended to carry or otherwise possess

13 or discharge or otherwise use the handgun or ammu14 nition in the commission of a crime of violence, shall

15 be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than

16 10 years, or both.’’.

17 SEC. 205. TARGETED ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIRE18 ARMS LAWS.

19 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General and the

20 Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with appro21 priate State and local officials, shall designate not less

22 than 10 local jurisdictions in which to enforce aggressively

23 Federal laws designed to prevent the possession by crimi24 nals of firearms (as defined in section 921(a) of title 18,

25 United States Code).
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1 (b) ASSISTANCE.—In order to provide assistance for

2 the enforcement of Federal laws designed to prevent the

3 possession by criminals of firearms, the Attorney General

4 and the Secretary of the Treasury may—

5 (1) direct the detailing of Federal personnel, in6 cluding Assistant United States Attorneys and

7 agents and investigators of the Bureau of Alcohol,

8 Tobacco, and Firearms, to designated jurisdictions,

9 subject to the approval of the head of that depart10 ment or agency that employs such personnel;

11 (2) coordinate activities with State and local of12 ficials, including facilitation of training of State and

13 local law enforcement officers and prosecutors in

14 designated jurisdictions to work with Federal pros15 ecutors, agents, and investigators to identify appro16 priate cases for enforcement of Federal laws de17 signed to prevent the possession by criminals of fire18 arms;

19 (3) help coordinate, in conjunction with local of20 ficials, local businesses, and community leaders, pub21 lic outreach in designated jurisdictions regarding

22 penalties associated with violation of Federal laws

23 designed to prevent the possession by criminals of

24 firearms.
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1 (c) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.—In designating

2 local jurisdictions under this section, the Attorney General

3 and Secretary of the Treasury shall consider—

4 (1) the extent to which there is a high rate of

5 recidivism among armed felons in the jurisdiction;

6 (2) the extent to which there is a high rate of

7 violent crime in the jurisdiction;

8 (3) the extent to which State and local law en9 forcement agencies have committed resources to re10 spond to the illegal possession of firearms in the ju11 risdiction, as an indication of their determination to

12 respond aggressively to the problem;

13 (4) the extent to which a significant increase in

14 the allocation of Federal resources is necessary to

15 respond adequately to the illegal possession of fire16 arms in the jurisdiction; and

17 (5) any other criteria as the Attorney General

18 and Secretary of the Treasury consider to be appro19 priate.

20 (d) PRIORITY.—In addition to the criteria set forth

21 in subsection (c), in considering which local jurisdictions

22 to designate under this section, the Attorney General and

23 the Secretary of the Treasury shall give priority to juris24 dictions that have—
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1 (1) demonstrated a commitment to enforcement

2 of Federal firearms laws through participation in

3 initiatives like the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction

4 Initiative, Project Disarm, and Operation Ceasefire;

5 (2) identified a large number of convicted felons

6 involved in firearms trafficking to individuals under

7 age 25; and

8 (3) agreed to require that all identifying infor9 mation relating to firearms recovered during crimi10 nal investigations be promptly submitted to the Sec11 retary of the Treasury to identify the types and ori12 gins of such firearms and to identify illegal firearms

13 traffickers.

14 (e) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—

15 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General

16 and the Secretary of the Treasury shall annually

17 submit to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of

18 the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of

19 Representatives and the Senate a report, which shall

20 include information relating to—

21 (A) the number of arrests by Federal,

22 State, and local law enforcement officials involv23 ing illegal possession of firearms by criminals in

24 each designated city;
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1 (B) the number of individuals prosecuted

2 for illegal firearms possession by criminals in

3 Federal, State, and local court in each des4 ignated city, the number of convictions, and a

5 breakdown of sentences imposed; and

6 (C) a description of the public outreach

7 initiatives being implemented in designated ju8 risdictions.

9 (2) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen11 eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit

12 to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Com13 mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate a report concerning the effec15 tiveness of the designation of jurisdictions under this

16 section, including an analysis of whether crime with17 in the jurisdiction has been reduced or displaced to

18 nearby jurisdictions, along with any recommenda19 tions for related legislation.

20 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

22 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
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1 TITLE III—CONSOLIDATION OF

2 PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

3 SEC. 301. PURPOSES.

4 The purposes of this title are—

5 (1) to consolidate, streamline, and more care6 fully target Federal crime prevention programs; and

7 (2) to mandate rigorous outcome evaluation of

8 Federal crime prevention programs and other prom9 ising crime prevention strategies.

10 SEC. 302. REPEALS.

11 The following provisions of law are repealed:

12 (1) Sections 30102, 30103, 30104, and sub13 titles B, C, D, H, J, K, O, and S of title III of the

14 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

15 1994.

16 (2) Part E of title II of the Juvenile Justice

17 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (relating to

18 State challenge grants).

19 (3) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice

20 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (relating to

21 mentoring).

22 (4) Section 682 of the Community Services

23 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910c) (relating to the

24 National Youth Sports Program).
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1 SEC. 303. EVALUATION OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS

2 AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CRIME

3 PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

4 STRATEGY.

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

6 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate entity’’ means—

7 (A) with respect to the authorized pro8 grams described in subparagraphs (A), (B),

9 (D), (E), and (F) of paragraph (2), the Attor10 ney General; and

11 (B) with respect to the authorized program

12 described in paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of

13 Education; and

14 (2) the term ‘‘authorized program’’ means—

15 (A) the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

16 Prevention Challenge Grants for At-Risk Chil17 dren Program under section 505 of the Juvenile

18 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of

19 1974, as amended by section 304 of this title;

20 (B) the Weed and Seed Community

21 Anticrime Program established by section 305;

22 (C) 21st Century Community Learning

23 Centers Program reauthorized by section 306;

24 (D) the Unified Gang Prevention and

25 Intervention Program established by section

26 307;
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1 (E) the Federal juvenile crime and delin2 quency prevention programs included in the re3 port under section 308; and

4 (F) the Community Organizations Youth

5 Crime Prevention Program under section 205A

6 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre7 vention Act of 1974, as added by section 309

8 of this title.

9 (b) EVALUATION OF CRIME PREVENTION PRO10 GRAMS.—The appropriate entity shall provide, directly or

11 through grants and contracts, for the comprehensive and

12 thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of each authorized

13 program.

14 (c) NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH AND

15 EVALUATION STRATEGY.—

16 (1) STRATEGY.—Not later than 9 months after

17 the date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate

18 entities shall jointly formulate and publish a unified

19 national crime prevention research and evaluation

20 strategy that will result in timely reports to Con21 gress, and to State and local governments, regarding

22 the impact and effectiveness of the authorized pro23 grams.

24 (2) STUDIES.—Consistent with the strategy de25 veloped pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate
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1 entities may use crime prevention research and eval2 uation funds reserved under subsection (f) to con3 duct studies and demonstrations regarding the effec4 tiveness of authorized programs and strategies that

5 are designed to achieve the same purposes as the au6 thorized programs, without regard to whether those

7 strategies receive Federal funding.

