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Calendar No. 303 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1809 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2017 

Received 

FEBRUARY 6, 2018 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Justice Re5 form Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Application of amendments. 

TITLE I—DECLARATION OF FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 

DEFINITIONS 


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Sec. 101. Findings. 

Sec. 102. Purposes. 

Sec. 103. Definitions. 

TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

Sec. 201. Concentration of Federal efforts. 

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

Sec. 203. Annual report. 

Sec. 204. Allocation of funds. 

Sec. 205. State plans. 

Sec. 206. Repeal of juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program. 

Sec. 207. Research and evaluation; statistical analyses; information dissemination. 

Sec. 208. Training and technical assistance. 

Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 210. Administrative authority. 

TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 301. Short Title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

Sec. 303. Duties and functions of the administrator. 

Sec. 304. Grants for delinquency prevention programs. 

Sec. 305. Grants for tribal delinquency prevention and response programs. 

Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 307. Technical amendment. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Evaluation by Government Accountability Office. 

Sec. 402. Accountability and oversight. 

1 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 

2 The amendments made by this Act shall not apply 

3 with respect to funds appropriated for any fiscal year that 

4 begins before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 

6 FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 

7 DEFINITIONS 

8 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

9 Section 101(a)(9) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin10 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601(a)(9)) is 


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1 amended by inserting ‘‘, including offenders who enter the 

2 juvenile justice system as the result of sexual abuse, ex3 ploitation, and trauma,’’ after ‘‘young juvenile offenders’’. 

4 SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 

5 Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, tribal,’’ 

8 after ‘‘State’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘, tribal,’’ after ‘‘State’’; 

11 and 

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

13 (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(3) to assist State, tribal, and local govern16 ments in addressing juvenile crime through the pro17 vision of technical assistance, research, training, 

18 evaluation, and the dissemination of current and rel19 evant information on effective and evidence-based 

20 programs and practices for combating juvenile delin21 quency; and’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(4) to support a continuum of evidence-based 

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1 health and substance abuse treatment, family serv2 ices, and services for children exposed to violence) 

3 that are trauma informed, reflect the science of ado4 lescent development, and are designed to meet the 

5 needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into con6 tact with the justice system.’’. 

7 SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

10 (1) in paragraph (8)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by adding 

12 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

13 (B) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

14 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

15 subparagraph (C); 

16 (2) in paragraph (18)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘for purposes of title II,’’ 

18 before ‘‘the term’’; and 

19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘that has a law enforcement function, as determined 

21 by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with 

22 the Attorney General;’’; 

23 (3) by amending paragraph (22) to read as fol24 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(22) the term ‘jail or lockup for adults’ means 

2 a secure facility that is used by a State, unit of local 

3 government, or law enforcement authority to detain 

4 or confine adult inmates;’’; 

5 (4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol6 lows: 

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

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

9 not brief and inadvertent;’’; 

10 (5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 

13 ‘‘(A) means an individual who— 

14 ‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi15 nal responsibility under applicable State 

16 law; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus18 tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 

19 charge, or is convicted of a criminal of20 fense; and 

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

22 ‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of23 fense, was younger than the maximum age 

24 at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 

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

2 custody or supervision, including post3 placement or parole supervision, of a juve4 nile correctional agency by a court of com5 petent jurisdiction or by operation of appli6 cable State law;’’; 

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

8 end; 

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

10 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

12 ‘‘(30) the term ‘core requirements’— 

13 ‘‘(A) means the requirements described in 

14 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (15) of section 

15 223(a); and 

16 ‘‘(B) does not include the data collection 

17 requirements described in subparagraphs (A) 

18 through (K) of section 207(1); 

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

20 or injection used to temporarily incapacitate a per21 son, including oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, 

22 and 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 

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

2 is confined alone for more than 10 minutes in 

3 a room or cell; and 

4 ‘‘(B) does not include— 

5 ‘‘(i) confinement during regularly 

6 scheduled sleeping hours; 

7 ‘‘(ii) separation based on a treatment 

8 program approved by a licensed medical or 

9 mental health professional; 

10 ‘‘(iii) confinement or separation that 

11 is requested by the youth; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) the separation of the youth from 

13 a group in a nonlocked setting for the lim14 ited purpose of calming; 

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

16 given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 

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

18 ‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro19 gram or practice that— 

20 ‘‘(A) is demonstrated to be effective when 

21 implemented with fidelity; 

22 ‘‘(B) is based on a clearly articulated and 

23 empirically supported theory; 

24 ‘‘(C) has measurable outcomes relevant to 

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1 of the outcomes produced in a particular popu2 lation, whether urban or rural; and 

3 ‘‘(D) has been scientifically tested and 

4 proven effective through randomized control 

5 studies or comparison group studies and with 

6 the ability to replicate and scale; 

7 ‘‘(35) the term ‘promising’ means a program or 

8 practice that— 

9 ‘‘(A) is demonstrated to be effective based 

10 on positive outcomes relevant to juvenile justice 

11 from one or more objective, independent, and 

12 scientifically valid evaluations, as documented 

13 in writing to the Administrator; and 

14 ‘‘(B) will be evaluated through a well-de15 signed and rigorous study, as described in para16 graph (34)(D); 

17 ‘‘(36) the term ‘dangerous practice’ means an 

18 act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason19 able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 

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

21 or program; 

22 ‘‘(37) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc23 ess— 

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

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1 stance abuse, or other needs requiring imme2 diate attention, intervention, and further eval3 uation; and 

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

5 identify a youth with possible mental health, be6 havioral health, substance abuse, or other needs 

7 in need of further assessment; 

8 ‘‘(38) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min9 imum, an interview and review of available records 

10 and other pertinent information— 

11 ‘‘(A) by an appropriately trained profes12 sional who is licensed or certified by the appli13 cable State in the mental health, behavioral 

14 health, or substance abuse fields; and 

15 ‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi16 cant mental health, behavioral health, or sub17 stance abuse treatment needs to be addressed 

18 during a youth’s confinement; 

19 ‘‘(39) for purposes of section 223(a)(15), the 

20 term ‘contact’ means the points at which a youth 

21 and the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

22 system officially intersect, including interactions 

23 with a juvenile justice, juvenile court, or law enforce24 ment official; 

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1 ‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo2 sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 

3 physical, psychological, and psychosocial devel4 opment; 

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

6 exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 

7 of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 

8 trauma; and 

9 ‘‘(C) responding in ways that resist re10 traumatization; 

11 ‘‘(41) the term ‘racial and ethnic disparity’ 

12 means minority youth populations are involved at a 

13 decision point in the juvenile justice system at high14 er rates, incrementally or cumulatively, than non-mi15 nority youth at that decision point; 

16 ‘‘(42) the term ‘status offender’ means a juve17 nile who is charged with or who has committed an 

18 offense that would not be criminal if committed by 

19 an adult; 

20 ‘‘(43) the term ‘rural’ means an area that is 

21 not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as de22 fined by the Office of Management and Budget; 

23 ‘‘(44) the term ‘internal controls’ means a proc24 ess implemented to provide reasonable assurance re25 garding the achievement of objectives in— 


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1 ‘‘(A) effectiveness and efficiency of oper2 ations, such as grant management practices; 

3 ‘‘(B) reliability of reporting for internal 

4 and external use; and 

5 ‘‘(C) compliance with applicable laws and 

6 regulations, as well as recommendations of the 

7 Office of Inspector General and the Government 

8 Accountability Office; and 

9 ‘‘(45) the term ‘tribal government’ means the 

10 governing body of an Indian tribe.’’. 

11 TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE 

12 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN13 TION 

14 SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 

15 Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

16 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sen19 tence— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘a long-term plan, and 

21 implement’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a 

22 long-term plan to improve the juvenile jus23 tice system in the United States, taking 

24 into account scientific knowledge regarding 

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1 regarding the effects of delinquency pre2 vention programs and juvenile justice 

3 interventions on adolescents, and shall im4 plement’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘research, and im6 provement of the juvenile justice system in 

7 the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and re8 search’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Fed10 eral Register’’ and all that follows and inserting 

11 ‘‘Federal Register during the 30-day period 

12 ending on October 1 of each year.’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) by striking paragraph (7); 

15 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

16 (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4), the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(5) not later than 1 year after the date of en20 actment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

21 in consultation with Indian tribes, develop a policy 

22 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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1 implementation of the provisions of this Act relating 

2 to Indian tribes;’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, 

4 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (E) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘monitoring’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 223(a)(15)’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘section 223(a)(14)’’; and 

9 (iii) by striking ‘‘to review the ade10 quacy of such systems; and’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘for monitoring compliance.’’. 

