106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 249

AN ACT

To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and

Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing, Exploited,

5 and Runaway Children Protection Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

2 CHILDREN.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil4 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

6 end;

7 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

10 ‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss11 ing and Exploited Children has—

12 ‘‘(A) served as the national resource center

13 and clearinghouse congressionally mandated

14 under the provisions of the Missing Children’s

15 Assistance Act of 1984; and

16 ‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De17 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In18 vestigation, the Department of the Treasury,

19 the Department of State, and many other agen20 cies in the effort to find missing children and

21 prevent child victimization;

22 ‘‘(10) Congress has given the Center, which is

23 a private non-profit corporation, access to the Na24 tional Crime Information Center of the Federal Bu25 reau of Investigation, and the National Law En26 forcement Telecommunications System;
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1 ‘‘(11) since 1987, the Center has operated the

2 National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction

3 with the United States Customs Service and the

4 United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin5 ning this year, the Center established a new

6 CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming

7 ‘the 911 for the Internet’;

8 ‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es9 sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the

10 Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of

11 1997 created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’)

12 flag to provide the Center immediate notification in

13 the most serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifi14 cations to the Center and helping the Center to have

15 its highest recovery rate in history;

16 ‘‘(13) the Center has established a national and

17 increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center

18 online with each of the missing children clearing19 houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co20 lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland

21 Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian

22 Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,

23 France, and others, which has enabled the Center to

24 transmit images and information regarding missing
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1 children to law enforcement across the United States

2 and around the world instantly;

3 ‘‘(14) from its inception in 1984 through March

4 31, 1998, the Center has—

5 ‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its

6 24-hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST)

7 and currently averages 700 calls per day;

8 ‘‘(B) trained 146,284 law enforcement,

9 criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare

10 professionals in child sexual exploitation and

11 missing child case detection, identification, in12 vestigation, and prevention;

13 ‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica14 tions to citizens and professionals; and

15 ‘‘(D) worked with law enforcement on the

16 cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in

17 the recovery of 40,180 children;

18 ‘‘(15) the demand for the services of the Center

19 is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact

20 that in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an

21 all-time record, and by the fact that its new Internet

22 website (www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000

23 ‘hits’ every day, and is linked with hundreds of other

24 websites to provide real-time images of breaking

25 cases of missing children;
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1 ‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train2 ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States

3 and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement

4 Training Center;

5 ‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a

6 remarkable impact, such as in the fight against in7 fant abductions in partnership with the healthcare

8 industry, during which the Center has performed

9 668 onsite hospital walk-throughs and inspections,

10 and trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses,

11 and security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce

12 infant abductions in the United States by 82 per13 cent;

14 ‘‘(18) the Center is now playing a significant

15 role in international child abduction cases, serving as

16 a representative of the Department of State at cases

17 under The Hague Convention, and successfully re18 solving the cases of 343 international child abduc19 tions, and providing greater support to parents in

20 the United States;

21 ‘‘(19) the Center is a model of public/private

22 partnership, raising private sector funds to match

23 congressional appropriations and receiving extensive

24 private in-kind support, including advanced tech25 nology provided by the computer industry such as
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1 imaging technology used to age the photographs of

2 long-term missing children and to reconstruct facial

3 images of unidentified deceased children;

4 ‘‘(20) the Center was 1 of only 10 of 300 major

5 national charities given an A+ grade in 1997 by the

6 American Institute of Philanthropy; and

7 ‘‘(21) the Center has been redesignated as the

8 Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource

9 center once every 3 years through a competitive se10 lection process conducted by the Office of Juvenile

11 Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Depart12 ment of Justice, and has received grants from that

13 Office to conduct the crucial purposes of the Cen14 ter.’’.

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil16 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

18 end;

19 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

22 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Cen23 ter for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.
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1 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS2 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist3 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub5 section (d); and

6 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR

9 MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall

11 annually make a grant to the Center, which shall be

12 used to—

13 ‘‘(A)(i) operate a national 24-hour toll-free

14 telephone line by which individuals may report

15 information regarding the location of any miss16 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

17 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to

18 such child’s legal custodian, and request infor19 mation pertaining to procedures necessary to

20 reunite such child with such child’s legal custo21 dian; and

22 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele23 phone line with the operation of the national

24 communications system referred to in part C of
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1 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42

2 U.S.C. 5714–11);

3 ‘‘(B) operate the official national resource

4 center and information clearinghouse for miss5 ing and exploited children;

6 ‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern7 ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,