8 (d) EVALUATION AND RESEARCH CRITERIA.—

9 (1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS AND RE10 SEARCH.—Each evaluation and research study con11 ducted pursuant to this section shall be independent

12 in nature, and shall employ rigorous and scientif13 ically recognized standards and methodologies.

14 (2) CONTENT OF EVALUATIONS.—Each evalua15 tion conducted pursuant to this section shall include

16 measures of—

17 (A) reductions in delinquency, juvenile

18 crime, youth gang activity, youth substance

19 abuse, and other high-risk factors;

20 (B) reductions in risk factors in young

21 people that contribute to juvenile violence, in22 cluding academic failure, excessive school ab23 senteeism, and dropping out of school;
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1 (C) reductions in risk factors in the com2 munity, schools, and family environments that

3 contribute to juvenile violence; and

4 (D) the increase in the protective factors

5 that reduce the likelihood of delinquency and

6 criminal behavior.

7 (e) COMPLIANCE WITH EVALUATION MANDATE.—

8 The appropriate entity may require any recipient of Fed9 eral assistance under an authorized program to collect,

10 maintain, and report information considered to be relevant

11 to any evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection (b),

12 and to conduct and participate in specified evaluation and

13 assessment activities and functions.

14 (f) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR EVALUATION AND

15 RESEARCH.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate entity shall

17 reserve not less than 5 percent and not more than

18 10 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to

19 each authorized program in each fiscal year to carry

20 out the evaluation and research required by this sec21 tion.

22 (2) ASSISTANCE TO GRANTEES AND EVALU23 ATED PROGRAMS.—To facilitate the conduct and de24 fray the costs of crime prevention program evalua25 tion and research, the appropriate entity shall use
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1 funds reserved under this subsection to provide com2 pliance assistance to—

3 (A) grantees under this section who are se4 lected to participate in evaluations pursuant to

5 subsection (e); and

6 (B) other agencies and organizations that

7 are requested to participate in evaluations and

8 research pursuant to subsection (c)(2).

9 SEC. 304. AT-RISK CHILDREN CHALLENGE GRANTS.

10 (a) GRANTS FOR LOCAL ANTITRUANCY, SCHOOL VIO11 LENCE, AND CRIME INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.—Section

12 505 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

13 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5784) is amended—

14 (1) by striking the section heading and insert15 ing the following:

16 ‘‘SEC. 505. JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN17 TION CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR AT-RISK

18 CHILDREN.’’;

19 (2) in subsection (a)—

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

21 by inserting ‘‘(including, for purposes of this

22 section, an Indian tribe)’’ after ‘‘units of gen23 eral local government’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘after2 school programs and’’ before ‘‘recreation serv3 ices’’;

4 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and

5 life’’ before ‘‘skills’’;

6 (D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

7 the end;

8 (E) by striking paragraph (7) and insert9 ing the following:

10 ‘‘(7) accountability and responsibility edu11 cation;’’; and

12 (F) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(8) restitution and community service activi14 ties; and

15 ‘‘(9) other services or activities to reduce or

16 prevent truancy, school violence, and juvenile

17 crime.’’; and

18 (3) in subsection (b)—

19 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘of no

20 fewer’’ and all that follows through ‘‘organiza21 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘consisting of representa22 tives of the community of the unit of general

23 local government with balanced representation

24 from public and private agencies and organiza25 tions’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, includ2 ing such programs as nutrition, energy assist3 ance, and housing’’ and inserting ‘‘, including

4 other local truancy, school violence, and juvenile

5 crime programs’’;

6 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

7 the end;

8 (D) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘,

10 except that with respect to a grant made to an

11 Indian tribe, the Administrator may allow the

12 Indian tribe to use Federal funds otherwise

13 made available to the Indian tribe to provide all

14 or a portion of the 50-percent match; and’’; and

15 (E) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(8) the unit agrees to provide to the Adminis17 trator, on request, progress and achievement re18 ports.’’.

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

20 506 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

21 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5785) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as are

23 necessary for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996’’ and in24 serting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000

25 through 2004’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

2 The heading for title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended to read as fol4 lows:

5 ‘‘TITLE V—JUVENILE JUSTICE

6 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN7 TION CHALLENGE GRANTS

8 FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN’’.

9 SEC. 305. WEED AND SEED COMMUNITY ANTICRIME PRO10 GRAM.

11 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purpose of this

12 section is to establish a Weed and Seed Program to

13 facilitate—

14 (1) the formation of effective antiviolence,

15 anticrime and antidrug partnerships in high crime

16 neighborhoods and communities that involve the par17 ticipation and cooperation of law enforcement agen18 cies, community groups, volunteer organizations,

19 public and private human service providers, civic and

20 religious organizations, and the business community;

21 and

22 (2) the creation of comprehensive anticrime ini23 tiatives in high crime neighborhoods and commu24 nities that are designed to—
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1 (A) weed out violent crime, gang crime,

2 firearms trafficking, and drug trafficking by

3 employing intensive community policing strate4 gies and maximizing the coordination and inte5 gration of Federal, State, and local law enforce6 ment and criminal justice functions; and

7 (B) seed targeted geographical areas with

8 an array of crime and drug prevention pro9 grams, human service agency resources, and

10 economic revitalization and neighborhood res11 toration strategies to prevent crime.

12 (b) EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR WEED AND SEED PRO13 GRAMS.—

14 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in

15 the Department of Justice an Executive Office for

16 Weed and Seed Programs, under the authority of

17 the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Jus18 tice Programs.

19 (2) DUTIES.—The Executive Office for Weed

20 and Seed Programs shall, in consultation with the

21 Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and

22 Delinquency Prevention, the Secretary of Health and

23 Human Services, and the Secretary of the Treasury,

24 implement and administer a multidisciplinary ap-
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1 proach to weeding out crime and seeding services

2 and activities that promote—

3 (A) safety and security;

4 (B) the prevention of crime and juvenile

5 delinquency; and

6 (C) community revitalization.

7 (3) POWERS.—The Executive Office for Weed

8 and Seed Programs shall have all the necessary pow9 ers to implement Weed and Seed Program activities,

10 including the authority to—

11 (A) make grants and awards;

12 (B) enter into contracts and cooperative

13 agreements;

14 (C) reimburse and transfer funds to appro15 priation accounts of the Department of Justice

16 and other Federal agencies; and

17 (D) execute Weed and Seed Program func18 tions.

19 (c) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may

21 award grants to units of general local government

22 (as defined in section 30201 of the Violent Crime

23 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994), State

24 and local agencies, and private nonprofit agencies
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1 and organizations to implement Weed and Seed Pro2 gram activities.