12 SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 

13 AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 

14 Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by inserting ‘‘the Assistant Sec19 retary for Mental Health and Substance 

20 Use, the Secretary of the Interior,’’ after 

21 ‘‘the Secretary of Health and Human 

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1 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Immigration 

2 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘United 

4 States’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Government’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para8 graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 

9 223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re10 quirements’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding subpara13 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 

14 basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

16 inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) not later than 120 days after the 

18 completion of the last meeting of the Council 

19 during any fiscal year, submit to the Committee 

20 on Education and the Workforce of the House 

21 of Representatives and the Committee on the 

22 Judiciary of the Senate a report that— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) includes a detailed account of the 

2 activities conducted by the Council during 

3 the fiscal year, including a complete de4 tailed accounting of expenses incurred by 

5 the Council to conduct operations in ac6 cordance with this section; 

7 ‘‘(iii) is published on the Web sites of 

8 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin9 quency Prevention, the Council, and the 

10 Department of Justice; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) is in addition to the annual re12 port required under section 207.’’. 

13 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT. 

14 Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

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

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

18 year’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 

21 gender’’ and inserting ‘‘, gender, and ethnicity, 

22 as such term is defined by the Bureau of the 

23 Census,’’; 

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

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1 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

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

3 ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

5 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

8 the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 

9 and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 

10 of secure detention and correctional facilities 

11 operated by a State or unit of local government; 

12 ‘‘(H) the number of status offense cases 

13 petitioned to court, number of status offenders 

14 held in secure detention, the findings used to 

15 justify the use of secure detention, and the av16 erage period of time a status offender was held 

17 in secure detention; 

18 ‘‘(I) the number of juveniles released from 

19 custody and the type of living arrangement to 

20 which they are released; 

21 ‘‘(J) the number of juveniles whose offense 

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1 ported by the Department of Education or simi2 lar State educational agency; and 

3 ‘‘(K) the number of juveniles in the cus4 tody of secure detention and correctional facili5 ties operated by a State or unit of local govern6 ment who report being pregnant.’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(5) A description of the criteria used to deter9 mine what programs qualify as evidence-based and 

10 promising programs under this title and title V and 

11 a comprehensive list of those programs the Adminis12 trator has determined meet such criteria in both 

13 rural and urban areas. 

14 ‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In15 dian tribes under this Act or for a juvenile delin16 quency or prevention program under the Tribal Law 

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

18 Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 

19 funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 

20 unit of local government. 

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

22 controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin23 quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol24 lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 

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1 and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus2 tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re3 cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 

4 of the grant programs, including instances— 

5 ‘‘(A) in which supporting documentation 

6 was not provided for cost reports; 

7 ‘‘(B) where unauthorized expenditures oc8 curred; or 

9 ‘‘(C) where subrecipients of grant funds 

10 were not compliant with program requirements. 

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

12 amount of payments made to grantees that the Of13 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

14 recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio15 lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju16 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 

17 programs, including— 

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

19 grantee; 

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

21 ‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re22 couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

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

2 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre3 vention.’’. 

4 SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

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

6 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

7 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

8 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 

9 (b) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Section 222 of the Juve10 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

11 U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

15 on the most recent data available from the Bu16 reau of the Census’’; and 

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

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a 

20 fiscal year to carry out this title is less than $75,000,000, 

21 then— 

22 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State other 

23 than a State described in clause (ii) for that fiscal 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the United States 

2 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

3 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

4 that fiscal year shall be not less than $75,000. 

5 ‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a fis6 cal year to carry out this title is not less than 

7 $75,000,000, then— 

8 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State other 

9 than a State described in clause (ii) for that fiscal 

10 year shall be not less than $600,000; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the United States 

12 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

13 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

14 that fiscal year shall be not less than $100,000.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘efficient ad16 ministration, including monitoring, evaluation, and 

17 one full-time staff position’’ and inserting ‘‘effective 

18 and efficient administration of funds, including the 

19 designation of not less than one individual who shall 

20 coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 

21 with the core requirements and certify whether the 

22 State is in compliance with such requirements’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘5 per centum 

24 of the minimum’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 5 

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1 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

2 Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

6 by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 

7 compliance with State plan requirements.’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘and shall describe how the State plan 

9 is supported by or takes account of scientific 

10 knowledge regarding adolescent development 

11 and behavior and regarding the effects of delin12 quency prevention programs and juvenile justice 

13 interventions on adolescents. Not later than 60 

14 days after the date on which a plan or amended 

15 plan submitted under this subsection is final16 ized, a State shall make the plan or amended 

17 plan publicly available by posting the plan or 

18 amended plan on the State’s publicly available 

19 website.’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘de21 scribed in section 299(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as 

22 designated by the chief executive officer of the 

23 State’’; 

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1 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad2 olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con3 cerning’’; 

4 (II) in clause (ii)— 

5 (aa) in subclause (II), by in6 serting ‘‘publicly supported court7 appointed legal counsel with ex8 perience representing juveniles in 

9 delinquency proceedings,’’ after 

10 ‘‘youth,’’; 

11 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

12 striking ‘‘mental health, edu13 cation, special education’’ and in14 serting ‘‘child and adolescent 

15 mental health, education, child 

16 and adolescent substance abuse, 

17 special education, services for 

18 youth with disabilities’’; 

19 (cc) in subclause (V), by 

20 striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 

21 delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de22 linquent youth or youth at risk of 

23 delinquency’’; 

24 (dd) in subclause (VI), by 

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1 with’’ and inserting ‘‘representa2 tives of’’; 

3 (ee) in subclause (VII), by 

4 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (ff) by striking subclause 

6 (VIII) and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(VIII) persons, licensed or cer9 tified by the applicable State, with ex10 pertise and competence in preventing 

11 and addressing mental health and 

12 substance abuse needs in delinquent 

13 youth and youth at risk of delin14 quency; 

15 ‘‘(IX) representatives of victim or 

16 witness advocacy groups, including at 

17 least one individual with expertise in 

18 addressing the challenges of sexual 

19 abuse and exploitation and trauma, 

20 particularly the needs of youth who 

21 experience disproportionate levels of 

22 sexual abuse, exploitation, and trauma 

23 before entering the juvenile justice 

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1 ‘‘(X) for a State in which one or 

2 more Indian tribes are located, an In3 dian tribal representative or other in4 dividual with significant expertise in 

5 tribal law enforcement and juvenile 

6 justice in Indian tribal communities;’’; 

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

8 ‘‘24 at the time of appointment’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘28 at the time of initial ap10 pointment’’; and 

11 (IV) in clause (v) by inserting 

12 ‘‘or, if not feasible and in appropriate 

13 circumstances, who is the parent or 

14 guardian of someone who has been or 

15 is currently under the jurisdiction of 

16 the juvenile justice system’’ after ‘‘ju17 venile justice system’’; 

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

19 ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘45 days’’; 

20 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

21 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

23 (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘at 

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1 quirements of paragraphs (11), (12), 

2 and (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘at least 

3 every 2 years a report and necessary 

4 recommendations regarding State 

5 compliance with the core require6 ments’’; and 

7 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

8 (I) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; and 

10 (II) in clause (ii), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting a 

12 semicolon; 

13 (D) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘In14 dian tribes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘appli15 cable to the detention and confinement of juve16 niles’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribes that agree 

17 to attempt to comply with the core require18 ments applicable to the detention and confine19 ment of juveniles’’; 

20 (E) in paragraph (7)— 

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

22 ‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 

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

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (II) by striking clause (iv) and 

4 inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) a plan to provide alternatives to 

6 detention for status offenders, survivors of 

7 commercial sexual exploitation, and others, 

8 where appropriate, such as specialized or 

9 problem-solving courts or diversion to 

10 home-based or community-based services 

11 or treatment for those youth in need of 

12 mental health, substance abuse, or co-oc13 curring disorder services at the time such 

14 juveniles first come into contact with the 

15 juvenile justice system; 

16 ‘‘(v) a plan to reduce the number of 

17 children housed in secure detention and 

18 corrections facilities who are awaiting 

19 placement in residential treatment pro20 grams; 

21 ‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family mem22 bers, where appropriate, in the design and 

23 delivery of juvenile delinquency prevention 

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1 ‘‘(vii) a plan to use community-based 

2 services to respond to the needs of at-risk 

3 youth or youth who have come into contact 

4 with the juvenile justice system; 

5 ‘‘(viii) a plan to promote evidence6 based and trauma-informed programs and 

7 practices; and 

8 ‘‘(ix) not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice 

10 Reform Act of 2017, a plan, which shall be 

11 implemented not later than 2 years after 

12 the date of enactment of the Juvenile Jus13 tice Reform Act of 2017, to— 

14 ‘‘(I) eliminate the use of re15 straints of known pregnant juveniles 

16 housed in secure juvenile detention 

17 and correction facilities, during labor, 

18 delivery, and post-partum recovery, 

19 unless credible, reasonable grounds 

20 exist to believe the detainee presents 

21 an immediate and serious threat of 

22 hurting herself, staff, or others; and 

23 ‘‘(II) eliminate the use of abdom24 inal restraints, leg and ankle re25 straints, wrist restraints behind the 


