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‘‘(C) increase the range, availability, quan-
tity, and quality of counseling services in the ele-
mentary schools of the local educational agency;
‘‘(D) 
expand 
counseling 
services 
only
through qualified school counselors, school psy-
chologists, and school social workers;
‘‘(E) use innovative approaches to increase
children’s understanding of peer and family re-
lationships, work and self, decisionmaking, or
academic and career planning, or to improve so-
cial functioning;
‘‘(F) provide counseling services that are
well-balanced among classroom group and small
group counseling, individual counseling, and
consultation with parents, teachers, administra-
tors, and other pupil services personnel;
‘‘(G) include inservice training for school
counselors, school social workers, school psycholo-
gists, other pupil services personnel, teachers,
and instructional staff;
‘‘(H) involve parents of participating stu-
dents in the design, implementation, and evalua-
tion of a counseling program;
‘‘(I) involve collaborative efforts with insti-
tutions of higher education, businesses, labor or-
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ganizations, community groups, social service
agencies, or other public or private entities to en-
hance the program and promote school-linked
services integration;
‘‘(J) evaluate annually the effectiveness and
outcomes of the counseling services and activities
assisted under this section;
‘‘(K) ensure a team approach to school
counseling by maintaining a ratio in the elemen-
tary schools of the local educational agency that
does not exceed 1 school counselor to 250 stu-
dents, 1 school social worker to 800 students, and
1 school psychologist to 1,000 students; and
‘‘(L) ensure that school counselors, school
psychologists, or school social workers paid from
funds made available under this section spend at
least 85 percent of their total worktime at the
school in activities directly related to the coun-
seling process and not more than 15 percent of
such time on administrative tasks that are asso-
ciated with the counseling program.
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall issue a re-
port evaluating the programs assisted pursuant to
each grant under this subsection at the end of each
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grant period in accordance with section 14701, but in
no case later than January 30, 2003.
‘‘(4) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall make
the programs assisted under this section available for
dissemination, either through the National Diffusion
Network or other appropriate means.
‘‘(5) LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than
five percent of the amounts made available under this
section in any fiscal year shall be used for adminis-
trative costs to carry out this section.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘school counselor’ means an indi-
vidual who has documented competence in counseling
children and adolescents in a school setting and
who—
‘‘(A) possesses State licensure or certifi-
cation granted by an independent professional
regulatory authority;
‘‘(B) in the absence of such State licensure
or certification, possesses national certification
in school counseling or a specialty of counseling
granted by an independent professional organi-
zation; or
‘‘(C) holds a minimum of a master’s degree
in school counseling from a program accredited
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sional experience in such individual’s respective dis-
cipline as is required of teaching experience for the
supervisor or administrative credential in the State of
such individual.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’.
SEC. 1539. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLO-
SIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAP-
ONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
(a) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.—Section 842 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(p) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO
EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘destructive device’ has the
same meaning as in section 921(a)(4).
‘‘(B) The term ‘explosive’ has the same
meaning as in section 844(j).
‘‘(C) The term ‘weapon of mass destruction’
has the same meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
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‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any
person—
‘‘(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or
use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a
weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by
any means information pertaining to, in whole
or in part, the manufacture or use of an explo-
sive, destructive device, or weapon of mass de-
struction, with the intent that the teaching, dem-
onstration, or information be used for, or in fur-
therance of, an activity that constitutes a Fed-
eral crime of violence; or
‘‘(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person
the making or use of an explosive, a destructive
device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to
distribute to any person, by any means, infor-
mation pertaining to, in whole or in part, the
manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive
device, or weapon of mass destruction, knowing
that such person intends to use the teaching,
demonstration, or information for, or in further-
ance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal
crime of violence.’’.
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 844 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘person who
violates any of subsections’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘person who—
‘‘(1) violates any of subsections’’;
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more
than 20 years, or both.’’; and
(4) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘and (i)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(i), and (p)’’.
Subtitle B—James Guelff Body
Armor Act
SEC. 1541. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘James Guelff Body
Armor Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 1542. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) nationally, police officers and ordinary citi-
zens are facing increased danger as criminals use
more deadly weaponry, body armor, and other sophis-
ticated assault gear;
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(2) crime at the local level is exacerbated by the
interstate movement of body armor and other assault
gear;
(3) there is a traffic in body armor moving in
or otherwise affecting interstate commerce, and exist-
ing Federal controls over such traffic do not ade-
quately enable the States to control this traffic within
their own borders through the exercise of their police
power;
(4) recent incidents, such as the murder of San
Francisco Police Officer James Guelff by an assailant
wearing 2 layers of body armor and a 1997 bank
shoot out in north Hollywood, California, between po-
lice and 2 heavily armed suspects outfitted in body
armor, demonstrate the serious threat to community
safety posed by criminals who wear body armor dur-
ing the commission of a violent crime;
(5) of the approximately 1,200 officers killed in
the line of duty since 1980, more than 30 percent
could have been saved by body armor, and the risk of
dying from gunfire is 14 times higher for an officer
without a bulletproof vest;
(6) the Department of Justice has estimated that
25 percent of State and local police are not issued
body armor;
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(7) the Federal Government is well-equipped to
grant local police departments access to body armor
that is no longer needed by Federal agencies; and
(8) Congress has the power, under the interstate
commerce clause and other provisions of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, to enact legislation to regu-
late interstate commerce that affects the integrity and
safety of our communities.