3 (2) WEEDING ACTIVITIES.—Weeding activities

4 include the following activities and functions, imple5 mented in a manner consistent with the community6 based plan described in subsection (f)(2)(B):

7 (A) Intensifying law enforcement efforts to

8 investigate, prosecute, and punish violent fire9 arms-related, and drug-related crime in tar10 geted communities.

11 (B) Integrating and coordinating the ef12 forts and resources of Federal, State, and local

13 law enforcement agencies, including Federal,

14 State, and local prosecutors and probation and

15 parole officers.

16 (C) Implementing intensive community po17 licing strategies designed to enhance public

18 safety by increasing—

19 (i) the street patrol presence of law

20 enforcement officers in high-crime neigh21 borhoods; and

22 (ii) the interaction and cooperation

23 between law enforcement officers and resi24 dents in neighborhoods experiencing high-
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1 intensity, high-frequency violent, firearms2 related, and drug-related crime.

3 (D) Programs that enhance home security

4 procedures and the security procedures of pub5 lic and private housing developments.

6 (3) SEEDING ACTIVITIES.—Seeding activities

7 include the following activities and functions, imple8 mented in a manner consistent with the community9 based plan described in subsection (f)(2)(B):

10 (A) The coordinated collaborative efforts of

11 law enforcement agencies, probation and parole

12 agencies, human service agencies, the private

13 sector, and community groups to concentrate a

14 broad array of crime prevention programs such

15 as drug treatment, family services, and youth

16 services in targeted neighborhoods and commu17 nities to—

18 (i) create an environment where crime

19 cannot thrive;

20 (ii) instill discipline and responsibility

21 in at-risk youth; and

22 (iii) develop positive community atti23 tudes toward combating violence and drug

24 trafficking.
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1 (B) Efforts to revitalize distressed neigh2 borhoods by integrating Federal, State, local,

3 and private sector resources to facilitate the de4 velopment of safe and secure housing and eco5 nomic opportunities in targeted neighborhoods.

6 (C) Programs that engineer low-cost phys7 ical improvements within neighborhoods.

8 (D) Programs that increase the safety and

9 security of communities through environmental

10 design and modification.

11 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under subsection

12 (c), the Attorney General shall give priority to applications

13 that—

14 (1) are innovative in approach to the implemen15 tation of a coordinated Weed and Seed strategy;

16 (2) are innovative in approach to the prevention

17 of crime and violence in a specific area;

18 (3) demonstrate that the jurisdiction requires

19 that all identifying information relating to firearms

20 recovered during criminal investigations is promptly

21 submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury to iden22 tify the types and origins of firearms and to identify

23 illegal firearms traffickers;

24 (4) demonstrate that the jurisdiction has a

25 comprehensive antijuvenile crime plan, that—
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1 (A) has been prepared by a coalition of

2 representatives from the local police or sheriff’s

3 department, the local prosecutors’ office, local

4 probation and parole officers, the United States

5 Attorney’s office, the Federal Bureau of Inves6 tigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and

7 Firearms, religiously affiliated or fraternal or8 ganizations involved in crime prevention,

9 schools, parents, or local grassroots organiza10 tions such as neighborhood watch groups, and

11 social service agencies involved in crime preven12 tion;

13 (B) provides for a coordinated strategy,

14 including—

15 (i) close collaboration among all mem16 bers of the coalition in suppressing and

17 preventing juvenile crime;

18 (ii) a heavy emphasis on coordinated

19 enforcement initiatives, such as Federal

20 and State programs that coordinate local

21 police departments, prosecutors, and local

22 community leaders to focus on the sup23 pression of violent juvenile crime involving

24 gangs;
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1 (iii) close collaboration between police

2 and probation officers in the supervision of

3 juvenile offenders, such as initiatives that

4 coordinate the efforts of parents, school of5 ficials, and police and probation officers to

6 patrol the streets and make home visits to

7 ensure that offenders comply with the

8 terms of their probation;

9 (iv) has a program in place coordi10 nated with the Secretary of the Treasury

11 to trace all firearms taken into custody

12 and/or seized from crime scenes, schools,

13 or offenders in an effort to promptly iden14 tify illegal firearms traffickers; and

15 (v) effective crime prevention pro16 grams, such as programs that provide

17 after-school safe havens and other opportu18 nities for at-risk youth to escape or avoid

19 gang or other criminal activity, and to re20 duce recidivism; and

21 (C) establishes a detailed model for meas22 uring and evaluating the success of the plan in

23 reducing juvenile crime, and provides assur24 ances that the plan will be evaluated on a reg-
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1 ular basis to assess progress in reducing juve2 nile crime;

3 (5) contain component programs and activities

4 that have clearly defined goals, objectives, and eval5 uation designs;

6 (6) vary in approach to ensure that the effec7 tiveness of different anticrime strategies may be

8 evaluated;

9 (7) demonstrate the financial and organiza10 tional commitment of State and local public and pri11 vate resources to support specific Weed and Seed ac12 tivities;

13 (8) coordinate crime prevention programs and

14 activities funded under this section with other exist15 ing Federal, State, local, and private programs and

16 activities operating in the targeted Weed and Seed

17 geographic area; and

18 (9) include cooperative efforts between elemen19 tary, middle, and high schools and their respective

20 communities to prevent school/youth violence by im21 plementing a school/youth violence prevention pro22 gram with school administrators, personnel, and

23 members of the established Parent Teacher Associa24 tion.

25 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds awarded under this

2 section may be used only to implement Weed and

3 Seed activities consistent with this section and as de4 scribed in an approved application under subsection

5 (f).

6 (2) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall

7 issue guidelines that describe suggested purposes for

8 which Weed and Seed grant awards may be used.

9 (3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In distributing

10 funds under this section, the Attorney General shall

11 target funds to communities that have been severely

12 distressed by crime and delinquency but shall also

13 ensure the equitable distribution of awards on a geo14 graphic basis.

15 (f) APPLICATIONS.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicant seeking a

17 grant under this section shall prepare and submit to

18 the Attorney General an application in such form, at

19 such time, and in accordance with such procedures,

20 as the Attorney General shall establish.

