Calendar No. 27

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 249

A BILL

To provide funding for the National Center for

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

MARCH 4, 1999

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 27

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 249

To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. DEWINE, and Mr. GRAMS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

MARCH 4, 1999

Reported by Mr. HATCH, with an amendment

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

A BILL

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 National Center for

12 Missing and Exploited Children, which shall be used

13 to—

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

15 telephone line by which individuals may report

16 information regarding the location of any miss17 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

18 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to

19 such child’s legal custodian, and request infor20 mation pertaining to procedures necessary to

21 reunite such child with such child’s legal custo22 dian; and

23 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele24 phone line with the operation of the national

25 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 1999, 2000,

14 2001, 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 National Center for Missing and Exploited

10 Children and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

12 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

13 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘1999 through 2004’’.

15 (f) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIRE16 MENTS.—Section 409 of the Missing Children’s Assistance

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 5778) is repealed.

18 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

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

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

21 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re22 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

23 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

24 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop25 ment of’’; and
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1 (2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the

2 following:

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

4 are needed in urban, suburban and rural areas;’’.

5 (b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS

6 AND SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Home7 less Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—

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

9 following:

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

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

12 grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and

13 combinations of such entities) to establish and oper14 ate (including renovation) local centers to provide

15 services for runaway and homeless youth and for the

16 families of such youth.

17 ‘‘(2) Such services—

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

19 involving runaway and homeless youth in the

20 law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,

21 and juvenile justice systems;

22 ‘‘(B) shall include—

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

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

25 counseling, as appropriate; and
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1 ‘‘(C) may include—

2 ‘‘(i) street-based services;

3 ‘‘(ii) home-based services for families

4 with youth at risk of separation from the

5 family; and

6 ‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre7 vention services.’’;

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

9 Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and

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

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

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

13 (1) in subsection (b)—

14 (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘criminal

15 charges against’’ and inserting ‘‘criminal or de16 linquency charges against or the coordinated

17 delivery of services to’’;

18 (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para19 graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;

20 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’

21 at the end;

22 (D) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe23 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (E) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual

2 report that includes, with respect to the year for

3 which the report is submitted—

4 ‘‘(A) information regarding the activities

5 carried out under this part;

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

7 this part carried out by the applicant; and

8 ‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—

9 ‘‘(i) the number and the characteris10 tics of the runaway and homeless youth,

11 and youth at risk of family separation, who

12 participate in the project; and

13 ‘‘(ii) the services provided to such

14 youth by the project.’’; and

15 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in16 serting the following:

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV18 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

19 311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli20 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)

21 assurances that in providing such services the applicant

22 will—

23 ‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in24 cluding on-street supervision by appropriately

25 trained staff;
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1 ‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street

2 staff;

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

4 staff who provide such services; and

5 ‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway

6 and homeless youth, and street youth.

7 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV8 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section

9 311(a) to provide home-based services described in section

10 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re11 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

12 services the applicant will—

13 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

14 youth and the families (including unrelated individ15 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ16 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

17 skill building, educational advancement, job attain18 ment skills, mental and physical health care, parent19 ing skills, financial planning, and referral to sources

20 of other needed services;

21 ‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrange22 ment made by the applicant, 24-hour service to re23 spond to family crises (including immediate access to

24 temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youth,

25 and youth at risk of separation from the family);
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1 ‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families

2 of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk

3 of separation from the family, objectives and meas4 ures of success to be achieved as a result of receiv5 ing home-based services;

6 ‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of

7 staff who provide home-based services; and

8 ‘‘(5) ensure that—

9 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

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

11 involvement with each family receiving such

12 services; and

13 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re14 ceive qualified supervision.

15 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU16 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to

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

18 drug abuse education and prevention services, an appli19 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)—

20 ‘‘(1) a description of—

21 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap22 plicant proposes to provide;

23 ‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and
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1 ‘‘(C) the types of information and training

2 to be provided to individuals providing such

3 services to runaway and homeless youth; and

4 ‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such serv5 ices the applicant shall conduct outreach activities

6 for runaway and homeless youth.’’.

