115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Justice Re3 form Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Application of amendments. 

TITLE I—DECLARATION OF FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 

DEFINITIONS 

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. 
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1 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 

2 The amendments made by this Act shall not apply 

3 with respect to funds appropriated for any fiscal year that 

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

5 TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 

6 FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 

7 DEFINITIONS 

8 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

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

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

12 juvenile justice system as the result of sexual abuse, ex13 ploitation, and trauma,’’ after ‘‘young juvenile offenders’’. 

14 SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 

15 Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

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

18 after ‘‘State’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

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

21 and 

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

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

25 ‘‘(3) to assist State, tribal, and local govern26 ments in addressing juvenile crime through the pro-
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1 vision of technical assistance, research, training, 

2 evaluation, and the dissemination of current and rel3 evant information on effective and evidence-based 

4 programs and practices for combating juvenile delin5 quency; and’’; and 

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

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

8 or promising programs (including delinquency pre9 vention, intervention, mental health, behavioral 

10 health and substance abuse treatment, family serv11 ices, and services for children exposed to violence) 

12 that are trauma informed, reflect the science of ado13 lescent development, and are designed to meet the 

14 needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into con15 tact with the justice system.’’. 

16 SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

17 Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

19 (1) in paragraph (8)— 

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

21 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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

23 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

24 subparagraph (C); 

25 (2) in paragraph (18)— 
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘for purposes of title II,’’ 

2 before ‘‘the term’’; and 

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

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

5 by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with 

6 the Attorney General;’’; 

7 (3) by amending paragraph (22) to read as fol8 lows: 

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

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

11 government, or law enforcement authority to detain 

12 or confine adult inmates;’’; 

13 (4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol14 lows: 

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

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

17 not brief and inadvertent;’’; 

18 (5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 

21 ‘‘(A) means an individual who— 

22 ‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi23 nal responsibility under applicable State 

24 law; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus2 tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 

3 charge, or is convicted of a criminal of4 fense; and 

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

6 ‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of7 fense, was younger than the maximum age 

8 at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 

9 facility under applicable State law; and 

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

11 custody or supervision, including post12 placement or parole supervision, of a juve13 nile correctional agency by a court of com14 petent jurisdiction or by operation of appli15 cable State law;’’; 

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

17 end; 

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

19 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

22 ‘‘(A) means the requirements described in 

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

24 223(a); and 
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1 ‘‘(B) does not include the data collection 

2 requirements described in subparagraphs (A) 

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

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

5 or injection used to temporarily incapacitate a per6 son, including oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, 

7 and 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 

8 ‘‘(32) the term ‘isolation’— 

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

10 is confined alone for more than 10 minutes in 

11 a room or cell; and 

12 ‘‘(B) does not include— 

13 ‘‘(i) confinement during regularly 

14 scheduled sleeping hours; 

15 ‘‘(ii) separation based on a treatment 

16 program approved by a licensed medical or 

17 mental health professional; 

18 ‘‘(iii) confinement or separation that 

19 is requested by the youth; or 

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

21 a group in a nonlocked setting for the lim22 ited purpose of calming; 

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

24 given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 

25 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ii); 
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1 ‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro2 gram or practice that— 

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

4 implemented with fidelity; 

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

6 empirically supported theory; 

7 ‘‘(C) has measurable outcomes relevant to 

8 juvenile justice, including a detailed description 

9 of the outcomes produced in a particular popu10 lation, whether urban or rural; and 

11 ‘‘(D) has been scientifically tested and 

12 proven effective through randomized control 

13 studies or comparison group studies and with 

14 the ability to replicate and scale; 

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

16 practice that— 

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

18 on positive outcomes relevant to juvenile justice 

19 from one or more objective, independent, and 

20 scientifically valid evaluations, as documented 

21 in writing to the Administrator; and 

22 ‘‘(B) will be evaluated through a well-de23 signed and rigorous study, as described in para24 graph (34)(D); 
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1 ‘‘(36) the term ‘dangerous practice’ means an 

2 act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason3 able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 

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

5 or program; 

6 ‘‘(37) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc7 ess— 

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

9 have mental health, behavioral health, sub10 stance abuse, or other needs requiring imme11 diate attention, intervention, and further eval12 uation; and 

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

14 identify a youth with possible mental health, be15 havioral health, substance abuse, or other needs 

16 in need of further assessment; 

17 ‘‘(38) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min18 imum, an interview and review of available records 

19 and other pertinent information— 

20 ‘‘(A) by an appropriately trained profes21 sional who is licensed or certified by the appli22 cable State in the mental health, behavioral 

23 health, or substance abuse fields; and 

24 ‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi25 cant mental health, behavioral health, or sub-
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1 stance abuse treatment needs to be addressed 

2 during a youth’s confinement; 

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

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

5 and the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

6 system officially intersect, including interactions 

7 with a juvenile justice, juvenile court, or law enforce8 ment official; 

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

10 ‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo11 sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 

12 physical, psychological, and psychosocial devel13 opment; 

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

15 exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 

16 of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 

17 trauma; and 

18 ‘‘(C) responding in ways that resist re19 traumatization; 

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

21 means minority youth populations are involved at a 

22 decision point in the juvenile justice system at high23 er rates, incrementally or cumulatively, than non-mi24 nority youth at that decision point; 
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1 ‘‘(42) the term ‘status offender’ means a juve2 nile who is charged with or who has committed an 

3 offense that would not be criminal if committed by 

4 an adult; 

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

6 not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as de7 fined by the Office of Management and Budget; 

8 ‘‘(44) the term ‘internal controls’ means a proc9 ess implemented to provide reasonable assurance re10 garding the achievement of objectives in— 

11 ‘‘(A) effectiveness and efficiency of oper12 ations, such as grant management practices; 

13 ‘‘(B) reliability of reporting for internal 

14 and external use; and 

15 ‘‘(C) compliance with applicable laws and 

16 regulations, as well as recommendations of the 

17 Office of Inspector General and the Government 

18 Accountability Office; and 

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

20 governing body of an Indian tribe.’’. 
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1 TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE 

2 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN3 TION 

4 SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 

5 Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sen9 tence— 

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

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

12 long-term plan to improve the juvenile jus13 tice system in the United States, taking 

14 into account scientific knowledge regarding 

15 adolescent development and behavior and 

16 regarding the effects of delinquency pre17 vention programs and juvenile justice 

18 interventions on adolescents, and shall im19 plement’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘research, and im21 provement of the juvenile justice system in 

22 the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and re23 search’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Fed25 eral Register’’ and all that follows and inserting 
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1 ‘‘Federal Register during the 30-day period 

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

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) by striking paragraph (7); 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

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

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

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(5) not later than 1 year after the date of en10 actment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

11 in consultation with Indian tribes, develop a policy 

12 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

13 Prevention to collaborate with representatives of In14 dian tribes with a criminal justice function on the 

15 implementation of the provisions of this Act relating 

16 to Indian tribes;’’; 

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

18 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

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

20 (i) by striking ‘‘monitoring’’; 

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

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

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘to review the ade24 quacy of such systems; and’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘for monitoring compliance.’’. 
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1 SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 

2 AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 

3 Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘the Assistant Sec8 retary for Mental Health and Substance 

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

10 ‘‘the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services,’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Im13 migration and Naturalization’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Immigration 

15 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

18 and 

19 (2) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para21 graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 

22 223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re23 quirements’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 

3 basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

5 inserting the following: 

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

7 completion of the last meeting of the Council 

8 during any fiscal year, submit to the Committee 

9 on Education and the Workforce of the House 

10 of Representatives and the Committee on the 

11 Judiciary of the Senate a report that— 

12 ‘‘(i) contains the recommendations de13 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

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

15 activities conducted by the Council during 

16 the fiscal year, including a complete de17 tailed accounting of expenses incurred by 

18 the Council to conduct operations in ac19 cordance with this section; 

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

21 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin22 quency Prevention, the Council, and the 

23 Department of Justice; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) is in addition to the annual re25 port required under section 207.’’. 
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1 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT. 