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1 back, and four-point restraints on 

2 known pregnant juveniles, unless— 

3 ‘‘(aa) credible, reasonable 

4 grounds exist to believe the de5 tainee presents an immediate and 

6 serious threat of hurting herself, 

7 staff, or others; or 

8 ‘‘(bb) reasonable grounds 

9 exist to believe the detainee pre10 sents an immediate and credible 

11 risk of escape that cannot be rea12 sonably minimized through any 

13 other method;’’; 

14 (F) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘exist15 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and prom16 ising’’; 

17 (G) in paragraph (9)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, with priority in 

20 funding given to entities meeting the cri21 teria for evidence-based or promising pro22 grams’’ after ‘‘used for’’; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

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1 (aa) by inserting ‘‘status of2 fenders and other’’ before ‘‘youth 

3 who need’’; and 

4 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (II) in clause (ii) by adding 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (III) by inserting after clause (ii) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(iii) for youth who need specialized 

11 intensive and comprehensive services that 

12 address the unique issues encountered by 

13 youth when they become involved with 

14 gangs;’’; 

15 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘parents and 

17 other family members’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘status offenders, other youth, and 

19 the parents and other family members 

20 of such offenders and youth’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 

23 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

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1 serting ‘‘at-risk or delinquent youth’’; 

2 and 

3 (II) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, 

4 including for truancy prevention and 

5 reduction’’ before the semicolon; 

6 (v) in subparagraph (F), in the mat7 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘ex8 panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex9 pand’’; 

10 (vi) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

12 through (T), respectively; 

13 (vii) by inserting after subparagraph 

14 (F), the following: 

15 ‘‘(G) programs— 

16 ‘‘(i) to ensure youth have access to 

17 appropriate legal representation; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) to expand access to publicly sup19 ported, court-appointed legal counsel who 

20 are trained to represent juveniles in adju21 dication proceedings, 

22 except that the State may not use more than 2 

23 percent of the funds received under section 222 

24 for these purposes;’’; 


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1 (viii) in subparagraph (H), as so re2 designated, by striking ‘‘State,’’ each place 

3 the term appears and inserting ‘‘State, 

4 tribal,’’; 

5 (ix) in subparagraph (M), as so redes6 ignated— 

7 (I) in clause (i)— 

8 (aa) by inserting ‘‘pre-adju9 dication and’’ before ‘‘post-adju10 dication’’; 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘restraints’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; and 

13 (cc) by inserting ‘‘specialized 

14 or problem-solving courts,’’ after 

15 ‘‘(including’’; and 

16 (II) in clause (ii)— 

17 (aa) by striking ‘‘by the pro18 vision by the Administrator’’; and 

19 (bb) by striking ‘‘to States’’; 

20 (x) in subparagraph (N), as redesig21 nated— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘and reduce the 

23 risk of recidivism’’ after ‘‘families’’; 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘so that such ju2 veniles may be retained in their 

3 homes’’; 

4 (xi) in subparagraph (S), as so redes5 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (xii) in subparagraph (T), as so redes7 ignated— 

8 (I) by inserting ‘‘or co-occurring 

9 disorder’’ after ‘‘mental health’’; 

10 (II) by inserting ‘‘court-involved 

11 or’’ before ‘‘incarcerated’’; 

12 (III) by striking ‘‘suspected to 

13 be’’; 

14 (IV) by striking ‘‘and discharge 

15 plans’’ and inserting ‘‘provision of 

16 treatment, and development of dis17 charge plans’’; and 

18 (V) by striking the period at the 

19 end and inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (xiii) by inserting after subparagraph 

21 (T) the following: 

22 ‘‘(U) programs and projects designed— 

23 ‘‘(i) to inform juveniles of the oppor24 tunity and process for sealing and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) to assist juveniles in pursuing ju2 venile record sealing and expungements for 

3 both adjudications and arrests not followed 

4 by adjudications; 

5 except that the State may not use more than 2 

6 percent of the funds received under section 222 

7 for these purposes; 

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

9 girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 

10 system, including pregnant girls, young moth11 ers, victims of sexual abuse, survivors of com12 mercial sexual exploitation or domestic child sex 

13 trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls of 

14 color, including girls who are members of an In15 dian tribe; and 

16 ‘‘(W) monitoring for compliance with the 

17 core requirements and providing training and 

18 technical assistance on the core requirements to 

19 secure facilities;’’; 

20 (H) by striking paragraph (11) and insert21 ing the following: 

22 ‘‘(11)(A) in accordance with rules issued by the 

23 Administrator, provide that a juvenile shall not be 

24 placed in a secure detention facility or a secure cor25 rectional facility, if— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the juvenile is charged with or has 

2 committed an offense that would not be crimi3 nal if committed by an adult, excluding— 

4 ‘‘(I) a juvenile who is charged with or 

5 has committed a violation of section 

6 922(x)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

7 or of a similar State law; 

8 ‘‘(II) a juvenile who is charged with 

9 or has committed a violation of a valid 

10 court order issued and reviewed in accord11 ance with paragraph (23); and 

12 ‘‘(III) a juvenile who is held in ac13 cordance with the Interstate Compact on 

14 Juveniles as enacted by the State; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile— 

16 ‘‘(I) is not charged with any offense; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(II)(aa) is an alien; or 

19 ‘‘(bb) is alleged to be dependent, ne20 glected, or abused; and 

21 ‘‘(B) require that— 

22 ‘‘(i) not later than 3 years after the date 

23 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 

24 Act of 2017, unless a court finds, after a hear25 ing and in writing, that it is in the interest of 


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1 justice, juveniles awaiting trial or other legal 

2 process who are treated as adults for purposes 

3 of prosecution in criminal court and housed in 

4 a secure facility— 

5 ‘‘(I) shall not have sight or sound con6 tact with adult inmates; and 

7 ‘‘(II) except as provided in paragraph 

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

9 for adults; 

10 ‘‘(ii) in determining under subparagraph 

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

12 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock13 up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 

14 with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 

15 ‘‘(I) the age of the juvenile; 

16 ‘‘(II) the physical and mental matu17 rity of the juvenile; 

18 ‘‘(III) the present mental state of the 

19 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

20 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

21 juvenile; 

22 ‘‘(IV) the nature and circumstances of 

23 the alleged offense; 

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1 ‘‘(VI) the relative ability of the avail2 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

3 to not only meet the specific needs of the 

4 juvenile but also to protect the safety of 

5 the public as well as other detained youth; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(VII) any other relevant factor; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) if a court determines under subpara9 graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 

10 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock11 up for adults— 

12 ‘‘(I) the court shall hold a hearing not 

13 less frequently than once every 30 days, or 

14 in the case of a rural jurisdiction, not less 

15 frequently than once every 45 days, to re16 view whether it is still in the interest of 

17 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

18 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

19 ‘‘(II) the juvenile shall not be held in 

20 any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 

21 to have sight or sound contact with adult 

22 inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 

23 the court, in writing, determines there is 

24 good cause for an extension or the juvenile 

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1 (I) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘con2 tact’’ and inserting ‘‘sight or sound contact’’; 

3 (J) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con4 tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 

5 or sound contact’’; 

6 (K) in paragraph (14)— 

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

8 inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘lock-ups,’’ after 

10 ‘‘monitoring jails,’’; 

11 (iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘deten12 tion facilities,’’; 

13 (iv) by striking ‘‘, and non-secure fa14 cilities’’; 

15 (v) by striking ‘‘insure’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘ensure’’; 

17 (vi) by striking ‘‘requirements of 

18 paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘core requirements’’; and 

20 (vii) by striking ‘‘, in the opinion of 

21 the Administrator,’’; 

22 (L) by striking paragraphs (22) and (27); 

23 (M) by redesignating paragraph (28) as 

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1 (N) by redesignating paragraphs (15) 

2 through (21) as paragraphs (16) through (22), 

3 respectively; 

4 (O) by inserting after paragraph (14) the 

5 following: 

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

7 improvement strategies at the State, territorial, 

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

9 reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 

10 who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys11 tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 

12 standards or quotas, by— 

13 ‘‘(A) establishing or designating existing 

14 coordinating bodies, composed of juvenile jus15 tice stakeholders, (including representatives of 

16 the educational system) at the State, local, or 

17 tribal levels, to advise efforts by States, units of 

18 local government, and Indian tribes to reduce 

19 racial and ethnic disparities; 

20 ‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing data on 

21 race and ethnicity at all decision points in 

22 State, local, or tribal juvenile justice systems to 

23 determine which key points create racial and 

24 ethnic disparities among youth who come into 

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1 ‘‘(C) developing and implementing a work 