7 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of

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

9 is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

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

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

13 approved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

14 with respect to the State in which such entity proposes

15 to provide services under this part—

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

17 of the proposed services under this part for which all

18 grant applicants request approval; and

19 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the great20 est need for such services.

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

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

23 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

24 experience in providing services to runaway and

25 homeless youth; and
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1 ‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of

2 less than $200,000.’’.

3 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

4 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

5 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—

6 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PUR7 POSE AND’’;

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

9 (3) by striking subsection (b).

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 to read as follows:

17 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

18 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu19 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

20 youth, the Secretary—

21 (1) through the Administrator of the Office of

22 Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention,

23 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De24 partment of Health and Human Services with activi25 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,
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1 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro2 gram and with the activities of other Federal enti3 ties; and

4 (2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies of

5 the Department of Health and Human Services with

6 the activities of other Federal entities and with the

7 activities of entities that are eligible to receive

8 grants under this title.’’.

9 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

10 EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE

11 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

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

13 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL14 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

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

16 after ‘‘research,’’; and

17 (3) in subsection (b)—

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

19 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

20 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re21 spectively.

22 (i) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

23 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

24 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (j) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and

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

3 as follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 1999,

6 and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to

7 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi9 ciary of the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and

10 accomplishments of entities that receive grants under

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

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

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

14 ‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway

15 and homeless youth;

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

17 such youth with their families and encouraging

18 the resolution of intrafamily problems through

19 counseling and other services;

20 ‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships

21 and encouraging stable living conditions for

22 such youth; and

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

24 future course of action; and
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1 ‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part

2 B—

3 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of

4 homeless youth served by such projects;

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

6 such projects;

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

8 alleviating the problems of homeless youth;

9 ‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in

10 preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;

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

12 assisting homeless youth to decide upon future

13 education, employment, and independent living;

14 ‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour15 age the resolution of intrafamily problems

16 through counseling and development of self-suf17 ficient living skills; and

18 ‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by

19 such projects for the following fiscal year.

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

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

22 summaries of—

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

24 under section 386; and
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1 ‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and

2 training provided to, individuals involved in carrying

3 out such evaluations.’’.

4 (k) REPORTS.—Section 383 of the Runaway and

5 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731) is amended by

6 striking ‘‘Records’’ and inserting ‘‘Except for the purposes

7 of the disposition of criminal or delinquency charges

8 against or the coordinated delivery of services to individual

9 youths, records’’.

10 (l) EVALUATION.—Section 384 of the Runaway and

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

12 as follows:

13 ‘‘SEC. 384. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

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

15 3 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E

16 (in the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such

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

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

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

20 used for the purposes for which such grants are

21 made by the Secretary;

22 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re23 port required by section 383; and

24 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

25 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to im-
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1 prove the operation of the centers, projects, and ac2 tivities for which such grants are made.

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

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

5 out evaluations, and to collect information, under this

6 title.’’.

7 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

9 5751) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 389. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

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

13 be appropriated to carry out this title (other than

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

15 years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

16 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—

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

18 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

19 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than

20 90 percent to carry out parts A and B.

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

22 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per23 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re24 served to carry out part B.
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1 ‘‘(3) PARTS C AND D.—In each fiscal year,

2 after reserving the amounts required by paragraph

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

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

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

6 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

7 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the pur8 pose of combining such funds is to make a single discre9 tionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless

10 such funds are separately identified in all grants and con11 tracts and are used for the purposes specified in this

12 title.’’.

13 (n) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

14 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

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

16 is amended—

17 (A) by striking the heading for part F;

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

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

20 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION

21 PROGRAM

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

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

24 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

25 street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street
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1 youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being

2 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi3 tation.

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

5 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give prior6 ity to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

7 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

8 youth.’’.

9 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 Section 389(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

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

12 (m) of this section, is amended by adding at the end

13 the following:

14 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out part E such sums as may be necessary

16 for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and

17 2004.’’.

