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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2017 

Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SCOTT of 

Virginia, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘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. 

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 TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 

2 FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 

3 DEFINITIONS 

4 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

5 Section 101(a)(9) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601(a)(9)) is 

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

8 juvenile justice system as the result of sexual abuse, ex9 ploitation, and trauma,’’ after ‘‘young juvenile offenders’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 

2 Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

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

5 after ‘‘State’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 and 

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

10 (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(3) to assist State, tribal, and local govern13 ments in addressing juvenile crime through the pro14 vision of technical assistance, research, training, 

15 evaluation, and the dissemination of current and rel16 evant information on effective and evidence-based 

17 programs and practices for combating juvenile delin18 quency; and’’; and 

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

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

21 or promising programs (including delinquency pre22 vention, intervention, mental health, behavioral 

23 health and substance abuse treatment, family serv24 ices, and services for children exposed to violence) 

25 that are trauma informed, reflect the science of ado26 lescent development, and are designed to meet the 


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1 needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into con2 tact with the justice system.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

6 (1) in paragraph (8)— 

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

8 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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

10 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

11 subparagraph (C); 

12 (2) in paragraph (18)— 

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

14 before ‘‘the term’’; and 

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

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

17 by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with 

18 the Attorney General;’’. 

19 (3) by amending paragraph (22) to read as fol20 lows: 

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

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

23 government, or law enforcement authority to detain 

24 or confine adult inmates;’’; 


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1 (4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol2 lows: 

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

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

5 not brief and inadvertent;’’; 

6 (5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 

9 ‘‘(A) means an individual who— 

10 ‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi11 nal responsibility under applicable State 

12 law; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus14 tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 

15 charge, or is convicted of a criminal of16 fense; and 

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

18 ‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of19 fense, was younger than the maximum age 

20 at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 

21 facility under applicable State law; and 

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

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1 petent jurisdiction or by operation of appli2 cable State law;’’; 

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

4 end; 

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

6 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

9 ‘‘(A) means the requirements described in 

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

11 223(a); and 

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

13 requirements described in subparagraphs (A) 

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

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

16 or injection used to temporarily incapacitate a per17 son, including oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, 

18 and 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 

19 ‘‘(32) the term ‘isolation’— 

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

21 is confined alone for more than 10 minutes in 

22 a room or cell; and 

23 ‘‘(B) does not include— 

24 ‘‘(i) confinement during regularly 

25 scheduled sleeping hours; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) separation based on a treatment 

2 program approved by a licensed medical or 

3 mental health professional; 

4 ‘‘(iii) confinement or separation that 

5 is requested by the youth; or 

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

7 a group in a nonlocked setting for the lim8 ited purpose of calming; 

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

10 given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 

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

12 ‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro13 gram or practice that— 

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

15 implemented with fidelity; 

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

17 empirically supported theory; 

18 ‘‘(C) has measurable outcomes relevant to 

19 juvenile justice, including a detailed description 

20 of the outcomes produced in a particular popu21 lation, whether urban or rural; and 

22 ‘‘(D) has been scientifically tested and 

23 proven effective through randomized control 

24 studies or comparison group studies and with 

25 the ability to replicate and scale; 


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

2 practice that— 

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

4 on positive outcomes relevant to juvenile justice 

5 from 1 or more objective, independent, and sci6 entifically valid evaluations, as documented in 

7 writing to the Administrator; and 

8 ‘‘(B) will be evaluated through a well-de9 signed and rigorous study, as described in para10 graph (34)(D); 

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

12 act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason13 able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 

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

15 or program; 

16 ‘‘(37) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc17 ess— 

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

19 have mental health, behavioral health, sub20 stance abuse, or other needs requiring imme21 diate attention, intervention, and further eval22 uation; and 

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

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1 havioral health, substance abuse, or other needs 

2 in need of further assessment; 

3 ‘‘(38) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min4 imum, an interview and review of available records 

5 and other pertinent information— 

6 ‘‘(A) by an appropriately trained profes7 sional who is licensed or certified by the appli8 cable State in the mental health, behavioral 

9 health, or substance abuse fields; and 

10 ‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi11 cant mental health, behavioral health, or sub12 stance abuse treatment needs to be addressed 

13 during a youth’s confinement; 

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

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

16 and the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

17 system officially intersect, including interactions 

18 with a juvenile justice, juvenile court, or law enforce19 ment official; 

20 ‘‘(40) the term ‘trauma-informed’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo22 sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 

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

2 exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 

3 of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 

4 trauma; and 

5 ‘‘(C) responding in ways that resist re6 traumatization; 

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

8 means minority youth populations are involved at a 

9 decision point in the juvenile justice system at high10 er rates, incrementally or cumulatively, than non-mi11 nority youth at that decision point; 

12 ‘‘(42) the term ‘status offender’ means a juve13 nile who is charged with or who has committed an 

14 offense that would not be criminal if committed by 

15 an adult; 

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

17 not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as de18 fined by the Office of Management and Budget; 

19 ‘‘(44) the term ‘internal controls’ means a proc20 ess implemented to provide reasonable assurance re21 garding the achievement of objectives in— 

22 ‘‘(A) effectiveness and efficiency of oper23 ations, such as grant management practices; 

24 ‘‘(B) reliability of reporting for internal 

25 and external use; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) compliance with applicable laws and 

2 regulations, as well as recommendations of the 

3 Office of Inspector General and the Government 

4 Accountability Office; and 

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

6 governing body of an Indian tribe.’’. 

7 TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE 

8 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN9 TION 

10 SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 

11 Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sen15 tence— 

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

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

18 long-term plan to improve the juvenile jus19 tice system in the United States, taking 

20 into account scientific knowledge regarding 

21 adolescent development and behavior and 

22 regarding the effects of delinquency pre23 vention programs and juvenile justice 

24 interventions on adolescents, and shall im25 plement’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘research, and im2 provement of the juvenile justice system in 

3 the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and re4 search’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Fed6 eral Register’’ and all that follows and inserting 

7 ‘‘Federal Register during the 30-day period 

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

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (7); 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

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

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

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(5) not later than 1 year after the date of en16 actment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

17 in consultation with Indian tribes, develop a policy 

18 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

19 Prevention to collaborate with representatives of In20 dian tribes with a criminal justice function on the 

21 implementation of the provisions of this Act relating 

22 to Indian tribes;’’; 

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

24 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘monitoring’’; 

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

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

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘to review the ade5 quacy of such systems; and’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘for monitoring compliance.’’. 

7 SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 

8 AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 

9 Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘the Assistant Sec14 retary for Mental Health and Substance 

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

16 ‘‘the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services,’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Im19 migration and Naturalization’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Immigration 

21 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para2 graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 

3 223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re4 quirements’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in the matter preceding subpara7 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 

8 basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

10 inserting the following: 

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

12 completion of the last meeting of the Council 

13 during any fiscal year, submit to the Committee 

14 on Education and the Workforce of the House 

15 of Representatives and the Committee on the 

16 Judiciary of the Senate a report that— 

17 ‘‘(i) contains the recommendations de18 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

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

20 activities conducted by the Council during 

21 the fiscal year, including a complete de22 tailed accounting of expenses incurred by 

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

2 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention, the Council, and the 

4 Department of Justice; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) is in addition to the annual re6 port required under section 207.’’. 

7 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT. 