SEC. 1543. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) BODY
ARMOR.—The term ‘‘body armor’’
means any product sold or offered for sale, in inter-
state or foreign commerce, as personal protective body
covering intended to protect against gunfire, regard-
less of whether the product is to be worn alone or is
sold as a complement to another product or garment.
(2) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an agency of the
United States, a State, or a political subdivision of
a State, authorized by law or by a government agency
to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, in-
vestigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi-
nal law.
(3) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.—The term
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means any officer, agent, or
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employee of the United States, a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, authorized by law or by a gov-
ernment agency to engage in or supervise the preven-
tion, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any
violation of criminal law.
SEC. 1544. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES WITH
RESPECT TO BODY ARMOR.
(a) SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT.—The United States
Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing
guidelines to provide an appropriate sentencing enhance-
ment, increasing the offense level not less than 2 levels, for
any offense in which the defendant used body armor.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—No amendment made to the Fed-
eral Sentencing Guidelines pursuant to this section shall
apply if the Federal offense in which the body armor is
used constitutes a violation of, attempted violation of, or
conspiracy to violate the civil rights of any person by a
law enforcement officer acting under color of the authority
of such law enforcement officer.
SEC. 1545. PROHIBITION OF PURCHASE, USE, OR POSSES-
SION OF BODY ARMOR BY VIOLENT FELONS.
(a) DEFINITION OF BODY ARMOR.—Section 921 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
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‘‘(35) The term ‘body armor’ means any product
sold or offered for sale, in interstate or foreign com-
merce, as personal protective body covering intended
to protect against gunfire, regardless of whether the
product is to be worn alone or is sold as a com-
plement to another product or garment.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 931. Prohibition on purchase, ownership, or posses-
sion of body armor by violent felons
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), it shall be unlawful for a person to purchase, own, or
possess body armor, if that person has been convicted of a
felony that is—
‘‘(1) a crime of violence (as defined in section
16); or
‘‘(2) an offense under State law that would con-
stitute a crime of violence under paragraph (1) if it
occurred within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States.
‘‘(b) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be an affirmative de-
fense under this section that—
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‘‘(A) the defendant obtained prior written
certification from his or her employer that the
defendant’s purchase, use, or possession of body
armor was necessary for the safe performance of
lawful business activity; and
‘‘(B) the use and possession by the defend-
ant were limited to the course of such perform-
ance.
‘‘(2) EMPLOYER.—In this subsection, the term
‘employer’ means any other individual employed by
the defendant’s business that supervises defendant’s
activity. If that defendant has no supervisor, prior
written certification is acceptable from any other em-
ployee of the business.’’.
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘931. Prohibition on purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor by violent
felons.’’.
(c) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Whoever knowingly violates section 931 shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 3 years,
or both.’’.
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SEC. 1546. DONATION OF FEDERAL SURPLUS BODY ARMOR
TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Federal
agency’’ and ‘‘surplus property’’ have the meanings given
such terms under section 3 of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472).
(b) DONATION
OF BODY ARMOR.—Notwithstanding
section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484), the head of a Federal
agency may donate body armor directly to any State or
local law enforcement agency, if such body armor is—
(1) in serviceable condition; and
(2) surplus property.
(c) NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of a Fed-
eral agency who donates body armor under this section shall
submit to the Administrator of General Services a written
notice identifying the amount of body armor donated and
each State or local law enforcement agency that received
the body armor.
(d) DONATION BY CERTAIN OFFICERS.—
(1) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—In the adminis-
tration of this section with respect to the Department
of Justice, in addition to any other officer of the De-
partment of Justice designated by the Attorney Gen-
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eral, the following officers may act as the head of a
Federal agency:
(A) The Administrator of the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration.
(B) The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
(C) The Commissioner of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service.
(D) The Director of the United States Mar-
shals Service.
(2) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—In the
administration of this section with respect to the De-
partment of the Treasury, in addition to any other of-
ficer of the Department of the Treasury designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, the following officers
may act as the head of a Federal agency:
(A) The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms.
(B) The Commissioner of Customs.
(C) The Director of the United States Secret
Service.
SEC. 1547. ADDITIONAL FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) Officer Dale Claxton of the Cortez, Colorado,
Police Department was shot and killed by bullets that
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passed through the windshield of his police car after
he stopped a stolen truck, and his life may have been
saved if his police car had been equipped with bullet
resistant equipment;
(2) the number of law enforcement officers who
are killed in the line of duty would significantly de-
crease if every law enforcement officer in the United
States had access to additional bullet resistant equip-
ment;
(3) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994,
709 law enforcement officers in the United States
were feloniously killed in the line of duty;
(4) the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates
that the risk of fatality to law enforcement officers
while not wearing bullet resistant equipment, such as
an armor vest, is 14 times higher than for officers
wearing an armor vest;
(5) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994,
bullet-resistant materials helped save the lives of more
than 2,000 law enforcement officers in the United
States; and
(6) the Executive Committee for Indian Country
Law Enforcement Improvements reports that violent
crime in Indian country has risen sharply despite a
decrease in the national crime rate, and has con-
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cluded that there is a ‘‘public safety crisis in Indian
country’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this chapter is to save
lives of law enforcement officers by helping State, local, and
tribal law enforcement agencies provide officers with bullet
resistant equipment and video cameras.