2 Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

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

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

6 year’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

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

9 gender’’ and inserting ‘‘, gender, and ethnicity, 

10 as such term is defined by the Bureau of the 

11 Census,’’; 

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

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

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

16 ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

18 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

21 the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 

22 and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 

23 of secure detention and correctional facilities 

24 operated by a State or unit of local government; 

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

26 petitioned to court, number of status offenders 
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1 held in secure detention, the findings used to 

2 justify the use of secure detention, and the av3 erage period of time a status offender was held 

4 in secure detention; 

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

6 custody and the type of living arrangement to 

7 which they are released; 

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

9 originated on school grounds, during school10 sponsored off-campus activities, or due to a re11 ferral by a school official, as collected and re12 ported by the Department of Education or simi13 lar State educational agency; and 

14 ‘‘(K) the number of juveniles in the cus15 tody of secure detention and correctional facili16 ties operated by a State or unit of local govern17 ment who report being pregnant.’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(5) A description of the criteria used to deter20 mine what programs qualify as evidence-based and 

21 promising programs under this title and title V and 

22 a comprehensive list of those programs the Adminis23 trator has determined meet such criteria in both 

24 rural and urban areas. 
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1 ‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In2 dian tribes under this Act or for a juvenile delin3 quency or prevention program under the Tribal Law 

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

5 Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 

6 funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 

7 unit of local government. 

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

9 controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin10 quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol11 lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 

12 Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant programs 

13 and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus14 tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re15 cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 

16 of the grant programs, including instances— 

17 ‘‘(A) in which supporting documentation 

18 was not provided for cost reports; 

19 ‘‘(B) where unauthorized expenditures oc20 curred; or 

21 ‘‘(C) where subrecipients of grant funds 

22 were not compliant with program requirements. 

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

24 amount of payments made to grantees that the Of25 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
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1 recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio2 lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju3 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 

4 programs, including— 

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

6 grantee; 

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

8 ‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re9 couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

10 Delinquency Prevention; and 

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

12 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre13 vention.’’. 

14 SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

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

16 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

17 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

18 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 

19 (b) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Section 222 of the Juve20 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

21 U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

24 eighteen’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age, based 
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1 on the most recent data available from the Bu2 reau of the Census’’; and 

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

4 inserting the following: 

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

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

7 then— 

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

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

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

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

12 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

13 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

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

15 ‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a fis16 cal year to carry out this title is not less than 

17 $75,000,000, then— 

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

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

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

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

22 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

23 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

24 that fiscal year shall be not less than $100,000.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘efficient ad2 ministration, including monitoring, evaluation, and 

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

4 and efficient administration of funds, including the 

5 designation of not less than one individual who shall 

6 coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 

7 with the core requirements and certify whether the 

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

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

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

11 percent of the’’. 

12 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

13 Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

17 by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 

18 compliance with State plan requirements.’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘and shall describe how the State plan 

20 is supported by or takes account of scientific 

21 knowledge regarding adolescent development 

22 and behavior and regarding the effects of delin23 quency prevention programs and juvenile justice 

24 interventions on adolescents. Not later than 60 

25 days after the date on which a plan or amended 
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1 plan submitted under this subsection is final2 ized, a State shall make the plan or amended 

3 plan publicly available by posting the plan or 

4 amended plan on the State’s publicly available 

5 website.’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘de7 scribed in section 299(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as 

8 designated by the chief executive officer of the 

9 State’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad13 olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con14 cerning’’; 

15 (II) in clause (ii)— 

16 (aa) in subclause (II), by in17 serting ‘‘publicly supported court18 appointed legal counsel with ex19 perience representing juveniles in 

20 delinquency proceedings,’’ after 

21 ‘‘youth,’’; 

22 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

23 striking ‘‘mental health, edu24 cation, special education’’ and in25 serting ‘‘child and adolescent 
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1 mental health, education, child 

2 and adolescent substance abuse, 

3 special education, services for 

4 youth with disabilities’’; 

5 (cc) in subclause (V), by 

6 striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 

7 delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de8 linquent youth or youth at risk of 

9 delinquency’’; 

10 (dd) in subclause (VI), by 

11 striking ‘‘youth workers involved 

12 with’’ and inserting ‘‘representa13 tives of’’; 

14 (ee) in subclause (VII), by 

15 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (ff) by striking subclause 

17 (VIII) and inserting the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(VIII) persons, licensed or cer20 tified by the applicable State, with ex21 pertise and competence in preventing 

22 and addressing mental health and 

23 substance abuse needs in delinquent 

24 youth and youth at risk of delin25 quency; 
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1 ‘‘(IX) representatives of victim or 

2 witness advocacy groups, including at 

3 least one individual with expertise in 

4 addressing the challenges of sexual 

5 abuse and exploitation and trauma, 

6 particularly the needs of youth who 

7 experience disproportionate levels of 

8 sexual abuse, exploitation, and trauma 

9 before entering the juvenile justice 

10 system; and 

11 ‘‘(X) for a State in which one or 

12 more Indian tribes are located, an In13 dian tribal representative or other in14 dividual with significant expertise in 

15 tribal law enforcement and juvenile 

16 justice in Indian tribal communities;’’; 

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

18 ‘‘24 at the time of appointment’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘28 at the time of initial ap20 pointment’’; and 

21 (IV) in clause (v) by inserting 

22 ‘‘or, if not feasible and in appropriate 

23 circumstances, who is the parent or 

24 guardian of someone who has been or 

25 is currently under the jurisdiction of 
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1 the juvenile justice system’’ after ‘‘ju2 venile justice system’’; 

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

4 ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘45 days’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

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

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

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

9 least annually recommendations re10 garding State compliance with the re11 quirements of paragraphs (11), (12), 

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

13 every 2 years a report and necessary 

14 recommendations regarding State 

15 compliance with the core require16 ments’’; and 

17 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

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

19 at the end; and 

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

21 period at the end and inserting a 

22 semicolon; 

23 (D) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘In24 dian tribes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘appli25 cable to the detention and confinement of juve-
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1 niles’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribes that agree 

2 to attempt to comply with the core require3 ments applicable to the detention and confine4 ment of juveniles’’; 

5 (E) in paragraph (7)— 

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

7 ‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

12 (II) by striking clause (iv) and 

13 inserting the following: 

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

15 detention for status offenders, survivors of 

16 commercial sexual exploitation, and others, 

17 where appropriate, such as specialized or 

18 problem-solving courts or diversion to 

19 home-based or community-based services 

20 or treatment for those youth in need of 

21 mental health, substance abuse, or co-oc22 curring disorder services at the time such 

23 juveniles first come into contact with the 

24 juvenile justice system; 
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1 ‘‘(v) a plan to reduce the number of 

2 children housed in secure detention and 

3 corrections facilities who are awaiting 

4 placement in residential treatment pro5 grams; 

6 ‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family mem7 bers, where appropriate, in the design and 

8 delivery of juvenile delinquency prevention 

9 and treatment services, particularly post10 placement; 

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

12 services to respond to the needs of at-risk 

13 youth or youth who have come into contact 

14 with the juvenile justice system; 

15 ‘‘(viii) a plan to promote evidence16 based and trauma-informed programs and 

17 practices; and 

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

19 date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice 

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

21 implemented not later than 2 years after 

22 the date of enactment of the Juvenile Jus23 tice Reform Act of 2017, to— 

24 ‘‘(I) eliminate the use of re25 straints of known pregnant juveniles 
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1 housed in secure juvenile detention 

2 and correction facilities, during labor, 

3 delivery, and post-partum recovery, 

4 unless credible, reasonable grounds 

5 exist to believe the detainee presents 

6 an immediate and serious threat of 

7 hurting herself, staff, or others; and 

8 ‘‘(II) eliminate the use of abdom9 inal restraints, leg and ankle re10 straints, wrist restraints behind the 

11 back, and four-point restraints on 

12 known pregnant juveniles, unless— 

13 ‘‘(aa) credible, reasonable 

14 grounds exist to believe the de15 tainee presents an immediate and 

16 serious threat of hurting herself, 

17 staff, or others; or 

18 ‘‘(bb) reasonable grounds 

19 exist to believe the detainee pre20 sents an immediate and credible 

21 risk of escape that cannot be rea22 sonably minimized through any 

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

4 (G) in paragraph (9)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, with priority in 