8 and individuals, information regarding—

9 ‘‘(i) free or low-cost legal, restaurant,

10 lodging, and transportation services that

11 are available for the benefit of missing and

12 exploited children and their families; and

13 ‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro14 grams being carried out by Federal agen15 cies to assist missing and exploited chil16 dren and their families;

17 ‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro18 grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing

19 children with their families;

20 ‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in21 formation relating to innovative and model pro22 grams, services, and legislation that benefit

23 missing and exploited children;

24 ‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and

25 training to law enforcement agencies, State and
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1 local governments, elements of the criminal jus2 tice system, public and private nonprofit agen3 cies, and individuals in the prevention, inves4 tigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases in5 volving missing and exploited children; and

6 ‘‘(G) provide assistance to families and law

7 enforcement agencies in locating and recovering

8 missing and exploited children, both nationally

9 and internationally.

10 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad12 ministrator to carry out this subsection,

13 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001,

14 2002, 2003, and 2004.

15 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis16 trator, either by making grants to or entering into con17 tracts with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies,

18 shall—

19 ‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence

20 studies to determine for a given year the actual

21 number of children reported missing each year, the

22 number of children who are victims of abduction by

23 strangers, the number of children who are the vic24 tims of parental kidnapings, and the number of chil25 dren who are recovered each year; and
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1 ‘‘(2) provide to State and local governments,

2 public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ3 uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school

4 records and birth certificates to identify and locate

5 missing children.’’.

6 (d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EX7 PLOITED CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Chil8 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by

9 inserting ‘‘the Center and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.

10 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

11 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

12 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘2000 through 2004’’.

14 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 302 of the Runaway and

16 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re18 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

19 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

20 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop21 ment of’’; and

22 (2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(8) services for runaway and homeless youth

25 are needed in urban, suburban, and rural areas;’’.
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1 (b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS

2 AND SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Home3 less Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—

4 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make

8 grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and

9 combinations of such entities) to establish and oper10 ate (including renovation) local centers to provide

11 services for runaway and homeless youth and for the

12 families of such youth.

13 ‘‘(2) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services provided

14 under paragraph (1)—

15 ‘‘(A) shall be provided as an alternative to

16 involving runaway and homeless youth in the

17 law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,

18 and juvenile justice systems;

19 ‘‘(B) shall include—

20 ‘‘(i) safe and appropriate shelter; and

21 ‘‘(ii) individual, family, and group

22 counseling, as appropriate; and

23 ‘‘(C) may include—

24 ‘‘(i) street-based services;
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1 ‘‘(ii) home-based services for families

2 with youth at risk of separation from the

3 family; and

4 ‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre5 vention services.’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Trust

7 Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and

8 (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).

9 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 312 of the Runaway and

10 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para13 graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;

14 (B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’

15 at the end;

16 (C) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe17 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

19 ‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual

20 report that includes, with respect to the year for

21 which the report is submitted—

22 ‘‘(A) information regarding the activities

23 carried out under this part;

24 ‘‘(B) the achievements of the project under

25 this part carried out by the applicant; and
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1 ‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—

2 ‘‘(i) the number and the characteris3 tics of the runaway and homeless youth,

4 and youth at risk of family separation, who

5 participate in the project; and

6 ‘‘(ii) the services provided to such

7 youth by the project.’’; and

8 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in9 serting the following:

10 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV11 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

12 311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli13 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)

14 assurances that in providing such services the applicant

15 will—

16 ‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in17 cluding on-street supervision by appropriately

18 trained staff;

19 ‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street

20 staff;

21 ‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of

22 staff who provide such services; and

23 ‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway

24 and homeless youth, and street youth.
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1 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV2 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

3 311(a) to provide home-based services described in section

4 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re5 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

6 services the applicant will—

7 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

8 youth and the families (including unrelated individ9 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ10 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

11 skill building, educational advancement, job attain12 ment skills, mental and physical health care, par13 enting skills, financial planning, and referral to

14 sources of other needed services;

15 ‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrange16 ment made by the applicant, 24-hour service to re17 spond to family crises (including immediate access to

18 temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youth,

19 and youth at risk of separation from the family);

20 ‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families

21 of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk

22 of separation from the family, objectives and meas23 ures of success to be achieved as a result of receiv24 ing home-based services;
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1 ‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of

2 staff who provide home-based services; and

3 ‘‘(5) ensure that—

4 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

5 to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)

6 involvement with each family receiving such

7 services; and

8 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re9 ceive qualified supervision.