SEC. 1548. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAMS FOR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT BULLET RESISTANT EQUIPMENT
AND FOR VIDEO CAMERAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part Y of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796ll et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking the part designation and part
heading and inserting the following:
‘‘PART Y—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAMS
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
‘‘Subpart A—Grant Program For Armor
Vests’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘this part’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘this subpart’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘Subpart B—Grant Program For Bullet
Resistant Equipment
‘‘SEC. 2511. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants to States,
units of local government, and Indian tribes to purchase
bullet resistant equipment for use by State, local, and trib-
al law enforcement officers.
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this
section shall be—
‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe; and
‘‘(2) used for the purchase of bullet resistant
equipment for law enforcement officers in the jurisdic-
tion of the grantee.
‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding
grants under this subpart, the Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance may give preferential consideration, if
feasible, to an application from a jurisdiction that—
‘‘(1) has the greatest need for bullet resistant
equipment based on the percentage of law enforcement
officers in the department who do not have access to
a vest;
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‘‘(2) has a violent crime rate at or above the na-
tional average as determined by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation; or
‘‘(3) has not received a block grant under the
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program de-
scribed under the heading ‘Violent Crime Reduction
Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance’ of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119).
‘‘(d) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Unless all eligible applica-
tions submitted by any State or unit of local government
within such State for a grant under this section have been
funded, such State, together with grantees within the State
(other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal
year under this section not less than 0.25 percent of the
total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pur-
suant to this section except that the United States Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mar-
iana Islands shall each be allocated 0.10 percent.
‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A qualifying State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe may not receive more
than 5 percent of the total amount appropriated in each
fiscal year for grants under this section, except that a State,
together with the grantees within the State may not receive
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more than 20 percent of the total amount appropriated in
each fiscal year for grants under this section.
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The portion of the costs of
a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may
not exceed 50 percent. Any funds appropriated by Congress
for the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal govern-
ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing law en-
forcement functions on any Indian lands may be used to
provide the non-Federal share of a matching requirement
funded under this subsection.
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—At least half of the
funds available under this subpart shall be awarded to units
of local government with fewer than 100,000 residents.
‘‘SEC. 2512. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this sub-
part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local government,
or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the Director
of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in such form and con-
taining such information as the Director may reasonably
require.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this subpart, the Director of the
Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate regulations
to implement this section (including the information that
must be included and the requirements that the States,
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units of local government, and Indian tribes must meet)
in submitting the applications required under this section.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A unit of local government that re-
ceives funding under the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant program (described under the heading ‘Violent Crime
Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance’ of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 104–119)) during a fiscal year in
which it submits an application under this subpart shall
not be eligible for a grant under this subpart unless the
chief executive officer of such unit of local government cer-
tifies and provides an explanation to the Director that the
unit of local government considered or will consider using
funding received under the block grant program for any or
all of the costs relating to the purchase of bullet resistant
equipment, but did not, or does not expect to use such funds
for such purpose.
‘‘SEC. 2513. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subpart—
‘‘(1) the term ‘equipment’ means windshield
glass, car panels, shields, and protective gear;
‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
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to Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
‘‘(3) the term ‘unit of local government’ means a
county, municipality, town, township, village, parish,
borough, or other unit of general government below
the State level;
(4) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same meaning
as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e));
and
‘‘(5) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means
any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe authorized by law
or by a government agency to engage in or supervise
the prevention, detection, or investigation of any vio-
lation of criminal law, or authorized by law to super-
vise sentenced criminal offenders.
‘‘Subpart C—Grant Program For Video
Cameras
‘‘SEC. 2521. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance is authorized to make grants to States, units
of local government, and Indian tribes to purchase video
cameras for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement
agencies in law enforcement vehicles.
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‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this
section shall be—
‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe; and
‘‘(2) used for the purchase of video cameras for
law enforcement vehicles in the jurisdiction of the
grantee.
‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding
grants under this subpart, the Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance may give preferential consideration, if
feasible, to an application from a jurisdiction that—
‘‘(1) has the greatest need for video cameras,
based on the percentage of law enforcement officers in
the department do not have access to a law enforce-
ment vehicle equipped with a video camera;
‘‘(2) has a violent crime rate at or above the na-
tional average as determined by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation; or
‘‘(3) has not received a block grant under the
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program de-
scribed under the heading ‘Violent Crime Reduction
Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance’ of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119).
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‘‘(d) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Unless all eligible applica-
tions submitted by any State or unit of local government
within such State for a grant under this section have been
funded, such State, together with grantees within the State
(other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal
year under this section not less than 0.25 percent of the
total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pur-
suant to this section, except that the United States Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mar-
iana Islands shall each be allocated 0.10 percent.
‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A qualifying State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe may not receive more
than 5 percent of the total amount appropriated in each
fiscal year for grants under this section, except that a State,
together with the grantees within the State may not receive
more than 20 percent of the total amount appropriated in
each fiscal year for grants under this section.
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The portion of the costs of
a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may
not exceed 50 percent. Any funds appropriated by Congress
for the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal govern-
ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing law en-
forcement functions on any Indian lands may be used to
provide the non-Federal share of a matching requirement
funded under this subsection.
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‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—At least half of the
funds available under this subpart shall be awarded to units
of local government with fewer than 100,000 residents.
