106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 249

AMENDMENT
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

May 25, 1999.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 249) entitled

‘‘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’’, do pass with

the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Runaway Children Protection Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

5 CHILDREN.

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

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

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

9 end;

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

11 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss2 ing and Exploited Children has—

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

4 and clearinghouse congressionally mandated

5 under the provisions of the Missing Children’s

6 Assistance Act of 1984; and

7 ‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De8 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In9 vestigation, the Department of the Treasury, the

10 Department of State, and many other agencies

11 in the effort to find missing children and prevent

12 child victimization;

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

14 private non-profit corporation, access to the National

15 Crime Information Center of the Federal Bureau of

16 Investigation, and the National Law Enforcement

17 Telecommunications System;

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

19 National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction

20 with the United States Customs Service and the

21 United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin22 ning this year, the Center established a new

23 CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming ‘the

24 911 for the Internet’;
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1 ‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es2 sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of 1997

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

5 provide the Center immediate notification in the most

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

7 the Center and helping the Center to have its highest

8 recovery rate in history;

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

10 increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center

11 online with each of the missing children clearing12 houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co13 lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland

14 Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian

15 Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,

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

17 transmit images and information regarding missing

18 children to law enforcement across the United States

19 and around the world instantly;

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

21 31, 1998, the Center has—

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

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

24 currently averages 700 calls per day;
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1 ‘‘(B) trained 146,284 law enforcement,

2 criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare

3 professionals in child sexual exploitation and

4 missing child case detection, identification, in5 vestigation, and prevention;

6 ‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica7 tions to citizens and professionals; and

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

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

10 recovery of 40,180 children;

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

12 is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact that

13 in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an all-time

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

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

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

17 provide real-time images of breaking cases of missing

18 children;

19 ‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train20 ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States

21 and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement

22 Training Center;

23 ‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a re24 markable impact, such as in the fight against infant

25 abductions in partnership with the healthcare indus-
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1 try, during which the Center has performed 668 on2 site hospital walk-throughs and inspections, and

3 trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses, and

4 security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce in5 fant abductions in the United States by 82 percent;

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

7 role in international child abduction cases, serving as

8 a representative of the Department of State at cases

9 under The Hague Convention, and successfully resolv10 ing the cases of 343 international child abductions,

11 and providing greater support to parents in the

12 United States;

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

14 partnership, raising private sector funds to match

15 congressional appropriations and receiving extensive

16 private in-kind support, including advanced tech17 nology provided by the computer industry such as im18 aging technology used to age the photographs of long19 term missing children and to reconstruct facial im20 ages of unidentified deceased children;

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

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

23 American Institute of Philanthropy; and

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

25 Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource
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1 center once every 3 years through a competitive selec2 tion process conducted by the Office of Juvenile Jus3 tice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of

4 Justice, and has received grants from that Office to

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

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil7 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

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

9 end;

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

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

13 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Center

14 for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.

15 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS16 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

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

19 (d); and

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

21 following:

22 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS23 ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall an2 nually make a grant to the Center, which shall be

3 used to—

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

5 telephone line by which individuals may report

6 information regarding the location of any miss7 ing child, or other child 13 years of age or

8 younger whose whereabouts are unknown to such

9 child’s legal custodian, and request information

10 pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite

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

12 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele13 phone line with the operation of the national

14 communications system referred to in part C of

15 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42

16 U.S.C. 5714–11);

17 ‘‘(B) operate the official national resource

18 center and information clearinghouse for missing

19 and exploited children;

20 ‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern21 ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,

22 and individuals, information regarding—

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

24 lodging, and transportation services that
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1 are available for the benefit of missing and

2 exploited children and their families; and

3 ‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro4 grams being carried out by Federal agencies

5 to assist missing and exploited children and

6 their families;

7 ‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro8 grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing

9 children with their families;

10 ‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in11 formation relating to innovative and model pro12 grams, services, and legislation that benefit miss13 ing and exploited children;

14 ‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and train15 ing to law enforcement agencies, State and local

16 governments, elements of the criminal justice sys17 tem, public and private nonprofit agencies, and

18 individuals in the prevention, investigation,

19 prosecution, and treatment of cases involving

20 missing and exploited children; and

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

22 enforcement agencies in locating and recovering

23 missing and exploited children, both nationally

24 and internationally.
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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin3 istrator to carry out this subsection, $10,000,000 for

4 each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

5 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis6 trator, either by making grants to or entering into contracts

7 with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies, shall—

8 ‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence

9 studies to determine for a given year the actual num10 ber of children reported missing each year, the num11 ber of children who are victims of abduction by

12 strangers, the number of children who are the victims

13 of parental kidnapings, and the number of children

14 who are recovered each year; and

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

16 public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ17 uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school

18 records and birth certificates to identify and locate

19 missing children.’’.

