Union Calendar No. 92
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1818
[Report No. 105–155]
A BILL
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and
2001, and for other purposes.
JUNE 26, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 92
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1818
[Report No. 105–155]
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1997
Mr. RIGGS (for himself, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr.
GREENWOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
JUNE 26, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. DAVIS
of Florida, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. KUCINICH
JUNE 26, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 5, 1997]
A BILL
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ju-
venile Crime Control and Delinquency 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—AMENDMENTS TO JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY
PREVENTION ACT OF 1974
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Purpose.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Name of office.
Sec. 105. Concentration of Federal effort.
Sec. 106. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Sec. 107. Annual report.
Sec. 108. Allocation.
Sec. 109. State plans.
Sec. 110. Juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program.
Sec. 111. Research; evaluation; technical assistance; training.
Sec. 112. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 113. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 114. Administrative authority.
Sec. 115. Use of funds.
Sec. 116. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 117. Rule of construction.
Sec. 118. Leasing surplus Federal property.
Sec. 119. Issuance of Rules.
Sec. 120. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 121. References.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
ACT
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Authority to make grants for centers and services.
Sec. 203. Eligibility.
Sec. 204. Approval of applications.
Sec. 205. Authority for transitional living grant program.
Sec. 206. Eligibility.
Sec. 207. Authority to make grants for research, evaluation, demonstration, and
service projects.
Sec. 208. Temporary demonstration projects to provide services to youth in rural
areas.
Sec. 209. Sexual abuse prevention program.
Sec. 210. Assistance to potential grantees.
Sec. 211. Reports.
Sec. 212. Evaluation.
Sec. 213. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 214. Consolidated review of applications.
Sec. 215. Definitions.
Sec. 216. Redesignation of sections.
Sec. 217. Technical amendment.
TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY
PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Duties and functions of the Administrator.
Sec. 302. Grants for prevention programs.
Sec. 303. Repeal of definition.
Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Effective date; application of amendments.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO JU-
VENILE JUSTICE AND DELIN-
QUENCY PREVENTION ACT OF
1974
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Section 101 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘FINDINGS
‘‘SEC. 101. (a) The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) There has been a dramatic increase in juve-
nile delinquency, particularly violent crime commit-
ted by juveniles. Weapons offenses and homicides are
2 of the fastest growing crimes committed by juve-
niles. More than 1⁄2 of juvenile victims are killed with
damage caused by their delinquent acts, and
methods for increasing victim satisfaction with
respect to the penalties imposed on juveniles for
their acts.
‘‘(b) Congress must act now to reform this program
by focusing on juvenile delinquency prevention programs,
as well as programs that hold juveniles accountable for their
acts. Without true reform, the criminal justice system will
not be able to overcome the challenges it will face in the
coming years when the number of juveniles is expected to
increase by 30 percent.’’.
SEC. 102. PURPOSE.
Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘PURPOSES
‘‘SEC. 102. The purposes of this title and title II are—
‘‘(1) to support State and local programs that
prevent juvenile involvement in delinquent behavior;
‘‘(2) to assist State and local governments in
promoting public safety by encouraging accountabil-
ity for acts of juvenile delinquency; and
‘‘(3) to assist State and local governments in ad-
dressing juvenile crime through the provision of tech-
nical assistance, research, training, evaluation, and
the dissemination of information on effective pro-
grams for combating juvenile delinquency.’’.
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘to help prevent
juvenile delinquency’’ and inserting ‘‘designed to re-
duce known risk factors for juvenile delinquent behav-
ior, provides activities that build on protective factors
for, and develop competencies in, juveniles to prevent,
and reduce the rate of, delinquent juvenile behavior’’,
(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘title I of’’ be-
fore ‘‘the Omnibus’’ each place it appears,
(3) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘the Trust Ter-
ritory of the Pacific Islands,’’,
(4) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘justice’’ and
inserting ‘‘crime control’’,
(5) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking ‘‘, of any
nonoffender,’’,
(6) in paragraph (13)(B) by striking ‘‘, any
non-offender,’’,
(7) in paragraph (14) by inserting ‘‘drug traf-
ficking,’’ after ‘‘assault,’’,
(8) in paragraph (16)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by adding ‘‘and’’
at the end, and
(B) by striking subparagraph (C),
(9) by striking paragraph (17),
(10) in paragraph (22)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (i),
(ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C), respectively, and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end,
(11) in paragraph (23) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon,
(12) by redesignating paragraphs (18), (19),
(20), (21), (22), and (23) as paragraphs (17) through
(22), respectively, and
(12) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(23) the term ‘boot camp’ means a residential
facility (excluding a private residence) at which there
are provided—
‘‘(A) a highly regimented schedule of dis-
cipline, physical training, work, drill, and cere-
mony characteristic of military basic training.
‘‘(B) regular, remedial, special, and voca-
tional education; and
‘‘(C) counseling and treatment for substance
abuse and other health and mental health prob-
lems;
‘‘(24) the term ‘graduated sanctions’ means an
accountability-based, graduated series of sanctions
(including incentives and services) applicable to juve-
niles within the juvenile justice system to hold such
juveniles accountable for their actions and to protect
communities from the effects of juvenile delinquency
by providing appropriate sanctions for every act for
which a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, by induc-
ing their law-abiding behavior, and by preventing
their subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice
system;
‘‘(25) the term ‘violent crime’ means—
‘‘(A) murder or nonnegligent manslaughter,
forcible rape, or robbery, or
‘‘(B) aggravated assault committed with the
use of a firearm;
‘‘(26) the term ‘co-located facilities’ means facili-
ties that are located in the same building, or are part
of a related complex of buildings located on the same
grounds; and
‘‘(27) the term ‘related complex of buildings’
means 2 or more buildings that share—
‘‘(A) physical features, such as walls and
fences, or services beyond mechanical services
(heating, air conditioning, water and sewer); or
‘‘(B) the specialized services that are allow-
able under section 31.303(e)(3)(i)(C)(3) of title
28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-
fect on December 10, 1996.’’.
SEC. 104. NAME OF OFFICE.
Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by amending the heading of part A to read
as follows:
‘‘PART A—OFFICE OF JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION’’,
(2) in section 201(a) by striking ‘‘Justice and
Delinquency Prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Crime Con-
trol and Delinquency Prevention’’, and
(3) in subsections section 299A(c)(2) by striking
‘‘Justice and Delinquency Prevention’’ and inserting
‘‘Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention’’.