21 (2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli22 cation for assistance under this section shall

23 include—

24 (A) a description of the distinctive factors

25 that contribute to chronic violent, firearms-re-
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1 lated, and drug-related crime within the area

2 proposed to be served by the grant;

3 (B) a comprehensive community-based

4 plan to attack intensively the principal factors

5 identified in subparagraph (A), including a de6 scription of—

7 (i) the specific weeding and seeding

8 purposes and activities for which grant

9 funds are to be used;

10 (ii) how law enforcement agencies,

11 other State and local government agencies,

12 private nonprofit organizations, civic and

13 religious organizations, business organiza14 tions, and interested members of the com15 munity will cooperate in carrying out the

16 purposes of the grant, and the various ac17 tivities and programs to be funded by the

18 grant; and

19 (iii) how seeding activities proposed

20 under the plan are coordinated with, or re21 lated to, any other crime, gang, and vio22 lence prevention programs or activities

23 funded by Federal, State, or local govern24 ment in the geographic area targeted by

25 the application;
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1 (C) an assurance that funds received under

2 this section will be used to supplement, not sup3 plant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise

4 be available for programs and activities funded

5 under this section;

6 (D) an assurance that the recipients of

7 funding under this section will maintain sepa8 rate and complete accounting records for Weed

9 and Seed Program activities;

10 (E) an assurance that a community that

11 seeks funding under this section has convened

12 a steering committee to supervise and facilitate

13 development of the community plan described in

14 subparagraph (B) and the implementation of

15 Weed and Seed Program activities, and that

16 such body—

17 (i) is comprised of high-level officials

18 from relevant State and local agencies, law

19 enforcement agencies, including prosecu20 tors and probation and parole officers,

21 public and private human service and

22 youth development providers, representa23 tives from the business sector, and mem24 bers of the applicant community; and
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1 (ii) includes the United States Attor2 ney for the District in which the applicant

3 community is located; and

4 (F) an assurance that residents of the geo5 graphic area that will be served by the grant

6 have been involved in the formulation of the

7 community plan, and will be involved in its im8 plementation through volunteer activities and

9 organizations.

10 (g) EVALUATION AND INSPECTION.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall

12 provide for the rigorous and independent evaluation

13 of the Weed and Seed Program in accordance with

14 section 303.

15 (2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The At16 torney General may require grant recipients under

17 this section to collect, maintain, and report informa18 tion relevant to any evaluation conducted pursuant

19 to paragraph (1), and to conduct and participate in

20 specified evaluation and assessment activities and

21 functions.

22 (3) INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS.—The

23 Attorney General may conduct such investigations

24 and inspections as may be necessary to ensure com25 pliance with this section.
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1 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

2 (1) ALLOCATION OF COPS ON THE BEAT FUND3 ING FOR WEEDING ACTIVITIES.—Section

4 1001(a)(11)(B) of title I of the Omnibus Crime

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

6 3793) is amended by inserting after the third sen7 tence the following: ‘‘In each fiscal year, the Attor8 ney General may allocate up to $100,000,000 for

9 grants to support weeding activities under the Weed

10 and Seed Program under section 305 of the Safe

11 and Sound Communities Act of 1998, consistent

12 with the purposes specified in part Q.’’.

13 (2) SEEDING ACTIVITIES.—There are author14 ized to be appropriated to carry out seeding activi15 ties under this section, $100,000,000 for each of fis16 cal years 2000 through 2004.

17 (i) COORDINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

18 PROGRAMS.—Funds allocated to other Department of

19 Justice appropriations accounts and designated by Con20 gress through legislative language or through policy guid21 ance for Weed and Seed Program activities shall be man22 aged and coordinated by the Attorney General through the

23 Executive Office for Weed and Seed Programs. The Attor24 ney General may direct the use of other Department of

25 Justice funds and personnel in support of Weed and Seed
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1 Program activities after notifying the Committees on Ap2 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen3 ate.

4 SEC. 306. 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.

5 Section 10907 of the 21st Century Community

6 Learning Centers Act (20 U.S.C. 8247) is amended by

7 striking ‘‘authorized to be appropriated’’ and all that fol8 lows through the end and inserting ‘‘authorized to be ap9 propriated $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

10 through 2004 to carry out this part.’’.

11 SEC. 307. CONSOLIDATION OF GANG PREVENTION PRO12 GRAMS.

13 (a) REPEAL OF EXISTING GANG PREVENTION PRO14 GRAMS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of

16 law are repealed:

17 (A) Sections 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, and

18 3505 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42

19 U.S.C. 11801, 11802, 11803, 11804, 11805).

20 (B) Sections 281, 281A, 282, and 282A of

21 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven22 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5667, 5667–1,

23 5667a, 5667a–1).

24 (2) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS.—Notwith25 standing the amendments made by paragraph (1),
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1 the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice

2 and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of

3 Justice and the Assistant Secretary for Children and

4 Families of the Department of Health and Human

5 Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ and the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, respectively),

7 may continue grants awarded under the provision re8 ferred to in paragraph (1) on or before the date of

9 enactment of this Act.

10 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED GANG PREVEN11 TION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM.—The Administrator

12 and the Assistant Secretary may jointly make grants to

13 public agencies and private nonprofit agencies, organiza14 tions, and institutions to—

15 (1) prevent and reduce the participation of ju16 veniles in the illegal activities of gangs;

17 (2) promote the involvement of juveniles who

18 are at risk of gang involvement in constructive, pro19 ductive, lawful alternatives to illegal gang activities;

20 (3) support local law enforcement agencies in

21 conducting educational outreach activities in commu22 nities in which gangs commit drug-related and vio23 lent crimes;
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1 (4) prevent gang-related activities from endan2 gering and disrupting the learning environment in

3 elementary and secondary schools;

4 (5) support the coordination and integration of

5 the gang prevention and intervention activities of

6 local education, juvenile justice, employment and so7 cial service agencies, and community-based organiza8 tions with a proven record of providing juvenile gang

9 prevention and intervention services in an effective

10 and efficient manner;

11 (6) provide treatment and rehabilitation serv12 ices to members of juvenile gangs who abuse drugs;

13 and

14 (7) provide services to prevent juveniles who

15 have come into contact with the juvenile justice sys16 tem as a result of gang-related activity from repeat17 ing or continuing such conduct.

18 (c) APPLICATION FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—

19 (1) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—Any agen20 cy, organization, or institution seeking to receive a

21 grant, or to enter into a contract, under this section

22 shall submit an application at such time, in such

23 manner, and containing such information as the Ad24 ministrator and Assistant Secretary may jointly pre25 scribe.
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1 (2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli2 cation for assistance under this section shall—

3 (A) specify a project or activity for car4 rying out 1 or more of the purposes specified in

5 subsection (b) and identify the purpose that

6 such project or activity is designed to carry out;

7 (B) provide that such project or activity

8 shall be administered by, or under the super9 vision of, the applicant;

10 (C) describe the manner in which such pro11 gram or activity is coordinated with, or relates

12 to, any other crime, gang, or violence preven13 tion programs or activities funded by Federal,

14 State, or local government—

15 (i) in which the applicant participates;

16 and

17 (ii) in the geographic area targeted by

18 the application;

19 (D) provide that regular reports on such

20 project or activity shall be submitted to the Ad21 ministrator and Assistant Secretary; and

22 (E) provide for such fiscal control and

23 fund accounting procedures as may be nec24 essary to ensure prudent use, proper distribu-
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1 tion, and accurate accounting of funds received

2 under this section.