20 (d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED

21 CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Children’s As22 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by inserting

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

24 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

25 408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
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1 5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and in2 serting ‘‘2000 through 2003’’.

3 SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

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

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

6 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re7 porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’

8 and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system

9 to report the problem, and to assist in the develop10 ment of’’; and

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

12 following:

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

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

15 (b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND

16 SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Homeless

17 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—

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

19 following:

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

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

22 grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and

23 combinations of such entities) to establish and operate

24 (including renovation) local centers to provide serv-
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1 ices for runaway and homeless youth and for the fam2 ilies of such youth.

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

4 under paragraph (1)—

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

6 involving runaway and homeless youth in the

7 law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,

8 and juvenile justice systems;

9 ‘‘(B) shall include—

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

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

12 counseling, as appropriate; and

13 ‘‘(C) may include—

14 ‘‘(i) street-based services;

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

16 with youth at risk of separation from the

17 family; and

18 ‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre19 vention services.’’;

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

21 Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and

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

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

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

25 (1) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para2 graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;

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

4 at the end;

5 (C) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe6 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

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

9 report that includes, with respect to the year for

10 which the report is submitted—

11 ‘‘(A) information regarding the activities

12 carried out under this part;

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

14 this part carried out by the applicant; and

15 ‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—

16 ‘‘(i) the number and the characteristics

17 of the runaway and homeless youth, and

18 youth at risk of family separation, who par19 ticipate in the project; and

20 ‘‘(ii) the services provided to such

21 youth by the project.’’; and

22 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in23 serting the following:

24 ‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV25 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section
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1 311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli2 cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)

3 assurances that in providing such services the applicant

4 will—

5 ‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in6 cluding on-street supervision by appropriately

7 trained staff;

8 ‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street staff;

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

10 staff who provide such services; and

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

12 homeless youth, and street youth.

13 ‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV14 ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section 311(a)

15 to provide home-based services described in section

16 311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re17 quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such

18 services the applicant will—

19 ‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to

20 youth and the families (including unrelated individ21 uals in the family households) of such youth, includ22 ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal

23 skill building, educational advancement, job attain24 ment skills, mental and physical health care, par-
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1 enting skills, financial planning, and referral to

2 sources of other needed services;

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

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

5 family crises (including immediate access to tem6 porary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and

7 youth at risk of separation from the family);

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

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

10 separation from the family, objectives and measures of

11 success to be achieved as a result of receiving home12 based services;

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

14 staff who provide home-based services; and

15 ‘‘(5) ensure that—

16 ‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low

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

18 involvement with each family receiving such

19 services; and

20 ‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re21 ceive qualified supervision.

22 ‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU23 CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to use

24 assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug
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1 abuse education and prevention services, an applicant shall

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

3 ‘‘(1) a description of—

4 ‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap5 plicant proposes to provide;

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

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

8 to be provided to individuals providing such

9 services to runaway and homeless youth; and

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

11 the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for

12 runaway and homeless youth.’’.

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

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

15 amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or pri18 vate entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be ap19 proved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,

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

21 provide services under this part—

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

23 of the proposed services under this part for which all

24 grant applicants request approval; and
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1 ‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the greatest

2 need for such services.

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

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

5 ‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated

6 experience in providing services to runaway and

7 homeless youth; and

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

9 than $200,000.’’.

10 (e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT

11 PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless

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

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

14 AND’’;

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

16 (3) by striking subsection (b).

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.

2 ‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu3 cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless

4 youth, the Secretary—

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

6 shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De7 partment of Health and Human Services with activi8 ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,

9 prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro10 gram and with the activities of other Federal entities;

11 and

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

13 the Department of Health and Human Services with

14 the activities of other Federal entities and with the

15 activities of entities that are eligible to receive grants

16 under this title.’’.