8 Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

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

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

12 year’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

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

15 gender’’ and inserting ‘‘, gender, and ethnicity, 

16 as such term is defined by the Bureau of the 

17 Census,’’; 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

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

22 ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

24 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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


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

2 the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 

3 and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 

4 of secure detention and correctional facilities 

5 operated by a State or unit of local government; 

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

7 petitioned to court, number of status offenders 

8 held in secure detention, the findings used to 

9 justify the use of secure detention, and the av10 erage period of time a status offender was held 

11 in secure detention; 

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

13 custody and the type of living arrangement to 

14 which they are released; 

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

16 originated on school grounds, during school17 sponsored off-campus activities, or due to a re18 ferral by a school official, as collected and re19 ported by the Department of Education or simi20 lar State educational agency; and 

21 ‘‘(K) the number of juveniles in the cus22 tody of secure detention and correctional facili23 ties operated by a State or unit of local govern24 ment who report being pregnant.’’; and 

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


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

3 promising programs under this title and title V and 

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

6 rural and urban areas. 

7 ‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In8 dian tribes under this Act or for a juvenile delin9 quency or prevention program under the Tribal Law 

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

11 Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 

12 funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 

13 unit of local government. 

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

15 controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin16 quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol17 lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 

18 Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant programs 

19 and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus20 tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re21 cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 

22 of the grant programs, including instances— 

23 ‘‘(A) in which supporting documentation 

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1 ‘‘(B) where unauthorized expenditures oc2 curred; or 

3 ‘‘(C) where subrecipients of grant funds 

4 were not compliant with program requirements. 

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

6 amount of payments made to grantees that the Of7 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

8 recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio9 lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju10 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 

11 programs, including— 

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

13 grantee; 

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

15 ‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re16 couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

17 Delinquency Prevention; and 

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

19 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre20 vention.’’. 

21 SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

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

23 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

24 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

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

3 U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

7 on the most recent data available from the Bu8 reau of the Census’’; and 

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

10 inserting the following: 

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

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

13 then— 

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

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

16 year shall be not less than $400,000; and 

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

18 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

19 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

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

21 ‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a fis22 cal year to carry out this title is not less than 

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

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

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

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

5 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

6 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

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

8 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘efficient ad9 ministration, including monitoring, evaluation, and 

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

11 and efficient administration of funds, including the 

12 designation of not less than 1 individual who shall 

13 coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 

14 with the core requirements and certify whether the 

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

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

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

18 percent of the’’. 

19 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

20 Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 

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1 inserting ‘‘and shall describe how the State plan 

2 is supported by or takes account of scientific 

3 knowledge regarding adolescent development 

4 and behavior and regarding the effects of delin5 quency prevention programs and juvenile justice 

6 interventions on adolescents. Not later than 60 

7 days after the date on which a plan or amended 

8 plan submitted under this subsection is final9 ized, a State shall make the plan or amended 

10 plan publicly available by posting the plan or 

11 amended plan on the State’s publicly available 

12 website.’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘de14 scribed in section 299(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as 

15 designated by the chief executive officer of the 

16 State’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad20 olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con21 cerning’’; 

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1 perience representing juveniles in 

2 delinquency proceedings,’’ after 

3 ‘‘youth,’’; 

4 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

5 striking ‘‘mental health, edu6 cation, special education’’ and in7 serting ‘‘child and adolescent 

8 mental health, education, child 

9 and adolescent substance abuse, 

10 special education, services for 

11 youth with disabilities’’; 

12 (cc) in subclause (V), by 

13 striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 

14 delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de15 linquent youth or youth at risk of 

16 delinquency’’; 

17 (dd) in subclause (VI), by 

18 striking ‘‘youth workers involved 

19 with’’ and inserting ‘‘representa20 tives of’’; 

21 (ee) in subclause (VII), by 

22 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

23 (ff) by striking subclause 

24 (VIII) and inserting the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(VIII) persons, licensed or cer2 tified by the applicable State, with ex3 pertise and competence in preventing 

4 and addressing mental health and 

5 substance abuse needs in delinquent 

6 youth and youth at risk of delin7 quency; 

8 ‘‘(IX) representatives of victim or 

9 witness advocacy groups, including at 

10 least 1 individual with expertise in ad11 dressing the challenges of sexual 

12 abuse and exploitation and trauma, 

13 particularly the needs of youth who 

14 experience disproportionate levels of 

15 sexual abuse, exploitation, and trauma 

16 before entering the juvenile justice 

17 system; and 

18 ‘‘(X) for a State in which 1 or 

19 more Indian tribes are located, an In20 dian tribal representative or other in21 dividual with significant expertise in 

22 tribal law enforcement and juvenile 

23 justice in Indian tribal communities;’’; 

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

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1 inserting ‘‘28 at the time of initial ap2 pointment’’; and 

3 (IV) in clause (v) by inserting 

4 ‘‘or, if not feasible and in appropriate 

5 circumstances, who is the parent or 

6 guardian of someone who has been or 

7 is currently under the jurisdiction of 

8 the juvenile justice system’’ after ‘‘ju9 venile justice system’’; 

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

11 ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘45 days’’; and 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

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

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

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

16 least annually recommendations re17 garding State compliance with the re18 quirements of paragraphs (11), (12), 

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

20 every 2 years a report and necessary 

21 recommendations regarding State 

22 compliance with the core require23 ments’’; and 

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

2 at the end; and 

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

4 period at the end and inserting a 

5 semicolon; 

6 (D) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘In7 dian tribes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘appli8 cable to the detention and confinement of juve9 niles’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribes that agree 

10 to attempt to comply with the core require11 ments applicable to the detention and confine12 ment of juveniles’’; 

13 (E) in paragraph (7)— 

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

15 ‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

20 (II) by striking clause (iv) and 

21 inserting the following: 

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

23 detention for status offenders, survivors of 

24 commercial sexual exploitation, and others, 

25 where appropriate, such as specialized or 


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1 problem-solving courts or diversion to 

2 home-based or community-based services 

3 or treatment for those youth in need of 

4 mental health, substance abuse, or co-oc5 curring disorder services at the time such 

6 juveniles first come into contact with the 

7 juvenile justice system; 

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

9 children housed in secure detention and 

10 corrections facilities who are awaiting 

11 placement in residential treatment pro12 grams; 

13 ‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family mem14 bers, where appropriate, in the design and 

15 delivery of juvenile delinquency prevention 

16 and treatment services, particularly post17 placement; 

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

19 services to respond to the needs of at-risk 

20 youth or youth who have come into contact 

21 with the juvenile justice system; 

22 ‘‘(viii) a plan to promote evidence23 based and trauma-informed programs and 

24 practices; and 


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

2 date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice 

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

4 implemented not later than 2 years after 

5 the date of enactment of the Juvenile Jus6 tice Reform Act of 2017, to— 

7 ‘‘(I) eliminate the use of re8 straints of known pregnant juveniles 

9 housed in secure juvenile detention 

10 and correction facilities, during labor, 

11 delivery, and post-partum recovery, 

12 unless credible, reasonable grounds 

13 exist to believe the detainee presents 

14 an immediate and serious threat of 

15 hurting herself, staff, or others; and 

16 ‘‘(II) eliminate the use of abdom17 inal restraints, leg and ankle re18 straints, wrist restraints behind the 

19 back, and four-point restraints on 

20 known pregnant juveniles, unless— 

21 ‘‘(aa) credible, reasonable 

22 grounds exist to believe the de23 tainee presents an immediate and 

24 serious threat of hurting herself, 

25 staff, or others; or 


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1 ‘‘(bb) reasonable grounds 

2 exist to believe the detainee pre3 sents an immediate and credible 

4 risk of escape that cannot be rea5 sonably minimized through any 

6 other method;’’; 

7 (F) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘exist8 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and prom9 ising’’; 

10 (G) in paragraph (9)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, with priority in 