10 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU11 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to

12 use assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide

13 drug abuse education and prevention services, an appli14 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)—

15 ‘‘(1) a description of—

16 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap17 plicant proposes to provide;

18 ‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and

19 ‘‘(C) the types of information and training

20 to be provided to individuals providing such

21 services to runaway and homeless youth; and

22 ‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such serv23 ices the applicant shall conduct outreach activities

24 for runaway and homeless youth.’’.
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1 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of

2 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713)

3 is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or

6 private entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be

7 approved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

8 with respect to the State in which such entity proposes

9 to provide services under this part—

10 ‘‘(1) the geographical distribution in such State

11 of the proposed services under this part for which all

12 grant applicants request approval; and

13 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the great14 est need for such services.

15 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications for grants

16 under section 311(a), the Secretary shall give priority to—

17 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

18 experience in providing services to runaway and

19 homeless youth; and

20 ‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of

21 less than $200,000.’’.

22 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

23 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

24 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PUR2 POSE AND’’;

3 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

4 (3) by striking subsection (b).

5 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway

6 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is

7 amended by inserting ‘‘, and the services provided to such

8 youth by such project,’’ after ‘‘such project’’.

9 (g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway

10 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended

11 to read as follows:

12 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

13 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu14 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

15 youth, the Secretary—

16 ‘‘(1) in conjunction with the Attorney General,

17 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De18 partment of Health and Human Services with activi19 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,

20 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro21 gram and with the activities of other Federal enti22 ties; and

23 ‘‘(2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies

24 of the Department of Health and Human Services

25 with the activities of other Federal entities and with
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1 the activities of entities that are eligible to receive

2 grants under this title.’’.

3 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

4 EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE

5 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

6 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—

7 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL8 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

9 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’

10 after ‘‘research,’’; and

11 (3) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

13 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

14 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re15 spectively.

16 (i) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

17 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

18 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.

19 (j) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and

20 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended to read

21 as follows:

22 ‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2000,

24 and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to

25 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi2 ciary of the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and

3 accomplishments of entities that receive grants under

4 parts A, B, C, D, and E, with particular attention to—

5 ‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part

6 A, the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—

7 ‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway

8 and homeless youth;

9 ‘‘(B) if applicable or appropriate, reuniting

10 such youth with their families and encouraging

11 the resolution of intrafamily problems through

12 counseling and other services;

13 ‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships

14 and encouraging stable living conditions for

15 such youth; and

16 ‘‘(D) assisting such youth to decide upon a

17 future course of action; and

18 ‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part

19 B—

20 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of

21 homeless youth served by such projects;

22 ‘‘(B) the types of activities carried out by

23 such projects;

24 ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in

25 alleviating the problems of homeless youth;
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1 ‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in

2 preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;

3 ‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in

4 assisting homeless youth to decide upon future

5 education, employment, and independent living;

6 ‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour7 age the resolution of intrafamily problems

8 through counseling and development of self-suf9 ficient living skills; and

10 ‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by

11 such projects for the following fiscal year.

12 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall

13 include in each report submitted under subsection (a),

14 summaries of—

15 ‘‘(1) the evaluations performed by the Secretary

16 under section 386; and

17 ‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and

18 training provided to, individuals involved in carrying

19 out such evaluations.’’.

20 (k) EVALUATION.—Section 384 of the Runaway and

21 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5732) is amended to read

22 as follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 386. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a grantee receives grants for

25 3 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E
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1 (in the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such

2 grantee on-site, not less frequently than once in the period

3 of such 3 consecutive fiscal years, for purposes of—

4 ‘‘(1) determining whether such grants are being

5 used for the purposes for which such grants are

6 made by the Secretary;

7 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re8 port required by section 383; and

9 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

10 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to im11 prove the operation of the centers, projects, and ac12 tivities for which such grants are made.

13 ‘‘(b) COOPERATION.—Recipients of grants under this

14 title shall cooperate with the Secretary’s efforts to carry

15 out evaluations, and to collect information, under this

16 title.’’.

17 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

18 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

19 5751) is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘SEC. 388. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

22 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to

23 be appropriated to carry out this title (other than

24 part E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

25 years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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1 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—

2 ‘‘(A) PARTS A AND B.—From the amount

3 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

4 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than

5 90 percent to carry out parts A and B.

6 ‘‘(B) PART B.—Of the amount reserved

7 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per8 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re9 served to carry out part B.

10 ‘‘(3) PARTS C AND D.—In each fiscal year,

11 after reserving the amounts required by paragraph

12 (2), the Secretary shall use the remaining amount

13 (if any) to carry out parts C and D.

