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Union Calendar No. 700 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 68 

[Report No. 114–890] 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs 

to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2015 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 6, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address 

occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the Juvenile 

Accountability Block Grants program. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile 

5 Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act 

6 of 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 

8 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

9 Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

10 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in section 1801(b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘grad14 uated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated sanc15 tions and incentives’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring 

17 juvenile court judges, probation officers, and 

18 court-appointed defenders and special advocates, 

19 and’’; 

20 (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and 

21 redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as 

22 paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; and 

23 (D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 

24 by striking ‘‘research-based bullying, 

25 cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘interventions such as researched2 based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and 

3 gang prevention programs, as well as mental 

4 health services and trauma-informed practices’’; 

5 (2) in section 1802— 

6 (A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 

7 ‘‘individualized sanctions’’ the following: ‘‘, in8 centives,’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 

10 ‘‘graduated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated 

11 sanctions and incentives’’; and 

12 (C) in subsection (f)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (I) by inserting after ‘‘A sanction 

15 may include’’ the following: ‘‘a range 

16 of court-approved interventions, such 

17 as’’; and 

18 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a fine,’’ 

19 the following: ‘‘a restorative justice 

20 program,’’; and 

21 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) INCENTIVES.—The term ‘incentives’ means 

24 individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated responses 

25 to a juvenile offender’s compliance with court orders 


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1 and case disposition terms designed to reinforce or 

2 modify the skills and behaviors of the juvenile of3 fender. An incentive may include a certificate of 

4 achievement, a letter of recommendation, a family or 

5 program activity, a meeting or special outing with a 

6 community leader, a reduction in community service 

7 hours, a reduced curfew or home-restriction, a de8 crease in required court appearances, or a decrease in 

9 the term of court-ordered supervision.’’; 

10 (3) in section 1810(a), by striking ‘‘$350,000,000 

11 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009’’ and in12 serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

13 through 2022’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

16 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COMMITTEES.—In 

17 this section, the term ‘applicable committees’ means— 

18 ‘‘(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen19 ate; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

21 House of Representatives. 

22 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the At23 torney General under this part shall be subject to the fol24 lowing accountability provisions: 

25 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

2 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

3 in the final audit report of the Inspector General 

4 of the Department of Justice that the audited 

5 grantee has utilized grant funds for an unau6 thorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

7 cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 

8 months after the date on which the final audit 

9 report is issued. 

10 ‘‘(B) AUDIT.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

11 year beginning after the date of enactment of 

12 this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 

13 the Inspector General of the Department of Jus14 tice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants 

15 awarded by the Attorney General under this part 

16 to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

17 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 

18 the appropriate number of grantees to be audited 

19 each year. 

20 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

21 of grant funds under this part that is found to 

22 have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eli23 gible to receive grant funds under this part dur24 ing the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 


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1 end of the 12-month period described in subpara2 graph (A). 

3 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

4 this part, the Attorney General shall give pri5 ority to eligible applicants that did not have an 

6 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

7 years before submitting an application for a 

8 grant under this part. 

9 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

10 awarded grant funds under this part during the 

11 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 

12 barred from receiving grants under subpara13 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 

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

15 amount of the grant funds that were im16 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

17 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re19 payment to the fund from the grant recipi20 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

21 funds. 

22 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 

23 first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 

24 of this section, the Attorney General shall submit to 

25 the applicable committees an annual certification— 


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1 ‘‘(A) indicating whether— 

2 ‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 

3 General of the Department of Justice under 

4 paragraph (1) have been completed and re5 viewed by the appropriate Assistant Attor6 ney General or Director; 

7 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

8 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 

11 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re14 cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

15 previous year. 

16 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General 

18 awards a grant to an applicant under this part, the 

19 Attorney General shall compare potential grant 

20 awards with other grants awarded under this part by 

21 the Attorney General to determine if duplicate grant 

22 awards are awarded for the same purpose. 

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

24 duplicate grants under this part to the same appli25 cant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall 


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1 submit to the applicable committees a report that in2 cludes— 

3 ‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded 

4 under this part, including the total dollar 

5 amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

7 awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best prac10 tices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under 

11 part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

12 Streets Act of 1968 may be used. 

13 SEC. 4. USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEPART14 MENT OF JUSTICE, GENERAL ADMINISTRA15 TION TO CARRY OUT JUVENILE ACCOUNT16 ABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

17 In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney 

18 General shall use up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made 

19 available for Department of Justice, General Administra20 tion, to carry out part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

21 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et 

22 seq.). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 700 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 68 

[Report No. 114–890] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Grants program. to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block prevent and address occurrences of bullying and nile Accountability Block Grants for programs to Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the use of JuveDECEMBER 23, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:12 Dec 23, 2016 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H68.RH H68

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