13 funding given to entities meeting the cri14 teria for evidence-based or promising pro15 grams’’ after ‘‘used for’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (I) in clause (i)— 

18 (aa) by inserting ‘‘status of19 fenders and other’’ before ‘‘youth 

20 who need’’; and 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (II) in clause (ii) by adding 

24 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 


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1 (III) by inserting after clause (ii) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(iii) for youth who need specialized 

4 intensive and comprehensive services that 

5 address the unique issues encountered by 

6 youth when they become involved with 

7 gangs;’’; 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘parents and 

10 other family members’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘status offenders, other youth, and 

12 the parents and other family members 

13 of such offenders and youth’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 

16 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

17 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

18 (i), by striking ‘‘delinquent’’ and in19 serting ‘‘at-risk or delinquent youth’’; 

20 and 

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

22 including for truancy prevention and 

23 reduction’’ before the semicolon; 

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1 panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex2 pand’’; 

3 (vi) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

5 through (T), respectively; 

6 (vii) by inserting after subparagraph 

7 (F), the following: 

8 ‘‘(G) programs— 

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

10 appropriate legal representation; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) to expand access to publicly sup12 ported, court-appointed legal counsel who 

13 are trained to represent juveniles in adju14 dication proceedings, 

15 except that the State may not use more than 2 

16 percent of the funds received under section 222 

17 for these purposes;’’; 

18 (viii) in subparagraph (H), as so re19 designated, by striking ‘‘State,’’ each place 

20 the term appears and inserting ‘‘State, 

21 tribal,’’; 

22 (ix) in subparagraph (M), as so redes23 ignated— 

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1 (aa) by inserting ‘‘pre-adju2 dication and’’ before ‘‘post-adju3 dication’’; 

4 (bb) by striking ‘‘restraints’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; and 

6 (cc) by inserting ‘‘specialized 

7 or problem-solving courts,’’ after 

8 ‘‘(including’’; and 

9 (II) in clause (ii)— 

10 (aa) by striking ‘‘by the pro11 vision by the Administrator’’; and 

12 (bb) by striking ‘‘to States’’; 

13 (x) in subparagraph (N), as redesig14 nated— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘and reduce the 

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

17 and 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘so that such ju19 veniles may be retained in their 

20 homes’’; 

21 (xi) in subparagraph (S), as so redes22 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (xii) in subparagraph (T), as so redes24 ignated— 


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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘or co-occurring 

2 disorder’’ after ‘‘mental health’’; 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘court-involved 

4 or’’ before ‘‘incarcerated’’; 

5 (III) by striking ‘‘suspected to 

6 be’’; 

7 (IV) by striking ‘‘and discharge 

8 plans’’ and inserting ‘‘provision of 

9 treatment, and development of dis10 charge plans’’; and 

11 (V) by striking the period at the 

12 end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (xiii) by inserting after subparagraph 

14 (T) the following: 

15 ‘‘(U) programs and projects designed— 

16 ‘‘(i) to inform juveniles of the oppor17 tunity and process for sealing and 

18 expunging juvenile records; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) to assist juveniles in pursuing ju20 venile record sealing and expungements for 

21 both adjudications and arrests not followed 

22 by adjudications, 

23 except that the State may not use more than 2 

24 percent of the funds received under section 222 

25 for these purposes; 


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

2 girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 

3 system, including pregnant girls, young moth4 ers, victims of sexual abuse, survivors of com5 mercial sexual exploitation or domestic child sex 

6 trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls of 

7 color, including girls who are members of an In8 dian tribe; and 

9 ‘‘(W) monitoring for compliance with the 

10 core requirements and providing training and 

11 technical assistance on the core requirements to 

12 secure facilities;’’; 

13 (H) by striking paragraph (11) and insert14 ing the following: 

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

16 Administrator, provide that a juvenile shall not be 

17 placed in a secure detention facility or a secure cor18 rectional facility, if— 

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

20 committed an offense that would not be crimi21 nal if committed by an adult, excluding— 

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

23 has committed a violation of section 

24 922(x)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

25 or of a similar State law; 


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

2 or has committed a violation of a valid 

3 court order issued and reviewed in accord4 ance with paragraph (23); and 

5 ‘‘(III) a juvenile who is held in ac6 cordance with the Interstate Compact on 

7 Juveniles as enacted by the State; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile— 

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

10 and 

11 ‘‘(II)(aa) is an alien; or 

12 ‘‘(bb) is alleged to be dependent, ne13 glected, or abused; and 

14 ‘‘(B) require that— 

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

16 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 

17 Act of 2017, unless a court finds, after a hear18 ing and in writing, that it is in the interest of 

19 justice, juveniles awaiting trial or other legal 

20 process who are treated as adults for purposes 

21 of prosecution in criminal court and housed in 

22 a secure facility— 

23 ‘‘(I) shall not have sight or sound con24 tact with adult inmates; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) except as provided in paragraph 

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

3 for adults; 

4 ‘‘(ii) in determining under subparagraph 

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

6 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock7 up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 

8 with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 

9 ‘‘(I) the age of the juvenile; 

10 ‘‘(II) the physical and mental matu11 rity of the juvenile; 

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

13 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

14 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

15 juvenile; 

16 ‘‘(IV) the nature and circumstances of 

17 the alleged offense; 

18 ‘‘(V) the juvenile’s history of prior de19 linquent acts; 

20 ‘‘(VI) the relative ability of the avail21 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

22 to not only meet the specific needs of the 

23 juvenile but also to protect the safety of 

24 the public as well as other detained youth; 

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

2 ‘‘(iii) if a court determines under subpara3 graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 

4 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock5 up for adults— 

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

7 less frequently than once every 30 days, or 

8 in the case of a rural jurisdiction, not less 

9 frequently than once every 45 days, to re10 view whether it is still in the interest of 

11 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

12 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

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

14 any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 

15 to have sight or sound contact with adult 

16 inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 

17 the court, in writing, determines there is 

18 good cause for an extension or the juvenile 

19 expressly waives this limitation;’’. 

20 (I) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘con21 tact’’ and inserting ‘‘sight or sound contact’’; 

22 (J) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con23 tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 

24 or sound contact’’; 

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

2 inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 

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

4 ‘‘monitoring jails,’’; 

5 (iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘deten6 tion facilities,’’; 

7 (iv) by striking ‘‘, and non-secure fa8 cilities’’; 

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

10 ‘‘ensure’’; 

11 (vi) by striking ‘‘requirements of 

12 paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘core requirements’’; and 

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

15 the Administrator,’’; 

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

17 (M) by redesignating paragraph (28) as 

18 paragraph (27); 

19 (N) by redesignating paragraphs (15) 

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

21 respectively; 

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

23 following: 

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

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

2 reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 

3 who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys4 tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 

5 standards or quotas, by— 

6 ‘‘(A) establishing or designating existing 

7 coordinating bodies, composed of juvenile jus8 tice stakeholders, (including representatives of 

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

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

11 local government, and Indian tribes to reduce 

12 racial and ethnic disparities; 

13 ‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing data on 

14 race and ethnicity at all decision points in 

15 State, local, or tribal juvenile justice systems to 

16 determine which key points create racial and 

17 ethnic disparities among youth who come into 

18 contact with the juvenile justice system; and 

19 ‘‘(C) developing and implementing a work 

20 plan that includes measurable objectives for pol21 icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 

22 the needs identified in the data collection and 

23 analysis under subparagraph (B);’’; 

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

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


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

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

3 and inserting ‘‘local, tribal,’’; 

4 (R) in paragraph (23)— 

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

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

7 appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 

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

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

15 (III) by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta18 tus offender should be placed in a secure 