‘‘SEC. 2522. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this sub-
part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local government,
or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the Director
of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in such form and con-
taining such information as the Director may reasonably
require.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this subpart, the Director of the
Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate regulations
to implement this section (including the information that
must be included and the requirements that the States,
units of local government, and Indian tribes must meet)
in submitting the applications required under this section.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A unit of local government that re-
ceives funding under the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant program (described under the heading ‘Violent Crime
Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance’ of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119)) during a fiscal year in
which it submits an application under this subpart shall
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not be eligible for a grant under this subpart unless the
chief executive officer of such unit of local government cer-
tifies and provides an explanation to the Director that the
unit of local government considered or will consider using
funding received under the block grant program for any or
all of the costs relating to the purchase of video cameras,
but did not, or does not expect to use such funds for such
purpose.
‘‘SEC. 2523. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subpart—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean-
ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(e));
‘‘(2) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means
any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of
local government, or Indian tribe authorized by law
or by a government agency to engage in or supervise
the prevention, detection, or investigation of any vio-
lation of criminal law, or authorized by law to super-
vise sentenced criminal offenders;
‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American
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Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
and
‘‘(4) the term ‘unit of local government’ means a
county, municipality, town, township, village, parish,
borough, or other unit of general government below
the State level.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (23) and inserting the following:
‘‘(23) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out part Y—
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2002 for grants under subpart A of that part;
‘‘(B) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2002 for grants under subpart B of that part;
and
‘‘(C) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2002 for grants under subpart C of that
part.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to the part
heading of part Y and inserting the following:
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‘‘PART Y—MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAMS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
‘‘SUBPART A—GRANT PROGRAM FOR ARMOR VESTS’’; AND
(2) by adding at the end of the matter relating
to part Y the following:
‘‘SUBPART B—GRANT PROGRAM FOR BULLET RESISTANT EQUIPMENT
‘‘2511. Program authorized.
‘‘2512. Applications.
‘‘2513. Definitions.
‘‘SUBPART C—GRANT PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CAMERAS
‘‘2521. Program authorized.
‘‘2522. Applications.
‘‘2523. Definitions.’’.
SEC. 1549. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
In the case of any equipment or products that may
be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance pro-
vided using funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under subpart B or C of part Y of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by
this chapter, it is the sense of the Congress that entities re-
ceiving the assistance should, in expending the assistance,
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
SEC. 1550. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
Section 202 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3722) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(e) BULLET RESISTANT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOP-
MENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute is authorized
to—
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‘‘(A) conduct research and otherwise work to
develop new bullet resistant technologies (i.e.,
acrylic, polymers, aluminized material, and
transparent ceramics) for use in police equip-
ment (including windshield glass, car panels,
shields, and protective gear);
‘‘(B) inventory bullet resistant technologies
used in the private sector, in surplus military
property, and by foreign countries;
‘‘(C) promulgate relevant standards for, and
conduct technical and operational testing and
evaluation of, bullet resistant technology and
equipment, and otherwise facilitate the use of
that technology in police equipment.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this subsection,
the Institute shall give priority in testing and engi-
neering surveys to law enforcement partnerships de-
veloped in coordination with High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas.
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal years 2000
through 2002.’’.
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SEC. 1551. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ARMOR VESTS.
Section 2501(f) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The portion’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
portion’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Director may waive, in
whole or in part, the requirement of paragraph (1) in
the case of fiscal hardship, as determined by the Di-
rector.’’.
Subtitle C—Animal Enterprise
Terrorism and Ecoterrorism
SEC. 1552. ENHANCEMENT OF PENALTIES FOR ANIMAL EN-
TERPRISE TERRORISM.
Section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A), by striking ‘‘under this title’’ and in-
serting ‘‘consistent with this title or double the
amount of damages, whichever is greater,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting
‘‘five years’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2):
‘‘(2) EXPLOSIVES OR ARSON.—Whoever
in the course of a violation of subsection (a)
maliciously damages or destroys, or at-
tempts to damage or destroy, by means of
fire or an explosive, any building, vehicle,
or other real or personal property used by
the animal enterprise shall be imprisoned
for not less than 5 years and not more than
20 years, fined under this title, or both.’’;
and
(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by
striking ‘‘under this title and’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting ‘‘under
this title, imprisoned for life or for any term of
years, or sentenced to death.’’.
SEC. 
1553. 
NATIONAL 
ANIMAL 
TERRORISM 
AND
ECOTERRORISM INCIDENT CLEARINGHOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish and
maintain a national clearinghouse for information on inci-
dents of crime and terrorism—
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(1) committed against or directed at any animal
enterprise;
(2) committed against or directed at any com-
mercial activity because of the perceived impact or ef-
fect of such commercial activity on the environment;
or
(3) committed against or directed at any person
because of such person’s perceived connection with or
support of any enterprise or activity described in
paragraph (1) or (2).
(b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearinghouse established
under subsection (a) shall—
(1) accept, collect, and maintain information on
incidents described in subsection (a) that is submitted
to the clearinghouse by Federal, State, and local law
enforcement agencies, by law enforcement agencies of
foreign countries, and by victims of such incidents;
(2) collate and index such information for pur-
poses of cross-referencing; and
(3) upon request from a Federal, State, or local
law enforcement agency, or from a law enforcement
agency of a foreign country, provide such information
to assist in the investigation of an incident described
in subsection (a).
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(c) SCOPE OF INFORMATION.—The information main-
tained by the clearinghouse for each incident shall, to the
extent practicable, include—
(1) the date, time, and place of the incident;
(2) details of the incident;
(3) any available information on suspects or per-
petrators of the incident; and
(4) any other relevant information.