SEC. 105. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORT.
Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking the last sen-
tence,
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and of
the prospective’’ and all that follows through
‘‘administered’’,
(B) by striking paragraph (5), and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and
(7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively,
(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘and reports’’
and all that follows through ‘‘this part’’, and insert-
ing ‘‘as may be appropriate to prevent the duplica-
tion of efforts, and to coordinate activities, related to
the prevention of juvenile delinquency’’,
(4) by striking subsection (i), and
(5) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection
(f).
SEC. 106. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE
AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.
Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616) is repealed.
SEC. 107. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5617) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘priorities,’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘, and recommendations of
the Council’’,
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5), and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(4) An evaluation of the programs funded
under this title and their effectiveness in reducing the
incidence of juvenile delinquency, particularly violent
crime, committed by juveniles.’’, and
(3) by redesignating such section as section 206.
SEC. 108. ALLOCATION.
Section 222 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5632) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘amount, up to
$400,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘amount up
to $400,000’’,
(II) by inserting a comma after
‘‘1992’’ the 1st place it appears,
(III) by striking ‘‘the Trust Terri-
tory of the Pacific Islands,’’, and
(IV) by striking ‘‘amount, up to
$100,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘amount up
to $100,000’’,
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(other than part
D)’’,
(II) by striking ‘‘or such greater
amount, up to $600,000’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘section 299(a) (1) and
(3)’’,
(III) by striking ‘‘the Trust Terri-
tory of the Pacific Islands,’’,
(IV) by striking ‘‘amount, up to
$100,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘amount up
to $100,000’’, and
(V) by inserting a comma after
‘‘1992’’,
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘allot’’
and inserting ‘‘allocate’’, and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Trust Ter-
ritory of the Pacific Islands,’’.
SEC. 109. STATE PLANS.
Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the 2nd sentence by striking ‘‘chal-
lenge’’ and all that follows through ‘‘part E’’,
and inserting ‘‘, projects, and activities’’,
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘, which—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘that—’’,
(ii) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘not less’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘33’’, and insert-
ing ‘‘the attorney general of the State
or such other State official who has
primary responsibility for overseeing
the enforcement of State criminal laws,
and’’,
(II) by inserting ‘‘, in consulta-
tion with the attorney general of the
State or such other State official who
has primary responsibility for oversee-
ing the enforcement of State criminal
laws’’ after ‘‘State’’,
(III) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or
the administration of juvenile justice’’
and inserting ‘‘, the administration of
juvenile justice, or the reduction of ju-
venile delinquency’’,
(IV) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘in-
clude—’’ and all that follows through
the semicolon at the end of subclause
(VIII), and inserting the following:
‘‘represent a multidisciplinary approach to
addressing juvenile delinquency and may
include—
‘‘(I) individuals who represent
units of general local government, law
enforcement and juvenile justice agen-
cies, public agencies concerned with the
prevention and treatment of juvenile
delinquency and with the adjudication
of juveniles, representatives of juve-
niles, or nonprofit private organiza-
tions, particularly such organizations
that serve juveniles; and
‘‘(II) such other individuals as the
chief executive officer considers to be
appropriate; and’’, and
(V) by striking clauses (iv) and
(v),
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘justice’’ and inserting ‘‘crime control’’,
(iv) in subparagraph (D)—
(I) in clause (i) by inserting
‘‘and’’ at the end,
(II) in clause (ii) by striking
‘‘paragraphs’’ and all that follows
through 
‘‘part 
E’’, 
and 
inserting
‘‘paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)’’, and
(III) by striking clause (iii), and
(v) in subparagraph (E) by striking
‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii)’’
and inserting ‘‘title,’’,
(C) in paragraph (5)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) by striking ‘‘, other than’’ and
inserting ‘‘reduced by the percentage (if
any) specified by the State under the au-
thority of paragraph (25) and excluding’’
after ‘‘section 222’’, and
‘‘(ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘paragraphs (12)(A), (13), and (14)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (11), (12), and
(13)’’,
(D) by striking paragraph (6),
(E) in paragraph (7) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding in rural areas’’ before the semicolon at
the end,
(F) in paragraph (8)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘for (i)’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘relevant jurisdic-
tion’’, and inserting ‘‘for an analysis
of juvenile delinquency problems in,
and the juvenile delinquency control
and delinquency prevention needs (in-
cluding educational needs) of, the
State’’,
(II) by striking ‘‘justice’’ the sec-
ond place it appears and inserting
‘‘crime control’’, and
(III) by striking ‘‘of the jurisdic-
tion; (ii)’’ and all that follows through
the semicolon at the end, and inserting
‘‘of the State; and’’,
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to
read as follows:
‘‘(B) contain—
‘‘(i) a plan for providing needed gen-
der-specific services for the prevention and
treatment of juvenile delinquency;
‘‘(ii) a plan for providing needed serv-
ices for the prevention and treatment of ju-
venile delinquency in rural areas; and
‘‘(iii) a plan for providing needed
mental health services to juveniles in the ju-
venile justice system;’’, and
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (C)
and (D),
(G) by amending paragraph (9) to read as
follows:
‘‘(9) provide for the coordination and maximum
utilization of existing juvenile delinquency programs,
programs operated by public and private agencies
and organizations, and other related programs (such
as education, special education, recreation, health,
and welfare programs) in the State;’’,