7 funding given to entities meeting the cri8 teria for evidence-based or promising pro9 grams’’ after ‘‘used for’’; 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (I) in clause (i)— 

12 (aa) by inserting ‘‘status of13 fenders and other’’ before ‘‘youth 

14 who need’’; and 

15 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

16 the end; 

17 (II) in clause (ii) by adding 

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

19 (III) by inserting after clause (ii) 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) for youth who need specialized 

22 intensive and comprehensive services that 

23 address the unique issues encountered by 

24 youth when they become involved with 

25 gangs;’’; 
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘parents and 

3 other family members’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘status offenders, other youth, and 

5 the parents and other family members 

6 of such offenders and youth’’; and 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 

9 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

10 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

11 (i), by striking ‘‘delinquent’’ and in12 serting ‘‘at-risk or delinquent youth’’; 

13 and 

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

15 including for truancy prevention and 

16 reduction’’ before the semicolon; 

17 (v) in subparagraph (F), in the mat18 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘ex19 panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex20 pand’’; 

21 (vi) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

23 through (T), respectively; 

24 (vii) by inserting after subparagraph 

25 (F), the following: 
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1 ‘‘(G) programs— 

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

3 appropriate legal representation; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) to expand access to publicly sup5 ported, court-appointed legal counsel who 

6 are trained to represent juveniles in adju7 dication proceedings, 

8 except that the State may not use more than 2 

9 percent of the funds received under section 222 

10 for these purposes;’’; 

11 (viii) in subparagraph (H), as so re12 designated, by striking ‘‘State,’’ each place 

13 the term appears and inserting ‘‘State, 

14 tribal,’’; 

15 (ix) in subparagraph (M), as so redes16 ignated— 

17 (I) in clause (i)— 

18 (aa) by inserting ‘‘pre-adju19 dication and’’ before ‘‘post-adju20 dication’’; 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘restraints’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; and 

23 (cc) by inserting ‘‘specialized 

24 or problem-solving courts,’’ after 

25 ‘‘(including’’; and 
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1 (II) in clause (ii)— 

2 (aa) by striking ‘‘by the pro3 vision by the Administrator’’; and 

4 (bb) by striking ‘‘to States’’; 

5 (x) in subparagraph (N), as redesig6 nated— 

7 (I) by inserting ‘‘and reduce the 

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

9 and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘so that such ju11 veniles may be retained in their 

12 homes’’; 

13 (xi) in subparagraph (S), as so redes14 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (xii) in subparagraph (T), as so redes16 ignated— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘or co-occurring 

18 disorder’’ after ‘‘mental health’’; 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘court-involved 

20 or’’ before ‘‘incarcerated’’; 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘suspected to 

22 be’’; 

23 (IV) by striking ‘‘and discharge 

24 plans’’ and inserting ‘‘provision of 
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1 treatment, and development of dis2 charge plans’’; and 

3 (V) by striking the period at the 

4 end and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (xiii) by inserting after subparagraph 

6 (T) the following: 

7 ‘‘(U) programs and projects designed— 

8 ‘‘(i) to inform juveniles of the oppor9 tunity and process for sealing and 

10 expunging juvenile records; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) to assist juveniles in pursuing ju12 venile record sealing and expungements for 

13 both adjudications and arrests not followed 

14 by adjudications; 

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 ‘‘(V) programs that address the needs of 

19 girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 

20 system, including pregnant girls, young moth21 ers, victims of sexual abuse, survivors of com22 mercial sexual exploitation or domestic child sex 

23 trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls of 

24 color, including girls who are members of an In25 dian tribe; and 
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1 ‘‘(W) monitoring for compliance with the 

2 core requirements and providing training and 

3 technical assistance on the core requirements to 

4 secure facilities;’’; 

5 (H) by striking paragraph (11) and insert6 ing the following: 

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

8 Administrator, provide that a juvenile shall not be 

9 placed in a secure detention facility or a secure cor10 rectional facility, if— 

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

12 committed an offense that would not be crimi13 nal if committed by an adult, excluding— 

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

15 has committed a violation of section 

16 922(x)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

17 or of a similar State law; 

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

19 or has committed a violation of a valid 

20 court order issued and reviewed in accord21 ance with paragraph (23); and 

22 ‘‘(III) a juvenile who is held in ac23 cordance with the Interstate Compact on 

24 Juveniles as enacted by the State; or 

25 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile— 
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1 ‘‘(I) is not charged with any offense; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II)(aa) is an alien; or 

4 ‘‘(bb) is alleged to be dependent, ne5 glected, or abused; and 

6 ‘‘(B) require that— 

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

8 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 

9 Act of 2017, unless a court finds, after a hear10 ing and in writing, that it is in the interest of 

11 justice, juveniles awaiting trial or other legal 

12 process who are treated as adults for purposes 

13 of prosecution in criminal court and housed in 

14 a secure facility— 

15 ‘‘(I) shall not have sight or sound con16 tact with adult inmates; and 

17 ‘‘(II) except as provided in paragraph 

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

19 for adults; 

20 ‘‘(ii) in determining under subparagraph 

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

22 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock23 up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 

24 with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 

25 ‘‘(I) the age of the juvenile; 
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1 ‘‘(II) the physical and mental matu2 rity of the juvenile; 

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

4 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

5 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

6 juvenile; 

7 ‘‘(IV) the nature and circumstances of 

8 the alleged offense; 

9 ‘‘(V) the juvenile’s history of prior de10 linquent acts; 

11 ‘‘(VI) the relative ability of the avail12 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

13 to not only meet the specific needs of the 

14 juvenile but also to protect the safety of 

15 the public as well as other detained youth; 

16 and 

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

18 ‘‘(iii) if a court determines under subpara19 graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 

20 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock21 up for adults— 

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

23 less frequently than once every 30 days, or 

24 in the case of a rural jurisdiction, not less 

25 frequently than once every 45 days, to re-
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1 view whether it is still in the interest of 

2 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

3 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

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

5 any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 

6 to have sight or sound contact with adult 

7 inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 

8 the court, in writing, determines there is 

9 good cause for an extension or the juvenile 

10 expressly waives this limitation;’’. 

11 (I) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘con12 tact’’ and inserting ‘‘sight or sound contact’’; 

13 (J) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con14 tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 

15 or sound contact’’; 

16 (K) in paragraph (14)— 

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

18 inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 

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

20 ‘‘monitoring jails,’’; 

21 (iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘deten22 tion facilities,’’; 

23 (iv) by striking ‘‘, and non-secure fa24 cilities’’; 
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1 (v) by striking ‘‘insure’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘ensure’’; 

3 (vi) by striking ‘‘requirements of 

4 paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘core requirements’’; and 

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

7 the Administrator,’’; 

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

9 (M) by redesignating paragraph (28) as 

10 paragraph (27); 

11 (N) by redesignating paragraphs (15) 

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

13 respectively; 

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

15 following: 

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

17 improvement strategies at the State, territorial, 

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

19 reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 

20 who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys21 tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 

22 standards or quotas, by— 

23 ‘‘(A) establishing or designating existing 

24 coordinating bodies, composed of juvenile jus25 tice stakeholders, (including representatives of 
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1 the educational system) at the State, local, or 

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

3 local government, and Indian tribes to reduce 

4 racial and ethnic disparities; 

5 ‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing data on 

6 race and ethnicity at all decision points in 

7 State, local, or tribal juvenile justice systems to 

8 determine which key points create racial and 

9 ethnic disparities among youth who come into 

10 contact with the juvenile justice system; and 

11 ‘‘(C) developing and implementing a work 

12 plan that includes measurable objectives for pol13 icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 

14 the needs identified in the data collection and 

15 analysis under subparagraph (B);’’; 

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

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

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

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

20 and inserting ‘‘local, tribal,’’; 

21 (R) in paragraph (23)— 

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

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

24 appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (III) by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta11 tus offender should be placed in a secure 