2 plan that includes measurable objectives for pol3 icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 

4 the needs identified in the data collection and 

5 analysis under subparagraph (B);’’; 

6 (P) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated, 

7 by inserting ‘‘ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race,’’; 

8 (Q) in paragraph (21), as so redesignated, 

9 by striking ‘‘local,’’ each place the term appears 

10 and inserting ‘‘local, tribal,’’; 

11 (R) in paragraph (23)— 

12 (i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

13 (C), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ each place it 

14 appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

18 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (II) in clause (ii), by adding 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

22 (III) by adding at the end the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta25 tus offender should be placed in a secure 


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1 detention facility or correctional facility for 

2 violating such order— 

3 ‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ4 ten order that— 

5 ‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 

6 court order that has been vio7 lated; 

8 ‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 

9 basis for determining that there 

10 is reasonable cause to believe 

11 that the status offender has vio12 lated such order; 

13 ‘‘(cc) includes findings of 

14 fact to support a determination 

15 that there is no appropriate less 

16 restrictive alternative available to 

17 placing the status offender in 

18 such a facility, with due consider19 ation to the best interest of the 

20 juvenile; 

21 ‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 

22 time, not to exceed 7 days, that 

23 the status offender may remain 

24 in a secure detention facility or 

25 correctional facility, and includes 


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1 a plan for the status offender’s 

2 release from such facility; and 

3 ‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 

4 extended; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 

6 second or subsequent order described 

7 in subclause (I) relating to a status 

8 offender unless the status offender 

9 violates a valid court order after the 

10 date on which the court issues an 

11 order described in subclause (I);’’; and 

12 (iv) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en15 sure that any status offender held in a secure 

16 detention facility or correctional facility pursu17 ant to a court order described in this paragraph 

18 does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 

19 or the length of time authorized by the court, 

20 whichever is shorter; and 

21 ‘‘(E) not later than September 30, 2020 

22 (with a 1-year extension for each additional fis23 cal year that a State can demonstrate hardship, 

24 as determined by the State, and submits in 

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1 istrator which shall be considered approved un2 less the Administrator justifies to the State in 

3 writing that the hardship does not qualify for 

4 an exemption), the State will eliminate the use 

5 of valid court orders to provide secure confine6 ment of status offenders, except that juveniles 

7 may be held in secure confinement in accord8 ance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles 

9 if the judge issues a written order that— 

10 ‘‘(i) specifies the factual basis to be11 lieve that the State has the authority to 

12 detain the juvenile under the terms of the 

13 Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 

14 ‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup15 port a determination that there is no ap16 propriate less restrictive alternative avail17 able to placing the juvenile in such a facil18 ity, with due consideration to the best in19 terest of the juvenile; 

20 ‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju21 venile may remain in secure confinement, 

22 not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 

23 for the return of the juvenile to the home 

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1 ‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex2 tended;’’; 

3 (S) in paragraph (26)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 

5 with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max6 imum extent practicable,’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

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

9 provide for— 

10 ‘‘(A) data in child abuse or neglect reports 

11 relating to juveniles entering the juvenile justice 

12 system with a prior reported history of arrest, 

13 court intake, probation and parole, juvenile de14 tention, and corrections; and 

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

16 subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 

17 for the treatment of such victims of child abuse 

18 or neglect;’’; 

19 (T) in paragraph (27), as so redesignated, 

20 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

21 a semicolon; and 

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

23 ‘‘(28) provide for the coordinated use of funds 

24 provided under this title with other Federal and 


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1 State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven2 tion and intervention programs; 

3 ‘‘(29) describe the policies, procedures, and 

4 training in effect for the staff of juvenile State cor5 rectional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous 

6 practices, unreasonable restraints, and unreasonable 

7 isolation, including by developing effective behavior 

8 management techniques; 

9 ‘‘(30) describe— 

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

11 be used to conduct mental health and substance 

12 abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 

13 treatment for juveniles who— 

14 ‘‘(i) request a screening; 

15 ‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen16 ing; or 

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

18 than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro19 vides for an initial screening; and 

20 ‘‘(B) how the State will seek, to the extent 

21 practicable, to provide or arrange for mental 

22 health and substance abuse disorder treatment 

23 for juveniles determined to be in need of such 

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1 ‘‘(31) describe how reentry planning by the 

2 State for juveniles will include— 

3 ‘‘(A) a written case plan based on an as4 sessment of needs that includes— 

5 ‘‘(i) the pre-release and post-release 

6 plans for the juveniles; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the living arrangement to which 

8 the juveniles are to be discharged; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) any other plans developed for 

10 the juveniles based on an individualized as11 sessment; and 

12 ‘‘(B) review processes; 

13 ‘‘(32) provide an assurance that the agency of 

14 the State receiving funds under this title collaborates 

15 with the State educational agency receiving assist16 ance under part A of title I of the Elementary and 

17 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

18 et seq.) to develop and implement a plan to ensure 

19 that, in order to support educational progress— 

20 ‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju21 veniles, including electronic records if available, 

22 are transferred in a timely manner from the 

23 educational program in the juvenile detention or 

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1 training program into which the juveniles will 

2 enroll; 

3 ‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 

4 are transferred; and 

5 ‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 

6 partial credit toward high school graduation for 

7 secondary school coursework satisfactorily com8 pleted before and during the period of time dur9 ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re10 gardless of the local educational agency or enti11 ty from which the credits were earned; and 

12 ‘‘(33) describe policies and procedures to— 

13 ‘‘(A) screen for, identify, and document in 

14 records of the State the identification of victims 

15 of domestic human trafficking, or those at risk 

16 of such trafficking, upon intake; and 

17 ‘‘(B) divert youth described in subpara18 graph (A) to appropriate programs or services, 

19 to the extent practicable.’’; 

20 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(c)(1) If a State fails to comply with any of the core 

23 requirements in any fiscal year, then— 

24 ‘‘(A) subject to subparagraph (B), the amount 

25 allocated to such State under section 222 for the 


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1 subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by not less 

2 than 20 percent for each core requirement with re3 spect to which the failure occurs; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the State shall be ineligible to receive any 

5 allocation under such section for such fiscal year un6 less— 

7 ‘‘(i) the State agrees to expend 50 percent 

8 of the amount allocated to the State for such 

9 fiscal year to achieve compliance with any such 

10 core requirement with respect to which the 

11 State is in noncompliance; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines that the 

13 State— 

14 ‘‘(I) has achieved substantial compli15 ance with such applicable requirements 

16 with respect to which the State was not in 

17 compliance; and 

18 ‘‘(II) has made, through appropriate 

19 executive or legislative action, an unequivo20 cal commitment to achieving full compli21 ance with such applicable requirements 

22 within a reasonable time. 

23 ‘‘(2) Of the total amount of funds not allocated for 

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1 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of the unallocated funds shall 

2 be reallocated under section 222 to States that have 

3 not failed to comply with the core requirements; and 

4 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of the unallocated funds shall 

5 be used by the Administrator to provide additional 

6 training and technical assistance to States for the 

7 purpose of promoting compliance with the core re8 quirements.’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (d)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 

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

12 and inserting ‘‘described in the core require13 ments’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 

15 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub16 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require17 ments’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (f)(2)— 

19 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

21 through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 

22 respectively; and 

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

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the 

2 Administrator shall make a determination regarding 

3 whether each State receiving a grant under this title 

4 is in compliance or out of compliance with respect to 

5 each of the core requirements. 

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

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

8 ‘‘(i) describing any determination de9 scribed in paragraph (1) made during the 

10 previous year, including a summary of the 

11 information on which the determination is 

12 based and the actions to be taken by the 

13 Administrator (including a description of 

14 any reduction imposed under subsection 

15 (c)); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) for any such determination that 

17 a State is out of compliance with any of 

18 the core requirements, describing the basis 

19 for the determination; and 

20 ‘‘(B) make the report described in sub21 paragraph (A) available on a publicly available 

22 website. 

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1 ‘‘(A) determine that a State is ‘not out of 

2 compliance’, or issue any other determination 

3 not described in paragraph (1), with respect to 

4 any core requirement; or 

5 ‘‘(B) otherwise fail to make the compliance 

6 determinations required under paragraph (1).’’. 

7 SEC. 206. REPEAL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVEN8 TION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

9 Part C of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin10 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.) 

11 is repealed. 