18 (o) CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—

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

20 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 384 the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘SEC. 385. CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.

23 ‘‘With respect to funds available to carry out parts

24 A, B, C, D, and E, nothing in this title shall be construed

25 to prohibit the Secretary from—
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1 ‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the

2 availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of

3 such parts; and

4 ‘‘(2) reviewing applications for grants under 2

5 or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli6 cation review process.’’.

7 (p) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

8 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by insert9 ing after section 385, as added by subsection (o) of this

10 section, the following:

11 ‘‘SEC. 386. DEFINITIONS.

12 ‘‘In this title:

13 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVEN14 TION SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education

15 and prevention services’—

16 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home17 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

18 drugs by such youth; and

19 ‘‘(B) may include—

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

21 peer counseling;

22 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

23 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

24 homeless youth in rural areas (including
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1 the development of community support

2 groups);

3 ‘‘(iv) information and training relating

4 to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and

5 homeless youth, to individuals involved in

6 providing services to such youth; and

7 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the availabil8 ity of local drug abuse prevention services

9 to runaway and homeless youth.

10 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term

11 ‘home-based services’—

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

13 their families for the purpose of—

14 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run15 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa16 rated, from their families; and

17 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re18 turn to their families; and

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

20 the residences of families (to the extent prac21 ticable), including—

22 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

23 counseling; and

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

25 parenting.
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1 ‘‘(3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘homeless

2 youth’ means an individual—

3 ‘‘(A) who is—

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

5 and

6 ‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not

7 less than 16 years of age;

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

9 a safe environment with a relative; and

10 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv11 ing arrangement.

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

13 ‘street-based services’—

14 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

15 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

16 where they congregate, designed to assist such

17 youth in making healthy personal choices re18 garding where they live and how they behave;

19 and

20 ‘‘(B) may include—

21 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

22 runaway and homeless youth, and street

23 youth;

24 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and counsel25 ing;
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1 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

2 housing;

3 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

4 transitional living and health care services;

5 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven6 tion services related to—

7 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

8 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;

9 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis10 eases, including human immuno11 deficiency virus (HIV); and

12 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual as13 sault.

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

15 means an individual who—

16 ‘‘(A) is—

17 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

18 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

19 homeless youth; and

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

21 on the street or in other areas that increase the

22 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual ex23 ploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

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

25 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a
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1 project that provides shelter and services designed to

2 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

3 prevent long-term dependency on social services.

4 ‘‘(7) YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM

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

6 from the family’ means an individual—

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

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

9 from the family of such individual;

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

11 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

12 such individual; or

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

14 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a

15 result of the lack of services available to the

16 family to meet such needs.’’.

17 (q) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371,

18 372, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 386 of the Runaway

19 and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.),

20 as amended by this title, are redesignated as sections 381,

21 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, and 388, respectively.

22 (r) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 331 of the

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

24 seq.) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘With’’
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1 and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and inserting

2 ‘‘The Secretary’’.

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Runaway Children Protection Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

7 CHILDREN.

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Children’s

9 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended—

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

11 end;

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

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

15 ‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss16 ing and Exploited Children has—

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

18 and clearinghouse congressionally mandated

19 under the provisions of the Missing Children’s

20 Assistance Act of 1984; and

21 ‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De22 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In23 vestigation, the Department of the Treasury, the

24 Department of State, and many other agencies
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1 in the effort to find missing children and prevent

2 child victimization;

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

4 private non-profit corporation, access to the National

5 Crime Information Center of the Federal Bureau of

6 Investigation, and the National Law Enforcement

7 Telecommunications System;

8 ‘‘(11) since 1987, the Center has operated the

9 National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction

10 with the United States Customs Service and the

11 United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin12 ning this year, the Center established a new

13 CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming ‘the

14 911 for the Internet’;

15 ‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es16 sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the