12 detention facility or correctional facility for 

13 violating such order— 

14 ‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ15 ten order that— 

16 ‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 

17 court order that has been vio18 lated; 

19 ‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 

20 basis for determining that there 

21 is reasonable cause to believe 

22 that the status offender has vio23 lated such order; 

24 ‘‘(cc) includes findings of 

25 fact to support a determination 
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1 that there is no appropriate less 

2 restrictive alternative available to 

3 placing the status offender in 

4 such a facility, with due consider5 ation to the best interest of the 

6 juvenile; 

7 ‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 

8 time, not to exceed 7 days, that 

9 the status offender may remain 

10 in a secure detention facility or 

11 correctional facility, and includes 

12 a plan for the status offender’s 

13 release from such facility; and 

14 ‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 

15 extended; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 

17 second or subsequent order described 

18 in subclause (I) relating to a status 

19 offender unless the status offender 

20 violates a valid court order after the 

21 date on which the court issues an 

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

23 (iv) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en2 sure that any status offender held in a secure 

3 detention facility or correctional facility pursu4 ant to a court order described in this paragraph 

5 does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 

6 or the length of time authorized by the court, 

7 whichever is shorter; and 

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

9 (with a 1-year extension for each additional fis10 cal year that a State can demonstrate hardship, 

11 as determined by the State, and submits in 

12 writing evidence of such hardship to the Admin13 istrator which shall be considered approved un14 less the Administrator justifies to the State in 

15 writing that the hardship does not qualify for 

16 an exemption), the State will eliminate the use 

17 of valid court orders to provide secure confine18 ment of status offenders, except that juveniles 

19 may be held in secure confinement in accord20 ance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles 

21 if the judge issues a written order that— 

22 ‘‘(i) specifies the factual basis to be23 lieve that the State has the authority to 

24 detain the juvenile under the terms of the 

25 Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup2 port a determination that there is no ap3 propriate less restrictive alternative avail4 able to placing the juvenile in such a facil5 ity, with due consideration to the best in6 terest of the juvenile; 

7 ‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju8 venile may remain in secure confinement, 

9 not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 

10 for the return of the juvenile to the home 

11 State of the juvenile; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex13 tended;’’; 

14 (S) in paragraph (26)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 

16 with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max17 imum extent practicable,’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

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

20 provide for— 

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

22 relating to juveniles entering the juvenile justice 

23 system with a prior reported history of arrest, 

24 court intake, probation and parole, juvenile de25 tention, and corrections; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) a plan to use the data described in 

2 subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 

3 for the treatment of such victims of child abuse 

4 or neglect;’’; 

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

6 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

7 a semicolon; and 

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

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

10 provided under this title with other Federal and 

11 State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven12 tion and intervention programs; 

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

14 training in effect for the staff of juvenile State cor15 rectional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous 

16 practices, unreasonable restraints, and unreasonable 

17 isolation, including by developing effective behavior 

18 management techniques; 

19 ‘‘(30) describe— 

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

21 be used to conduct mental health and substance 

22 abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 

23 treatment for juveniles who— 

24 ‘‘(i) request a screening; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen2 ing; or 

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

4 than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro5 vides for an initial screening; and 

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

7 practicable, to provide or arrange for mental 

8 health and substance abuse disorder treatment 

9 for juveniles determined to be in need of such 

10 treatment; 

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

12 State for juveniles will include— 

13 ‘‘(A) a written case plan based on an as14 sessment of needs that includes— 

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

16 plans for the juveniles; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the living arrangement to which 

18 the juveniles are to be discharged; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) any other plans developed for 

20 the juveniles based on an individualized as21 sessment; and 

22 ‘‘(B) review processes; 

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

24 the State receiving funds under this title collaborates 

25 with the State educational agency receiving assist-
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1 ance under part A of title I of the Elementary and 

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

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

4 that, in order to support educational progress— 

5 ‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju6 veniles, including electronic records if available, 

7 are transferred in a timely manner from the 

8 educational program in the juvenile detention or 

9 secure treatment facility to the educational or 

10 training program into which the juveniles will 

11 enroll; 

12 ‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 

13 are transferred; and 

14 ‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 

15 partial credit toward high school graduation for 

16 secondary school coursework satisfactorily com17 pleted before and during the period of time dur18 ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re19 gardless of the local educational agency or enti20 ty from which the credits were earned; and 

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

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

23 records of the State the identification of victims 

24 of domestic human trafficking, or those at risk 

25 of such trafficking, upon intake; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) divert youth described in subpara2 graph (A) to appropriate programs or services, 

3 to the extent practicable.’’; 

4 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol5 lows: 

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

7 requirements in any fiscal year, then— 

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

9 allocated to such State under section 222 for the 

10 subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by not less 

11 than 20 percent for each core requirement with re12 spect to which the failure occurs; and 

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

14 allocation under such section for such fiscal year un15 less— 

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

17 of the amount allocated to the State for such 

18 fiscal year to achieve compliance with any such 

19 core requirement with respect to which the 

20 State is in noncompliance; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines that the 

22 State— 

23 ‘‘(I) has achieved substantial compli24 ance with such applicable requirements 
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1 with respect to which the State was not in 

2 compliance; and 

3 ‘‘(II) has made, through appropriate 

4 executive or legislative action, an unequivo5 cal commitment to achieving full compli6 ance with such applicable requirements 

7 within a reasonable time. 

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

9 a fiscal year under paragraph (1)— 

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

11 be reallocated under section 222 to States that have 

12 not failed to comply with the core requirements; and 

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

14 be used by the Administrator to provide additional 

15 training and technical assistance to States for the 

16 purpose of promoting compliance with the core re17 quirements.’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 

20 (11), (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘described in the core require22 ments’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 

24 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub-
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1 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require2 ments’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (f)(2)— 

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

5 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

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

7 respectively; and 

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

9 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 

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

11 Administrator shall make a determination regarding 

12 whether each State receiving a grant under this title 

13 is in compliance or out of compliance with respect to 

14 each of the core requirements. 

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

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

17 ‘‘(i) describing any determination de18 scribed in paragraph (1) made during the 

19 previous year, including a summary of the 

20 information on which the determination is 

21 based and the actions to be taken by the 

22 Administrator (including a description of 

23 any reduction imposed under subsection 

24 (c)); and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) for any such determination that 

2 a State is out of compliance with any of 

3 the core requirements, describing the basis 

4 for the determination; and 

5 ‘‘(B) make the report described in sub6 paragraph (A) available on a publicly available 

7 website. 

8 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED.—The Ad9 ministrator may not— 

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

11 compliance’, or issue any other determination 

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

13 any core requirement; or 

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

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

16 SEC. 206. REPEAL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVEN17 TION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

18 Part C of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin19 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.) 

20 is repealed. 

21 SEC. 207. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 

22 ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 

23 Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding subpara3 graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘shall’’; 

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

6 ‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu7 ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) by striking clause (iii) and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent status 

12 offenders and first-time minor offenders from 

13 subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice 

14 and criminal justice systems;’’; 

15 (II) by striking clause (vii) and 

16 inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of be18 havioral health needs (including mental health, 

19 substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders) 

20 among juveniles pre-placement and post-place21 ment in the juvenile justice system, including 

22 an examination of the effects of secure confine23 ment;’’; 
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1 (III) by redesignating clauses 

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

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

4 (IV) by inserting after clause 

5 (viii) the following: 

6 ‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 

7 have produced reductions in or elimination of 

8 the use of dangerous practices; 

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

10 selection, training, and retention of professional 

11 personnel who are focused on the prevention, 

12 identification, and treatment of delinquency; 

13 ‘‘(xi) methods to improve the identification 

14 and response to victims of domestic child sex 

15 trafficking within the juvenile justice system; 

16 ‘‘(xii) identifying positive outcome meas17 ures, such as attainment of employment and 

18 educational degrees, that States and units of 

19 local government should use to evaluate the 

20 success of programs aimed at reducing recidi21 vism of youth who have come in contact with 

22 the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

23 system; 
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1 ‘‘(xiii) evaluating the impact and outcomes 

2 of the prosecution and sentencing of juveniles 

3 as adults; 