19 detention facility or correctional facility for 

20 violating such order— 

21 ‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ22 ten order that— 

23 ‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 

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1 ‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 

2 basis for determining that there 

3 is reasonable cause to believe 

4 that the status offender has vio5 lated such order; 

6 ‘‘(cc) includes findings of 

7 fact to support a determination 

8 that there is no appropriate less 

9 restrictive alternative available to 

10 placing the status offender in 

11 such a facility, with due consider12 ation to the best interest of the 

13 juvenile; 

14 ‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 

15 time, not to exceed 7 days, that 

16 the status offender may remain 

17 in a secure detention facility or 

18 correctional facility, and includes 

19 a plan for the status offender’s 

20 release from such facility; and 

21 ‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 

22 extended; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 

24 second or subsequent order described 

25 in subclause (I) relating to a status 


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1 offender unless the status offender 

2 violates a valid court order after the 

3 date on which the court issues an 

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

5 (iv) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en8 sure that any status offender held in a secure 

9 detention facility or correctional facility pursu10 ant to a court order described in this paragraph 

11 does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 

12 or the length of time authorized by the court, 

13 whichever is shorter; and 

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

15 (with a 1-year extension for each additional fis16 cal year that a State can demonstrate hardship, 

17 as determined by the State, and submits in 

18 writing evidence of such hardship to the Admin19 istrator which shall be considered approved un20 less the Administrator justifies to the State in 

21 writing that the hardship does not qualify for 

22 an exemption), the State will eliminate the use 

23 of valid court orders to provide secure confine24 ment of status offenders, except that juveniles 

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1 ance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles 

2 if the judge issues a written order that— 

3 ‘‘(i) specifies the factual basis to be4 lieve that the State has the authority to 

5 detain the juvenile under the terms of the 

6 Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 

7 ‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup8 port a determination that there is no ap9 propriate less restrictive alternative avail10 able to placing the juvenile in such a facil11 ity, with due consideration to the best in12 terest of the juvenile; 

13 ‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju14 venile may remain in secure confinement, 

15 not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 

16 for the return of the juvenile to the home 

17 State of the juvenile; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex19 tended;’’; 

20 (S) in paragraph (26)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 

22 with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max23 imum extent practicable,’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

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

3 provide for— 

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

5 relating to juveniles entering the juvenile justice 

6 system with a prior reported history of arrest, 

7 court intake, probation and parole, juvenile de8 tention, and corrections; and 

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

10 subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 

11 for the treatment of such victims of child abuse 

12 or neglect;’’; 

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

14 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

15 a semicolon; and 

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

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

18 provided under this title with other Federal and 

19 State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven20 tion and intervention programs; 

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

22 training in effect for the staff of juvenile State cor23 rectional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous 

24 practices, unreasonable restraints, and unreasonable 


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1 isolation, including by developing effective behavior 

2 management techniques; 

3 ‘‘(30) describe— 

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

5 be used to conduct mental health and substance 

6 abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 

7 treatment for juveniles who— 

8 ‘‘(i) request a screening; 

9 ‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen10 ing; or 

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

12 than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro13 vides for an initial screening; and 

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

15 practicable, to provide or arrange for mental 

16 health and substance abuse disorder treatment 

17 for juveniles determined to be in need of such 

18 treatment; 

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

20 State for juveniles will include— 

21 ‘‘(A) a written case plan based on an as22 sessment of needs that includes— 

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

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1 ‘‘(ii) the living arrangement to which 

2 the juveniles are to be discharged; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) any other plans developed for 

4 the juveniles based on an individualized as5 sessment; and 

6 ‘‘(B) review processes; 

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

8 the State receiving funds under this title collaborates 

9 with the State educational agency receiving assist10 ance under part A of title I of the Elementary and 

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

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

13 that, in order to support educational progress— 

14 ‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju15 veniles, including electronic records if available, 

16 are transferred in a timely manner from the 

17 educational program in the juvenile detention or 

18 secure treatment facility to the educational or 

19 training program into which the juveniles will 

20 enroll; 

21 ‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 

22 are transferred; and 

23 ‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 

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1 pleted before and during the period of time dur2 ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re3 gardless of the local educational agency or enti4 ty from which the credits were earned; and 

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

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

7 records of the State the identification of victims 

8 of domestic human trafficking, or those at risk 

9 of such trafficking, upon intake; and 

10 ‘‘(B) divert youth described in subpara11 graph (A) to appropriate programs or services, 

12 to the extent practicable.’’; 

13 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol14 lows: 

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

16 requirements in any fiscal year, then— 

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

18 allocated to such State under section 222 for the 

19 subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by not less 

20 than 20 percent for each core requirement with re21 spect to which the failure occurs; and 

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

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

2 of the amount allocated to the State for such 

3 fiscal year to achieve compliance with any such 

4 core requirement with respect to which the 

5 State is in noncompliance; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines that the 

7 State— 

8 ‘‘(I) has achieved substantial compli9 ance with such applicable requirements 

10 with respect to which the State was not in 

11 compliance; and 

12 ‘‘(II) has made, through appropriate 

13 executive or legislative action, an unequivo14 cal commitment to achieving full compli15 ance with such applicable requirements 

16 within a reasonable time. 

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

18 a fiscal year under paragraph (1)— 

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

20 be reallocated under section 222 to States that have 

21 not failed to comply with the core requirements; and 

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

23 be used by the Administrator to provide additional 

24 training and technical assistance to States for the 


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1 purpose of promoting compliance with the core re2 quirements.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 

5 (11), (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘described in the core require7 ments’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 

9 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub10 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require11 ments’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (f)(2)— 

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

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

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

16 respectively; and 

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

18 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 

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

20 Administrator shall make a determination regarding 

21 whether each State receiving a grant under this title 

22 is in compliance or out of compliance with respect to 

23 each of the core requirements. 

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

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1 ‘‘(i) describing any determination de2 scribed in paragraph (1) made during the 

3 previous year, including a summary of the 

4 information on which the determination is 

5 based and the actions to be taken by the 

6 Administrator (including a description of 

7 any reduction imposed under subsection 

8 (c)); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) for any such determination that 

10 a State is out of compliance with any of 

11 the core requirements, describing the basis 

12 for the determination; and 

13 ‘‘(B) make the report described in sub14 paragraph (A) available on a publicly available 

15 website. 

16 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED.—The Ad17 ministrator may not— 

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

19 compliance’, or issue any other determination 

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

21 any core requirement; or 

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

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


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1 SEC. 206. REPEAL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVEN2 TION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 Part C of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin4 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.) 

5 is repealed. 