(d) DESIGN OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearinghouse
shall be designed for maximum ease of use by participating
law enforcement agencies.
(e) PUBLICITY.—The Director shall publicize the exist-
ence of the clearinghouse to law enforcement agencies by ap-
propriate means.
(f) RESOURCES.—In establishing and maintaining the
clearinghouse, the Director may—
(1) through the Attorney General, utilize the re-
sources of any other department or agency of the Fed-
eral Government; and
(2) accept assistance and information from pri-
vate organizations or individuals.
(g) COORDINATION.—The Director shall carry out the
Director’s responsibilities under this section in cooperation
with the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms.
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(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘animal enterprise’’ has the same
meaning as in section 43 of title 18, United States
Code.
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as are necessary to
carry out this section.
Subtitle D—Jail-Based Substance
Abuse
SEC. 1554. JAIL-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
PROGRAMS.
(a) USE OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT-
MENT GRANTS TO PROVIDE AFTERCARE SERVICES.—Sec-
tion 1901 of part S of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL
AFTERCARE SERVICES.—A State may use amounts received
under this part to provide nonresidential substance abuse
treatment aftercare services for inmates or former inmates
that meet the requirements of subsection (c), if the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the State certifies to the Attorney General
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that the State is providing, and will continue to provide,
an adequate level of residential treatment services.’’.
(b) JAIL-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—
Part S of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 1906. JAIL-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘jail-based substance abuse treat-
ment program’ means a course of individual and
group activities, lasting for a period of not less than
3 months, in an area of a correctional facility set
apart from the general population of the correctional
facility, if those activities are—
‘‘(A) directed at the substance abuse prob-
lems of prisoners; and
‘‘(B) intended to develop the cognitive, be-
havioral, social, vocational, and other skills of
prisoners in order to address the substance abuse
and related problems of prisoners; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘local correctional facility’ means
any correctional facility operated by a unit of local
government.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of
the total amount made available to a State under sec-
tion 1904(a) for any fiscal year may be used by the
State to make grants to local correctional facilities in
the State for the purpose of assisting jail-based sub-
stance abuse treatment programs established by those
local correctional facilities.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant made by a State under this section to a local
correctional facility may not exceed 75 percent of the
total cost of the jail-based substance abuse treatment
program described in the application submitted under
subsection (c) for the fiscal year for which the pro-
gram receives assistance under this section.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a
grant from a State under this section for a jail-based
substance abuse treatment program, the chief execu-
tive of a local correctional facility shall submit to the
State, in such form and containing such information
as the State may reasonably require, an application
that meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—
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‘‘(A) with respect to the jail-based substance
abuse treatment program for which assistance is
sought, a description of the program and a writ-
ten certification that—
‘‘(i) the program has been in effect for
not less than 2 consecutive years before the
date on which the application is submitted;
and
‘‘(ii) the local correctional facility
will—
‘‘(I) coordinate the design and im-
plementation of the program between
local correctional facility representa-
tives and the appropriate State and
local alcohol and substance abuse agen-
cies;
‘‘(II) implement (or continue to
require) urinalysis or other proven re-
liable forms of substance abuse testing
of individuals participating in the
program, including the testing of indi-
viduals released from the jail-based
substance abuse treatment program
who remain in the custody of the local
correctional facility; and
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‘‘(III) carry out the program in
accordance with guidelines, which shall
be established by the State, in order to
guarantee each participant in the pro-
gram access to consistent, continual
care if transferred to a different local
correctional facility within the State;
‘‘(B) written assurances that Federal funds
received by the local correctional facility from
the State under this section will be used to sup-
plement, and not to supplant, non-Federal funds
that would otherwise be available for jail-based
substance abuse treatment programs assisted
with amounts made available to the local correc-
tional facility under this section; and
‘‘(C) a description of the manner in which
amounts received by the local correctional facil-
ity from the State under this section will be co-
ordinated with Federal assistance for substance
abuse treatment and aftercare services provided
to the local correctional facility by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
‘‘(d) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of an applica-
tion under subsection (c), the State shall—
‘‘(A) review the application to ensure that
the application, and the jail-based residential
substance abuse treatment program for which a
grant under this section is sought, meet the re-
quirements of this section; and
‘‘(B) if so, make an affirmative finding in
writing that the jail-based substance abuse treat-
ment program for which assistance is sought
meets the requirements of this section.
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—Based on the review conducted
under paragraph (1), not later than 90 days after the
date on which an application is submitted under sub-
section (c), the State shall—
‘‘(A) approve the application, disapprove
the application, or request a continued evalua-
tion of the application for an additional period
of 90 days; and
‘‘(B) notify the applicant of the action
taken under subparagraph (A) and, with respect
to any denial of an application under subpara-
graph (A), afford the applicant an opportunity
for reconsideration.
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‘‘(3) 
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
PREFERENCE
WITH
AFTERCARE COMPONENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In making grants
under this section, a State shall give preference
to applications from local correctional facilities
that ensure that each participant in the jail-
based substance abuse treatment program for
which a grant under this section is sought, is re-
quired to participate in an aftercare services
program that meets the requirements of subpara-
graph (B), for a period of not less than 1 year
following the earlier of—
‘‘(i) the date on which the participant
completes the jail-based substance abuse
treatment program; or
‘‘(ii) the date on which the participant
is released from the correctional facility at
the end of the participant’s sentence or is
released on parole.