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

5 and other costs assessed by the juvenile justice 

6 system on the long-term disposition of status 

7 offenders and other juveniles; 

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

9 by States and units of local government to re10 duce recidivism through policies that provide for 

11 consideration of appropriate alternative sanc12 tions to incarceration of youth facing nonviolent 

13 charges, while ensuring that public safety is 

14 preserved;’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘date of enact19 ment of this paragraph, the’’ and in20 serting ‘‘date of enactment of the Ju21 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 

22 the’’; and 

23 (II) by inserting ‘‘in accordance 

24 with relevant confidentiality require-
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1 ments’’ after ‘‘wards of the State’’; 

2 and 

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

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

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

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

8 the period at the end and inserting a semi9 colon; and 

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

11 ‘‘(H) a description of the best practices in dis12 charge planning; and 

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

14 juveniles who, upon release from confinement in a 

15 State correctional facility, cannot return to the resi16 dence they occupied prior to such confinement.’’; 

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

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

19 ‘‘shall’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin22 istrator, in accordance with applicable confidentiality re23 quirements and in consultation with experts in the field 

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

25 shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec2 tion and technology that States may use to evaluate 

3 data on juvenile recidivism on an annual basis; 

4 ‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re5 cidivism measurement system; and 

6 ‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 

7 that is collected from States available to the pub8 lic.’’. 

9 SEC. 208. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

10 Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

14 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de17 velop and carry out projects’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi19 colon; 

20 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

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

22 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

24 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (D) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) shall provide periodic training for States 

2 regarding implementation of the core requirements, 

3 current protocols and best practices for achieving 

4 and monitoring compliance, and information sharing 

5 regarding relevant Office resources on evidence6 based and promising programs or practices that pro7 mote the purposes of this Act.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

10 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de13 velop and implement projects’’; 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli15 ance with the core requirements’’ after 

16 ‘‘this title’’; and 

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

18 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

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

20 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

22 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

25 and units of local government on achieving compli-
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1 ance with the amendments to the core requirements 

2 and State Plans made by the Juvenile Justice Re3 form Act of 2017, including training and technical 

4 assistance and, when appropriate, pilot or dem5 onstration projects intended to develop and replicate 

6 best practices for achieving sight and sound separa7 tion in facilities or portions of facilities that are 

8 open and available to the general public and that 

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

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

11 in support of efforts to establish partnerships be12 tween a State and a university, institution of higher 

13 education, or research center designed to improve 

14 the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 

15 professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 

16 enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 

17 work and child protection, education, and other rel18 evant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work 

19 in, the field of prevention, identification, and treat20 ment of delinquency.’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘prosecutors,’’ after ‘‘pub23 lic defenders,’’; and 

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

25 after ‘‘needs of’’; and 
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1 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES REGARDING LEGAL REP3 RESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—In consultation with ex4 perts in the field of juvenile defense, the Administrator 

5 shall— 

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

7 sharing standards of practice developed by recog8 nized entities in the profession, for attorneys rep9 resenting children; and 

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

11 assistance to implement any of the best practices 

12 shared under paragraph (1). 

13 ‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR

14 LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC15 TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 

16 training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 

17 detention and corrections personnel of States and units 

18 of local government— 

19 ‘‘(1) to promote methods for improving condi20 tions of juvenile confinement, including methods that 

21 are designed to minimize the use of dangerous prac22 tices, unreasonable restraints, and isolation and 

23 methods responsive to cultural differences; and 

24 ‘‘(2) to encourage alternative behavior manage25 ment techniques based on positive youth develop-
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1 ment approaches, which may include policies and 

2 procedures to train personnel to be culturally com3 petent. 

4 ‘‘(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

5 SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

6 TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY7 BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 

8 and technical assistance, in conjunction with the appro9 priate public agencies, to individuals involved in making 

10 decisions regarding the disposition and management of 

11 cases for youth who enter the juvenile justice system about 

12 the appropriate services and placement for youth with 

13 mental health or substance abuse needs, including— 

14 ‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

15 ‘‘(2) probation officers; 

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

17 personnel; 

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

19 and 

20 ‘‘(5) family members of juveniles and family ad21 vocates. 

22 ‘‘(g) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

23 SUPPORT JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND PERSONNEL.— 

24 The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juve25 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office 
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1 of Justice Programs, shall provide training and technical 

2 assistance, in conjunction with the appropriate public 

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

4 judges, and related judicial personnel to— 

5 ‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in6 volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 

7 court system; and 

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

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

10 FOR INCARCERATED JUVENILES.—The Attorney General, 

11 in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 

12 provide guidance to States relating to existing options for 

13 school food authorities in the States to apply for reim14 bursement for free or reduced price lunches under the 

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

16 1751 et seq.) for juveniles who are incarcerated and 

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

18 price lunches under that Act.’’. 

19 SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

22 (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re23 designating subsection (d) as subsection (b); 

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(EXCLUD2 ING PARTS C AND E)’’; 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert4 ing the following: 

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

6 out this title— 

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

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

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

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

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

12 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than parts 

15 C and E)’’; and 

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

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

18 SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

19 Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delin20 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Admin24 istrator’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘, after appropriate con2 sultation with representatives of States and 

3 units of local government,’’; 

4 (C) by inserting ‘‘guidance,’’ after ‘‘regula5 tions,’’; and 

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

7 developing guidance and procedures, the Ad8 ministrator shall consult with representatives of 

9 States and units of local government, including 

10 those individuals responsible for administration 

11 of this Act and compliance with the core re12 quirements. 

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

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

15 plan requirements, and other similar documentation 

16 as may be required from States is requested in a 

17 manner that respects confidentiality, encourages effi18 ciency and reduces the duplication of reporting ef19 forts; and 

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

21 are encouraged to experiment with offering innova22 tive, data-driven programs designed to further im23 prove the juvenile justice system.’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘requirements 

2 described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of sec3 tion 223(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core requirements’’. 

4 TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 

5 FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

6 PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

7 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

8 Section 501 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin9 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5601 

10 note) is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘Youth Promise’’ before ‘‘In12 centive Grants’’; and 

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

14 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin16 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

17 5781) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 

19 ‘‘In this title— 

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

21 that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and 

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

23 ‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
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1 ‘‘(A) a unit of local government that is in 

2 compliance with the requirements of part B of 

3 title II; or 

4 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization in partner5 ship with a unit of local government described 

6 in subparagraph (A); 

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

8 means a delinquency prevention program that is evi9 dence-based or promising and that may include— 

10 ‘‘(A) alcohol and substance abuse preven11 tion or treatment services; 

12 ‘‘(B) tutoring and remedial education, es13 pecially in reading and mathematics; 

14 ‘‘(C) child and adolescent health and men15 tal health services; 

16 ‘‘(D) recreation services; 

17 ‘‘(E) leadership and youth development ac18 tivities; 

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

20 should be held accountable for their actions; 

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

22 training skills; 

23 ‘‘(H) youth mentoring programs; 

24 ‘‘(I) after-school programs; 
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1 ‘‘(J) coordination of a continuum of serv2 ices, which may include— 

3 ‘‘(i) early childhood development serv4 ices; 

5 ‘‘(ii) voluntary home visiting pro6 grams; 

7 ‘‘(iii) nurse-family partnership pro8 grams; 

9 ‘‘(iv) parenting skills training; 

10 ‘‘(v) child abuse prevention programs; 

11 ‘‘(vi) family stabilization programs; 

12 ‘‘(vii) child welfare services; 

13 ‘‘(viii) family violence intervention 

14 programs; 

15 ‘‘(ix) adoption assistance programs; 

16 ‘‘(x) emergency, transitional and per17 manent housing assistance; 

18 ‘‘(xi) job placement and retention 

19 training; 

20 ‘‘(xii) summer jobs programs; 

21 ‘‘(xiii) alternative school resources for 

22 youth who have dropped out of school or 

23 demonstrate chronic truancy; 

24 ‘‘(xiv) conflict resolution skill training; 

25 ‘‘(xv) restorative justice programs; 
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1 ‘‘(xvi) mentoring programs; 

