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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 47 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for the humane treatment of youths who are in police custody, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide for the humane treatment of 
youths who are in police custody, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Effective and Humane 
Treatment of Youth Act of 2017’’ or ‘‘Kalief’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 
BLOCK GRANTS. 
Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee–10(a)) is 
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amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and such funds as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
SEC. 3. HUMANE TREATMENT OF YOUTH FOR GRANT ELIGI-
BILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1802 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ee–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) assurances that the State and any unit of 
local government to which the State provides fund-
ing under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall 
have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date 
that the State submits such application) laws, or has 
implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1 
year after the date that the State submits such ap-
plication) policies and programs, that provide for a 
right to speedy trial in accordance with subsection 
(g), timely bail consideration in accordance with sub-
section (h), and the restrictions on the use of tem-
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porary separation in accordance with subsection 
(i).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) such assurances as the State shall re-
quire, that, to the extent applicable, the unit of 
local government has in effect (or shall have in 
effect, not later than 1 year after the date that 
the unit submits such application) laws, or has 
implemented (or shall implement, not later than 
1 year after the date that the unit submits such 
application) policies and programs, that provide 
for a right to speedy trial in accordance with 
subsection (g), timely bail consideration in ac-
cordance with subsection (h), and the restric-
tions on the use of temporary separation in ac-
cordance with subsection (i).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(g) RIGHT TO SPEEDY TRIAL.—The requirements 
under this subsection relating to the right to a speedy trial 
for a youth are, at a minimum, that in the case of a youth 
who is held in custody, charges in any criminal case are 
dismissed with prejudice not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the youth was arrested (which shall be com-
puted in accordance with section 3161(h) of title 18, 
United States Code), if a trial has not commenced or there 
has not been an adjudication of the case on the merits. 
For purposes of this subsection, the determination of 
whether an individual is a youth shall be based on the 
individual’s age at the time that the individual is taken 
into custody for the alleged criminal conduct. 
‘‘(h) RIGHT TO TIMELY BAIL CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements under 
this subsection relating to a youth’s right to timely 
bail consideration are, at a minimum, that— 
‘‘(A) the youth receives an initial detention 
hearing not later than the second working day 
after being taken into custody, except that— 
‘‘(i) if the youth is taken into custody 
on a Friday or Saturday, not later than 
one working day after being taken into 
custody; or 
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