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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1393 Introduced in House (IH)]

107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1393

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
   provide financial assistance for the prevention of juvenile crime.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
   provide financial assistance for the prevention of juvenile crime.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Crime Prevention Assistance 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.

    Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second part designated as part I 
        as part K; and
            (2) by inserting after the first part designated as part I 
        the following:

                ``PART J--AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION

``SEC. 292. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES FOR EFFECTIVE AFTER 
              SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Administrator shall make grants in accordance with this section to 
public and private agencies to fund effective after school juvenile 
crime prevention programs.
    ``(b) Matching Requirement.--The Administrator may not make a grant 
to a public or private agency under this section unless that agency 
agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the agency in 
carrying out the program for which the grant is to be awarded, the 
agency will make available non-Federal contributions in an amount that 
is not less than a specific percentage of Federal funds provided under 
the grant, as determined by the Administrator.
    ``(c) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the 
Administrator shall give priority to funding programs that--
            ``(1) are targeted to high crime neighborhoods or at-risk 
        juveniles;
            ``(2) operate during the period immediately following 
        normal school hours;
            ``(3) provide educational or recreational activities 
        designed to encourage law-abiding conduct, reduce the incidence 
        of criminal activity, and teach juveniles alternatives to 
        crime; and
            ``(4) coordinate with State or local juvenile crime control 
        and juvenile offender accountability programs.
    ``(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
under this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, 
2004, 2005, and 2006.''.
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