6 SEC. 207. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 

7 ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 

8 Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding subpara13 graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘shall’’; 

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

16 ‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu17 ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (I) by striking clause (iii) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent status 

22 offenders and first-time minor offenders from 

23 subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice 

24 and criminal justice systems;’’; 

25 (II) by striking clause (vii) and 

26 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of be2 havioral health needs (including mental health, 

3 substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders) 

4 among juveniles pre-placement and post-place5 ment in the juvenile justice system, including 

6 an examination of the effects of secure confine7 ment;’’; 

8 (III) by redesignating clauses 

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

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

11 (IV) by inserting after clause 

12 (viii) the following: 

13 ‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 

14 have produced reductions in or elimination of 

15 the use of dangerous practices; 

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

17 selection, training, and retention of professional 

18 personnel who are focused on the prevention, 

19 identification, and treatment of delinquency; 

20 ‘‘(xi) methods to improve the identification 

21 and response to victims of domestic child sex 

22 trafficking within the juvenile justice system; 

23 ‘‘(xii) identifying positive outcome meas24 ures, such as attainment of employment and 

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1 local government should use to evaluate the 

2 success of programs aimed at reducing recidi3 vism of youth who have come in contact with 

4 the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

5 system; 

6 ‘‘(xiii) evaluating the impact and outcomes 

7 of the prosecution and sentencing of juveniles 

8 as adults; 

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

10 and other costs assessed by the juvenile justice 

11 system on the long-term disposition of status 

12 offenders and other juveniles; 

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

14 by States and units of local government to re15 duce recidivism through policies that provide for 

16 consideration of appropriate alternative sanc17 tions to incarceration of youth facing nonviolent 

18 charges, while ensuring that public safety is 

19 preserved;’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A)— 

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1 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

2 the’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘in accordance 

4 with relevant confidentiality require5 ments’’ after ‘‘wards of the State’’; 

6 and 

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

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

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

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

12 the period at the end and inserting a semi13 colon; and 

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

15 ‘‘(H) a description of the best practices in dis16 charge planning; and 

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

18 juveniles who, upon release from confinement in a 

19 State correctional facility, cannot return to the resi20 dence they occupied prior to such confinement.’’; 

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

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

23 ‘‘shall’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin2 istrator, in accordance with applicable confidentiality re3 quirements and in consultation with experts in the field 

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

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec7 tion and technology that States may use to evaluate 

8 data on juvenile recidivism on an annual basis; 

9 ‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re10 cidivism measurement system; and 

11 ‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 

12 that is collected from States available to the pub13 lic.’’. 

14 SEC. 208. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

15 Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

19 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de22 velop and carry out projects’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi24 colon; 

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

2 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

4 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

7 regarding implementation of the core requirements, 

8 current protocols and best practices for achieving 

9 and monitoring compliance, and information sharing 

10 regarding relevant Office resources on evidence11 based and promising programs or practices that pro12 mote the purposes of this Act.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

15 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de18 velop and implement projects’’; 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli20 ance with the core requirements’’ after 

21 ‘‘this title’’; and 

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

23 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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1 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

2 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

5 and units of local government on achieving compli6 ance with the amendments to the core requirements 

7 and State Plans made by the Juvenile Justice Re8 form Act of 2017, including training and technical 

9 assistance and, when appropriate, pilot or dem10 onstration projects intended to develop and replicate 

11 best practices for achieving sight and sound separa12 tion in facilities or portions of facilities that are 

13 open and available to the general public and that 

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

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

16 in support of efforts to establish partnerships be17 tween a State and a university, institution of higher 

18 education, or research center designed to improve 

19 the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 

20 professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 

21 enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 

22 work and child protection, education, and other rel23 evant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work 

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1 (3) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘prosecutors,’’ after ‘‘pub3 lic defenders,’’; and 

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

5 after ‘‘needs of’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES REGARDING LEGAL REP8 RESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—In consultation with ex9 perts in the field of juvenile defense, the Administrator 

10 shall— 

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

12 sharing standards of practice developed by recog13 nized entities in the profession, for attorneys rep14 resenting children; and 

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

16 assistance to implement any of the best practices 

17 shared under paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR

19 LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC20 TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 

21 training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 

22 detention and corrections personnel of States and units 

23 of local government— 

24 ‘‘(1) to promote methods for improving condi25 tions of juvenile confinement, including methods that 


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1 are designed to minimize the use of dangerous prac2 tices, unreasonable restraints, and isolation and 

3 methods responsive to cultural differences; and 

4 ‘‘(2) to encourage alternative behavior manage5 ment techniques based on positive youth develop6 ment approaches, which may include policies and 

7 procedures to train personnel to be culturally com8 petent. 

9 ‘‘(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

10 SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

11 TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY12 BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 

13 and technical assistance, in conjunction with the appro14 priate public agencies, to individuals involved in making 

15 decisions regarding the disposition and management of 

16 cases for youth who enter the juvenile justice system about 

17 the appropriate services and placement for youth with 

18 mental health or substance abuse needs, including— 

19 ‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

20 ‘‘(2) probation officers; 

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

22 personnel; 

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

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1 ‘‘(5) family members of juveniles and family ad2 vocates. 

3 ‘‘(g) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

4 SUPPORT JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND PERSONNEL.— 

5 The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juve6 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office 

7 of Justice Programs, shall provide training and technical 

8 assistance, in conjunction with the appropriate public 

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

10 judges, and related judicial personnel to— 

11 ‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in12 volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 

13 court system; and 

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

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

16 FOR INCARCERATED JUVENILES.—The Attorney General, 

17 in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 

18 provide guidance to States relating to existing options for 

19 school food authorities in the States to apply for reim20 bursement for free or reduced price lunches under the 

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

22 1751 et seq.) for juveniles who are incarcerated and 

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

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1 SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

4 (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re5 designating subsection (d) as subsection (b); 

6 (2) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(EXCLUD8 ING PARTS C AND E)’’; 

9 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert10 ing the following: 

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

12 out this title— 

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

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

15 ‘‘(C) $77,266,875 for fiscal year 2020; 

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

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

18 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than parts 

21 C and E)’’; and 

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

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1 SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

2 Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Admin7 istrator’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘, after appropriate con9 sultation with representatives of States and 

10 units of local government,’’; 

11 (C) by inserting ‘‘guidance,’’ after ‘‘regula12 tions,’’; and 

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

14 developing guidance and procedures, the Ad15 ministrator shall consult with representatives of 

16 States and units of local government, including 

17 those individuals responsible for administration 

18 of this Act and compliance with the core re19 quirements. 

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

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

22 plan requirements, and other similar documentation 

23 as may be required from States is requested in a 

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

2 are encouraged to experiment with offering innova3 tive, data-driven programs designed to further im4 prove the juvenile justice system.’’; and 

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

6 described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of sec7 tion 223(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core requirements’’. 

8 TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 

9 FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

10 PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

11 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

12 Section 501 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin13 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5601 

14 note) is amended— 

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘Youth Promise’’ before ‘‘In16 centive Grants’’; and 

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

18 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

19 Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin20 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

21 5781) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 

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

2 that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and 

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

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

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

6 compliance with the requirements of part B of 

7 title II; or 

8 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization in partner9 ship with a unit of local government described 

10 in subparagraph (A); 

11 ‘‘(3) the term ‘juvenile delinquency program’ 

12 means a juvenile delinquency program that is evi13 dence-based or promising and that may include— 

14 ‘‘(A) alcohol and substance abuse preven15 tion services; 

16 ‘‘(B) tutoring and remedial education, es17 pecially in reading and mathematics; 

18 ‘‘(C) child and adolescent health and men19 tal health services; 

20 ‘‘(D) recreation services; 

21 ‘‘(E) leadership and youth development ac22 tivities; 

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

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

2 training skills; 

3 ‘‘(H) youth mentoring programs; 

4 ‘‘(I) after-school programs; 

5 ‘‘(J) coordination of a continuum of serv6 ices, which may include— 

7 ‘‘(i) early childhood development serv8 ices; 

9 ‘‘(ii) voluntary home visiting pro10 grams; 

11 ‘‘(iii) nurse-family partnership pro12 grams; 

13 ‘‘(iv) parenting skills training; 

14 ‘‘(v) child abuse prevention programs; 

15 ‘‘(vi) family stabilization programs; 

16 ‘‘(vii) child welfare services; 

17 ‘‘(viii) family violence intervention 

18 programs; 

19 ‘‘(ix) adoption assistance programs; 

20 ‘‘(x) emergency, transitional and per21 manent housing assistance; 

22 ‘‘(xi) job placement and retention 

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1 ‘‘(xiii) alternative school resources for 