(H) in paragraph (10)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘, specifically’’
and inserting ‘‘including’’,
(II) by striking clause (i), and
(III) redesignating clauses (ii)
and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively,
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to
read as follows:
‘‘(B) programs that assist in holding juve-
niles accountable for their actions, including the
use of graduated sanctions and of neighborhood
courts or panels that increase victim satisfaction
and require juveniles to make restitution for the
damage caused by their delinquent behavior;’’,
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘juvenile justice’’ and inserting ‘‘juvenile
crime control’’,
(iv) by amending subparagraph (D) to
read as follows:
‘‘(D) programs that provide treatment to ju-
venile offenders who are victims of child abuse or
neglect, and to their families, in order to reduce
the likelihood that such juvenile offenders will
commit subsequent violations of law;’’,
(v) in subparagraph (E)—
(I) by redesignating clause (ii) as
clause (iii), and
(II) by striking ‘‘juveniles, pro-
vided’’ and all that follows through
‘‘provides; and’’, and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘juveniles—
‘‘(i) to encourage juveniles to remain
in elementary and secondary schools or in
alternative learning situations;
‘‘(ii) to provide services to assist juve-
niles in making the transition to the world
of work and self-sufficiency; and’’,
(vi) by amending subparagraph (F) to
read as follows:
‘‘(F) expanding the use of probation offi-
cers—
‘‘(i) particularly for the purpose of permit-
ting nonviolent juvenile offenders (including sta-
tus offenders) to remain at home with their fam-
ilies as an alternative to incarceration or insti-
tutionalization; and
‘‘(ii) to ensure that juveniles follow the
terms of their probation;’’,
(vii) by amending subparagraph (G)
to read as follows:
‘‘(G) one-on-one mentoring programs that
are designed to link at-risk juveniles and juvenile
offenders, particularly juveniles residing in high-
crime areas and juveniles experiencing edu-
cational failure, with responsible adults (such as
law enforcement officers, adults working with
local businesses, and adults working with com-
munity-based organizations and agencies) who
are properly screened and trained;’’,
(viii) in subparagraph (H) by striking
‘‘handicapped youth’’ and inserting ‘‘juve-
niles with disabilities’’,
(ix) by amending subparagraph (K) to
read as follows:
‘‘(K) boot camps for juvenile offenders;’’,
(x) by amending subparagraph (L) to
read as follows:
‘‘(L) community-based programs and serv-
ices to work with juveniles, their parents, and
other family members during and after incarcer-
ation in order to strengthen families so that such
juveniles may be retained in their homes;’’,
(xi) by amending subparagraph (M) to
read as follows:
‘‘(M) other activities (such as court-ap-
pointed advocates) that the State determines will
hold juveniles accountable for their acts and de-
crease juvenile involvement in delinquent activi-
ties;’’,
(xii) by amending subparagraph (N)
to read as follows:
‘‘(N) establishing policies and systems to in-
corporate 
relevant 
child 
protective 
services
records into juvenile justice records for purposes
of establishing treatment plans for juvenile of-
fenders;’’,
(xiii) in subparagraph (O)—
(I) in striking ‘‘cultural’’ and in-
serting ‘‘other’’, and
(II) by striking the period at the
end and inserting a semicolon, and
(xiv) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(P) a system of records relating to any ad-
judication of juveniles less than 18 years of age
who are adjudicated delinquent for conduct that
would be a violent crime if committed by an
adult, that is—
‘‘(i) equivalent to the records that
would be kept of adults arrested for such
conduct, including fingerprints and photo-
graphs;
‘‘(ii) submitted to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in the same manner as
adult records are so submitted;
‘‘(iii) retained for a period of time that
is equal to the period of time records are re-
tained for adults; and
‘‘(iv) available on an expedited basis to
law enforcement agencies, the courts, and
school officials (and such school officials
shall be subject to the same standards and
penalties that law enforcement and juvenile
justice system employees are subject to
under Federal and State law, for handling
and disclosing such information);
‘‘(Q) programs that utilize multidisci-
plinary interagency case management and infor-
mation sharing, that enable the juvenile justice
and law enforcement agencies, schools, and social
service agencies to make more informed decisions
regarding early identification, control, super-
vision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly
commit violent or serious delinquent acts; and
‘‘(R) programs designed to prevent and re-
duce hate crimes committed by juveniles.’’,
(I) by amending paragraph (12) to read as
follows:
‘‘(12) shall, in accordance with rules issued by
the Administrator, provide that—
‘‘(A) juveniles who are charged with or who
have committed an offense that would not be
criminal if committed by an adult, excluding—
‘‘(i) juveniles who are charged with or
who have committed a violation of section
922(x)(2) of title 18, United States Code, or
of a similar State law;
‘‘(ii) juveniles who are charged with or
who have committed a violation of a valid
court order; and
‘‘(iii) juveniles who are held in accord-
ance with the Interstate Compact on Juve-
niles as enacted by the State;
shall not be placed in secure detention facilities
or secure correctional facilities; and
‘‘(B) juveniles—
‘‘(i) who are not charged with any of-
fense; and
‘‘(ii) who are—
‘‘(I) aliens; or
‘‘(II) alleged to be dependent, ne-
glected, or abused;
shall not be placed in secure detention facilities
or secure correctional facilities;’’,
(J) by amending paragraph (13) to read as
follows:
‘‘(13) provide that—
‘‘(A) juveniles alleged to be or found to be
delinquent, and juveniles within the purview of
paragraph (11), will not be detained or confined
in any institution in which they have regular
contact, or unsupervised incidental contact, with
adults incarcerated because such adults have
been convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial
on criminal charges; and
‘‘(B) there is in effect in the State a policy
that requires individuals who work with both
such juveniles and such adults in co-located fa-
cilities have been trained and certified to work
with juveniles;’’,
(K) by amending paragraph (14) to read as
follows:
‘‘(14) provide that no juvenile will be detained or
confined in any jail or lockup for adults except—
‘‘(A) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus
offenses and who are detained in such jail or
lockup for a period not to exceed 6 hours—
‘‘(i) for processing or release;
‘‘(ii) while awaiting transfer to a juve-
nile facility; or
‘‘(iii) in which period such juveniles
make a court appearance;
‘‘(B) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus
offenses, who are awaiting in initial court ap-
pearance that will occur within 48 hours after
being taken into custody (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays), and who are de-
tained or confined in a jail or lockup—
‘‘(i) in which—
‘‘(I) such juveniles do not have
regular contact, or unsupervised inci-
dental contact, with adults incarcer-
ated because such adults have been con-
victed of a crime or are awaiting trial
on criminal charges; and
‘‘(II) there is in effect in the State
a policy that requires individuals who
work with both such juveniles and such
adults in co-located facilities have been
trained and certified to work with ju-
veniles; and
‘‘(ii) that—
‘‘(I) is located outside a metro-
politan statistical area (as defined by
the Office of Management and Budget);
‘‘(II) has no existing acceptable
alternative placement available;
‘‘(III) is located where conditions
of distance to be traveled or the lack of
highway, road, or transportation do
not allow for court appearances within
48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sun-
days, and legal holidays) so that a
brief (not to exceed an additional 48
hours) delay is excusable; or
‘‘(IV) is located where conditions
of safety exist (such as severe adverse,
life-threatening weather conditions that
do not allow for reasonably safe trav-
el), in which case the time for an ap-
pearance may be delayed until 24
hours after the time that such condi-
tions allow for reasonable safe travel;
‘‘(C) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus
offenses and who are detained or confined in a
jail or lockup that satisfies the requirements of
subparagraph (B)(i) if—
‘‘(i) such jail or lockup—
‘‘(I) is located outside a metro-
politan statistical area (as defined by
the Office of Management and Budget);
and
‘‘(II) has no existing acceptable
alternative placement available;
‘‘(ii) a parent or other legal guardian
(or guardian ad litem) of the juvenile in-
volved consents to detaining or confining
such juvenile in accordance with this sub-
paragraph; and
‘‘(iii) detaining or confining such juve-
nile in accordance with this subparagraph
is—
‘‘(I) approved in advance by a
court with competent jurisdiction; and
‘‘(II) is required to be reviewed
periodically, at intervals of not more
than 5 days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays), by such
court for the duration of detention or
confinement;’’,
(L) in paragraph (15)—
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (12)(A),
paragraph (13), and paragraph (14)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (11), (12), and
(13)’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (12)(A)
and paragraph (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (11) and (12)’’,
(M) in paragraph (16) by striking ‘‘men-
tally, emotionally, or physically handicapping
conditions’’ and inserting ‘‘disability’’,
(N) by amending paragraph (19) to read as
follows:
‘‘(19) provide assurances that—
‘‘(A) any assistance provided under this Act
will not cause the displacement (including a
partial displacement, such as a reduction in the
hours of nonovertime work, wages, or employ-
ment benefits) of any currently employed em-
ployee;
‘‘(B) activities assisted under this Act will
not impair an existing collective bargaining re-
lationship, contract for services, or collective bar-
gaining agreement; and
‘‘(C) no such activity that would be incon-
sistent with the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement shall be undertaken without the writ-
ten concurrence of the labor organization in-
volved;’’,
(O) by amending paragraph (23) to read as
follows:
‘‘(23) address juvenile delinquency prevention ef-
forts and system improvement efforts designed to re-
duce, without establishing or requiring numerical
standards or quotas, the disproportionate number of
juvenile members of minority groups, who come into
contact with the juvenile justice system;’’,
(P) by amending paragraph (24) to read as
follows:
‘‘(24) provide that if a juvenile is taken into cus-
tody for violating a valid court order issued for com-
mitting a status offense—
‘‘(A) an appropriate public agency shall be
promptly notified that such juvenile is held in
custody for violating such order;
‘‘(B) not later than 24 hours during which
such juvenile is so held, an authorized represent-
ative of such agency shall interview, in person,
such juvenile; and
‘‘(C) not later than 48 hours during which
such juvenile is so held—
‘‘(i) such representative shall submit
an assessment to the court that issued such
order, regarding the immediate needs of
such juvenile; and
‘‘(ii) such court shall conduct a hear-
ing to determine—
‘‘(I) whether there is reasonable
cause to believe that such juvenile vio-
lated such order; and
‘‘(II) the appropriate placement of
such juvenile pending disposition of the
violation alleged;’’,
(Q) in paragraph (25) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon,
(R) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7)
through (25) as paragraphs (6) through (24), re-
spectively, and
(S) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(25) specify a percentage (if any), not to exceed
5 percent, of funds received by the State under section
222 (other than funds made available to the state ad-
visory group under section 222(d)) that the State will
reserve for expenditure by the State to provide incen-
tive grants to units of general local government that
reduce the caseload of probation officers within such
units, and
‘‘(26) provide that the State, to the maximum
extent practicable, will implement a system to ensure
that if a juvenile is before a court in the juvenile jus-
tice system, public child welfare records (including
child protective services records) relating to such juve-
nile that are on file in the geographical area under
the jurisdiction of such court will be made known to
such court.’’, and
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) If a State fails to comply with any of the applica-
ble requirements of paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22)
of subsection (a) in any fiscal year beginning after Septem-
ber 30, 1997, then the amount allocated to such State for
the subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by not to exceed
12.5 percent for each such paragraph with respect to which
the failure occurs, unless the Administrator determines that
the State—
‘‘(1) has achieved substantial compliance with
such applicable requirements with respect to which
the State was not in compliance; and
‘‘(2) has made, through appropriate executive or
legislative action, an unequivocal commitment to
achieving full compliance with such applicable re-
quirements within a reasonable time.’’, and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘allotment’’ and inserting
‘‘allocation’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) (12)(A),
(13), (14) and (23)’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22)
of subsection (a)’’.
SEC. 110. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM.
Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking parts C, D, E, F, G, and H,
(2) by striking the 1st part I,
(3) by redesignating the 2nd part I as part F,
and
(4) by inserting after part B the following:
‘‘PART C—JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 241. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
‘‘The Administrator may make grants to eligible
States, from funds allocated under section 242, for the pur-
pose of providing financial assistance to eligible entities to
carry out projects designed to prevent juvenile delinquency,
including—
‘‘(1) projects that assist in holding juveniles ac-
countable for their actions, including the use of neigh-
borhood courts or panels that increase victim satisfac-
tion and require juveniles to make restitution, or per-
form community service, for the damage caused by
their delinquent acts;
‘‘(2) projects that provide treatment to juvenile
offenders who are victims of child abuse or neglect,
and to their families, in order to reduce the likelihood
that such juvenile offenders will commit subsequent
violations of law;
‘‘(3) educational projects or supportive services
for delinquent or other juveniles—
‘‘(A) to encourage juveniles to remain in el-
ementary and secondary schools or in alternative
learning situations in educational settings;
‘‘(B) to provide services to assist juveniles
in making the transition to the world of work
and self-sufficiency;
‘‘(C) to assist in identifying learning dif-
ficulties (including learning disabilities);
‘‘(D) to prevent unwarranted and arbitrary
suspensions and expulsions;
‘‘(E) to encourage new approaches and tech-
niques with respect to the prevention of school vi-
olence and vandalism;
‘‘(F) which assist law enforcement personnel
and juvenile justice personnel to more effectively
recognize and provide for learning-disabled and
other handicapped juveniles; or
‘‘(G) which develop locally coordinated poli-
cies and programs among education, juvenile
justice, and social service agencies;
‘‘(4) projects which expand the use of probation
officers—
‘‘(A) particularly for the purpose of permit-
ting nonviolent juvenile offenders (including sta-
tus offenders) to remain at home with their fam-
ilies as an alternative to incarceration or insti-
tutionalization; and
‘‘(B) to ensure that juveniles follow the
terms of their probation;
‘‘(5) one-on-one mentoring projects that are de-
signed to link at-risk juveniles and juvenile offenders
who did not commit serious crime, particularly juve-
niles residing in high-crime areas and juveniles expe-
riencing educational failure, with responsible adults
(such as law enforcement officers, adults working with
local businesses, and adults working for community-
based organizations and agencies) who are properly
screened and trained;
‘‘(6) community-based projects and services (in-
cluding literacy and social service programs) which
work with juvenile offenders, including those from
families with limited English-speaking proficiency,
their parents, their siblings, and other family mem-
bers during and after incarceration of the juvenile of-
fenders, in order to strengthen families, to allow juve-
nile offenders to be retained in their homes, and to
prevent the involvement of other juvenile family mem-
bers in delinquent activities;
‘‘(7) projects designed to provide for the treat-
ment of juveniles for dependence on or abuse of alco-
hol, drugs, or other harmful substances;
‘‘(8) projects which leverage funds to provide
scholarships for postsecondary education and training
for low-income juveniles who reside in neighborhoods
with high rates of poverty, violence, and drug-related
crimes;
‘‘(9) projects which provide for an initial intake
screening of each juvenile taken into custody—
‘‘(A) to determine the likelihood that such
juvenile will commit a subsequent offense; and
‘‘(B) to provide appropriate interventions to
prevent such juvenile from committing subse-
quent offenses;
‘‘(10) projects (including school- or community-
based projects) that are designed to prevent, and
reduce the rate of, the participation of juveniles in
gangs that commit crimes (particularly violent
crimes), that unlawfully use firearms and other weap-
ons, or that unlawfully traffic in drugs and that in-
volve, to the extent practicable, families and other
community members (including law enforcement per-
sonnel and members of the business community) in
the activities conducted under such projects;
‘‘(11) comprehensive juvenile justice and delin-
quency prevention projects that meet the needs of ju-
veniles through the collaboration of the many local
service systems juveniles encounter, including schools,
courts, law enforcement agencies, child protection
agencies, mental health agencies, welfare services,
health care agencies, and private nonprofit agencies
offering services to juveniles;
‘‘(12) to develop, implement, and support, in
conjunction with public and private agencies, organi-
zations, and businesses, projects for the employment of
juveniles and referral to job training programs (in-
cluding referral to Federal job training programs);
‘‘(13) delinquency prevention activities which in-
volve youth clubs, sports, recreation and parks, peer
counseling and teaching, the arts, leadership develop-
ment, community service, volunteer service, before-
and after-school programs, violence prevention activi-
ties, mediation skills training, camping, environ-
mental education, ethnic or cultural enrichment, tu-
toring, and academic enrichment;
‘‘(14) to establish policies and systems to incor-
porate relevant child protective services records into
juvenile justice records for purposes of establishing
treatment plans for juvenile offenders;
‘‘(15) family strengthening activities, such as
mutual support groups for parents and their children;
‘‘(16) programs that encourage social com-
petencies, problem-solving skills, and communication
skills, youth leadership, and civic involvement;
‘‘(17) programs that focus on the needs of young
girls at-risk of delinquency or status offenses; and
‘‘(18) other activities that are likely to prevent
juvenile delinquency.
‘‘SEC. 242. ALLOCATION.
‘‘Funds appropriated to carry out this part shall be
allocated among eligible States as follows:
‘‘(1) Fifty percent of such amount shall be allo-
cated proportionately based on the population that is
less than 18 years of age in the eligible States.
‘‘(2) Fifty percent of such amount shall be allo-
cated proportionately based on the annual average
number of arrests for serious crimes committed in the
eligible States by juveniles during the then most re-
cently completed period of 3 consecutive calendar
years for which sufficient information is available to
the Administrator.
‘‘SEC. 243. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under section 241, a State shall submit to the Adminis-
trator an application that contains the following:
‘‘(1) An assurance that the State will use—
‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of such grant,
in the aggregate, for—
‘‘(i) the costs incurred by the State to
carry out this part; and
‘‘(ii) to evaluate, and provide technical
assistance relating to, projects and activities
carried out with funds provided under this
part; and
‘‘(B) the remainder of such grant to make
grants under section 244.
‘‘(2) An assurance that, and a detailed descrip-
tion of how, such grant will support, and not sup-
plant State and local efforts to prevent juvenile delin-
quency.
‘‘(3) An assurance that such application was
prepared after consultation with and participation by
community-based organizations, and organizations in
the local juvenile justice system, that carry out pro-
grams, projects, or activities to prevent juvenile delin-
quency.
‘‘(4) An assurance that each eligible entity de-
scribed in section 244(a) that receives an initial
grant under section 244 to carry out a project or ac-
tivity shall also receive an assurance from the State
that such entity will receive from the State, for the
subsequent fiscal year to carry out such project or ac-
tivity, a grant under such section in an amount that
is proportional, based on such initial grant and on
the amount of the grant received under section 241 by
the State for such subsequent fiscal year, but that does
not exceed the amount specified for such subsequent
fiscal year in such application as approved by the
State.
‘‘(5) Such other information and assurances as
the Administrator may reasonably require by rule.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) APPROVAL
REQUIRED.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Administrator shall approve an appli-
cation, and amendments to such application submit-
ted in subsequent fiscal years, that satisfy the require-
ments of subsection (a).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Administrator may not
approve such application (including amendments to
such application) for a fiscal year unless—
‘‘(A)(i) the State submitted a plan under
section 223 for such fiscal year; and
‘‘(ii) such plan is approved by the Adminis-
trator for such fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) the Administrator waives the applica-
tion of subparagraph (A) to such State for such
fiscal year, after finding good cause for such a
waiver.
‘‘SEC. 244. GRANTS FOR LOCAL PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) SELECTION FROM AMONG APPLICATIONS.—(1)
Using a grant received under section 241, a State may
make grants to eligible entities whose applications are re-
ceived by the State in accordance with subsection (b) to
carry out projects and activities described in section 241.
