Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Families First Juvenile Offender Control and Prevention
Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—JUVENILE OFFENDER CONTROL AND PREVENTION
GRANTS
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Grant program.
Sec. 103. Model programs to prevent juvenile delinquency.
TITLE II—VIOLENT JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Sec. 201. Time limit on transfer decision.
Sec. 202. Elimination of statute of limitations for murder.
Sec. 203. Extension of statute of limitations for violent and drug trafficking
crimes.
Sec. 204. Increased detention, mandatory restitution, and additional sentencing
options for youth offenders.
Sec. 205. Juvenile handgun possession.
Sec. 206. Increased penalty for knowingly receiving firearm with obliterated se-
rial number.
Sec. 207. Amendment of the sentencing guidelines for transfers of firearms to
prohibited persons.
Sec. 208. Access to records of crimes committed by juvenile delinquents.
TITLE III—GANG VIOLENCE
Sec. 301. Increasing the penalty for using physical force to tamper with wit-
nesses, victims, or informants.
Sec. 302. Interstate travel to engage in witness intimidation or obstruction of
justice.
Sec. 303. Expanding pretrial detention eligibility for serious gang and other
violent criminals.
Sec. 304. Conspiracy penalty for obstruction of justice offenses involving vic-
tims, witnesses, and informants.
Sec. 305. Gang franchising.
TITLE IV—PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF YOUTH DRUG
ADDICTION
Sec. 401. Sense of Congress to increase safe and drug-free schools and commu-
nities program.
Sec. 402. Reauthorization of office of national drug control policy.
Sec. 403. Rescheduling of ‘‘club’’ drugs.
Sec. 404. Attorney General authority to reschedule certain drugs posing immi-
nent danger to public safety.
TITLE V—IMPROVING JUVENILE CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION
Sec. 501. Study by national academy of science.
TITLE I—JUVENILE OFFENDER
CONTROL AND PREVENTION
GRANTS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Offender
Control and Prevention Grant Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part R of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘PART R—JUVENILE OFFENDER CONTROL AND
PREVENTION GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 1801. PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
‘‘(a) PAYMENT AND USES.—
‘‘(1) PAYMENT.—The Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance may make grants to carry out
this part, to units of local government that qualify
for a payment under this part. Of the amount ap-
propriated in any fiscal year to carry out this part,
the Director shall obligate—
ness and efficiency of the provisions of this part, and as-
suring compliance with the provisions of this part and for
administrative costs to carry out the purposes of this part.
The Attorney General shall establish and execute an over-
sight plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipients.
Such sums are to remain available until expended.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts authorized to be
appropriated under subsection (a) shall remain available
until expended.
‘‘SEC. 1803. QUALIFICATION FOR PAYMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall issue regula-
tions establishing procedures under which a unit of local
government is required to provide notice to the Director
regarding the proposed use of funds made available under
this part.
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REVIEW.—The Director shall estab-
lish a process for the ongoing evaluation of projects devel-
oped with funds made available under this part.
‘‘(c) GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
QUALIFICA-
TION.—A unit of local government qualifies for a payment
under this part for a payment period only if the unit of
local government submits an application to the Director
and establishes, to the satisfaction of the Director, that—
‘‘(1) the chief executive officer of the unit of
local government has had not less than 20 days to
review and comment on the application prior to sub-
mission to the Director;
‘‘(2)(A) the unit of local government will estab-
lish a trust fund in which the government will de-
posit all payments received under this part; and
‘‘(B) the unit of local government will use
amounts in the trust fund (including interest) dur-
ing a period not to exceed 2 years from the date the
first grant payment is made to the unit of local gov-
ernment;
‘‘(3) the unit of local government will expend
the payments received in accordance with the laws
and procedures that are applicable to the expendi-
ture of revenues of the unit of local government;
‘‘(4) the unit of local government will use ac-
counting, audit, and fiscal procedures that conform
to guidelines which shall be prescribed by the Direc-
tor after consultation with the Comptroller General
and as applicable, amounts received under this part
shall be audited in compliance with the Single Audit
Act of 1984;
‘‘(5) after reasonable notice from the Director
or the Comptroller General to the unit of local gov-
ernment, the unit of local government will make
available to the Director and the Comptroller Gen-