14 ‘‘(b) SEPARATE IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED.—No

15 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

16 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the pur17 pose of combining such funds is to make a single discre18 tionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless

19 such funds are separately identified in all grants and con20 tracts and are used for the purposes specified in this

21 title.’’.

22 (m) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

23 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

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

25 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking the heading for part F;

2 (B) by redesignating part E as part F; and

3 (C) by inserting after part D the following:

4 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION

5 PROGRAM

6 ‘‘SEC. 351. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants

8 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

9 street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street

10 youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being

11 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi12 tation.

13 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applicants to receive

14 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pri15 ority to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

16 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

17 youth.’’.

18 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

19 Section 388(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection (l)

21 of this section, is amended by adding at the end the

22 following:

23 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out part E such sums as may be necessary

25 for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
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1 (n) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

2 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by insert3 ing after section 386, as amended by subsection (k) of this

4 section, the following:

5 ‘‘SEC. 387. DEFINITIONS.

6 ‘‘In this title:

7 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVEN8 TION SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education

9 and prevention services’—

10 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home11 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

12 drugs by such youth; and

13 ‘‘(B) may include—

14 ‘‘(i) individual, family, group, and

15 peer counseling;

16 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

17 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

18 homeless youth in rural areas (including

19 the development of community support

20 groups);

21 ‘‘(iv) information and training relating

22 to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and

23 homeless youth, to individuals involved in

24 providing services to such youth; and
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1 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the avail2 ability of local drug abuse prevention serv3 ices to runaway and homeless youth.

4 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term

5 ‘home-based services’—

6 ‘‘(A) means services provided to youth and

7 their families for the purpose of—

8 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run9 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa10 rated, from their families; and

11 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re12 turn to their families; and

13 ‘‘(B) includes services that are provided in

14 the residences of families (to the extent prac15 ticable), including—

16 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

17 counseling; and

18 ‘‘(ii) training relating to life skills and

19 parenting.

20 ‘‘(3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘homeless

21 youth’ means an individual—

22 ‘‘(A) who is—

23 ‘‘(i) not more than 21 years of age;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not

2 less than 16 years of age;

3 ‘‘(B) for whom it is not possible to live in

4 a safe environment with a relative; and

5 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv6 ing arrangement.

7 ‘‘(4) STREET-BASED SERVICES.—The term

8 ‘street-based services’—

9 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

10 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

11 where they congregate, designed to assist such

12 youth in making healthy personal choices re13 garding where they live and how they behave;

14 and

15 ‘‘(B) may include—

16 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

17 runaway and homeless youth, and street

18 youth;

19 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and coun20 seling;

21 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

22 housing;

23 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

24 transitional living and health care services;
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1 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven2 tion services related to—

3 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

4 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;

5 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis6 eases, including human immuno7 deficiency virus (HIV); and

8 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual as9 sault.

10 ‘‘(5) STREET YOUTH.—The term ‘street youth’

11 means an individual who—

12 ‘‘(A) is—

13 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

14 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

15 homeless youth; and

16 ‘‘(B) spends a significant amount of time

17 on the street or in other areas that increase the

18 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual ex19 ploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

20 ‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL LIVING YOUTH PROJECT.—

21 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a

22 project that provides shelter and services designed to

23 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

24 prevent long-term dependency on social services.
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1 ‘‘(7) YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM

2 THE FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation

3 from the family’ means an individual—

4 ‘‘(A) who is less than 18 years of age; and

5 ‘‘(B)(i) who has a history of running away

6 from the family of such individual;

7 ‘‘(ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian

8 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

9 such individual; or

10 ‘‘(iii) who is at risk of entering the child

11 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a

12 result of the lack of services available to the

13 family to meet such needs.’’.

14 (o) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371,

15 372, 381, 382, and 383 of the Runaway and Homeless

16 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.), as amended

17 by this title, are redesignated as sections 381, 382, 383,

18 384, and 385, respectively.

19 (p) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Runaway and

20 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is

21 amended—

22 (1) in section 331, in the first sentence, by

23 striking ‘‘With’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the

24 Secretary’’, and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and
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1 (2) in section 344(a)(1), by striking ‘‘With’’

2 and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and in3 serting ‘‘The Secretary’’.

Passed the Senate April 19, 1999.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 249

AN ACT

To provide funding for the National Center for

other purposes.the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and forMissing and Exploited Children, to reauthorize
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