3 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—In jointly select4 ing among applications submitted under subsection (c),

5 the Administrator and the Assistant Secretary shall give

6 priority to applications that—

7 (1) substantially involve, or are broadly sup8 ported by, community-based organizations experi9 enced in providing services to juveniles; and

10 (2) support projects and activities in geo11 graphical areas in which juvenile gang-related crime

12 is frequent and serious.

13 (e) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant

14 under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total

15 costs of the program described in the application sub16 mitted under subsection (c) for the fiscal year for which

17 the program receives assistance.

18 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of

20 Justice to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of

21 fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
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1 SEC. 308. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH CRIME PRE2 VENTION.

3 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre4 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended

5 by inserting after section 205 the following:

6 ‘‘SEC. 205A. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH CRIME

7 PREVENTION.

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

9 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH CRIME PRE10 VENTION PROGRAM.—The term ‘community-based

11 youth crime prevention program’—

12 ‘‘(A) means a program run by a commu13 nity-based youth service organization to provide

14 services and activities to youth in the commu15 nity served by the organization; and

16 ‘‘(B)(i) includes extracurricular and aca17 demic programs, volunteer community service

18 or citizenship programs, recreational programs,

19 leadership programs, and supervised sports pro20 grams, that are offered—

21 ‘‘(I) after school and on weekends and

22 holidays, during the school year; and

23 ‘‘(II) as daily full-day programs (to

24 the extent available resources permit), or

25 as part-day programs, during the summer

26 months; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) may include programs such as cur2 riculum-based supervised educational, workforce

3 preparation, entrepreneurship, or cultural pro4 grams, community service programs, tutorial

5 and mentoring programs, and other related ac6 tivities.

7 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH SERVICE ORGA8 NIZATION.—The term ‘community-based youth serv9 ice organization’—

10 ‘‘(A) means a private organization, incor11 porated or unincorporated, that—

12 ‘‘(i) has as a primary purpose pro13 viding recreational, leadership, or learning

14 activities to youth, and

15 ‘‘(ii) is described in section 501(c)(3)

16 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and

17 is exempt from taxation under section

18 501(a) of such Code; and

19 ‘‘(B) includes local Boys and Girls Clubs,

20 the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of

21 America, the Jaycees, the Little League, the

22 Babe Ruth League, the Police Athletic League,

23 the American Legion, 4–H Clubs, Girls, Inc.,

24 the YMCA, and religiously affiliated youth

25 groups.
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1 ‘‘(3) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term

2 ‘local law enforcement’ means the local police de3 partment, sheriff’s office, prosecutor’s office, or dis4 trict attorney’s office.

5 ‘‘(4) LOCAL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—

6 The term ‘local public educational agency’—

7 ‘‘(A) means a public board of education or

8 other public authority legally constituted within

9 a State for either administrative control or di10 rection of, or to perform a service function for,

11 public elementary and secondary schools in a

12 city, county, township, school district, or other

13 political subdivision of a State, or such com14 bination of school districts or counties as are

15 recognized in a State as an administrative

16 agency for its public elementary and secondary

17 schools; and

18 ‘‘(B) includes—

19 ‘‘(i) any other public institution or

20 agency having administrative control and

21 direction of a public elementary or sec22 ondary school; and

23 ‘‘(ii) a charter school established pur24 suant to State or local law.
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1 ‘‘(5) PRIVATE SCHOOL.—The term ‘private

2 school’—

3 ‘‘(A) means a private elementary or sec4 ondary school that—

5 ‘‘(i) is described in section 501(c)(3)

6 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

7 ‘‘(ii) is exempt from taxation under

8 section 501(a) of such Code; and

9 ‘‘(B) includes elementary or secondary

10 schools owned or operated by religious organiza11 tions.

12 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—

13 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of

14 appropriations, the Administrator shall make a

15 grant to the National Collaboration for Youth, act16 ing in the capacity of the Administrator as secre17 tariat for the National Board established by para18 graph (3), for each of fiscal years 2000 through

19 2004, if the appropriate official of the National Col20 laboration for Youth submits, for the applicable fis21 cal year, an application that the Administrator de22 termines meets the requirements of subsection (c).

23 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—The National Col24 laboration for Youth, through the National Board

25 established by paragraph (3) shall use each grant
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1 made under this section to enter into contracts with

2 local boards established pursuant to paragraph (4),

3 or community-based youth service organizations,

4 local public educational agencies, and private

5 schools, for the establishment of community-based

6 youth crime prevention programs to be conducted by

7 community-based youth service organizations.

8 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL BOARD.—

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in

10 consultation with the chair and chief executive

11 officer of the National Collaboration for Youth,

12 shall, as soon as practicable after enactment of

13 this section, constitute a National Board for the

14 purpose of determining the manner in which

15 grant amounts under this section are to be used

16 and distributed to individual localities (referred

17 to in this section as the ‘National Board’).

18 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL BOARD.—The National

19 Board shall consist of 15 members appointed

20 from among member organizations of the Na21 tional Collaboration for Youth, including the

22 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys and

23 Girls Clubs of America, Boy Scouts of America,

24 Child Welfare League of America, Girl Scouts

25 of the USA, Girls Incorporated, National 4–H
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1 Council, the National Crime Prevention Coun2 cil, the National Network for Youth, the Na3 tional Urban League, YMCA of the USA, and

4 the YWCA of the USA. The Administrator shall

5 chair the national board and the National Col6 laboration for Youth and shall serve as Secre7 tariat.

8 ‘‘(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL BOARDS.—

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each community

10 seeking to enter into a contract with the Na11 tional Board shall establish a local board for

12 the purpose of determining the manner in

13 which its funds will be distributed. The local

14 board shall consist, to the extent practicable, of

15 representatives of local community-based agen16 cies affiliated with members of the National

17 Collaboration for Youth, except that the head of

18 an appropriate unit of local government shall

19 serve as chair.

20 ‘‘(B) LOCAL PLANS.—In order to receive a

21 grant under a contract pursuant to this section,

22 the local board shall submit an application to

23 the national board containing the plan of the

24 local board for providing or expanding commu25 nity-based youth crime prevention programs in
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1 such form and containing such information as

2 the national board may reasonably require.

3 ‘‘(C) SUBCONTRACTS.—Each local board

4 shall enter into subcontracts with 1 or more in5 dividual, community-based youth service organi6 zations for the establishment and operation of

7 community-based youth crime prevention pro8 grams. Each subcontract described in this sub9 paragraph shall meet the requirements of sub10 section (c)(2)(A).

11 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE.—If a community

12 does not establish a local board or submit a

13 plan, the national board may consider applica14 tions for assistance under this section from in15 dividual community-based youth service organi16 zations within the community.