‘‘(B) determined by such unit to be consistent
with a current plan formulated by such unit for the
purpose of preventing, and reducing the rate of, juve-
nile delinquency in the geographical area under the
jurisdiction of such unit.
‘‘(2) If an application submitted to such unit by an
eligible entity satisfies the requirements specified in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), such entity may
submit such application directly to the State.
‘‘SEC. 245. ELIGIBILITY OF ENTITIES.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to subsections (b) and ex-
cept as provided in subsection (c), to be eligible to receive
a grant under section 244, a community-based organiza-
tion, local juvenile justice system officials (including pros-
ecutors, police officers, judges, probation officers, parole offi-
cers, and public defenders), local education authority (as
defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and including a school within such
authority), nonprofit private organization, unit of general
local government, or social service provider, and or other
entity with a demonstrated history of involvement in the
prevention of juvenile delinquency, shall submit to a unit
of general local government an application that contains
the following:
‘‘(1) An assurance that such applicant will use
such grant, and each such grant received for the sub-
sequent fiscal year, to carry out throughout a 2-year
period a project or activity described in reasonable
detail, and of a kind described in one or more of
paragraphs (1) through (14) of section 241 as speci-
fied in, such application.
‘‘(2) A statement of the particular goals such
project or activity is designed to achieve, and the
methods such entity will use to achieve, and assess the
achievement of, each of such goals.
‘‘(3) A statement identifying the research (if
any) such entity relied on in preparing such applica-
tion.
‘‘(b) REVIEW AND SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—
Except as provided in subsection (c), an entity shall not
be eligible to receive a grant under section 244 unless—
‘‘(1) such entity submits to a unit of general
local government an application that—
‘‘(A) satisfies the requirements specified in
subsection (a); and
‘‘(B) describes a project or activity to be
carried out in the geographical area under the
jurisdiction of such unit; and
‘‘(2) such unit determines that such project or
activity is consistent with a current plan formulated
by such unit for the purpose of preventing, and reduc-
ing the rate of, juvenile delinquency in the geographi-
cal area under the jurisdiction of such unit.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—If an entity that receives a grant
under section 244 to carry out a project or activity for a
2-year period, and receives technical assistance from the
State or the Administrator after requesting such technical
assistance (if any), fails to demonstrate, before the expira-
tion of such 2-year period, that such project or such activity
has achieved substantial success in achieving the goals spec-
ified in the application submitted by such entity to receive
such grants, then such entity shall not be eligible to receive
any subsequent grant under such section to continue to
carry out such project or activity.’’.
SEC. 111. RESEARCH; EVALUATION; TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE; TRAINING.
Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended
by inserting after part C, as added by section 110, the fol-
lowing:
‘‘PART D—RESEARCH; EVALUATION; TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE; TRAINING
‘‘SEC. 251. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL
ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
‘‘(a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—(1) The Adminis-
trator may—
‘‘(A) plan and identify, after consultation with
the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the
purposes and goals of all agreements carried out with
funds provided under this subsection; and
‘‘(B) make agreements with the National Insti-
tute of Justice or, subject to the approval of the As-
sistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro-
grams, with another Federal agency authorized by
law to conduct research or evaluation in juvenile jus-
tice matters, for the purpose of providing research
and evaluation relating to—
‘‘(i) the prevention, reduction, and control
of juvenile delinquency and serious crime com-
mitted by juveniles;
‘‘(ii) the link between juvenile delinquency
and the incarceration of members of the families
of juveniles;
‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent first-time
minor offenders from committing subsequent in-
volvement in serious crime;
‘‘(iv) successful efforts to prevent recidivism;
‘‘(v) the juvenile justice system;
‘‘(vi) juvenile violence; and
‘‘(vii) other purposes consistent with the
purposes of this title and title I.
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure that an equitable
amount of funds available to carry out paragraph (1)(B)
is used for research and evaluation relating to the preven-
tion of juvenile delinquency.
‘‘(b) STATISTICAL
ANALYSES.—The Administrator
may—
‘‘(1) plan and identify, after consultation with
the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the
purposes and goals of all agreements carried out with
funds provided under this subsection; and
‘‘(2) make agreements with the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, or subject to the approval of the Assistant
Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs,
with another Federal agency authorized by law to un-
dertake statistical work in juvenile justice matters, for
the purpose of providing for the collection, analysis,
and dissemination of statistical data and information
relating to juvenile delinquency and serious crimes
committed by juveniles, to the juvenile justice system,
to juvenile violence, and to other purposes consist
with the purposes of this title and title I.
‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall use a competitive process, established by
rule by the Administrator, to carry out subsections (a) and
(b).
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS.—A Federal
agency that makes an agreement under subsections
(a)(1)(B) and (b)(2) with the Administrator may carry out
such agreement directly or by making grants to or contracts
with public and private agencies, institutions, and organi-
zations.
‘‘(e) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—The Adminis-
trator may—
‘‘(1) review reports and data relating to the juve-
nile justice system in the United States and in for-
eign nations (as appropriate), collect data and infor-
mation from studies and research into all aspects of
juvenile delinquency (including the causes, preven-
tion, and treatment of juvenile delinquency) and seri-
ous crimes committed by juveniles;
‘‘(2) establish and operate, directly or by con-
tract, a clearinghouse and information center for the
preparation, publication, and dissemination of infor-
mation relating to juvenile delinquency, including
corrections, schools, and related services, to carry out
the purposes specified in section 102.
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator
may—
‘‘(1) develop and implement projects for the pur-
pose of providing technical assistance to representa-
tives and personnel of public and private agencies
and organizations, including practitioners in juvenile
justice, law enforcement, courts, corrections, schools,
and related services, in the establishment, implemen-
tation, and operation of programs, projects, and ac-
tivities for which financial assistance is provided
under this title; and
‘‘(2) make grants to and contracts with public
and private agencies, institutions, and organizations,
for the purpose of providing technical assistance to
representatives and personnel of public and private
agencies, including practitioners in juvenile justice,
law enforcement, courts, corrections, schools, and re-
lated services, in the establishment, implementation,
and operation of programs, projects, and activities for
which financial assistance is provided under this
title.’’.