‘‘(B) AFTERCARE SERVICES PROGRAM RE-
QUIREMENTS.—For purposes of subparagraph
(A), an aftercare services program meets the re-
quirements of this paragraph if the program—
‘‘(i) in selecting individuals for par-
ticipation in the program, gives priority to
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individuals who have completed a jail-based
substance abuse treatment program;
‘‘(ii) requires each participant in the
program to submit to periodic substance
abuse testing; and
‘‘(iii) involves the coordination between
the jail-based substance abuse treatment
program and other human service and reha-
bilitation programs that may assist in the
rehabilitation of program participants, such
as—
‘‘(I) educational and job training
programs;
‘‘(II) 
parole 
supervision 
pro-
grams;
‘‘(III) half-way house programs;
and
‘‘(IV) participation in self-help
and peer group programs; and
‘‘(iv) assists in placing jail-based sub-
stance abuse treatment program partici-
pants with appropriate community sub-
stance abuse treatment facilities upon re-
lease from the correctional facility at the
end of a sentence or on parole.
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‘‘(e) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—
‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—Each State that makes 1
or more grants under this section in any fiscal year
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, implement
a statewide communications network with the capac-
ity to track the participants in jail-based substance
abuse treatment programs established by local correc-
tional facilities in the State as those participants
move between local correctional facilities within the
State.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—Each State described in
paragraph (1) shall consult with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
ensure that each jail-based substance abuse treatment
program assisted with a grant made by the State
under this section incorporates applicable components
of comprehensive approaches, including relapse pre-
vention and aftercare services.
‘‘(f) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local correctional facil-
ity that receives a grant under this section shall use
the grant amount solely for the purpose of carrying
out the jail-based substance abuse treatment program
described in the application submitted under sub-
section (c).
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‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Each local correctional
facility that receives a grant under this section shall
carry out all activities relating to the administration
of the grant amount, including reviewing the manner
in which the amount is expended, processing, moni-
toring the progress of the program assisted, financial
reporting, technical assistance, grant adjustments, ac-
counting, auditing, and fund disbursement.
‘‘(3) RESTRICTION.—A local correctional facility
may not use any amount of a grant under this sec-
tion for land acquisition or a construction project.
‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT; PERFORMANCE RE-
VIEW.—
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than
March 1 of each year, each local correctional facility
that receives a grant under this section shall submit
to the Attorney General, through the State, a descrip-
tion and evaluation of the jail-based substance abuse
treatment program carried out by the local correc-
tional facility with the grant amount, in such form
and containing such information as the Attorney
General may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE
REVIEW.—The Attorney
General shall conduct an annual review of each jail-
based substance abuse treatment program assisted
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under this section, in order to verify the compliance
of local correctional facilities with the requirements of
this section.
‘‘(h) NO EFFECT ON STATE ALLOCATION.—Nothing in
this section shall be construed to affect the allocation of
amounts to States under section 1904(a).’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended, in the
matter relating to part S, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘1906. Jail-based substance abuse treatment.’’.
Subtitle E—Safe School Security
SEC. 1555. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Safe School Security
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 1556. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY TECH-
NOLOGY CENTER.
(a) SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General,
the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of En-
ergy shall enter into an agreement for the establish-
ment at the Sandia National Laboratories, in part-
nership with the National Law Enforcement and Cor-
rections Technology Center—Southeast and the Na-
tional Center for Rural Law Enforcement, of a center
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to be known as the ‘‘School Security Technology Cen-
ter’’. The School Security Technology Center shall be
administered by the Attorney General.
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The School Security Tech-
nology Center shall be a resource to local educational
agencies for school security assessments, security tech-
nology development, technology availability and im-
plementation, and technical assistance relating to im-
proving school security. The School Security Tech-
nology Center shall also conduct and publish research
on school violence, coalesce data from victim groups,
and monitor and report on schools that implement
school security strategies.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(2) $3,800,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(3) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 2002.
SEC. 1557. GRANTS FOR LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS.
Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 4119. LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
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‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts ap-
propriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall
award grants on a competitive basis to local edu-
cational agencies to enable the agencies to acquire se-
curity technology for, or carry out activities related
to improving security at, the middle and secondary
schools served by the agencies, including obtaining
school security assessments, and technical assistance,
for the development of a comprehensive school security
plan from the School Security Technology Center.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, a local educational agency
shall submit to the Secretary an application in such
form and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, including information relating to
the security needs of the agency.
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this
section, the Secretary shall give priority to local edu-
cational agencies that demonstrate the highest secu-
rity needs, as reported by the agency in the applica-
tion submitted under paragraph (2).
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this part
(other than this section) shall not apply to this section.
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‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002.’’.
SEC. 1558. SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOL ADVISORY REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education and the Secretary of Energy, or their
designees, shall—
(1) develop a proposal to further improve school
security; and
(2) submit that proposal to Congress.
Subtitle F—Internet Prohibitions
SEC. 1561. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Firearms
and Explosives Advertising Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 1562. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Citizens have an individual right, under the
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution,
to keep and bear arms. The Gun Control Act of 1968
and the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 spe-
cifically state that it is not the intent of Congress to
frustrate the free exercise of that right in enacting
Federal legislation. The free exercise of that right in-
cludes law abiding firearms owners buying, selling,
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trading, and collecting guns in accordance with Fed-
eral, State, and local laws for whatever lawful use
they deem desirable.