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant

19 under this section, the appropriate official of the Na20 tional Collaboration for Youth shall submit an appli21 cation to the Administrator in such form, and con22 taining such information, as the Administrator may

23 reasonably require.
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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The appli2 cation submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall

3 contain—

4 ‘‘(A) assurances that the contracts that the

5 National Board will enter into with local boards

6 or with community-based youth service organi7 zations to carry out the grant shall provide—

8 ‘‘(i) that the local board and any sub9 contractor community-based youth service

10 organization will take such action as may

11 be appropriate to coordinate with the com12 munity the program that is the subject of

13 the contract, including coordinating with

14 the unit of local government for the oper15 ation of the program and with the local

16 public educational agency for use of public

17 school facilities;

18 ‘‘(ii) that operation of the program

19 that is the subject of the contract or sub20 contract will involve local law enforcement;

21 ‘‘(iii) that adequate security will be

22 provided to participants in the program

23 that is the subject of the contract or sub24 contract;
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1 ‘‘(iv) that Federal funds received

2 under this section shall be used to supple3 ment, not supplant, non-Federal funds

4 that would otherwise be available for ac5 tivities funded under this section;

6 ‘‘(v) an explanation of the manner in

7 which the program to be funded under the

8 contract or subcontract will continue to op9 erate after the termination of Federal

10 funding;

11 ‘‘(vi) that the program that is the

12 subject of the contract or subcontract is

13 carried out—

14 ‘‘(I) as appropriate, under con15 tract or agreement with the local pub16 lic educational agency or a private

17 school, in the facilities of a public

18 school or a private school during non19 school hours; or

20 ‘‘(II) in another appropriate local

21 facility in a State or Indian country

22 (as defined in section 1151 of title 18,

23 United States Code) (including a col24 lege or university, a local or State

25 park or recreation center, church, or
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1 military base) that is in a location

2 that is easily accessible to children in

3 the community served by the program

4 and that is in compliance with all ap5 plicable local ordinances;

6 ‘‘(vii) that the community-based youth

7 or service organization shall use Federal

8 funds provided under the contract or sub9 contract only for the costs of the commu10 nity-based youth crime prevention program

11 that is the subject of the contract or sub12 contract, including—

13 ‘‘(I) the purchase of sporting and

14 recreational equipment and supplies;

15 ‘‘(II) reasonable costs for the

16 transportation of participants in the

17 program;

18 ‘‘(III) hiring staff;

19 ‘‘(IV) the provision of meals for

20 the participants in the program; and

21 ‘‘(V) the provision of health serv22 ices, consisting of first aid and nutri23 tion guidance to participation in the

24 program; and
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1 ‘‘(viii) that not more than 0.5 percent

2 of Federal funds provided under the con3 tract or subcontract will be used to pay for

4 the administrative costs of the program;

5 ‘‘(B) assurances that the National Collabo6 ration for Youth, the National Board, local

7 boards, and any community-based youth or

8 service organization receiving Federal funds

9 under this section, shall submit to an audit by

10 the Administrator with respect to programs

11 that receive funding under this section;

12 ‘‘(C) assurances that the contracts entered

13 into pursuant to subsection (a) shall be selected

14 on an equitable geographic basis, and provide

15 for programs in rural, urban, and suburban

16 areas, and in Indian country (as defined in sec17 tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code); and

18 ‘‘(D) assurances that, of the total grant

19 amount made available to the National Collabo20 ration for Youth under this section not more

21 than 0.5 percent will be used by the National

22 Collaboration for Youth or the National Board

23 for administrative costs.

24 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The

25 National Board shall not be considered to be a Federal
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1 advisory committee for purposes of the Federal Advisory

2 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

3 ‘‘(e) MEMBERS OF NATIONAL BOARD NOT FEDERAL

4 OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.—Members of the National

5 Board (other than the Administrator or any member who

6 may be a Federal official or employee) shall not, by virtue

7 of such membership, be deemed—

8 ‘‘(1) to be officers or employees of the United

9 States (as defined in sections 2104 and 2105 of title

10 5, United States Code); or

11 ‘‘(2) to become entitled by reason of National

12 Board membership to any compensation or benefit

13 payable or made available by the Federal Govern14 ment to its officers or employees.

15 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

16 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

17 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through

18 2004.’’.

19 SEC. 309. FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS FOR

20 AT-RISK YOUTH.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Ounce of Prevention

23 Council shall submit to Congress a report regarding the

24 elimination of duplication and inefficiency in the structure
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1 and operation of Federal juvenile crime and delinquency

2 prevention programs.

3 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under

4 subsection (a) shall—

5 (1) discuss the extent to which programs in dif6 ferent Federal agencies serve similar purposes and

7 target populations;

8 (2) discuss whether multiple Federal program

9 structures, each receiving limited appropriations, de10 liver services to at-risk youth (as defined in section

11 30201(1) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En12 forcement Act of 1994) in an optimal, cost-effective

13 fashion; and

14 (3) make specific recommendations regarding

15 the elimination, consolidation, and modification of

16 crime and delinquency prevention programs in all

17 Federal agencies and departments.
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1 TITLE IV—JUVENILE CRIME

2 CONTROL AND ACCOUNT3 ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS

4 SEC. 401. JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND JUVENILE OF5 FENDER ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE

6 BLOCK GRANTS.

7 Section 205 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

8 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5615) is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 205. JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND JUVENILE OF11 FENDER ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE

12 BLOCK GRANTS.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall make,

14 subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to

15 States for use by States and units of local government

16 in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and

17 evaluating projects, directly or through grants and con18 tracts with public and private agencies, for the develop19 ment of more effective investigation, prosecution, and pun20 ishment (including the imposition of graduated sanctions)

21 of crimes or acts of delinquency committed by juveniles,

22 programs to improve the administration of justice for and

23 ensure accountability by juvenile offenders, and programs

24 to reduce the risk factors (such as truancy, drug or alcohol
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1 use, and gang involvement) associated with juvenile crime

2 or delinquency.

3 ‘‘(b) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants under this section

4 may be used by States and units of local government—

5 ‘‘(1) for programs to enhance the identification,

6 investigation, prosecution, and punishment of juve7 nile offenders, such as—

8 ‘‘(A) the utilization of graduated sanctions;

9 ‘‘(B) the utilization of short-term confine10 ment of juvenile offenders;

11 ‘‘(C) the incarceration of violent juvenile

12 offenders for extended periods of time;

13 ‘‘(D) the hiring of juvenile prosecutors, ju14 venile public defenders, juvenile judges, juvenile

15 probation officers, and juvenile correctional offi16 cers to implement policies to control juvenile

17 crime and ensure accountability of juvenile of18 fenders; and

19 ‘‘(E) the development and implementation

20 of coordinated, multiagency systems for—

21 ‘‘(i) the comprehensive and coordi22 nated booking, identification, and assess23 ment of juveniles arrested or detained by

24 law enforcement agencies, including the
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1 utilization of multiagency facilities such as

2 juvenile assessment centers; and

3 ‘‘(ii) the coordinated delivery of sup4 port services for juveniles who have had or