SEC. 112. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended
by inserting after part D, as added by section 111, the fol-
lowing:
‘‘PART 
E—DEVELOPING, 
TESTING, 
AND 
DEM-
ONSTRATING PROMISING NEW INITIATIVES
AND PROGRAMS
‘‘SEC. 261. GRANTS AND PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Adminis-
trator may make grants to and contracts with States, units
of general local government, Indian tribal governments,
public and private agencies, organizations, and individ-
uals, or combinations thereof, to carry out projects for the
development, testing, and demonstration of promising ini-
tiatives and programs for the prevention, control, or reduc-
tion of juvenile delinquency. The Administrator shall ensure
that, to the extent reasonable and practicable, such grants
are made to achieve an equitable geographical distribution
of such projects throughout the United States.
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANTS.—A grant made under sub-
section (a) may be used to pay all or part of the cost of
the project for which such grant is made.
‘‘SEC. 262. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘The Administrator may make grants to and contracts
with public and private agencies, organizations, and indi-
viduals to provide technical assistance to States, units of
general local government, Indian tribal governments, local
private entities or agencies, or any combination thereof, to
carry out the projects for which grants are made under sec-
tion 261.
‘‘SEC. 263. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant made under this part,
a public or private agency, Indian tribal government, orga-
nization, institution, individual, or combination thereof
shall submit an application to the Administrator at such
time, in such form, and containing such information as the
Administrator may reasonable require by rule.
‘‘SEC. 264. REPORTS.
‘‘Recipients of grants made under this part shall sub-
mit to the Administrator such reports as may be reasonably
requested by the Administrator to describe progress achieved
in carrying the projects for which such grants are made.’’.
SEC. 113. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (e), and
(2) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c), and
inserting the following:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE
II (EXCLUDING PARTS C AND E).—(1) There are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this title such sums
as may be appropriate for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
and 2001.
‘‘(2) Of such sums as are appropriated for a fiscal year
to carry out this title (other than parts C and E)—
‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent shall be available
to carry out part A;
‘‘(B) not less than 80 percent shall be available
to carry out part B; and
‘‘(C) not more than 15 percent shall be available
to carry out part D.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART
C.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part C such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, and 2001.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART
E.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part E, and authorized to remain available until expended,
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1998, 1999,
2000, and 2001.’’.
SEC. 114. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.
Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘as are consist-
ent with the purpose of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘only
to the extent necessary to ensure that there is compli-
ance with the specific requirements of this title or to
respond to requests for clarification and guidance re-
lating to such compliance’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) If a State requires by law compliance with the
requirements described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)
of section 223(a), then for the period such law is in effect
in such State such State shall be rebuttably presumed to
satisfy such requirements.’’.
SEC. 115. USE OF FUNDS.
Section 299C of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5674) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘may be used for’’,
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘may be
used for’’ after ‘‘(1)’’, and
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) may not be used for the cost of construction
of any facility, except not more than 15 percent of the
funds received under this title by a State for a fiscal
year may be used for the purpose of renovating or re-
placing juvenile facilities.’’,
(2) by striking subsection (b), and
(1) in section 202(b) by striking ‘‘prescribed for
GS–18 of the General Schedule by section 5332’’ and
inserting ‘‘payable under section 5376’’,
(2) in section 221(b)(2) by striking the last sen-
tence,
(3) in section 299D by striking subsection (d),
and
(4) by striking titles IV and V, as originally en-
acted by Public Law 93–415 (88 Stat. 1132–1143).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 5315 of
title 5 of the United States Code is amended by striking
‘‘Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’’
and inserting ‘‘Office of Juvenile Crime Control and Delin-
quency Prevention’’.
(2) Section 4351(b) of title 18 of the United States
Code is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Juvenile
Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention’’.
(3) Subsections (a)(1) and (c) of section 3220 of title
39 of the United States Code is amended by striking ‘‘Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Office of Juvenile Crime Control
and Delinquency Prevention’’.
(4) Section 463(f) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 663(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Office
of Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention’’.
(5) Sections 801(a), 804, 805, and 813 of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3712(a), 3782, 3785, 3786, 3789i) are amended
by striking ‘‘Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Office of
Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention’’.
(6) The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
13001 et seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 214(b(1) by striking ‘‘262, 293,
and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and inserting
‘‘299B and 299E’’,
(B) in section 214A(c)(1) by striking ‘‘262, 293,
and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and inserting
‘‘299B and 299E’’,
(C) in sections 217 and 222 by striking ‘‘Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Office of Juvenile
Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention’’, and
(D) in section 223(c) by striking ‘‘section 262,
293, and 296’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 262, 299B, and
299E’’.
(7) The Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5771 et seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 403(2) by striking ‘‘Justice and
Delinquency Prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Crime Con-
trol and Delinquency Prevention’’, and
(B) in subsections (a)(5)(E) and (b)(1)(B) of sec-
tion 404 by striking ‘‘section 313’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 331’’.
(8) The Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001
et seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 217(c)(1) by striking ‘‘sections
262, 293, and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 299B and 299E’’, and
(B) in section 223(c) by striking ‘‘section 262,
293, and 296 of title II’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 299B
and 299E’’.
SEC. 121. REFERENCES.
In any Federal law (excluding this Act and the Acts
amended by this Act), Executive order, rule, regulation,
order, delegation of authority, grant, contract, suit, or docu-
ment—
(1) a reference to the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention shall be deemed to
include a reference to the Office of Juvenile Crime
Control and Delinquency Prevention, and
(2) a reference to the National Institute for
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall be
deemed to include a reference to Office of Juvenile
Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE
RUNAWAY 
AND 
HOMELESS
YOUTH ACT
SEC. 201. FINDINGS.
Section 302 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘accurate re-
porting of the problem nationally’’ and inserting ‘‘an
accurate national reporting system to report the prob-
lem,’’, and
(2) by amending paragraph (8) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(8) services for runaway and homeless youth
are needed in urban, suburban and rural areas;’’.
SEC. 202. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND
SERVICES.
Section 311 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary shall make grants to public and
nonprofit private entities (and combinations of such enti-
ties) to establish and operate (including renovation) local
centers to provide services for runaway and homeless youth
and for the families of such youth.