2 youth who have dropped out of school or 

3 demonstrate chronic truancy; 

4 ‘‘(xiv) conflict resolution skill training; 

5 ‘‘(xv) restorative justice programs; 

6 ‘‘(xvi) mentoring programs; 

7 ‘‘(xvii) targeted gang prevention, 

8 intervention and exit services; 

9 ‘‘(xviii) training and education pro10 grams for pregnant teens and teen par11 ents; and 

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

13 reentry services to assist detained and in14 carcerated youth with transitioning back 

15 into and reentering the community; and 

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

17 promising prevention programs; 

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

19 with respect to an eligible entity, means a policy 

20 board that the eligible entity will engage in the de21 velopment of the eligible entity’s plan described in 

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

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

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1 ‘‘(i) public agencies and private non2 profit organizations serving juveniles and 

3 their families; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) business and industry; 

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

6 faith community, one adjudicated youth, and 

7 one parent of an adjudicated youth; and 

8 ‘‘(D) in the case of an eligible entity de9 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), a representative of 

10 the nonprofit organization of the eligible entity; 

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

12 adult with 1 or more youths for the purpose of pro13 viding guidance, support, and encouragement 

14 through regularly scheduled meetings for not less 

15 than 9 months; 

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

17 advisory group appointed by the chief executive offi18 cer of a State under a plan described in section 

19 223(a); and 

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

21 agency designated under section 223(a)(1) or the en22 tity receiving funds under section 223(d).’’. 


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1 SEC. 303. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS2 TRATOR. 

3 Section 503 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin4 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

5 5782) is amended— 

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

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

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

9 SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO10 GRAMS. 

11 Section 504 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin12 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 

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

14 ‘‘SEC. 504. GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN15 TION PROGRAMS. 

16 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en17 able local communities to address the unmet needs of at18 risk or delinquent youth, including through a continuum 

19 of delinquency prevention programs for juveniles who have 

20 had contact with the juvenile justice system or who are 

21 likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system. 

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

23 shall— 

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

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

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1 not more than 5 State entities, that apply under 

2 subsection (c) and meet the requirements of sub3 section (d); or 

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

5 or more is appropriated under section 506, award 

6 grants to not fewer than 5 State entities that apply 

7 under subsection (c) and meet the requirements of 

8 subsection (d). 

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

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

11 application to the Administrator, which includes the fol12 lowing: 

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

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

15 grant, in the aggregate— 

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

17 State entity to carry out this section, ex18 cept that not more than 3 percent of such 

19 grant may be used for such costs; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance to 

21 eligible entities receiving a subgrant under 

22 subsection (e) in carrying out juvenile de23 linquency programs under the subgrant; 

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

2 subgrants to eligible entities under subsection 

3 (e). 

4 ‘‘(2) An assurance that such grant will supple5 ment, and not supplant, State and local efforts to 

6 prevent juvenile delinquency. 

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

8 the capacity of eligible entities receiving a subgrant 

9 under subsection (e) to fulfill the requirements 

10 under such subsection. 

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

12 prepared after consultation with, and participation 

13 by, the State advisory group, units of local govern14 ment, community-based organizations, and organiza15 tions that carry out programs, projects, or activities 

16 to prevent juvenile delinquency in the local juvenile 

17 justice system served by the State entity. 

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

19 awarding grants under this section for a fiscal year, the 

20 Administrator may not award a grant to a State entity 

21 for a fiscal year unless— 

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

23 State entity submitted a plan under section 223 for 

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1 ‘‘(B) such plan is approved by the Adminis2 trator for such fiscal year; or 

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

4 Administrator waives the plan required under sub5 paragraph (A) for such State for such fiscal year. 

6 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANT PROGRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State entity re9 ceiving a grant under this section shall award 

10 subgrants to eligible entities in accordance with 

11 this subsection. 

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

13 under this subsection, the State entity shall give 

14 priority to eligible entities that demonstrate 

15 ability in— 

16 ‘‘(i) plans for service and agency co17 ordination and collaboration including the 

18 collocation of services; 

19 ‘‘(ii) innovative ways to involve the 

20 private nonprofit and business sector in de21 linquency prevention activities; 

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1 evaluations to determine impact and effec2 tiveness; 

3 ‘‘(iv) identifying under the plan sub4 mitted under paragraph (5) potential sav5 ings and efficiencies associated with suc6 cessful implementation of such plan; and 

7 ‘‘(v) describing how such savings and 

8 efficiencies may be used to carry out delin9 quency prevention programs and be rein10 vested in the continuing implementation of 

11 such programs after the end of the 

12 subgrant period. 

13 ‘‘(C) SUBGRANT PROGRAM PERIOD AND DI14 VERSITY OF PROJECTS.— 

15 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM PERIOD.—A subgrant 

16 awarded to an eligible entity by a State en17 tity under this section shall be for a period 

18 of not more than 5 years, of which the eli19 gible entity— 

20 ‘‘(I) may use not more than 18 

21 months for completing the plan sub22 mitted by the eligible entity under 

23 paragraph (5); and 

24 ‘‘(II) shall use the remainder of 

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1 period described in subclause (I), for 

2 the implementation of such plan. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—In 

4 awarding subgrants under this subsection, 

5 a State entity shall ensure, to the extent 

6 practicable and applicable, that such sub7 grants are distributed throughout different 

8 areas, including urban, suburban, and 

9 rural areas. 

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

11 that desires a subgrant under this subsection shall 

12 submit an application to the State entity in the 

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

14 manner as determined by the State entity, and that 

15 includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) a description of— 

17 ‘‘(i) the local policy board and local 

18 partners the eligible entity will engage in 

19 the development of the plan described in 

20 paragraph (5); 

21 ‘‘(ii) the unmet needs of at-risk or de22 linquent youth in the community; 

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1 in the needs assessment described in para2 graph (5)(A); and 

3 ‘‘(iv) potential costs to the community 

4 if the unmet needs are not addressed; 

5 ‘‘(B) a specific time period for the plan6 ning and subsequent implementation of its con7 tinuum of local delinquency prevention pro8 grams; 

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

10 to implement the plan under subparagraph (A); 

11 and 

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

13 with non-Federal funds, if proven successful ac14 cording to the performance evaluation process 

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

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

17 entity desiring a subgrant under this subsection 

18 shall agree to provide a 50-percent match of the 

19 amount of the subgrant, which may include the 

20 value of in-kind contributions. 

21 ‘‘(4) SUBGRANT REVIEW.— 

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

23 the second year of a subgrant period for a 

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1 ing amount of the subgrant to the eligible enti2 ty, the State entity shall— 

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

4 completed the plan submitted under para5 graph (2) and that the plan meets the re6 quirements of such paragraph; and 

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

8 begin the implementation of its plan upon 

9 receiving the next installment of its 

10 subgrant award. 

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

12 finds through the review conducted under sub13 paragraph (A) that the eligible entity has not 

14 met the requirements of clause (i) of such sub15 paragraph, the State entity shall reallocate the 

16 amount remaining on the subgrant of the eligi17 ble entity to other eligible entities receiving a 

18 subgrant under this subsection or award the 

19 amount to an eligible entity during the next 

20 subgrant competition under this subsection. 