5 are at risk for contact with the juvenile or

6 criminal systems, including utilization of

7 court-established local service delivery

8 councils;

9 ‘‘(2) for programs that require juvenile offend10 ers to make restitution to the victims of offenses

11 committed by those juvenile offenders;

12 ‘‘(3) for programs that require juvenile offend13 ers to attend and successfully complete school or vo14 cational training as part of a sentence imposed by

15 a court;

16 ‘‘(4) for programs that require juvenile offend17 ers who are parents to demonstrate parental respon18 sibility by working and paying child support;

19 ‘‘(5) for programs that seek to curb or punish

20 truancy;

21 ‘‘(6) for programs designed to collect, record,

22 retain, and disseminate information useful in the

23 identification, prosecution, and sentencing of juvenile

24 offenders, such as criminal history information, fin25 gerprints, DNA tests, and ballistics tests;
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1 ‘‘(7) for juvenile crime control and prevention

2 programs (such as nighttime curfews, youth organi3 zations, antidrug programs, drug testing of offend4 ers, antigang programs, and after school activities)

5 that include a rigorous, comprehensive evaluation

6 component that measures the decrease in risk fac7 tors associated with the juvenile crime and delin8 quency and employs scientifically valid standards

9 and methodologies;

10 ‘‘(8) for the development and implementation of

11 coordinated multijurisdictional or multiagency pro12 grams for the identification, control, supervision,

13 prevention, investigation, and treatment of the most

14 serious juvenile offenses and offenders, popularly

15 known as a ‘SHOCAP Program’ (Serious Habitual

16 Offenders Comprehensive Action Program);

17 ‘‘(9) for the development and implementation of

18 coordinated multijurisdictional or multiagency pro19 grams for the identification, control, supervision,

20 prevention, investigation, and disruption of youth

21 gangs;

22 ‘‘(10) for the construction or remodeling of

23 short- and long-term facilities for juvenile offenders;

24 ‘‘(11) for the development and implementation

25 of technology, equipment, and training programs for
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1 juvenile crime control, for law enforcement officers,

2 judges, prosecutors, probation officers, and other

3 court personnel who are employed by State and local

4 governments, in furtherance of the purposes identi5 fied in this section;

6 ‘‘(12) to provide literacy and job training to ju7 venile offenders;

8 ‘‘(13) to provide substance abuse treatment for

9 juvenile offenders who have a substance abuse prob10 lem;

11 ‘‘(14) for programs to seek to target, curb, and

12 punish adults who knowingly and intentionally use a

13 juvenile during the commission or attempted com14 mission of a crime, including programs that specifi15 cally provide for additional punishments or sentence

16 enhancements for adults who knowingly and inten17 tionally use a juvenile during the commission or at18 tempted commission of a crime; and

19 ‘‘(15) for the development, implementation, and

20 evaluation of school violence prevention programs for

21 elementary and secondary schools, such as new cur22 riculum aimed at violence prevention and violence

23 prevention training programs for school administra24 tors, teachers, and counselors.
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1 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to receive an in2 centive grant under this section, a State shall submit to

3 the Administrator an application in such form as shall be

4 prescribed by the Administrator, which shall contain as5 surances that, not later than 1 year after the date on

6 which the State submits such application—

7 ‘‘(1) the State has established or will establish

8 a system of graduated sanctions for juvenile offend9 ers that ensures appropriate sanctions, which are

10 graduated to reflect the severity or reported nature

11 of violations, for each act of delinquency;

12 ‘‘(2) the State maintains, at the adult State

13 central repository in accordance with the State’s es14 tablishment practices and policies relating to adult

15 criminal history records, a fingerprint supported

16 record of the arrest and disposition of any juvenile

17 who commits or is alleged to have committed an act

18 which, if committed by an adult, would be a violent

19 felony (as defined by State law), that is equivalent

20 to and maintained and disseminated in the same

21 manner and for any criminal justice purpose as are

22 adult criminal history records for the same offenses;

23 and

24 ‘‘(3) the State requires that all identifying in25 formation relating to firearms recovered during
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1 criminal investigations of individuals under the age

2 of 21 or on school property is promptly submitted to

3 the Secretary of the Treasury to identify the types

4 and origins of such firearms and to identify illegal

5 firearms traffickers.

6 ‘‘(d) VALIDITY OF CERTAIN JUDGMENTS.—Nothing

7 in this section requires a State, in order to qualify for

8 grants under this section, to modify State laws concerning

9 the status of any adjudication of juvenile delinquency or

10 judgment of conviction, or to continue to maintain records

11 relating to the adjudication or conviction of juveniles,

12 where pursuant to State law expungement of such records

13 have been ordered or it has been ordered that such records

14 are to be given no legal effect.

15 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

16 ‘‘(1) the term ‘criminal justice purpose’ means

17 the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial re18 lease, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication,

19 sentencing, disposition, correctional supervision, or

20 rehabilitation of accused persons, criminal offenders,

21 or juvenile delinquents; and

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘expungement’ means the nul23 lification of the legal effect of the conviction or adju24 dication to which the record applies.
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1 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF STATE

2 GRANTS.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

4 ‘‘(A) STATE AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—

5 Subject to subparagraph (B), of amounts made

6 available to the State, 35 percent may be re7 tained by the State for use pursuant to para8 graph (2) and 65 percent shall be reserved by

9 the State for local distribution pursuant to

10 paragraph (3).

11 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—The Administrator

12 may waive the requirements of this paragraph

13 with respect to any State in which the criminal

14 and juvenile justice services for delinquent or

15 other youth are organized primarily on a state16 wide basis, in which case not more than 50 per17 cent of funds shall be made available to all

18 units of local government in that State pursu19 ant to paragraph (3).

20 ‘‘(2) OTHER DISTRIBUTION.—Of amounts re21 tained by the State under paragraph (1)—

22 ‘‘(A) not less than 20 percent shall be des23 ignated for programs pursuant to subsection

24 (b)(7); and
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1 ‘‘(B) not less than 20 percent shall be des2 ignated for programs pursuant to subparagraph

3 (D) of subsection (b)(1).

4 ‘‘(3) LOCAL ELIGIBILITY AND DISTRIBUTION.—

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—

6 ‘‘(i) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SUBGRANT

7 ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a

8 subgrant, a unit of local government shall

9 provide such assurances to the State as the

10 State shall require, that, to the maximum

11 extent applicable, the unit of local govern12 ment has laws or policies and programs

13 that comply with the eligibility require14 ments of subsection (c).

15 ‘‘(ii) COORDINATED LOCAL EFFORT.—

16 Prior to receiving a grant under this sec17 tion, a unit of local government shall cer18 tify that it has or will establish a coordi19 nated enforcement plan for reducing juve20 nile crime within the jurisdiction of the

21 unit of local government, developed by a

22 juvenile crime enforcement coalition, such

23 coalition consisting of individuals within

24 the jurisdiction representing the police,

25 sheriff, prosecutor, State or local probation
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1 services, juvenile court, schools, business,

2 and religious affiliated, fraternal, non3 profit, or social service organizations in4 volved in crime prevention.