(2) The Internet is a powerful information me-
dium, which has and continues to be an excellent tool
to educate citizens on the training, education and
safety programs available to use firearms safely and
responsibly. It has, and should continue to develop, as
a 21st century tool for ‘‘e-commerce’’ and marketing
many products, including firearms and sporting
goods. Many web sites related to these topics are spon-
sored in large part by the sporting firearms and
hunting community.
(3) It is the intent of Congress that this legisla-
tion be applied where the Internet is being exploited
to violate the applicable explosives and firearms laws
of the United States.
SEC. 1563. PROHIBITIONS ON USES OF THE INTERNET.
(a) In General.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 931. Criminal firearms and explosives solicitations
‘‘(a)(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, in a cir-
cumstance described in paragraph (2), knowingly makes,
prints, or publishes, or causes to be made, printed, or pub-
lished, any notice or advertisement seeking or offering to
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receive, exchange, buy, sell, produce, distribute, or
transfer—
‘‘(A) a firearm knowing that such transaction, if
carried out as noticed or advertised, would violate
subsection (a), (d), (g), or (x) of section 922 of this
chapter, or
‘‘(B) explosive materials knowing that such
transaction, if carried out as noticed or advertised,
would violate subsection (a), (d), and (i) of section
842 of this title,
shall be punished as provided under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is
that—
‘‘(A) such person knows or has reason to know
that such notice or advertisement will be transported
in interstate or foreign commerce by computer; or
‘‘(B) such notice or advertisement is transported
in interstate or foreign commerce by computer.
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any individual who violates, or at-
tempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, and
both, but if such person has one prior conviction under this
section, or under the laws of any State relating to the same
offense, such person shall be fined under this title and im-
prisoned for not more than 5 years, but if such person has
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2 or more prior convictions under this section, or under
the laws of any State relating to the same offense, such per-
son shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less
than 10 years nor more than 20 years. Any organization
that violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section
shall be fined under this title. Whoever, in the course of an
offense under this section, engages in conduct that results
in the death of a juvenile, herein defined as an individual
who has not yet attained the age of 18 years, shall be pun-
ished by death, or imprisoned for any term of years or for
life.
‘‘(c) DEFENSES.—It is an affirmative defense against
any proceeding involving this section if the proponent
proves by a preponderance of the evidence that—
‘‘(1) the advertisement or notice came from—
‘‘(A) a web site, notice or advertisement op-
erated or created by a person licensed—
‘‘(i) as a manufacturer, importer, or
dealer under section 923 of this chapter; or
‘‘(ii) under chapter 40 of this title; and
‘‘(B) the site, advertisement or notice, ad-
vised the person at least once prior to the offer-
ing of the product, material or information to
the person that sales or transfers of the product
or information will be made in accord with Fed-
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eral, State and local law applicable to the buyer
or transferee, and such notice includes, in the
case of firearms or ammunition, additional in-
formation that firearms transfers will only be
made through a licensee, and that firearms and
ammunition transfers are prohibited to felons,
fugitives, juveniles and other persons under the
Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibited from receiv-
ing or possessing firearms or ammunition; or
‘‘(2) the advertisement or notice came from—
‘‘(A) a web site, notice or advertisement is
operated or created by a person not licensed as
stated in paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) the site, advertisement or notice, ad-
vised the person at least once prior to the offer-
ing of the product, material or information to
the person that the sales or transfers of the prod-
uct or information—
‘‘(i) will be made in accord with Fed-
eral, State and local law applicable to the
buyer or transferee, and such notice in-
cludes, in the case of firearms or ammuni-
tion, that firearms and ammunition trans-
fers are prohibited to felons, fugitives, juve-
niles and other persons under the Gun Con-
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trol Act of 1968 prohibited from receiving
or possessing firearms or ammunition; and
‘‘(ii) as a term or condition for posting
or listing the firearm for sale or exchange
on the web site for a prospective transferor,
the web site, advertisement or notice re-
quires that, in the event of any agreement
to sell or exchange the firearm pursuant to
that posting or listing, the firearm be trans-
ferred to that person for disposition through
a Federal firearms licensee, where the Gun
Control Act of 1968 requires the transfer to
be made through a Federal firearms li-
censee.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The
analysis for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 930
the following:
‘‘931. Criminal firearms and explosives solicitations.’’.
SEC. 1564. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by sections 1661–1663 shall
take effect beginning on the date that is 180 days after the
enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle G—Partnerships for High-
Risk Youth
SEC. 1571. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Partnerships for
High-Risk Youth Act’’.
SEC. 1572. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) violent juvenile crime rates have been in-
creasing in United States schools, causing many high-
profile deaths of young, innocent school children;
(2) in 1994, there were 2,700,000 arrests of per-
sons under age 18 (a third of whom were under age
15), up from 1,700,000 in 1991;
(3) while crime is generally down in many
urban and suburban areas, crime committed by teen-
agers has spiked sharply over the past few years;
(4) there is no single solution, or panacea, to the
problem of rising juvenile crime;
(5) there will soon be over 34,000,000 teenagers
in the United States, which is 26 percent higher than
the number of such teenagers in 1990 and the largest
number of teenagers in the United States to date;
(6) in order to ensure the safety of youth in the
United States, the Nation should begin to explore in-
novative methods of curbing the rise in violent crime
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in United States schools, such as use of faith-based
and grassroots initiatives; and
(7)(A) a strong partnership among law enforce-
ment, local government, juvenile and family courts,
schools, businesses, charitable organizations, families,
and the religious community can create a community
environment that supports the youth of the Nation
and reduces the occurrence of juvenile crime; and
(B) the development of character and strong
moral values will—
(i) greatly decrease the likelihood that youth
will fall victim to the temptations of crime; and
(ii) improve the lives and future prospects
of high-risk youth and their communities.