12 SEC. 207. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 

13 ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 

14 Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘shall’’; 

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

22 ‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu23 ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 

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1 (I) by striking clause (iii) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent status 

4 offenders and first-time minor offenders from 

5 subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice 

6 and criminal justice systems;’’; 

7 (II) by striking clause (vii) and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of be10 havioral health needs (including mental health, 

11 substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders) 

12 among juveniles pre-placement and post-place13 ment in the juvenile justice system, including 

14 an examination of the effects of secure confine15 ment;’’; 

16 (III) by redesignating clauses 

17 (ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses (xvi), 

18 (xvii), and (xviii), respectively; and 

19 (IV) by inserting after clause 

20 (viii) the following: 

21 ‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 

22 have produced reductions in or elimination of 

23 the use of dangerous practices; 

24 ‘‘(x) methods to improve the recruitment, 

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1 personnel who are focused on the prevention, 

2 identification, and treatment of delinquency; 

3 ‘‘(xi) methods to improve the identification 

4 and response to victims of domestic child sex 

5 trafficking within the juvenile justice system; 

6 ‘‘(xii) identifying positive outcome meas7 ures, such as attainment of employment and 

8 educational degrees, that States and units of 

9 local government should use to evaluate the 

10 success of programs aimed at reducing recidi11 vism of youth who have come in contact with 

12 the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

13 system; 

14 ‘‘(xiii) evaluating the impact and outcomes 

15 of the prosecution and sentencing of juveniles 

16 as adults; 

17 ‘‘(xiv) evaluating the impact of fines, fees, 

18 and other costs assessed by the juvenile justice 

19 system on the long-term disposition of status 

20 offenders and other juveniles; 

21 ‘‘(xv) successful and cost-effective efforts 

22 by States and units of local government to re23 duce recidivism through policies that provide for 

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1 charges, while ensuring that public safety is 

2 preserved;’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘date of enact7 ment of this paragraph, the’’ and in8 serting ‘‘date of enactment of the Ju9 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

10 the’’; and 

11 (II) by inserting ‘‘in accordance 

12 with relevant confidentiality require13 ments’’ after ‘‘wards of the State’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

16 ‘‘and Indian tribes’’ after ‘‘State’’; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (iv) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

20 the period at the end and inserting a semi21 colon; and 

22 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(I) an assessment of living arrangements for 

2 juveniles who, upon release from confinement in a 

3 State correctional facility, cannot return to the resi4 dence they occupied prior to such confinement.’’; 

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

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

7 ‘‘shall’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin10 istrator, in accordance with applicable confidentiality re11 quirements and in consultation with experts in the field 

12 of juvenile justice research, recidivism, and data collection, 

13 shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec15 tion and technology that States may use to evaluate 

16 data on juvenile recidivism on an annual basis; 

17 ‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re18 cidivism measurement system; and 

19 ‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 

20 that is collected from States available to the pub21 lic.’’. 

22 SEC. 208. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

23 Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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

2 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de5 velop and carry out projects’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi7 colon; 

8 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

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

10 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

12 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(3) shall provide periodic training for States 

15 regarding implementation of the core requirements, 

16 current protocols and best practices for achieving 

17 and monitoring compliance, and information sharing 

18 regarding relevant Office resources on evidence19 based and promising programs or practices that pro20 mote the purposes of this Act.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de2 velop and implement projects’’; 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli4 ance with the core requirements’’ after 

5 ‘‘this title’’; and 

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

7 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

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

9 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

11 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

13 ‘‘(3) shall provide technical assistance to States 

14 and units of local government on achieving compli15 ance with the amendments to the core requirements 

16 and State Plans made by the Juvenile Justice Re17 form Act of 2017, including training and technical 

18 assistance and, when appropriate, pilot or dem19 onstration projects intended to develop and replicate 

20 best practices for achieving sight and sound separa21 tion in facilities or portions of facilities that are 

22 open and available to the general public and that 

23 may or may not contain a jail or a lock-up; and 

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

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1 tween a State and a university, institution of higher 

2 education, or research center designed to improve 

3 the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 

4 professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 

5 enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 

6 work and child protection, education, and other rel7 evant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work 

8 in, the field of prevention, identification, and treat9 ment of delinquency.’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘prosecutors,’’ after ‘‘pub12 lic defenders,’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘status offenders and’’ 

14 after ‘‘needs of’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES REGARDING LEGAL REP17 RESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—In consultation with ex18 perts in the field of juvenile defense, the Administrator 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) share best practices, which may include 

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1 ‘‘(2) provide a State, if it so requests, technical 

2 assistance to implement any of the best practices 

3 shared under paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR

5 LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC6 TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 

7 training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 

8 detention and corrections personnel of States and units 

9 of local government— 

10 ‘‘(1) to promote methods for improving condi11 tions of juvenile confinement, including methods that 

12 are designed to minimize the use of dangerous prac13 tices, unreasonable restraints, and isolation and 

14 methods responsive to cultural differences; and 

15 ‘‘(2) to encourage alternative behavior manage16 ment techniques based on positive youth develop17 ment approaches, which may include policies and 

18 procedures to train personnel to be culturally com19 petent. 

20 ‘‘(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

21 SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

22 TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY23 BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 

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1 decisions regarding the disposition and management of 

2 cases for youth who enter the juvenile justice system about 

3 the appropriate services and placement for youth with 

4 mental health or substance abuse needs, including— 

5 ‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

6 ‘‘(2) probation officers; 

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

8 personnel; 

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

10 and 

11 ‘‘(5) family members of juveniles and family ad12 vocates. 

13 ‘‘(g) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

14 SUPPORT JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND PERSONNEL.— 

15 The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juve16 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office 

17 of Justice Programs, shall provide training and technical 

18 assistance, in conjunction with the appropriate public 

19 agencies, to enhance the capacity of State and local courts, 

20 judges, and related judicial personnel to— 

21 ‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in22 volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 

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1 ‘‘(h) FREE AND REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL LUNCHES

2 FOR INCARCERATED JUVENILES.—The Attorney General, 

3 in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 

4 provide guidance to States relating to existing options for 

5 school food authorities in the States to apply for reim6 bursement for free or reduced price lunches under the 

7 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1751 et seq.) for juveniles who are incarcerated and 

9 would, if not incarcerated, be eligible for free or reduced 

10 price lunches under that Act.’’. 

11 SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

13 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re15 designating subsection (d) as subsection (b); 

16 (2) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(EXCLUD18 ING PARTS C AND E)’’; 

19 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert20 ing the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

22 out this title— 

23 ‘‘(A) $76,125,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

24 ‘‘(B) $76,125,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

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1 ‘‘(D) $78,425,878 for fiscal year 2021; and 

2 ‘‘(E) $79,602,266 for fiscal year 2022.’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than parts 

6 C and E)’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘part D’’ and inserting ‘‘parts D and E’’. 

9 SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

10 Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delin11 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (d)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Admin15 istrator’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘, after appropriate con17 sultation with representatives of States and 

18 units of local government,’’; 

19 (C) by inserting ‘‘guidance,’’ after ‘‘regula20 tions,’’; and 

21 (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 

22 developing guidance and procedures, the Ad23 ministrator shall consult with representatives of 

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1 of this Act and compliance with the core re2 quirements. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure that— 

4 ‘‘(A) reporting, compliance reporting, State 

5 plan requirements, and other similar documentation 

6 as may be required from States is requested in a 

7 manner that respects confidentiality, encourages effi8 ciency and reduces the duplication of reporting ef9 forts; and 

10 ‘‘(B) States meeting all the core requirements 

11 are encouraged to experiment with offering innova12 tive, data-driven programs designed to further im13 prove the juvenile justice system.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘requirements 

15 described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of sec16 tion 223(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core requirements’’. 

17 TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 

18 FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

19 PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

20 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

21 Section 501 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin22 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5601 

23 note) is amended— 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

2 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

3 Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin4 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

5 5781) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 

7 ‘‘In this title— 

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘at-risk’ has the meaning given 

9 that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and 

10 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6472); 

11 ‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a unit of local government that is in 

13 compliance with the requirements of part B of 

14 title II; or 

15 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization in partner16 ship with a unit of local government described 

17 in subparagraph (A); 

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘delinquency prevention program’ 

19 means a delinquency prevention program that is evi20 dence-based or promising and that may include— 

21 ‘‘(A) alcohol and substance abuse preven22 tion or treatment services; 

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1 ‘‘(C) child and adolescent health and men2 tal health services; 

3 ‘‘(D) recreation services; 

4 ‘‘(E) leadership and youth development ac5 tivities; 

6 ‘‘(F) the teaching that individuals are and 

7 should be held accountable for their actions; 

8 ‘‘(G) assistance in the development of job 

9 training skills; 

10 ‘‘(H) youth mentoring programs; 

11 ‘‘(I) after-school programs; 

12 ‘‘(J) coordination of a continuum of serv13 ices, which may include— 

14 ‘‘(i) early childhood development serv15 ices; 

16 ‘‘(ii) voluntary home visiting pro17 grams; 

18 ‘‘(iii) nurse-family partnership pro19 grams; 

20 ‘‘(iv) parenting skills training; 

21 ‘‘(v) child abuse prevention programs; 

22 ‘‘(vi) family stabilization programs; 