2 ‘‘(xvii) targeted gang prevention, 

3 intervention and exit services; 

4 ‘‘(xviii) training and education pro5 grams for pregnant teens and teen par6 ents; and 

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

8 reentry services to assist detained and in9 carcerated youth with transitioning back 

10 into and reentering the community; and 

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

12 promising prevention programs; 

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

14 with respect to an eligible entity, means a policy 

15 board that the eligible entity will engage in the de16 velopment of the eligible entity’s plan described in 

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

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

19 21 members; and 

20 ‘‘(B) a balanced representation of— 

21 ‘‘(i) public agencies and private non22 profit organizations serving juveniles and 

23 their families; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) business and industry; 
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1 ‘‘(C) at least one representative of the 

2 faith community, one adjudicated youth, and 

3 one parent of an adjudicated youth; and 

4 ‘‘(D) in the case of an eligible entity de5 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), a representative of 

6 the nonprofit organization of the eligible entity; 

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

8 adult with 1 or more youths for the purpose of pro9 viding guidance, support, and encouragement 

10 through regularly scheduled meetings for not less 

11 than 9 months; 

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

13 advisory group appointed by the chief executive offi14 cer of a State under a plan described in section 

15 223(a); and 

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

17 agency designated under section 223(a)(1) or the en18 tity receiving funds under section 223(d).’’. 

19 SEC. 303. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS20 TRATOR. 

21 Section 503 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin22 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

23 5782) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking paragraph (1); and 
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

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

3 SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO4 GRAMS. 

5 Section 504 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin6 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 

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

8 ‘‘SEC. 504. GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN9 TION PROGRAMS. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en11 able local communities to address the unmet needs of at12 risk or delinquent youth, including through a continuum 

13 of delinquency prevention programs for juveniles who have 

14 had contact with the juvenile justice system or who are 

15 likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system. 

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

17 shall— 

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

19 $25,000,000 is appropriated under section 506, 

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

21 not more than 5 State entities, that apply under 

22 subsection (c) and meet the requirements of sub23 section (d); or 

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

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1 grants to not fewer than 5 State entities that apply 

2 under subsection (c) and meet the requirements of 

3 subsection (d). 

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

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

6 application to the Administrator, which includes the fol7 lowing: 

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

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

10 grant, in the aggregate— 

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

12 State entity to carry out this section, ex13 cept that not more than 3 percent of such 

14 grant may be used for such costs; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance to 

16 eligible entities receiving a subgrant under 

17 subsection (e) in carrying out delinquency 

18 prevention programs under the subgrant; 

19 and 

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

21 subgrants to eligible entities under subsection 

22 (e). 

23 ‘‘(2) An assurance that such grant will supple24 ment, and not supplant, State and local efforts to 

25 prevent juvenile delinquency. 
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1 ‘‘(3) An assurance the State entity will evaluate 

2 the capacity of eligible entities receiving a subgrant 

3 under subsection (e) to fulfill the requirements 

4 under such subsection. 

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

6 prepared after consultation with, and participation 

7 by, the State advisory group, units of local govern8 ment, community-based organizations, and organiza9 tions that carry out programs, projects, or activities 

10 to prevent juvenile delinquency in the local juvenile 

11 justice system served by the State entity. 

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

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

14 Administrator may not award a grant to a State entity 

15 for a fiscal year unless— 

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

17 State entity submitted a plan under section 223 for 

18 such fiscal year; and 

19 ‘‘(B) such plan is approved by the Adminis20 trator for such fiscal year; or 

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

22 Administrator waives the plan required under sub23 paragraph (A) for such State for such fiscal year. 

24 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANT PROGRAM.— 

25 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State entity re2 ceiving a grant under this section shall award 

3 subgrants to eligible entities in accordance with 

4 this subsection. 

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

6 under this subsection, the State entity shall give 

7 priority to eligible entities that demonstrate 

8 ability in— 

9 ‘‘(i) plans for service and agency co10 ordination and collaboration including the 

11 collocation of services; 

12 ‘‘(ii) innovative ways to involve the 

13 private nonprofit and business sector in de14 linquency prevention activities; 

15 ‘‘(iii) developing data-driven preven16 tion plans, employing evidence-based pre17 vention strategies, and conducting program 

18 evaluations to determine impact and effec19 tiveness; 

20 ‘‘(iv) identifying under the plan sub21 mitted under paragraph (5) potential sav22 ings and efficiencies associated with suc23 cessful implementation of such plan; and 

24 ‘‘(v) describing how such savings and 

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1 quency prevention programs and be rein2 vested in the continuing implementation of 

3 such programs after the end of the 

4 subgrant period. 

5 ‘‘(C) SUBGRANT PROGRAM PERIOD AND DI6 VERSITY OF PROJECTS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM PERIOD.—A subgrant 

8 awarded to an eligible entity by a State en9 tity under this section shall be for a period 

10 of not more than 5 years, of which the eli11 gible entity— 

12 ‘‘(I) may use not more than 18 

13 months for completing the plan sub14 mitted by the eligible entity under 

15 paragraph (5); and 

16 ‘‘(II) shall use the remainder of 

17 the subgrant period, after planning 

18 period described in subclause (I), for 

19 the implementation of such plan. 

20 ‘‘(ii) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—In 

21 awarding subgrants under this subsection, 

22 a State entity shall ensure, to the extent 

23 practicable and applicable, that such sub24 grants are distributed throughout different 
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1 areas, including urban, suburban, and 

2 rural areas. 

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

4 that desires a subgrant under this subsection shall 

5 submit an application to the State entity in the 

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

7 manner as determined by the State entity, and that 

8 includes— 

9 ‘‘(A) a description of— 

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

11 partners the eligible entity will engage in 

12 the development of the plan described in 

13 paragraph (5); 

14 ‘‘(ii) the unmet needs of at-risk or de15 linquent youth in the community; 

16 ‘‘(iii) available resources in the com17 munity to meet the unmet needs identified 

18 in the needs assessment described in para19 graph (5)(A); 

20 ‘‘(iv) potential costs to the community 

21 if the unmet needs are not addressed; 

22 ‘‘(B) a specific time period for the plan23 ning and subsequent implementation of its con24 tinuum of local delinquency prevention pro25 grams; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the steps the eligible entity will take 

2 to implement the plan under subparagraph (A); 

3 and 

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

5 with non-Federal funds, if proven successful ac6 cording to the performance evaluation process 

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

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

9 entity desiring a subgrant under this subsection 

10 shall agree to provide a 50 percent match of the 

11 amount of the subgrant, which may include the 

12 value of in-kind contributions. 

13 ‘‘(4) SUBGRANT REVIEW.— 

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

15 the second year of a subgrant period for a 

16 subgrant awarded to an eligible entity under 

17 this subsection and before awarding the remain18 ing amount of the subgrant to the eligible enti19 ty, the State entity shall— 

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

21 completed the plan submitted under para22 graph (2) and that the plan meets the re23 quirements of such paragraph; and 

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

25 begin the implementation of its plan upon 
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1 receiving the next installment of its 

2 subgrant award. 