17 (h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,

18 EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE

19 PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless

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

21 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL22 UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;

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

24 after ‘‘research,’’; and

25 (3) in subsection (b)—

26 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

2 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re3 spectively.

4 (i) STUDY.—Part D of the Runaway and Homeless

5 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731 et seq.) is amended by adding

6 after section 344 the following:

7 ‘‘SEC. 345. STUDY

8 ‘‘The Secretary shall conduct a study of a representa9 tive sample of runaways to determine the percent who leave

10 home because of sexual abuse. The report on the study shall

11 include—

12 ‘‘(1) in the case of sexual abuse , the relationship

13 of the assaulter to the runaway; and

14 ‘‘(2) recommendations on how Federal laws may

15 be changed to reduce sexual assaults on children.

16 The study shall be completed to enable the Secretary to

17 make a report to the committees of Congress with jurisdic18 tion over this Act, and to make such report available to

19 the public, within one year of the date of the enactment

20 of this section.’’

21 (j) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section

22 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

23 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (k) 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, 2000, and

6 biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to the

7 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House

8 of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of

9 the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and accom10 plishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B,

11 C, D, and E, with particular attention to—

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

13 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 and

21 encouraging stable living conditions for such

22 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 al8 leviating 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 as12 sisting homeless youth to decide upon future edu13 cation, 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-suffi17 cient 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 in21 clude in each report submitted under subsection (a), sum22 maries 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 car3 rying out such evaluations.’’.

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

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

6 as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 386. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.

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

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

10 the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such

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

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

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

14 used for the purposes for which such grants are made

15 by the Secretary;

16 ‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re17 port required by section 384; and

18 ‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance

19 to such grantee as will enable such grantee to improve

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

21 which such grants are made.

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

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

24 evaluations, and to collect information, under this title.’’.
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1 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

2 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

3 5751) is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 388. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

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

7 appropriated to carry out this title (other than part

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

9 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

10 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—

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

12 appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal

13 year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 90

14 percent to carry out parts A and B.

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

16 under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per17 cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re18 served to carry out part B.

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

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

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

22 carry out parts C and D.

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

24 funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined

25 with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purpose
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1 of combining such funds is to make a single discretionary

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

3 are separately identified in all grants and contracts and

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

5 (n) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—

6 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway

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

8 amended—

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

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

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

12 ‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM

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

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

15 to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing

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

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

18 subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi19 tation.

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

21 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pri22 ority to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in

23 providing services to runaway and homeless, and street

24 youth.’’.
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1 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec2 tion 388(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act

3 (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection (m) of

4 this section, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing:

6 ‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out part E such sums as may be nec8 essary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.’’.

9 (o) CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—The

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

11 is amended by inserting after section 383 the following:

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

13 ‘‘With respect to funds available to carry out parts A,

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

15 to prohibit the Secretary from—

16 ‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the

17 availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of

18 such parts; and

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

20 or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli21 cation review process.’’.

22 (p) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless

23 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by inserting

24 after section 386, as amended by subsection (l) of this sec25 tion, the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 387. DEFINITIONS.

2 ‘‘In this title:

3 ‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION

4 SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education and pre5 vention services’—

6 ‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home7 less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of

8 drugs by such youth; and

9 ‘‘(B) may include—

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

11 peer counseling;

12 ‘‘(ii) drop-in services;

13 ‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and

14 homeless youth in rural areas (including

15 the development of community support

16 groups);

17 ‘‘(iv) information and training relat18 ing to the illicit use of drugs by runaway

19 and homeless youth, to individuals involved

20 in providing services to such youth; and

21 ‘‘(v) activities to improve the avail22 ability of local drug abuse prevention serv23 ices to runaway and homeless youth.

24 ‘‘(2) HOME-BASED SERVICES.—The term ‘home25 based services’—
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1 ‘‘(A) means services provided to youth and

2 their families for the purpose of—

3 ‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run4 ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa5 rated, from their families; and

6 ‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re7 turn to their families; and

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

9 the residences of families (to the extent prac10 ticable), including—

11 ‘‘(i) intensive individual and family

12 counseling; and

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

14 parenting.