17 Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of 1997

18 created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’) flag to

19 provide the Center immediate notification in the most

20 serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifications to

21 the Center and helping the Center to have its highest

22 recovery rate in history;

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

24 increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center

25 online with each of the missing children clearing-
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1 houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co2 lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland

3 Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian

4 Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,

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

6 transmit images and information regarding missing

7 children to law enforcement across the United States

8 and around the world instantly;

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

10 31, 1998, the Center has—

11 ‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its 24-

12 hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST) and

13 currently averages 700 calls per day;

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

15 criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare

16 professionals in child sexual exploitation and

17 missing child case detection, identification, in18 vestigation, and prevention;

19 ‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica20 tions to citizens and professionals; and

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

22 cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in the

23 recovery of 40,180 children;

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

25 is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact that
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1 in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an all-time

2 record, and by the fact that its new Internet website

3 (www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000 ‘hits’ every

4 day, and is linked with hundreds of other websites to

5 provide real-time images of breaking cases of missing

6 children;

7 ‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train8 ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States

9 and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement

10 Training Center;

11 ‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a re12 markable impact, such as in the fight against infant

13 abductions in partnership with the healthcare indus14 try, during which the Center has performed 668 on15 site hospital walk-throughs and inspections, and

16 trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses, and

17 security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce in18 fant abductions in the United States by 82 percent;

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

20 role in international child abduction cases, serving as

21 a representative of the Department of State at cases

22 under The Hague Convention, and successfully resolv23 ing the cases of 343 international child abductions,

24 and providing greater support to parents in the

25 United States;
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1 ‘‘(19) the Center is a model of public/private

2 partnership, raising private sector funds to match

3 congressional appropriations and receiving extensive

4 private in-kind support, including advanced tech5 nology provided by the computer industry such as im6 aging technology used to age the photographs of long7 term missing children and to reconstruct facial im8 ages of unidentified deceased children;

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

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

11 American Institute of Philanthropy; and

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

13 Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource

14 center once every 3 years through a competitive selec15 tion process conducted by the Office of Juvenile Jus16 tice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of

17 Justice, and has received grants from that Office to

18 conduct the crucial purposes of the Center.’’.

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil20 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

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

22 end;

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

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

25 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Center

2 for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.

3 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS4 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

7 (d); and

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

9 following:

10 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS11 ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall an13 nually make a grant to the Center, which shall be

14 used to—

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

16 telephone line by which individuals may report

17 information regarding the location of any miss18 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

19 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to such

20 child’s legal custodian, and request information

21 pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite

22 such child with such child’s legal custodian; and

23 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele24 phone line with the operation of the national

25 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 missing

5 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 agencies

15 to assist missing and exploited children and

16 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 miss23 ing and exploited children;

24 ‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and train25 ing to law enforcement agencies, State and local
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1 governments, elements of the criminal justice sys2 tem, public and private nonprofit agencies, and

3 individuals in the prevention, investigation,

4 prosecution, and treatment of cases involving

5 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 Admin12 istrator to carry out this subsection, $10,000,000 for

13 each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

14 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis15 trator, either by making grants to or entering into contracts

16 with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies, shall—

17 ‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence

18 studies to determine for a given year the actual num19 ber of children reported missing each year, the num20 ber of children who are victims of abduction by

21 strangers, the number of children who are the victims

22 of parental kidnapings, and the number of children

23 who are recovered each year; and

24 ‘‘(2) provide to State and local governments,

25 public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ-
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1 uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school

2 records and birth certificates to identify and locate

3 missing children.’’.

4 (d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

5 CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Children’s As6 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by inserting

7 ‘‘the Center and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

9 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

10 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and in11 serting ‘‘2000 through 2004’’.

12 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

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

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

15 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re16 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

17 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

18 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop19 ment of’’; and

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

21 following:

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

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

2 SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Homeless

3 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 operate

10 (including renovation) local centers to provide serv11 ices for runaway and homeless youth and for the fam12 ilies 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 characteristics

3 of the runaway and homeless youth, and

4 youth at risk of family separation, who par5 ticipate 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 staff;

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

21 staff who provide such services; and

22 ‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway and

23 homeless youth, and street youth.