23 ‘‘(vii) child welfare services; 

24 ‘‘(viii) family violence intervention 

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1 ‘‘(ix) adoption assistance programs; 

2 ‘‘(x) emergency, transitional and per3 manent housing assistance; 

4 ‘‘(xi) job placement and retention 

5 training; 

6 ‘‘(xii) summer jobs programs; 

7 ‘‘(xiii) alternative school resources for 

8 youth who have dropped out of school or 

9 demonstrate chronic truancy; 

10 ‘‘(xiv) conflict resolution skill training; 

11 ‘‘(xv) restorative justice programs; 

12 ‘‘(xvi) mentoring programs; 

13 ‘‘(xvii) targeted gang prevention, 

14 intervention and exit services; 

15 ‘‘(xviii) training and education pro16 grams for pregnant teens and teen par17 ents; and 

18 ‘‘(xix) pre-release, post-release, and 

19 reentry services to assist detained and in20 carcerated youth with transitioning back 

21 into and reentering the community; and 

22 ‘‘(K) other data-driven evidence-based or 

23 promising prevention programs; 

24 ‘‘(4) the term ‘local policy board’, when used 

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1 board that the eligible entity will engage in the de2 velopment of the eligible entity’s plan described in 

3 section 504(e)(5), and that includes— 

4 ‘‘(A) not fewer than 15 and not more than 

5 21 members; and 

6 ‘‘(B) a balanced representation of— 

7 ‘‘(i) public agencies and private non8 profit organizations serving juveniles and 

9 their families; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) business and industry; 

11 ‘‘(C) at least one representative of the 

12 faith community, one adjudicated youth, and 

13 one parent of an adjudicated youth; and 

14 ‘‘(D) in the case of an eligible entity de15 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), a representative of 

16 the nonprofit organization of the eligible entity; 

17 ‘‘(5) the term ‘mentoring’ means matching 1 

18 adult with 1 or more youths for the purpose of pro19 viding guidance, support, and encouragement 

20 through regularly scheduled meetings for not less 

21 than 9 months; 

22 ‘‘(6) the term ‘State advisory group’ means the 

23 advisory group appointed by the chief executive offi24 cer of a State under a plan described in section 

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1 ‘‘(7) the term ‘State entity’ means the State 

2 agency designated under section 223(a)(1) or the en3 tity receiving funds under section 223(d).’’. 

4 SEC. 303. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS5 TRATOR. 

6 Section 503 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin7 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

8 5782) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking paragraph (1); and 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

11 (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively. 

12 SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO13 GRAMS. 

14 Section 504 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin15 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 

16 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 504. GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN18 TION PROGRAMS. 

19 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en20 able local communities to address the unmet needs of at21 risk or delinquent youth, including through a continuum 

22 of delinquency prevention programs for juveniles who have 

23 had contact with the juvenile justice system or who are 

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1 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) for each fiscal year for which less than 

4 $25,000,000 is appropriated under section 506, 

5 award grants to not fewer than 3 State entities, but 

6 not more than 5 State entities, that apply under 

7 subsection (c) and meet the requirements of sub8 section (d); or 

9 ‘‘(2) for each fiscal year for which $25,000,000 

10 or more is appropriated under section 506, award 

11 grants to not fewer than 5 State entities that apply 

12 under subsection (c) and meet the requirements of 

13 subsection (d). 

14 ‘‘(c) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive 

15 a grant under this section, a State entity shall submit an 

16 application to the Administrator, which includes the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(1) An assurance the State entity will use— 

19 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent of such 

20 grant, in the aggregate— 

21 ‘‘(i) for the costs incurred by the 

22 State entity to carry out this section, ex23 cept that not more than 3 percent of such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance to 

2 eligible entities receiving a subgrant under 

3 subsection (e) in carrying out delinquency 

4 prevention programs under the subgrant; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) the remainder of such grant to award 

7 subgrants to eligible entities under subsection 

8 (e). 

9 ‘‘(2) An assurance that such grant will supple10 ment, and not supplant, State and local efforts to 

11 prevent juvenile delinquency. 

12 ‘‘(3) An assurance the State entity will evaluate 

13 the capacity of eligible entities receiving a subgrant 

14 under subsection (e) to fulfill the requirements 

15 under such subsection. 

16 ‘‘(4) An assurance that such application was 

17 prepared after consultation with, and participation 

18 by, the State advisory group, units of local govern19 ment, community-based organizations, and organiza20 tions that carry out programs, projects, or activities 

21 to prevent juvenile delinquency in the local juvenile 

22 justice system served by the State entity. 

23 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL OF STATE APPLICATIONS.—In 

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1 Administrator may not award a grant to a State entity 

2 for a fiscal year unless— 

3 ‘‘(1)(A) the State that will be served by the 

4 State entity submitted a plan under section 223 for 

5 such fiscal year; and 

6 ‘‘(B) such plan is approved by the Adminis7 trator for such fiscal year; or 

8 ‘‘(2) after finding good cause for a waiver, the 

9 Administrator waives the plan required under sub10 paragraph (A) for such State for such fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANT PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State entity re14 ceiving a grant under this section shall award 

15 subgrants to eligible entities in accordance with 

16 this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants 

18 under this subsection, the State entity shall give 

19 priority to eligible entities that demonstrate 

20 ability in— 

21 ‘‘(i) plans for service and agency co22 ordination and collaboration including the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) innovative ways to involve the 

2 private nonprofit and business sector in de3 linquency prevention activities; 

4 ‘‘(iii) developing data-driven preven5 tion plans, employing evidence-based pre6 vention strategies, and conducting program 

7 evaluations to determine impact and effec8 tiveness; 

9 ‘‘(iv) identifying under the plan sub10 mitted under paragraph (5) potential sav11 ings and efficiencies associated with suc12 cessful implementation of such plan; and 

13 ‘‘(v) describing how such savings and 

14 efficiencies may be used to carry out delin15 quency prevention programs and be rein16 vested in the continuing implementation of 

17 such programs after the end of the 

18 subgrant period. 

19 ‘‘(C) SUBGRANT PROGRAM PERIOD AND DI20 VERSITY OF PROJECTS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM PERIOD.—A subgrant 

22 awarded to an eligible entity by a State en23 tity under this section shall be for a period 

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1 ‘‘(I) may use not more than 18 

2 months for completing the plan sub3 mitted by the eligible entity under 

4 paragraph (5); and 

5 ‘‘(II) shall use the remainder of 

6 the subgrant period, after planning 

7 period described in subclause (I), for 

8 the implementation of such plan. 

9 ‘‘(ii) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—In 

10 awarding subgrants under this subsection, 

11 a State entity shall ensure, to the extent 

12 practicable and applicable, that such sub13 grants are distributed throughout different 

14 areas, including urban, suburban, and 

15 rural areas. 

16 ‘‘(2) LOCAL APPLICATION.—An eligible entity 

17 that desires a subgrant under this subsection shall 

18 submit an application to the State entity in the 

19 State of the eligible entity, at such time and in such 

20 manner as determined by the State entity, and that 

21 includes— 

22 ‘‘(A) a description of— 

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1 the development of the plan described in 

2 paragraph (5); 

3 ‘‘(ii) the unmet needs of at-risk or de4 linquent youth in the community; 

5 ‘‘(iii) available resources in the com6 munity to meet the unmet needs identified 

7 in the needs assessment described in para8 graph (5)(A); 

9 ‘‘(iv) potential costs to the community 

10 if the unmet needs are not addressed; 

11 ‘‘(B) a specific time period for the plan12 ning and subsequent implementation of its con13 tinuum of local delinquency prevention pro14 grams; 

15 ‘‘(C) the steps the eligible entity will take 

16 to implement the plan under subparagraph (A); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) a plan to continue the grant activity 

19 with non-Federal funds, if proven successful ac20 cording to the performance evaluation process 

21 under paragraph (5)(D), after the grant period. 

22 ‘‘(3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—An eligible 

23 entity desiring a subgrant under this subsection 

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1 amount of the subgrant, which may include the 

2 value of in-kind contributions. 

3 ‘‘(4) SUBGRANT REVIEW.— 

4 ‘‘(A) REVIEW.—Not later than the end of 

5 the second year of a subgrant period for a 

6 subgrant awarded to an eligible entity under 

7 this subsection and before awarding the remain8 ing amount of the subgrant to the eligible enti9 ty, the State entity shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) ensure that the eligible entity has 

11 completed the plan submitted under para12 graph (2) and that the plan meets the re13 quirements of such paragraph; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) verify that the eligible entity will 

15 begin the implementation of its plan upon 

16 receiving the next installment of its 

17 subgrant award. 