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

16 youth’ means an individual—

17 ‘‘(A) who is—

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

19 and

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

21 less than 16 years of age;

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

23 a safe environment with a relative; and

24 ‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv25 ing arrangement.
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1 ‘‘(4) STREET-BASED SERVICES.—The term

2 ‘street-based services’—

3 ‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway

4 and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas

5 where they congregate, designed to assist such

6 youth in making healthy personal choices regard7 ing where they live and how they behave; and

8 ‘‘(B) may include—

9 ‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to

10 runaway and homeless youth, and street

11 youth;

12 ‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and coun13 seling;

14 ‘‘(iii) information and referral for

15 housing;

16 ‘‘(iv) information and referral for

17 transitional living and health care services;

18 ‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven19 tion services related to—

20 ‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;

21 ‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;

22 ‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis23 eases, including human immuno24 deficiency virus (HIV); and

25 ‘‘(IV) physical and sexual assault.
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1 ‘‘(5) STREET YOUTH.—The term ‘street youth’

2 means an individual who—

3 ‘‘(A) is—

4 ‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or

5 ‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a

6 homeless youth; and

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

8 on the street or in other areas that increase the

9 risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual exploi10 tation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

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

12 The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a

13 project that provides shelter and services designed to

14 promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to

15 prevent long-term dependency on social services.

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

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

18 the family’ means an individual—

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

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

21 from the family of such individual;

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

23 is not willing to provide for the basic needs of

24 such individual; or
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1 ‘‘(iii) who is at risk of entering the child

2 welfare system or juvenile justice system as a re3 sult of the lack of services available to the family

4 to meet such needs.’’.

5 (q) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371, 372,

6 381, 382, and 383 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth

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

8 are redesignated as sections 380, 381, 382, 383, and 384,

9 respectively.

10 (r) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Runaway and

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

12 (1) in section 331, in the first sentence, by strik13 ing ‘‘With’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec14 retary’’, and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

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

16 all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and insert17 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’.

18 SEC. 4. STUDY OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE.

19 (a) CONTRACT FOR STUDY.—Not later than 60 days

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

21 of Education shall enter into a contract with the National

22 Academy of Sciences for the purposes of conducting a study

23 regarding the antecedents of school violence in urban, subur24 ban, and rural schools, including the incidents of school vio25 lence that occurred in Pearl, Mississippi; Paducah, Ken-
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1 tucky; Jonesboro, Arkansas; Springfield, Oregon; Edinboro,

2 Pennsylvania; Fayetteville, Tennessee; Littleton, Colorado;

3 and Conyers, Georgia. Under the terms of such contract,

4 the National Academy of Sciences shall appoint a panel

5 that will—

6 (1) review the relevant research about adolescent

7 violence in general and school violence in particular,

8 including the existing longitudinal and cross-sectional

9 studies on youth that are relevant to examining vio10 lent behavior;

11 (2) relate what can be learned from past and

12 current research and surveys to specific incidents of

13 school shootings;

14 (3) interview relevant individuals, if possible,

15 such as the perpetrators of such incidents, their fami16 lies, their friends, their teachers, mental health pro17 viders, and others; and

18 (4) give particular attention to such issues as—

19 (A) the perpetrators’ early development,

20 families, communities, school experiences, and

21 utilization of mental health services;

22 (B) the relationship between perpetrators

23 and their victims;

24 (C) how the perpetrators gained access to

25 firearms;
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1 (D) the impact of cultural influences and

2 exposure to the media, video games, and the

3 Internet; and

4 (E) such other issues as the panel deems im5 portant or relevant to the purpose of the study.

6 The National Academy of Sciences shall utilize profes7 sionals with expertise in such issues, including psychia8 trists, social workers, behavioral and social scientists, prac9 titioners, epidemiologists, statisticians, and methodologists.

10 (b) REPORT.—The National Academy of Sciences shall

11 submit a report containing the results of the study required

12 by subsection (a), to the Speaker of the House of Representa13 tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Chair

14 and ranking minority Member of the Committee on Edu15 cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives,

16 and the Chair and ranking minority Member of the Com17 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the

18 Senate, not later than January 1, 2001, or 18 months after

19 entering into the contract required by such subsection,

20 whichever is earlier.

21 (c) APPROPRIATION.—Of the funds made available

22 under Public Law 105-277 for the Department of Edu-
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1 cation, $2.1 million shall be made available to carry out

2 this section.

Attest:

Clerk.