24 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV25 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section 311(a)
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1 to provide home-based services described in section

2 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re3 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

4 services the applicant will—

5 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

6 youth and the families (including unrelated individ7 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ8 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

9 skill building, educational advancement, job attain10 ment skills, mental and physical health care, parent11 ing skills, financial planning, and referral to sources

12 of other needed services;

13 ‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrangement

14 made by the applicant, 24-hour service to respond to

15 family crises (including immediate access to tem16 porary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and

17 youth at risk of separation from the family);

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

19 of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of

20 separation from the family, objectives and measures of

21 success to be achieved as a result of receiving home22 based services;

23 ‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of

24 staff who provide home-based services; and

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1 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

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

3 involvement with each family receiving such

4 services; and

5 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re6 ceive qualified supervision.

7 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU8 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to use

9 assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug

10 abuse education and prevention services, an applicant shall

11 include in the plan required by subsection (b)—

12 ‘‘(1) a description of—

13 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap14 plicant proposes to provide;

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

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

17 to be provided to individuals providing such

18 services to runaway and homeless youth; and

19 ‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such services

20 the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for

21 runaway and homeless youth.’’.

22 (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of the

23 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713) is

24 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or pri3 vate entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be ap4 proved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

5 with respect to the State in which such entity proposes to

6 provide services under this part—

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

8 of the proposed services under this part for which all

9 grant applicants request approval; and

10 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the greatest

11 need for such services.

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

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

14 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

15 experience in providing services to runaway and

16 homeless youth; and

17 ‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of less

18 than $200,000.’’.

19 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

20 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

21 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—

22 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PURPOSE

23 AND’’;

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

25 (3) by striking subsection (b).
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1 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway

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

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

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

5 (g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway and

6 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended to

7 read as follows:

8 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

9 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu10 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

11 youth, the Secretary—

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

13 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De14 partment of Health and Human Services with activi15 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,

16 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro17 gram and with the activities of other Federal entities;

18 and

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

20 the Department of Health and Human Services with

21 the activities of other Federal entities and with the

22 activities of entities that are eligible to receive grants

23 under this title.’’.

24 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

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1 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

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

3 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL4 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

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

6 after ‘‘research,’’; and

7 (3) in subsection (b)—

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

9 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

10 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re11 spectively.

12 (i) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

13 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

14 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.

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

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

17 as follows:

18 ‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.

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

20 biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to the

21 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House

22 of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of

23 the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and accom24 plishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B,

25 C, D, and E, with particular attention to—
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1 ‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part A,

2 the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—

3 ‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway

4 and homeless youth;

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

6 such youth with their families and encouraging

7 the resolution of intrafamily problems through

8 counseling and other services;

9 ‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships and

10 encouraging stable living conditions for such

11 youth; and

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

13 future course of action; and

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

15 B—

16 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of

17 homeless youth served by such projects;

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

19 such projects;

20 ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in al21 leviating the problems of homeless youth;

22 ‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in

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1 ‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in as2 sisting homeless youth to decide upon future edu3 cation, employment, and independent living;

4 ‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour5 age the resolution of intrafamily problems

6 through counseling and development of self-suffi7 cient living skills; and

8 ‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by

9 such projects for the following fiscal year.

10 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall in11 clude in each report submitted under subsection (a), sum12 maries of—

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

14 under section 386; and

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

16 training provided to, individuals involved in carry17 ing out such evaluations.’’.

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

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

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘SEC. 386. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a grantee receives grants for 3

23 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E (in

24 the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such
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1 grantee on-site, not less frequently than once in the period

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

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

4 used for the purposes for which such grants are made

5 by the Secretary;

6 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re7 port required by section 383; and

8 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

9 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to improve

10 the operation of the centers, projects, and activities for

11 which such grants are made.