18 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION.—If the State entity 

19 finds through the review conducted under sub20 paragraph (A) that the eligible entity has not 

21 met the requirements of clause (i) of such sub22 paragraph, the State entity shall reallocate the 

23 amount remaining on the subgrant of the eligi24 ble entity to other eligible entities receiving a 

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1 amount to an eligible entity during the next 

2 subgrant competition under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(5) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti4 ty that receives a subgrant under this subsection 

5 shall use the funds to implement a plan to carry out 

6 delinquency prevention programs in the community 

7 served by the eligible entity in a coordinated manner 

8 with other delinquency prevention programs or enti9 ties serving such community, which includes— 

10 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the unmet needs of at11 risk or delinquent youth in the community— 

12 ‘‘(i) which shall include— 

13 ‘‘(I) the available resources in the 

14 community to meet the unmet needs; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(II) factors present in the com17 munity that may contribute to delin18 quency, such as homelessness, food in19 security, teen pregnancy, youth unem20 ployment, family instability, lack of 

21 educational opportunity; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) may include an estimate— 

23 ‘‘(I) for the most recent year for 

24 which reliable data is available, the 

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1 and other entities for delinquency ad2 judication for juveniles and the incar3 ceration of adult offenders for of4 fenses committed in such community; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(II) of potential savings and ef7 ficiencies that may be achieved 

8 through the implementation of the 

9 plan; 

10 ‘‘(B) a minimum 3-year comprehensive 

11 strategy to address the unmet needs and an es12 timate of the amount or percentage of non-Fed13 eral funds that are available to carry out the 

14 strategy; 

15 ‘‘(C) a description of how delinquency pre16 vention programs under the plan will be coordi17 nated; 

18 ‘‘(D) a description of the performance eval19 uation process of the delinquency prevention 

20 programs to be implemented under the plan, 

21 which shall include performance measures to 

22 assess efforts to address the unmet needs of 

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1 ‘‘(E) the evidence or promising evaluation 

2 on which such delinquency prevention programs 

3 are based; and 

4 ‘‘(F) if such delinquency prevention pro5 grams are proven successful according to the 

6 performance evaluation process under subpara7 graph (D), a strategy to continue such pro8 grams after the subgrant period with non-Fed9 eral funds, including a description of how any 

10 estimated savings or efficiencies created by the 

11 implementation of the plan may be used to con12 tinue such programs.’’. 

13 SEC. 305. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

14 AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

15 The Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Preven16 tion Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) is 

17 amended by redesignating section 505 as section 506 and 

18 by inserting after section 504 the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 505. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN20 TION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

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

22 grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligi23 ble Indian tribes (or consortia of Indian tribes) as de24 scribed in subsection (b)— 

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1 ‘‘(A) tribal juvenile delinquency prevention 

2 services; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the ability of Indian tribes to respond 

4 to, and care for, at-risk or delinquent youth 

5 upon release; and 

6 ‘‘(2) to encourage accountability of Indian trib7 al governments with respect to preventing juvenile 

8 delinquency, and responding to, and caring for, juve9 nile offenders. 

10 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBES.—To be eligible to re11 ceive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consor12 tium of Indian tribes shall submit to the Administrator 

13 an application in such form as the Administrator may re14 quire. 

15 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In providing grants under 

16 this section, the Administrator shall take into consider17 ation, with respect to the Indian tribe to be served, the— 

18 ‘‘(1) juvenile delinquency rates; 

19 ‘‘(2) school dropout rates; and 

20 ‘‘(3) number of youth at risk of delinquency. 

21 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 

22 available for a fiscal year to carry out this title, 11 percent 

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1 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 506, as redesignated by section 305, is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

6 this title— 

7 ‘‘(1) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2018; 

8 ‘‘(2) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2019; 

9 ‘‘(3) $93,235,362 for fiscal year 2020; 

10 ‘‘(4) $94,633,892 for fiscal year 2021; and 

11 ‘‘(5) $96,053,401 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 

12 SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

13 Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre14 vention Act of 1974 as enacted by Public Law 93–415 

15 (88 Stat. 1133) (relating to miscellaneous and conforming 

16 amendments) is repealed. 

17 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

20 OFFICE. 

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

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

23 of the United States shall— 

24 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and eval25 uation regarding the performance of the Office of 

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1 ferred to in this section as ‘‘the agency’’), its func2 tions, its programs, and its grants; 

3 (2) conduct a comprehensive audit and evalua4 tion of a selected, sample of grantees (as determined 

5 by the Comptroller General) that receive Federal 

6 funds under grant programs administered by the 

7 agency including a review of internal controls (as de8 fined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and De9 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603), 

10 as amended by this Act) to prevent fraud, waste, 

11 and abuse of funds by grantees; and 

12 (3) submit a report in accordance with sub13 section (d). 

14 (b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In con15 ducting the analysis and evaluation under subsection 

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

17 benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven18 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the 

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

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

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

22 into consideration— 

23 (1) the outcome and results of the programs 

24 carried out by the agency and those programs ad25 ministered through grants by the agency; 


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1 (2) the extent to which the agency has complied 

2 with the Government Performance and Results Act 

3 of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285); 

4 (3) the extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 

5 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

6 or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 

7 other agencies; 

8 (4) the potential benefits of consolidating pro9 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

10 duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po11 tential for consolidating those programs; 

12 (5) whether less restrictive or alternative meth13 ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency 

14 and whether current functions or operations are im15 peded or enhanced by existing statutes, rules, and 

16 procedures; 

17 (6) the number and types of beneficiaries or 

18 persons served by programs carried out by the agen19 cy; 

20 (7) the manner with which the agency seeks 

21 public input and input from State and local govern22 ments on the performance of the functions of the 

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1 (8) the extent to which the agency complies 

2 with section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com3 monly known as the Freedom of Information Act); 

4 (9) whether greater oversight is needed of pro5 grams developed with grants made by the agency; 

6 and 

7 (10) the extent to which changes are necessary 

8 in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order for 

9 the functions of the agency to be performed in a 

10 more efficient and effective manner. 

11 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 

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

13 order to document the efficiency and public benefit of the 

14 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the Runaway and 

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

17 Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et 

18 seq.), the Comptroller General shall take into consider19 ation— 

20 (1) whether grantees timely file Financial Sta21 tus Reports; 

22 (2) whether grantees have sufficient internal 

23 controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant fund 

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1 (3) whether disbursements were accompanied 

2 with adequate supporting documentation (including 

3 invoices and receipts); 

4 (4) whether expenditures were authorized; 

5 (5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 

6 complying with program requirements; 

7 (6) whether salaries and fringe benefits of per8 sonnel were adequately supported by documentation; 

9 (7) whether contracts were bid in accordance 

10 with program guidelines; and 

11 (8) whether grant funds were spent in accord12 ance with program goals and guidelines. 

13 (d) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

16 General of the United States shall— 

17 (A) submit a report regarding the evalua18 tion conducted under subsection (a) and audit 

19 under subsection (b), to the Speaker of the 

20 House of Representatives and the President pro 

21 tempore of the Senate; and 

22 (B) make the report described in subpara23 graph (A) available to the public. 

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1 findings determined by the selected, statistically sig2 nificant sample of grantees as required by subsection 

3 (a)(2) and shall include the name and location of 

4 any selected grantee as well as any findings required 

5 by subsection (a)(2). 

6 SEC. 402. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delin8 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

11 AND OVERSIGHT 

12 ‘‘SEC. 601. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

13 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that, in order to ensure that at-risk youth, and youth 

15 who come into contact with the juvenile justice system or 

16 the criminal justice system, are treated fairly and that the 

17 outcome of that contact is beneficial to the Nation— 

18 ‘‘(1) the Department of Justice, through its Of19 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

20 must restore meaningful enforcement of the core re21 quirements in title II; and 

22 ‘‘(2) States, which are entrusted with a fiscal 

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1 pliance with the core requirements for juveniles pro2 vided for in title II. 

3 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) AGENCY PROGRAM REVIEW.— 

5 ‘‘(A) PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL AS6 SESSMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

8 days after the date of enactment of the Ju9 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Di10 rector of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

11 and Management of the Office of Justice 

12 Programs at the Department of Justice 

13 (referred to in this section as the ‘Direc14 tor’) shall— 

15 ‘‘(I) conduct a comprehensive 

16 analysis and evaluation of the internal 

17 controls of the Office of Juvenile Jus18 tice and Delinquency Prevention (re19 ferred to in this section as the ‘agen20 cy’) to determine if States and Indian 

21 tribes receiving grants are following 

22 the requirements of the agency grant 

23 programs and what remedial action 

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1 lation of grant programs, including in2 stances where— 

3 ‘‘(aa) supporting docu4 mentation was not provided for 

5 cost reports; 

6 ‘‘(bb) unauthorized expendi7 tures occurred; and 

8 ‘‘(cc) subrecipients of grant 

9 funds were not in compliance 

10 with program requirements; 

11 ‘‘(II) conduct a comprehensive 

12 audit and evaluation of a selected sta13 tistically significant sample of States 

14 and Indian tribes (as determined by 

15 the Director) that have received Fed16 eral funds under title II, including a 

17 review of internal controls to prevent 

18 fraud, waste, and abuse of funds by 

19 grantees; and 

20 ‘‘(III) submit a report in accord21 ance with clause (iv). 