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

4 finds through the review conducted under sub5 paragraph (A) that the eligible entity has not 

6 met the requirements of clause (i) of such sub7 paragraph, the State entity shall reallocate the 

8 amount remaining on the subgrant of the eligi9 ble entity to other eligible entities receiving a 

10 subgrant under this subsection or award the 

11 amount to an eligible entity during the next 

12 subgrant competition under this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(5) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti14 ty that receives a subgrant under this subsection 

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

16 delinquency prevention programs in the community 

17 served by the eligible entity in a coordinated manner 

18 with other delinquency prevention programs or enti19 ties serving such community, which includes— 

20 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the unmet needs of at21 risk or delinquent youth in the community— 

22 ‘‘(i) which shall include— 

23 ‘‘(I) the available resources in the 

24 community to meet the unmet needs; 

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1 ‘‘(II) factors present in the com2 munity that may contribute to delin3 quency, such as homelessness, food in4 security, teen pregnancy, youth unem5 ployment, family instability, lack of 

6 educational opportunity; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) may include an estimate— 

8 ‘‘(I) for the most recent year for 

9 which reliable data is available, the 

10 amount expended by the community 

11 and other entities for delinquency ad12 judication for juveniles and the incar13 ceration of adult offenders for of14 fenses committed in such community; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(II) of potential savings and ef17 ficiencies that may be achieved 

18 through the implementation of the 

19 plan; 

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

21 strategy to address the unmet needs and an es22 timate of the amount or percentage of non-Fed23 eral funds that are available to carry out the 

24 strategy; 
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1 ‘‘(C) a description of how delinquency pre2 vention programs under the plan will be coordi3 nated; 

4 ‘‘(D) a description of the performance eval5 uation process of the delinquency prevention 

6 programs to be implemented under the plan, 

7 which shall include performance measures to 

8 assess efforts to address the unmet needs of 

9 youth in the community analyzed under sub10 paragraph (A); 

11 ‘‘(E) the evidence or promising evaluation 

12 on which such delinquency prevention programs 

13 are based; and 

14 ‘‘(F) if such delinquency prevention pro15 grams are proven successful according to the 

16 performance evaluation process under subpara17 graph (D), a strategy to continue such pro18 grams after the subgrant period with non-Fed19 eral funds, including a description of how any 

20 estimated savings or efficiencies created by the 

21 implementation of the plan may be used to con22 tinue such programs.’’. 
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1 SEC. 305. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

2 AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

3 The Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Preven4 tion Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) is 

5 amended by redesignating section 505 as section 506 and 

6 by inserting after section 504 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 505. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN8 TION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 

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

10 grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligi11 ble Indian tribes (or consortia of Indian tribes) as de12 scribed in subsection (b)— 

13 ‘‘(1) to support and enhance— 

14 ‘‘(A) tribal juvenile delinquency prevention 

15 services; and 

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

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

18 upon release; and 

19 ‘‘(2) to encourage accountability of Indian trib20 al governments with respect to preventing juvenile 

21 delinquency, and responding to, and caring for, juve22 nile offenders. 

23 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBES.—To be eligible to re24 ceive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consor25 tium of Indian tribes shall submit to the Administrator 
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1 an application in such form as the Administrator may re2 quire. 

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

4 this section, the Administrator shall take into consider5 ation, with respect to the Indian tribe to be served, the— 

6 ‘‘(1) juvenile delinquency rates; 

7 ‘‘(2) school dropout rates; and 

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

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

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

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

12 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Section 506, as redesignated by section 305, is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

17 this title— 

18 ‘‘(1) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2018; 

19 ‘‘(2) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2019; 

20 ‘‘(3) $93,235,362 for fiscal year 2020; 

21 ‘‘(4) $94,633,892 for fiscal year 2021; and 

22 ‘‘(5) $96,053,401 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 

23 SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

24 Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre25 vention Act of 1974 as enacted by Public Law 93–415 
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1 (88 Stat. 1133) (relating to miscellaneous and conforming 

2 amendments) is repealed. 

3 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

4 PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

6 OFFICE. 

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

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

9 of the United States shall— 

10 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and eval11 uation regarding the performance of the Office of 

12 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (re13 ferred to in this section as ‘‘the agency’’), its func14 tions, its programs, and its grants; 

15 (2) conduct a comprehensive audit and evalua16 tion of a selected, sample of grantees (as determined 

17 by the Comptroller General) that receive Federal 

18 funds under grant programs administered by the 

19 agency including a review of internal controls (as de20 fined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and De21 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603), 

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

23 and abuse of funds by grantees; and 

24 (3) submit a report in accordance with sub25 section (d). 
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1 (b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In con2 ducting the analysis and evaluation under subsection 

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

4 benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven5 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the 

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

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

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

9 into consideration— 

10 (1) the outcome and results of the programs 

11 carried out by the agency and those programs ad12 ministered through grants by the agency; 

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

14 with the Government Performance and Results Act 

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

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

17 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

18 or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 

19 other agencies; 

20 (4) the potential benefits of consolidating pro21 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

22 duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po23 tential for consolidating those programs; 

24 (5) whether less restrictive or alternative meth25 ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency 
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1 and whether current functions or operations are im2 peded or enhanced by existing statutes, rules, and 

3 procedures; 

4 (6) the number and types of beneficiaries or 

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

7 (7) the manner with which the agency seeks 

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

10 agency; 

11 (8) the extent to which the agency complies 

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

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

16 and 

17 (10) the extent to which changes are necessary 

18 in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order for 

19 the functions of the agency to be performed in a 

20 more efficient and effective manner. 

21 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 

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

23 order to document the efficiency and public benefit of the 

24 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

25 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the Runaway and 
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1 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and the 

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

3 seq.), the Comptroller General shall take into consider4 ation— 

5 (1) whether grantees timely file Financial Sta6 tus Reports; 

7 (2) whether grantees have sufficient internal 

8 controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant fund 

9 received; 

10 (3) whether disbursements were accompanied 

11 with adequate supporting documentation (including 

12 invoices and receipts); 

13 (4) whether expenditures were authorized; 

14 (5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 

15 complying with program requirements; 

16 (6) whether salaries and fringe benefits of per17 sonnel were adequately supported by documentation; 

18 (7) whether contracts were bid in accordance 

19 with program guidelines; and 

20 (8) whether grant funds were spent in accord21 ance with program goals and guidelines. 

22 (d) REPORT.— 

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

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

25 General of the United States shall— 
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1 (A) submit a report regarding the evalua2 tion conducted under subsection (a) and audit 

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

4 House of Representatives and the President pro 

5 tempore of the Senate; and 

6 (B) make the report described in subpara7 graph (A) available to the public. 

8 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted in ac9 cordance with paragraph (1) shall include all audit 

10 findings determined by the selected, statistically sig11 nificant sample of grantees as required by subsection 

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

13 any selected grantee as well as any findings required 

14 by subsection (a)(2). 

15 SEC. 402. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delin17 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

20 AND OVERSIGHT 

21 ‘‘SEC. 601. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

22 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con23 gress that, in order to ensure that at-risk youth, and youth 

24 who come into contact with the juvenile justice system or 
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1 the criminal justice system, are treated fairly and that the 

2 outcome of that contact is beneficial to the Nation— 

3 ‘‘(1) the Department of Justice, through its Of4 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

5 must restore meaningful enforcement of the core re6 quirements in title II; and 

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

8 stewardship role if they accept funds under title II 

9 must exercise vigilant oversight to ensure full com10 pliance with the core requirements for juveniles pro11 vided for in title II. 

12 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) AGENCY PROGRAM REVIEW.— 

14 ‘‘(A) PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL AS15 SESSMENT.— 

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

17 days after the date of enactment of the Ju18 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Di19 rector of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

20 and Management of the Office of Justice 

21 Programs at the Department of Justice 

22 (referred to in this section as the ‘Direc23 tor’) shall— 

24 ‘‘(I) conduct a comprehensive 

25 analysis and evaluation of the internal 
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1 controls of the Office of Juvenile Jus2 tice and Delinquency Prevention (re3 ferred to in this section as the ‘agen4 cy’) to determine if States and Indian 

5 tribes receiving grants are following 

6 the requirements of the agency grant 

7 programs and what remedial action 

8 the agency has taken to recover any 

9 grant funds that are expended in vio10 lation of grant programs, including in11 stances where— 

12 ‘‘(aa) supporting docu13 mentation was not provided for 

14 cost reports; 

15 ‘‘(bb) unauthorized expendi16 tures occurred; and 

17 ‘‘(cc) subrecipients of grant 

18 funds were not in compliance 

19 with program requirements; 

20 ‘‘(II) conduct a comprehensive 

21 audit and evaluation of a selected sta22 tistically significant sample of States 

23 and Indian tribes (as determined by 

24 the Director) that have received Fed25 eral funds under title II, including a 
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1 review of internal controls to prevent 

2 fraud, waste, and abuse of funds by 

3 grantees; and 

4 ‘‘(III) submit a report in accord5 ance with clause (iv). 