21 ‘‘(5) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti22 ty that receives a subgrant under this subsection 

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

24 delinquency prevention programs in the community 

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1 with other delinquency prevention programs or enti2 ties serving such community, which includes— 

3 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the unmet needs of at4 risk or delinquent youth in the community— 

5 ‘‘(i) which shall include— 

6 ‘‘(I) the available resources in the 

7 community to meet the unmet needs; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) factors present in the com10 munity that may contribute to delin11 quency, such as homelessness, food in12 security, teen pregnancy, youth unem13 ployment, family instability, lack of 

14 educational opportunity; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) may include an estimate— 

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

17 which reliable data is available, the 

18 amount expended by the community 

19 and other entities for delinquency ad20 judication for juveniles and the incar21 ceration of adult offenders for of22 fenses committed in such community; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(II) of potential savings and ef25 ficiencies that may be achieved 


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1 through the implementation of the 

2 plan; 

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

4 strategy to address the unmet needs and an es5 timate of the amount or percentage of non-Fed6 eral funds that are available to carry out the 

7 strategy; 

8 ‘‘(C) a description of how delinquency pre9 vention programs under the plan will be coordi10 nated; 

11 ‘‘(D) a description of the performance eval12 uation process of the delinquency prevention 

13 programs to be implemented under the plan, 

14 which shall include performance measures to 

15 assess efforts to address the unmet needs of 

16 youth in the community analyzed under sub17 paragraph (A); 

18 ‘‘(E) the evidence or promising evaluation 

19 on which such delinquency prevention programs 

20 are based; and 

21 ‘‘(F) if such delinquency prevention pro22 grams are proven successful according to the 

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1 eral funds, including a description of how any 

2 estimated savings or efficiencies created by the 

3 implementation of the plan may be used to con4 tinue such programs.’’. 

5 SEC. 305. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

6 AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

7 The Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Preven8 tion Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) is 

9 amended by redesignating section 505 as section 506 and 

10 by inserting after section 504 the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 505. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN12 TION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

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

14 grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligi15 ble Indian tribes (or consortia of Indian tribes) as de16 scribed in subsection (b)— 

17 ‘‘(1) to support and enhance— 

18 ‘‘(A) tribal juvenile delinquency prevention 

19 services; and 

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

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

22 upon release; and 

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1 delinquency, and responding to, and caring for, juve2 nile offenders. 

3 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBES.—To be eligible to re4 ceive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consor5 tium of Indian tribes shall submit to the Administrator 

6 an application in such form as the Administrator may re7 quire. 

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

9 this section, the Administrator shall take into consider10 ation, with respect to the Indian tribe to be served, the— 

11 ‘‘(1) juvenile delinquency rates; 

12 ‘‘(2) school dropout rates; and 

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

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

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

16 shall be available to carry out this section.’’. 

17 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 Section 506, as redesignated by section 305, is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

22 this title— 

23 ‘‘(1) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2018; 

24 ‘‘(2) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2019; 

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1 ‘‘(4) $94,633,892 for fiscal year 2021; and 

2 ‘‘(5) $96,053,401 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 

3 SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

4 Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre5 vention Act of 1974 as enacted by Public Law 93–415 

6 (88 Stat. 1133) (relating to miscellaneous and conforming 

7 amendments) is repealed. 

8 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

9 PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

11 OFFICE. 

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

13 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

14 of the United States shall— 

15 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and eval16 uation regarding the performance of the Office of 

17 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (re18 ferred to in this section as ‘‘the agency’’), its func19 tions, its programs, and its grants; 

20 (2) conduct a comprehensive audit and evalua21 tion of a selected, sample of grantees (as determined 

22 by the Comptroller General) that receive Federal 

23 funds under grant programs administered by the 

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1 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603), 

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

3 and abuse of funds by grantees; and 

4 (3) submit a report in accordance with sub5 section (d). 

6 (b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In con7 ducting the analysis and evaluation under subsection 

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

9 benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven10 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the 

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

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

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

14 into consideration— 

15 (1) the outcome and results of the programs 

16 carried out by the agency and those programs ad17 ministered through grants by the agency; 

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

19 with the Government Performance and Results Act 

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

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

22 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

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1 (4) the potential benefits of consolidating pro2 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

3 duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po4 tential for consolidating those programs; 

5 (5) whether less restrictive or alternative meth6 ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency 

7 and whether current functions or operations are im8 peded or enhanced by existing statutes, rules, and 

9 procedures; 

10 (6) the number and types of beneficiaries or 

11 persons served by programs carried out by the agen12 cy; 

13 (7) the manner with which the agency seeks 

14 public input and input from State and local govern15 ments on the performance of the functions of the 

16 agency; 

17 (8) the extent to which the agency complies 

18 with section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com19 monly known as the Freedom of Information Act); 

20 (9) whether greater oversight is needed of pro21 grams developed with grants made by the agency; 

22 and 

23 (10) the extent to which changes are necessary 

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1 the functions of the agency to be performed in a 

2 more efficient and effective manner. 

3 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 

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

5 order to document the efficiency and public benefit of the 

6 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

7 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the Runaway and 

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

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

10 seq.), the Comptroller General shall take into consider11 ation— 

12 (1) whether grantees timely file Financial Sta13 tus Reports; 

14 (2) whether grantees have sufficient internal 

15 controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant fund 

16 received; 

17 (3) whether disbursements were accompanied 

18 with adequate supporting documentation (including 

19 invoices and receipts); 

20 (4) whether expenditures were authorized; 

21 (5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 

22 complying with program requirements; 

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1 (7) whether contracts were bid in accordance 

2 with program guidelines; and 

3 (8) whether grant funds were spent in accord4 ance with program goals and guidelines. 

5 (d) REPORT.— 

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

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

8 General of the United States shall— 

9 (A) submit a report regarding the evalua10 tion conducted under subsection (a) and audit 

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

12 House of Representatives and the President pro 

13 tempore of the Senate; and 

14 (B) make the report described in subpara15 graph (A) available to the public. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted in ac17 cordance with paragraph (1) shall include all audit 

18 findings determined by the selected, statistically sig19 nificant sample of grantees as required by subsection 

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

21 any selected grantee as well as any findings required 

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1 SEC. 402. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

6 AND OVERSIGHT 

7 ‘‘SEC. 601. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

8 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that, in order to ensure that at-risk youth, and youth 

10 who come into contact with the juvenile justice system or 

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

12 outcome of that contact is beneficial to the Nation— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Department of Justice, through its Of14 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

15 must restore meaningful enforcement of the core re16 quirements in title II; and 

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

18 stewardship role if they accept funds under title II 

19 must exercise vigilant oversight to ensure full com20 pliance with the core requirements for juveniles pro21 vided for in title II. 

22 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) AGENCY PROGRAM REVIEW.— 

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

2 days after the date of enactment of the Ju3 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Di4 rector of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

5 and Management of the Office of Justice 

6 Programs at the Department of Justice 

7 (referred to in this section as the ‘Direc8 tor’) shall— 

9 ‘‘(I) conduct a comprehensive 

10 analysis and evaluation of the internal 

11 controls of the Office of Juvenile Jus12 tice and Delinquency Prevention (re13 ferred to in this section as the ‘agen14 cy’) to determine if States and Indian 

15 tribes receiving grants are following 

16 the requirements of the agency grant 

17 programs and what remedial action 

18 the agency has taken to recover any 

19 grant funds that are expended in vio20 lation of grant programs, including in21 stances where— 

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1 ‘‘(bb) unauthorized expendi2 tures occurred; and 

3 ‘‘(cc) subrecipients of grant 

4 funds were not in compliance 

5 with program requirements; 

6 ‘‘(II) conduct a comprehensive 

7 audit and evaluation of a selected sta8 tistically significant sample of States 

9 and Indian tribes (as determined by 

10 the Director) that have received Fed11 eral funds under title II, including a 

12 review of internal controls to prevent 

13 fraud, waste, and abuse of funds by 

14 grantees; and 

15 ‘‘(III) submit a report in accord16 ance with clause (iv). 