SEC. 1573. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this subtitle are as follows:
(1) To establish a national demonstration project
to promote learning about successful youth interven-
tions, with programs carried out by institutions that
can identify and employ effective approaches for im-
proving the lives and future prospects of high-risk
youth and their communities.
(2) To document best practices for conducting
successful interventions for high-risk youth, based on
the results of local initiatives.
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(3) To produce lessons and data from the oper-
ating experience from those local initiatives that
will—
(A) provide information to improve policy
in the public and private sectors; and
(B) promote the operational effectiveness of
other local initiatives throughout the United
States.
SEC. 1574. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish and carry out a demonstration project. In carrying out
the demonstration project, the Attorney General shall, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, award a grant
to Public-Private Ventures, Inc. to enable Public-Private
Ventures, Inc. to award grants to eligible partnerships to
pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out collabo-
rative intervention programs for high-risk youth, described
in section 1576, in the following 12 cities:
(1) Boston, Massachusetts.
(2) New York, New York.
(3) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(4) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(5) Detroit, Michigan.
(6) Denver, Colorado.
(7) Seattle, Washington.
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(8) Cleveland, Ohio.
(9) San Francisco, California.
(10) Austin, Texas.
(11) Memphis, Tennessee.
(12) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost
described in subsection (a) shall be 70 percent.
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of the cost may be provided in cash.
SEC. 1575. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under section 1574, a partnership—
(1) shall submit an application to Public-Private
Ventures Inc. at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as Public-Private Ventures,
Inc. may require;
(2) shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with Public-Private Ventures, Inc.; and
(3)(A) shall be a collaborative entity that in-
cludes representatives of local government, juvenile de-
tention service providers, local law enforcement, pro-
bation officers, youth street workers, and local edu-
cational agencies, and religious institutions that have
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resident-to-membership percentages of at least 40 per-
cent; and
(B) shall serve a city referred to in section
1574(a).
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In making grants under
section 1574, Public-Private Ventures, Inc. shall consider—
(1) the ability of a partnership to design and
implement a local intervention program for high-risk
youth;
(2) the past experience of the partnership, and
key participating individuals, in intervention pro-
grams for youth and similar community activities;
and
(3) the experience of the partnership in working
with other community-based organizations.
SEC. 1576. USES OF FUNDS.
(a) PROGRAMS.—
(1) CORE FEATURES.—An eligible partnership
that receives a grant under section 1574 shall use the
funds made available through the grant to carry out
an intervention program with the following core fea-
tures:
(A) TARGET
GROUP.—The program will
target a group of youth (including young adults)
who—
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(i) are at high risk of—
(I) leading lives that are unpro-
ductive and negative;
(II) not being self-sufficient; and
(III) becoming incarcerated; and
(ii) are likely to cause pain and loss to
other individuals and their communities.
(B) VOLUNTEERS AND MENTORS.—The pro-
gram will make significant use of volunteers and
mentors.
(C) LONG-TERM
INVOLVEMENT.—The pro-
gram will feature activities that promote long-
term involvement in the lives of the youth (in-
cluding young adults).
(2) PERMISSIBLE SERVICES.—The partnership,
in carrying out the program, may use funds made
available through the grant to provide, directly or
through referrals, comprehensive support services to
the youth (including young adults).
(b) EVALUATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.—Using
funds made available through its grant under section 1574,
Public-Private Ventures, Inc. shall—
(1) prepare and implement an evaluation design
for evaluating the programs that receive grants under
section 1574;
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(2) conduct a quarterly evaluation of the per-
formance and progress of the programs;
(3) organize and conduct national and regional
conferences to promote peer learning about the oper-
ational experiences from the programs;
(4) provide technical assistance to the partner-
ships carrying out the programs, based on the quar-
terly evaluations; and
(5) prepare and submit to the Attorney General
a report that describes the activities of the partner-
ships and the results of the evaluations.
(c) LIMITATION.—Not more than 20 percent of the
funds appropriated under section 1577 for a fiscal year
may be used—
(1) to provide comprehensive support services
under subsection (a)(2);
(2) to carry out activities under subsection (b);
and
(3) to pay for the administrative costs of Public-
Private Ventures, Inc., related to carrying out this
subtitle.
SEC. 1577. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subtitle $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000
through 2004.
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Subtitle H—National Youth Crime
Prevention
SEC. 1581. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘National Youth
Crime Prevention Demonstration Act’’.
SEC. 1582. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this subtitle are as follows:
(1) To establish a demonstration project that es-
tablishes violence-free zones that would involve suc-
cessful youth intervention models in partnership with
law enforcement, local housing authorities, private
foundations, and other public and private partners.
(2) To document best practices based on success-
ful grassroots interventions in cities, including Wash-
ington, District of Columbia; Boston, Massachusetts;
Hartford, Connecticut; and other cities to develop
methodologies for widespread replication.
(3) To increase the efforts of the Department of
Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and other agencies in supporting effective
neighborhood mediating approaches.
SEC. 1583. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL YOUTH CRIME
PREVENTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
The Attorney General shall establish and carry out a
demonstration project. In carrying out the demonstration