6 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUA7 TIONS.—In conducting the analysis and 

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

9 to document the efficiency and public ben10 efit of titles II and V, the Director shall 

11 take into consideration the extent to 

12 which— 

13 ‘‘(I) greater oversight is needed 

14 of programs developed with grants 

15 made by the agency; 

16 ‘‘(II) changes are necessary in 

17 the authorizing statutes of the agency 

18 in order that the functions of the 

19 agency can be performed in a more ef20 ficient and effective manner; and 

21 ‘‘(III) the agency has imple22 mented recommendations issued by 

23 the Comptroller General or Office of 

24 Inspector General relating to the 
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1 grant making and grant monitoring 

2 responsibilities of the agency. 

3 ‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AU4 DITS.—In conducting the audit and evalua5 tion under clause (i)(II), and in order to 

6 document the efficiency and public benefit 

7 of titles II and V, the Director shall take 

8 into consideration— 

9 ‘‘(I) whether grantees timely file 

10 Financial Status Reports; 

11 ‘‘(II) whether grantees have suf12 ficient internal controls to ensure ade13 quate oversight of grant funds re14 ceived; 

15 ‘‘(III) whether grantees’ asser16 tions of compliance with the core re17 quirements were accompanied with 

18 adequate supporting documentation; 

19 ‘‘(IV) whether expenditures were 

20 authorized; 

21 ‘‘(V) whether subrecipients of 

22 grant funds were complying with pro23 gram requirements; and 
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1 ‘‘(VI) whether grant funds were 

2 spent in accordance with the program 

3 goals and guidelines. 

4 ‘‘(iv) REPORT.—The Director shall— 

5 ‘‘(I) submit to the Congress a re6 port outlining the results of the anal7 ysis, evaluation, and audit conducted 

8 under clause (i), including supporting 

9 materials, to the Speaker of the 

10 House of Representatives and the 

11 President pro tempore of the Senate; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(II) shall make such report 

14 available to the public online, not later 

15 than 1 year after the date of enact16 ment of this section. 

17 ‘‘(B) ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL CON18 TROLS.— 

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

20 days after the date of enactment of the Ju21 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad22 ministrator shall initiate a comprehensive 

23 analysis and evaluation of the internal con24 trols of the agency to determine whether, 

25 and to what extent, States and Indian 
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1 tribes that receive grants under titles II 

2 and V are following the requirements of 

3 the grant programs authorized under titles 

4 II and V. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of enactment of the Ju7 venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, the Ad8 ministrator shall submit to Congress a re9 port containing— 

10 ‘‘(I) the findings of the analysis 

11 and evaluation conducted under clause 

12 (i); 

13 ‘‘(II) a description of remedial 

14 actions, if any, that will be taken by 

15 the Administrator to enhance the in16 ternal controls of the agency and re17 coup funds that may have been ex18 pended in violation of law, regulations, 

19 or program requirements issued under 

20 titles II and V; and 

21 ‘‘(III) a description of— 

22 ‘‘(aa) the analysis conducted 

23 under clause (i); 

24 ‘‘(bb) whether the funds 

25 awarded under titles II and V 
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1 have been used in accordance 

2 with law, regulations, program 

3 guidance, and applicable plans; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(cc) the extent to which 

6 funds awarded to States and In7 dian tribes under titles II and V 

8 enhanced the ability of grantees 

9 to fulfill the core requirements. 

10 ‘‘(C) REPORT BY THE ATTORNEY GEN11 ERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

12 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 

13 Act of 2017, the Attorney General shall submit 

14 to the appropriate committees of the Congress 

15 a report on the estimated amount of formula 

16 grant funds disbursed by the agency since fiscal 

17 year 2010 that did not meet the requirements 

18 for awards of formula grants to States under 

19 title II. 

20 ‘‘(2) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL PER21 FORMANCE AUDITS.— 

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

23 effective and appropriate use of grants adminis24 tered under this Act (excluding title III) and to 

25 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
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1 grantees, the Inspector General of the Depart2 ment of Justice shall periodically conduct audits 

3 of grantees that receive grants under this Act 

4 covering each grant recipient at least once every 

5 3 years. 

6 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY ON

7 WEBSITE.—The Attorney General shall make 

8 the summary of each review conducted under 

9 this section available on the website of the De10 partment of Justice, subject to redaction as the 

11 Attorney General determines necessary to pro12 tect classified and other sensitive information. 

13 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi14 ent of grant funds under this Act (excluding ti15 tles II and III) that is found to have an unre16 solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re17 ceive grant funds under this Act (excluding title 

18 III) during the first 2 fiscal years beginning 

19 after the 12-month period beginning on the 

20 date on which the audit report is issued. 

21 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

22 under this Act (excluding title III), the Admin23 istrator shall give priority to an eligible entity 

24 that did not have an unresolved audit finding 

25 during the 3 fiscal years prior to the date on 
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1 which the eligible entity submits an application 

2 for the grant involved. 

3 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a grant recipi4 ent under this Act (excluding title III) is 

5 awarded such funds under this Act during the 

6 2-fiscal-year period in which the recipient is 

7 barred from receiving grants under subpara8 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 

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

10 amount of the grant funds that were im11 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

12 general fund of the Treasury; and 

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

14 repayment to the general fund under 

15 clause (i) from the grantee that was erro16 neously awarded grant funds. 

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

18 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

19 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen20 eral— 

21 ‘‘(i) that the audited recipient has 

22 used grant funds for an unauthorized ex23 penditure or otherwise unallowable cost; 

24 and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) that is not closed or resolved 

2 during the 12-month period beginning on 

3 the date on which the final audit report is 

4 issued. 

5 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author7 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

8 Justice under this Act may be used by the At9 torney General, or by any individual or organi10 zation awarded discretionary funds through a 

11 cooperative agreement under this Act, to host 

12 or support any expenditure for conferences that 

13 uses more than $20,000 in funds made avail14 able to the Department of Justice, unless the 

15 Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant At16 torney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies 

17 as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 

18 provides prior written authorization that the 

19 funds may be expended to host a conference. 

20 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap21 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

22 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

23 conference, including the cost of all food and 

24 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

25 speakers, and entertainment. 
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1 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen2 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com3 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

4 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

5 the House of Representatives on all conference 

6 expenditures approved under this paragraph. 

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

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

9 to be appropriated under this Act may not be 

10 utilized by any recipient of a grant made using 

11 such amounts— 

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

13 Department of Justice regarding the 

14 award of grant funding; or 

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

16 Federal, State, local, or tribal government 

17 regarding the award of grant funding. 

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

19 determines that any recipient of a grant made 

20 using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

21 under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), 

22 the Attorney General shall— 

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

24 grant in full; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the recipient to receive 

2 another grant under this Act for not less 

3 than 5 years. 

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

5 this paragraph, submitting an application for a 

6 grant under this Act shall not be considered 

7 lobbying activity in violation of subparagraph 

8 (A). 

9 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen11 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this Act, 

12 the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 

13 awards with other grants awarded under this Act to 

14 determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for 

15 the same purpose. 

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

17 duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same 

18 purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the 

19 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

20 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

21 House of Representatives a report that includes— 

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

23 including the total dollar amount of any dupli24 cate grants awarded; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

2 awarded the duplicative grant. 

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

4 The Administrator shall comply with the Generally Ac5 cepted Government Auditing Standards, published by the 

6 General Accountability Office (commonly known as the 

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

8 programmatic audits of States.’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

11 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by 

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

13 U.S.C. 5776a). 

14 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

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

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

17 enactment of this Act. 

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

19 that is barred from receiving grant funds under 

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

21 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

23 (1) of this subsection shall not affect the applica24 bility to the entity, or to the Attorney General with 

25 respect to the entity, of paragraph (7) of such sec-
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1 tion 407, as in effect on the day before the effective 

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

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

5 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

6 U. S. C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

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

8 ‘‘140,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

9 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘101,980,000 for each of 

10 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ before the 

11 period; 

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

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

14 and inserting ‘‘Of the amount made available 

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

16 than 1 percent may be used to carry out section 

17 345’’ before the period; and 

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

19 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

20 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘$17,141,000 for each of 

21 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 

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

23 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 
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1 U. S. C. 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice 

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