17 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUA18 TIONS.—In conducting the analysis and 

19 evaluation under clause (i)(I), and in order 

20 to document the efficiency and public ben21 efit of titles II and V, the Director shall 

22 take into consideration the extent to 

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1 ‘‘(I) greater oversight is needed 

2 of programs developed with grants 

3 made by the agency; 

4 ‘‘(II) changes are necessary in 

5 the authorizing statutes of the agency 

6 in order that the functions of the 

7 agency can be performed in a more ef8 ficient and effective manner; and 

9 ‘‘(III) the agency has imple10 mented recommendations issued by 

11 the Comptroller General or Office of 

12 Inspector General relating to the 

13 grant making and grant monitoring 

14 responsibilities of the agency. 

15 ‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AU16 DITS.—In conducting the audit and evalua17 tion under clause (i)(II), and in order to 

18 document the efficiency and public benefit 

19 of titles II and V, the Director shall take 

20 into consideration— 

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1 quate oversight of grant funds re2 ceived; 

3 ‘‘(III) whether grantees’ asser4 tions of compliance with the core re5 quirements were accompanied with 

6 adequate supporting documentation; 

7 ‘‘(IV) whether expenditures were 

8 authorized; 

9 ‘‘(V) whether subrecipients of 

10 grant funds were complying with pro11 gram requirements; and 

12 ‘‘(VI) whether grant funds were 

13 spent in accordance with the program 

14 goals and guidelines. 

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

16 ‘‘(I) submit to the Congress a re17 port outlining the results of the anal18 ysis, evaluation, and audit conducted 

19 under clause (i), including supporting 

20 materials, to the Speaker of the 

21 House of Representatives and the 

22 President pro tempore of the Senate; 

23 and 

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1 than 1 year after the date of enact2 ment of this section. 

3 ‘‘(B) ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL CON4 TROLS.— 

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

6 days after the date of enactment of the Ju7 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad8 ministrator shall initiate a comprehensive 

9 analysis and evaluation of the internal con10 trols of the agency to determine whether, 

11 and to what extent, States and Indian 

12 tribes that receive grants under titles II 

13 and V are following the requirements of 

14 the grant programs authorized under titles 

15 II and V. 

16 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of enactment of the Ju18 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad19 ministrator shall submit to Congress a re20 port containing— 

21 ‘‘(I) the findings of the analysis 

22 and evaluation conducted under clause 

23 (i); 

24 ‘‘(II) a description of remedial 

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1 the Administrator to enhance the in2 ternal controls of the agency and re3 coup funds that may have been ex4 pended in violation of law, regulations, 

5 or program requirements issued under 

6 titles II and V; and 

7 ‘‘(III) a description of— 

8 ‘‘(aa) the analysis conducted 

9 under clause (i); 

10 ‘‘(bb) whether the funds 

11 awarded under titles II and V 

12 have been used in accordance 

13 with law, regulations, program 

14 guidance, and applicable plans; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(cc) the extent to which 

17 funds awarded to States and In18 dian tribes under titles II and V 

19 enhanced the ability of grantees 

20 to fulfill the core requirements. 

21 ‘‘(C) REPORT BY THE ATTORNEY GEN22 ERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

23 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 

24 Act of 2017, the Attorney General shall submit 

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1 a report on the estimated amount of formula 

2 grant funds disbursed by the agency since fiscal 

3 year 2010 that did not meet the requirements 

4 for awards of formula grants to States under 

5 title II. 

6 ‘‘(2) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL PER7 FORMANCE AUDITS.— 

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

9 effective and appropriate use of grants adminis10 tered under this Act and to prevent waste, 

11 fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees, the In12 spector General of the Department of Justice 

13 shall periodically conduct audits of grantees 

14 that receive grants under this Act covering each 

15 grant recipient once every 3 years. 

16 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY ON

17 WEBSITE.—The Attorney General shall make 

18 the summary of each review conducted under 

19 this section available on the website of the De20 partment of Justice, subject to redaction as the 

21 Attorney General determines necessary to pro22 tect classified and other sensitive information. 

23 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi24 ent of grant funds under this Act, excluding 

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1 audit finding shall not be eligible to receive 

2 grant funds under this Act during the first 2 

3 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month period 

4 beginning on the date on which the audit report 

5 is issued. 

6 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

7 under this Act, the Administrator shall give pri8 ority to a State or Indian tribe that did not 

9 have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 

10 fiscal years prior to the date on which the eligi11 ble entity submits an application for a grant 

12 under this Act. 

13 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a grant recipi14 ent under this Act is awarded such funds under 

15 this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period in which 

16 the recipient is barred from receiving grants 

17 under subparagraph (I), the Attorney General 

18 shall— 

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

20 amount of the grant funds that were im21 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

22 general fund of the Treasury; and 

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1 clause (i) from the grantee that was erro2 neously awarded grant funds. 

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

4 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

5 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen6 eral— 

7 ‘‘(i) that the audited recipient has 

8 used grant funds for an unauthorized ex9 penditure or otherwise unallowable cost; 

10 and 

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

12 during the 12-month period beginning on 

13 the date on which the final audit report is 

14 issued. 

15 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author17 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

18 Justice under this Act may be used by the At19 torney General, or by any individual or organi20 zation awarded discretionary funds through a 

21 cooperative agreement under this Act, to host 

22 or support any expenditure for conferences that 

23 uses more than $20,000 in funds made avail24 able to the Department of Justice, unless the 

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1 torney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies 

2 as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 

3 provides prior written authorization that the 

4 funds may be expended to host a conference. 

5 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap6 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

7 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

8 conference, including the cost of all food and 

9 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

10 speakers, and entertainment. 

11 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen12 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

15 the House of Representatives on all conference 

16 expenditures approved under this paragraph. 

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

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

19 to be appropriated under this Act may not be 

20 utilized by any recipient of a grant made using 

21 such amounts— 

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

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

2 Federal, State, local, or tribal government 

3 regarding the award of grant funding. 

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

5 determines that any recipient of a grant made 

6 using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

7 under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), 

8 the Attorney General shall— 

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

10 grant in full; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the recipient to receive 

12 another grant under this Act for not less 

13 than 5 years. 

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

15 this paragraph, submitting an application for a 

16 grant under this Act shall not be considered 

17 lobbying activity in violation of subparagraph 

18 (A). 

19 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen21 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this Act, 

22 the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 

23 awards with other grants awarded under this Act to 

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

2 duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same 

3 purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the 

4 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

5 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

6 House of Representatives a report that includes— 

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

8 including the total dollar amount of any dupli9 cate grants awarded; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

11 awarded the duplicative grant. 

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

13 The Administrator shall comply with the Generally Ac14 cepted Government Auditing Standards, published by the 

15 General Accountability Office (commonly known as the 

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

17 programmatic audits of States.’’. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

20 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by 

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

22 U.S.C. 5776a). 

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1 the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of en2 actment of this Act. 

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

4 that is barred from receiving grant funds under 

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

6 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

8 (1) of this subsection shall not affect the applica9 bility to the entity, or to the Attorney General with 

10 respect to the entity, of paragraph (7) of such sec11 tion 407, as in effect on the day before the effective 

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

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

15 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

16 U. S. C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

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

18 ‘‘140,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

19 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘101,980,000 for each of 

20 fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ before the pe21 riod; 

22 (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 

23 ‘‘There’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2013’’, 

24 and inserting ‘‘Of the amount made available 

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1 than 1 percent may be used to carry out section 

2 345’’ before the period; and 

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

4 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

5 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘$17,141,000 for each of 

6 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 

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

8 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

10 inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

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