5 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—The requirements

6 of subparagraph (A) shall apply to an eligible

7 unit that receives funds from the Administrator

8 under subparagraph (H), except that informa9 tion that would otherwise be submitted to the

10 State shall be submitted to the Administrator.

11 ‘‘(C) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—From

12 amounts reserved for local distribution under

13 paragraph (1), the State shall allocate to such

14 units of local government an amount which

15 bears the same ratio to the aggregate amount

16 of such funds as—

17 ‘‘(i) the sum of—

18 ‘‘(I) the product of—

19 ‘‘(aa) two-thirds; multiplied

20 by

21 ‘‘(bb) the average law en22 forcement expenditure for such

23 unit of local government for the

24 3 most recent calendar years for

25 which such data is available; plus
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1 ‘‘(II) the product of—

2 ‘‘(aa) one-third; multiplied

3 by

4 ‘‘(bb) the average annual

5 number of part 1 violent crimes

6 in such unit of local government

7 for the 3 most recent calendar

8 years for which such data is

9 available, bears to—

10 ‘‘(ii) the sum of the products deter11 mined under subparagraph (A) for all such

12 units of local government in the State.

13 ‘‘(D) EXPENDITURES.—The allocation any

14 unit of local government shall receive under

15 paragraph (1) for a payment period shall not

16 exceed 100 percent of law enforcement expendi17 tures of the unit for such payment period.

18 ‘‘(E) REALLOCATION.—The amount of any

19 unit of local government’s allocation that is not

20 available to such unit by operation of paragraph

21 (2) shall be available to other units of local gov22 ernment that are not affected by such operation

23 in accordance with this subsection.

24 ‘‘(F) UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR UNITS

25 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—If the State has rea-
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1 son to believe that the reported rate of part 1

2 violent crimes or law enforcement expenditure

3 for a unit of local government is insufficient or

4 inaccurate, the State shall—

5 ‘‘(i) investigate the methodology used

6 by the unit to determine the accuracy of

7 the submitted data; and

8 ‘‘(ii) if necessary, use the best avail9 able comparable data regarding the num10 ber of violent crimes or law enforcement

11 expenditure for the relevant years for the

12 unit of local government.

13 ‘‘(G) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALLOCA14 TIONS LESS THAN $5,000.—If, under this sec15 tion, a unit of local government is allocated less

16 than $5,000 for a payment period, the amount

17 allocated shall be expended by the State on

18 services to units of local government whose al19 lotment is less than such amount in a manner

20 consistent with this part.

21 ‘‘(H) DIRECT GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE

22 UNITS.—

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a State does

24 not qualify or apply for a grant under this

25 section, by the application deadline estab-
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1 lished by the Administrator, the Adminis2 trator shall reserve not more than 70 per3 cent of the allocation that the State would

4 have received for grants under this section

5 for such fiscal year to provide grants to eli6 gible units which meet the requirements

7 for funding under subparagraph (A).

8 ‘‘(ii) AWARD BASIS.—In addition to

9 the qualification requirements for direct

10 grants for eligible units the Administrator

11 may use the average amount allocated by

12 the States to like governmental units as a

13 basis for awarding grants under this sec14 tion.

15 ‘‘(I) ALLOCATION BY UNITS OF LOCAL

16 GOVERNMENT.—Of amounts made available

17 under this section to units of local

18 government—

19 ‘‘(i) not less than 20 percent shall be

20 designated for programs pursuant to sub21 section (b)(7); and

22 ‘‘(ii) not less than 20 percent shall be

23 designated for programs pursuant to sub24 paragraph (D) of subsection (b)(1).
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1 ‘‘(4) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Amounts made

2 available under this section to the States (or units

3 of local government in the State) shall not be used

4 to supplant State or local funds (or in the case of

5 Indian tribal governments, to supplant amounts pro6 vided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs) but shall be

7 used to increase the amount of funds that would in

8 the absence of amounts received under this section,

9 be made available from a State or local source (or

10 in the case of Indian tribal governments, from

11 amounts provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs).

12 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA13 TION TO STATES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be

15 appropriated to carry out this section, $500,000,000

16 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004. Sums

17 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this para18 graph may be derived from the Violent Crime Re19 duction Trust Fund.

20 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO STATES.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara22 graph (B), the total amount made available

23 under this subsection in each fiscal year shall

24 be allocated to the States as follows:
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1 ‘‘(i) 0.50 percent shall be allocated to

2 each eligible State.

3 ‘‘(ii) The amount remaining after the

4 allocation under clause (i) shall be allo5 cated among eligible States proportion6 ately, based on the population of the eligi7 ble State that is less than 18 years of age.

8 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The amount allocated

9 to the Virgin Islands of the United States,

10 Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of

11 the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of

12 the Northern Mariana Islands shall be not less

13 than $75,000 and not more than $100,000.

14 ‘‘(B) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—

15 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Not16 withstanding any other provision of law, of

17 the amount made available under to carry

18 out this section in each fiscal year, the Ad19 ministrator shall reserve an amount equal

20 to the amount to which all Indian tribes el21 igible to receive a grant under subpara22 graph (C) would collectively be entitled, if

23 those tribes were collectively treated as a

24 State for purposes of this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(ii) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—

2 From the amounts reserved under clause

3 (i), the Attorney General shall make grants

4 to Indian tribes for programs pursuant to

5 the permissible purposes under this sec6 tion.

7 ‘‘(C) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re8 ceive a grant under this subsection, an Indian

9 tribe shall submit to the Administrator an ap10 plication in such form and containing such in11 formation as the Administrator may by regula12 tion require. The requirements of subsection (c)

13 apply to grants under this subsection.’’.

14 TITLE V—REAUTHORIZATION OF

15 COPS PROGRAM AND JUVE16 NILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF COPS PROGRAM.

18 Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of title I of the Omnibus

19 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

20 3793(a)(11)(A)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(A)

21 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part

22 Q, to remain available until expended, such sums as may

23 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.’’.
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1 SEC. 502. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND

2 DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

3 Section 299(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin4 quency Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)) is amended by

5 striking ‘‘1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’; and

7 (2) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘part F’’

8 and all that follows before the period and inserting

9 ‘‘part F such sums as are necessary for fiscal years

10 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’.

11 TITLE VI—VIOLENT CRIME

12 REDUCTION TRUST FUND

13 SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION

14 TRUST FUND.

15 Section 310001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and

16 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211(b)) is

17 amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (4), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the

19 end; and

20 (2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the

21 following:

22 ‘‘(5) for each of fiscal years 2000 through

23 2004, $3,000,000,000.’’.

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