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1 efit of titles II and V, the Director shall 

2 take into consideration the extent to 

3 which— 

4 ‘‘(I) greater oversight is needed 

5 of programs developed with grants 

6 made by the agency; 

7 ‘‘(II) changes are necessary in 

8 the authorizing statutes of the agency 

9 in order that the functions of the 

10 agency can be performed in a more ef11 ficient and effective manner; and 

12 ‘‘(III) the agency has imple13 mented recommendations issued by 

14 the Comptroller General or Office of 

15 Inspector General relating to the 

16 grant making and grant monitoring 

17 responsibilities of the agency. 

18 ‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AU19 DITS.—In conducting the audit and evalua20 tion under clause (i)(II), and in order to 

21 document the efficiency and public benefit 

22 of titles II and V, the Director shall take 

23 into consideration— 

24 ‘‘(I) whether grantees timely file 

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1 ‘‘(II) whether grantees have suf2 ficient internal controls to ensure ade3 quate oversight of grant funds re4 ceived; 

5 ‘‘(III) whether grantees’ asser6 tions of compliance with the core re7 quirements were accompanied with 

8 adequate supporting documentation; 

9 ‘‘(IV) whether expenditures were 

10 authorized; 

11 ‘‘(V) whether subrecipients of 

12 grant funds were complying with pro13 gram requirements; and 

14 ‘‘(VI) whether grant funds were 

15 spent in accordance with the program 

16 goals and guidelines. 

17 ‘‘(iv) REPORT.—The Director shall— 

18 ‘‘(I) submit to the Congress a re19 port outlining the results of the anal20 ysis, evaluation, and audit conducted 

21 under clause (i), including supporting 

22 materials, to the Speaker of the 

23 House of Representatives and the 

24 President pro tempore of the Senate; 

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1 ‘‘(II) shall make such report 

2 available to the public online, not later 

3 than 1 year after the date of enact4 ment of this section. 

5 ‘‘(B) ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL CON6 TROLS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

8 days after the date of enactment of the Ju9 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad10 ministrator shall initiate a comprehensive 

11 analysis and evaluation of the internal con12 trols of the agency to determine whether, 

13 and to what extent, States and Indian 

14 tribes that receive grants under titles II 

15 and V are following the requirements of 

16 the grant programs authorized under titles 

17 II and V. 

18 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date of enactment of the Ju20 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad21 ministrator shall submit to Congress a re22 port containing— 

23 ‘‘(I) the findings of the analysis 

24 and evaluation conducted under clause 

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1 ‘‘(II) a description of remedial 

2 actions, if any, that will be taken by 

3 the Administrator to enhance the in4 ternal controls of the agency and re5 coup funds that may have been ex6 pended in violation of law, regulations, 

7 or program requirements issued under 

8 titles II and V; and 

9 ‘‘(III) a description of— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the analysis conducted 

11 under clause (i); 

12 ‘‘(bb) whether the funds 

13 awarded under titles II and V 

14 have been used in accordance 

15 with law, regulations, program 

16 guidance, and applicable plans; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(cc) the extent to which 

19 funds awarded to States and In20 dian tribes under titles II and V 

21 enhanced the ability of grantees 

22 to fulfill the core requirements. 

23 ‘‘(C) REPORT BY THE ATTORNEY GEN24 ERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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1 Act of 2017, the Attorney General shall submit 

2 to the appropriate committees of the Congress 

3 a report on the estimated amount of formula 

4 grant funds disbursed by the agency since fiscal 

5 year 2010 that did not meet the requirements 

6 for awards of formula grants to States under 

7 title II. 

8 ‘‘(2) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL PER9 FORMANCE AUDITS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the 

11 effective and appropriate use of grants adminis12 tered under this Act (excluding title III) and to 

13 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

14 grantees, the Inspector General of the Depart15 ment of Justice shall periodically conduct audits 

16 of grantees that receive grants under this Act 

17 covering each grant recipient at least once every 

18 3 years. 

19 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY ON

20 WEBSITE.—The Attorney General shall make 

21 the summary of each review conducted under 

22 this section available on the website of the De23 partment of Justice, subject to redaction as the 

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1 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi2 ent of grant funds under this Act (excluding ti3 tles II and III) that is found to have an unre4 solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re5 ceive grant funds under this Act (excluding title 

6 III) during the first 2 fiscal years beginning 

7 after the 12-month period beginning on the 

8 date on which the audit report is issued. 

9 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

10 under this Act (excluding title III), the Admin11 istrator shall give priority to an eligible entity 

12 that did not have an unresolved audit finding 

13 during the 3 fiscal years prior to the date on 

14 which the eligible entity submits an application 

15 for the grant involved. 

16 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a grant recipi17 ent under this Act (excluding title III) is 

18 awarded such funds under this Act during the 

19 2-fiscal-year period in which the recipient is 

20 barred from receiving grants under subpara21 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

23 amount of the grant funds that were im24 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

2 repayment to the general fund under 

3 clause (i) from the grantee that was erro4 neously awarded grant funds. 

5 ‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

6 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

7 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen8 eral— 

9 ‘‘(i) that the audited recipient has 

10 used grant funds for an unauthorized ex11 penditure or otherwise unallowable cost; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) that is not closed or resolved 

14 during the 12-month period beginning on 

15 the date on which the final audit report is 

16 issued. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

18 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author19 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

20 Justice under this Act may be used by the At21 torney General, or by any individual or organi22 zation awarded discretionary funds through a 

23 cooperative agreement under this Act, to host 

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1 able to the Department of Justice, unless the 

2 Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant At3 torney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies 

4 as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 

5 provides prior written authorization that the 

6 funds may be expended to host a conference. 

7 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap8 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

9 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

10 conference, including the cost of all food and 

11 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

12 speakers, and entertainment. 

13 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen14 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com15 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

16 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

17 the House of Representatives on all conference 

18 expenditures approved under this paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 

21 to be appropriated under this Act may not be 

22 utilized by any recipient of a grant made using 

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1 ‘‘(i) to lobby any representative of the 

2 Department of Justice regarding the 

3 award of grant funding; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) to lobby any representative of a 

5 Federal, State, local, or tribal government 

6 regarding the award of grant funding. 

7 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

8 determines that any recipient of a grant made 

9 using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), 

11 the Attorney General shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) require the recipient to repay the 

13 grant in full; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the recipient to receive 

15 another grant under this Act for not less 

16 than 5 years. 

17 ‘‘(C) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of 

18 this paragraph, submitting an application for a 

19 grant under this Act shall not be considered 

20 lobbying activity in violation of subparagraph 

21 (A). 

22 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen24 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this Act, 

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1 awards with other grants awarded under this Act to 

2 determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for 

3 the same purpose. 

4 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 

5 duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same 

6 purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the 

7 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

8 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

9 House of Representatives a report that includes— 

10 ‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, 

11 including the total dollar amount of any dupli12 cate grants awarded; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

14 awarded the duplicative grant. 

15 ‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE WITH AUDITING STANDARDS.— 

16 The Administrator shall comply with the Generally Ac17 cepted Government Auditing Standards, published by the 

18 General Accountability Office (commonly known as the 

19 ‘Yellow Book’), in the conduct of fiscal, compliance, and 

20 programmatic audits of States.’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and 

23 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by 

24 striking paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 407 (42 

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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

2 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day 

3 of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act. 

5 (3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—In the case of an entity 

6 that is barred from receiving grant funds under 

7 paragraph (7)(B)(ii) of section 407 of the Juvenile 

8 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

9 U.S.C. 5776a), the amendment made by paragraph 

10 (1) of this subsection shall not affect the applica11 bility to the entity, or to the Attorney General with 

12 respect to the entity, of paragraph (7) of such sec13 tion 407, as in effect on the day before the effective 

14 date of the amendment made by paragraph (1). 

15 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 (1) TITLE III.—Section 388(a) of the Juvenile 

17 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

18 U. S. C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

20 ‘‘140,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

21 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘101,980,000 for each of 

22 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ before the 

23 period; 

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1 and inserting ‘‘Of the amount made available 

2 for a fiscal year to carry out this title, not more 

3 than 1 percent may be used to carry out section 

4 345’’ before the period; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking 

6 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

7 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘$17,141,000 for each of 

8 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 

9 (2) TITLE IV.—Section 408 of the Juvenile 

10 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

11 U. S. C. 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 303 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1809 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice 

other purposes. and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for 

FEBRUARY 6, 2018 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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