IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 494 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grant program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tiffany Joslyn Juve-
nile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bul-
lying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1801(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘grad-
uated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated 
sanctions and incentives’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring 
juvenile court judges, probation officers, and 
court-appointed defenders and special advo-
cates, and’’; 
(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), 
and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) 
as paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; 
and 
(D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 
by 
striking 
‘‘research-based 
bullying, 
cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs’’ 
and inserting ‘‘interventions such as researched- 
based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and 
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gang prevention programs, as well as mental 
health services and trauma-informed practices’’; 
(2) in section 1802— 
(A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 
‘‘individualized sanctions’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
centives,’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘graduated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘grad-
uated sanctions and incentives’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘A sanction 
may include’’ the following: ‘‘a range 
of court-approved interventions, such 
as’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘a fine,’’ 
the following: ‘‘a restorative justice 
program,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(3) 
INCENTIVES.—The 
term 
‘incentives’ 
means individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated 
responses to a juvenile offender’s compliance with 
court orders and case disposition terms designed to 
reinforce or modify the skills and behaviors of the 
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juvenile offender. An incentive may include a certifi-
cate of achievement, a letter of recommendation, a 
family or program activity, a meeting or special out-
ing with a community leader, a reduction in commu-
nity service hours, a reduced curfew or home restric-
tion, a decrease in required court appearances, or a 
decrease in the term of court-ordered supervision.’’; 
(3) 
in 
section 
1810(a), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘applicable committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the 
Attorney General under this part shall be subject to the 
following accountability provisions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
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in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Justice that the au-
dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-
able cost that is not closed or resolved within 
12 months after the date on which the final 
audit report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDIT.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
grants awarded by the Attorney General under 
this part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 
funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 
determine the appropriate number of grantees 
to be audited each year. 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi-
ent of grant funds under this part that is found 
to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
eligible to receive grant funds under this part 
during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 
the end of the 12-month period described in 
subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(D) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under this part, the Attorney General shall give 
priority to eligible applicants that did not have 
an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a 
grant under this part. 
‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded grant funds under this part during the 
2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 
barred from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
repayment to the fund from the grant re-
cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 
the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Attorney General shall 
submit to the applicable committees an annual cer-
tification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
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‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice 
under paragraph (1) have been completed 
and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant 
Attorney General or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re-
cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 
previous year. 
‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen-
eral awards a grant to an applicant under this part, 
the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 
awards with other grants awarded under this part 
by the Attorney General to determine if duplicate 
grant awards are awarded for the same purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
duplicate grants under this part to the same appli-
cant for the same purpose, the Attorney General 
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shall submit to the applicable committees a report 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded 
under this part, including the total dollar 
amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best 
practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants 
under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR JUVE-
NILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1001(a)(16) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10261(a)(16)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(16) There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out projects under part R $30,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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