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

13 title shall cooperate with the Secretary’s efforts to carry out

14 evaluations, and to collect information, under this title.’’.

15 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

16 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

17 5751) is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘SEC. 388. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

20 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be

21 appropriated to carry out this title (other than part

22 E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years

23 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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

2 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

3 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 90

4 percent to carry out parts A and B.

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

6 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per7 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re8 served to carry out part B.

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

10 reserving the amounts required by paragraph (2), the

11 Secretary shall use the remaining amount (if any) to

12 carry out parts C and D.

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

14 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

15 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purpose

16 of combining such funds is to make a single discretionary

17 grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless such funds

18 are separately identified in all grants and contracts and

19 are used for the purposes specified in this title.’’.

20 (m) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

21 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

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

23 amended—

24 (A) by striking the heading for part F;

25 (B) by redesignating part E as part F; and
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1 (C) by inserting after part D the following:

2 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM

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

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

5 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

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

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

8 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi9 tation.

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

11 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give prior12 ity to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

13 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

14 youth.’’.

15 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec16 tion 388(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act

17 (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection (l) of this

18 section, is amended by adding at the end the follow19 ing:

20 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appropriated

21 to carry out part E such sums as may be necessary for

22 fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

23 (n) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

24 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by inserting
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1 after section 386, as amended by subsection (k) of this sec2 tion, the following:

3 ‘‘SEC. 387. DEFINITIONS.

4 ‘‘In this title:

5 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION

6 SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education and pre7 vention services’—

8 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home9 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

10 drugs by such youth; and

11 ‘‘(B) may include—

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

13 peer counseling;

14 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

15 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

16 homeless youth in rural areas (including

17 the development of community support

18 groups);

19 ‘‘(iv) information and training relat20 ing to the illicit use of drugs by runaway

21 and homeless youth, to individuals involved

22 in providing services to such youth; and

23 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the availabil24 ity of local drug abuse prevention services to

25 runaway and homeless youth.
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1 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term ‘home2 based services’—

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

4 their families for the purpose of—

5 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run6 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa7 rated, from their families; and

8 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re9 turn to their families; and

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

11 the residences of families (to the extent prac12 ticable), including—

13 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

14 counseling; and

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

16 parenting.

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

18 youth’ means an individual—

19 ‘‘(A) who is—

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

21 and

22 ‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not

23 less than 16 years of age;

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

25 a safe environment with a relative; and
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1 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv2 ing arrangement.

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

4 ‘street-based services’—

5 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

6 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

7 where they congregate, designed to assist such

8 youth in making healthy personal choices regard9 ing where they live and how they behave; and

10 ‘‘(B) may include—

11 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

12 runaway and homeless youth, and street

13 youth;

14 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and counsel15 ing;

16 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

17 housing;

18 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

19 transitional living and health care services;

20 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven21 tion services related to—

22 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

23 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;
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1 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis2 eases, including human immuno3 deficiency virus (HIV); and

4 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual assault.

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

6 means an individual who—

7 ‘‘(A) is—

8 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

9 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

10 homeless youth; and

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

12 on the street or in other areas that increase the

13 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual exploi14 tation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

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

16 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a

17 project that provides shelter and services designed to

18 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

19 prevent long-term dependency on social services.

20 ‘‘(7) YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM THE

21 FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation from

22 the family’ means an individual—

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

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

25 from the family of such individual;
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1 ‘‘(ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian

2 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

3 such individual; or

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

5 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a re6 sult of the lack of services available to the family

7 to meet such needs.’’.

8 (o) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371, 372,

9 381, 382, and 383 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.), as amended by this

11 title, are redesignated as sections 381, 382, 383, 384, and

12 385, respectively.

13 (p) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Runaway and

14 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended—

15 (1) in section 331, in the first sentence, by strik16 ing ‘‘With’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec17 retary’’, and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

18 (2) in section 344(a)(1), by striking ‘‘With’’ and

19 all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and insert20 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’.