‘‘(2) Such services—
‘‘(A) shall be provided as an alternative to in-
volving runaway and homeless youth in the law en-
forcement, child welfare, mental health, and juvenile
justice systems;
‘‘(B) shall include—
‘‘(i) safe and appropriate shelter; and
‘‘(ii) individual, family, and group counsel-
ing, as appropriate; and
‘‘(C) may include—
‘‘(i) street-based services;
‘‘(ii) home-based services for families with
youth at risk of separation from the family; and
‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and prevention
services.’’,
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’, and
(B) by striking paragraph (4), and
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
SEC. 203. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 312 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’,
(B) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end,
(C) in paragraph (11) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual
report that includes—
‘‘(A) information regarding the activities
carried out under this part;
‘‘(B) the achievements of the project under
this part carried out by the applicant; and
‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—
‘‘(i) the number and the characteristics
of the runaway and homeless youth, and
youth at risk of family separation, who par-
ticipate in the project; and
‘‘(ii) the services provided to such
youth by the project;
in the year for which the report is submitted.’’, and
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(c) To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli-
cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)
assurances that in providing such services the applicant
will—
‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in-
cluding 
on-street 
supervision 
by 
appropriately
trained staff;
‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street staff;
‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide such services; and
‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway and
homeless youth, and street youth.
‘‘(d) To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a) to provide home-based services described in section
311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re-
quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such
services the applicant will—
‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to
youth and the families (including unrelated individ-
uals in the family households) of such youth, includ-
ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal
skill building, educational advancement, job attain-
ment skills, mental and physical health care,
parenting skills, financial planning, and referral to
sources of other needed services;
‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrangement
made by the applicant, 24-hour service to respond to
family crises (including immediate access to tem-
porary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and
youth at risk of separation from the family);
‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families
of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of
separation from the family, objectives and measures of
success to be achieved as a result of receiving home-
based services;
‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide home-based services; and
‘‘(5) ensure that—
‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low
to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)
involvement with each family receiving such
services; and
‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re-
ceive qualified supervision.
‘‘(e) To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug abuse education and pre-
vention services, an applicant shall include in the plan re-
quired by subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) a description of—
‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap-
plicant proposes to provide;
‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and
‘‘(C) the types of information and training
to be provided to individuals providing such
services to runaway and homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such services
the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for
runaway and homeless youth.’’.
SEC. 204. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.
Section 313 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5713) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS
‘‘SEC. 313. (a) An application by a public or private
entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be approved
by the Secretary after taking into consideration, with re-
spect to the State in which such entity proposes to provide
services under this part—
‘‘(1) the geographical distribution in such State
of the proposed services under this part for which all
grant applicants request approval; and
‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the greatest
need for such services.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall, in considering applications
for grants under section 311(a), give priority to—
‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated
experience in providing services to runaway and
homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of less
than $200,000.’’.
SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT
PROGRAM.
Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘PURPOSE AND’’,
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a)’’, and
(3) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 206. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is amended by inserting ‘‘,
and the services provided to such youth by such project,’’
after ‘‘such project’’.
SEC. 207. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,
EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND SERV-
ICE PROJECTS.
Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—
(1) in the heading of such section by inserting
‘‘EVALUATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’,
(2) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’
after ‘‘research,’’, and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2), and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re-
spectively.
SEC. 208. TEMPORARY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO
PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUTH IN RURAL
AREAS.
Section 344 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5714–24) is repealed.
SEC. 209. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.
Section 40155 of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat.
1922) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 40155. EDUCATION AND PREVENTION GRANTS TO RE-
DUCE SEXUAL ABUSE OF RUNAWAY, HOME-
LESS, AND STREET YOUTH.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking the heading for part F,
‘‘(2) by redesignating part E as part F, and
‘‘(3) by inserting after part D the following:
‘‘ ‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION
PROGRAM
‘‘ ‘SEC. 351. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
‘‘ ‘(a) The Secretary may make grants to nonprofit pri-
vate agencies for the purpose of providing street-based serv-
ices to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have
been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual
abuse.
‘‘ ‘(b) In selecting applicants to receive grants under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to non-prof-
it private agencies that have experience in providing serv-
ices to runaway and homeless, and street youth.’.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
389(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5751), as amended by section 213 of the Juvenile Crime
Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1997, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘ ‘(4) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out part E such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.’ ’’.
SEC. 210. ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.
Section 371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
SEC. 211. REPORTS.
Section 381 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘REPORTS
‘‘SEC. 381. (a) Not later than April 1, 1999, and at
2-year intervals thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and
accomplishments of entities that receive grants under parts
A, B, C, D, and E, with particular attention to—
‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part A,
the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—
‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway
and homeless youth;
‘‘(B) if applicable or appropriate, reuniting
such youth with their families and encouraging
the resolution of intrafamily problems through
counseling and other services;
‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships and
encouraging stable living conditions for such
youth; and
‘‘(D) assisting such youth to decide upon a
future course of action; and
‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part
B—
‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of
homeless youth served by such projects;
‘‘(B) the types of activities carried out by
such projects;
‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in al-
leviating the problems of homeless youth;
‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in
preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;
‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in as-
sisting homeless youth to decide upon future edu-
cation, employment, and independent living;
‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour-
age the resolution of intrafamily problems
through counseling and development of self-suffi-
cient living skills; and
‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by
such projects for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall include in the report required
by subsection (a) summaries of—
‘‘(1) the evaluations performed by the Secretary
under section 386; and
‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and
training provided to, individuals involved in carry-
ing out such evaluations.’’.
SEC. 212. EVALUATION.
Section 384 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5732) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘EVALUATION AND INFORMATION
‘‘SEC. 384. (a) If a grantee receives grants for 3 con-
secutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E (in the
alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such grantee
on-site, not less frequently than once in the period of such
3 consecutive fiscal years, for purposes of—
‘‘(1) determining whether such grants are being
used for the purposes for which such grants are made
by the Secretary;
‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the
report required by section 383; and
‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance
to such grantee as will enable such grantee to improve
the operation of the centers, projects, and activities for
which such grants are made.
‘‘(b) Recipients of grants under this title shall cooper-
ate with the Secretary’s efforts to carry out evaluations, and
to collect information, under this title.’’.
SEC. 213. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5751) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 389. (a)(1) There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title (other than part E) such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and
2001.
‘‘(2)(A) From the amount appropriated under para-
graph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not
less than 90 percent to carry out parts A and B.
‘‘(B) Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A),
not less than 20 percent, and not more than 30 percent,
shall be reserved to carry out part B.
‘‘(3) After reserving the amounts required by para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall reserve the remaining amount
(if any) to carry out parts C and D.
‘‘(b) No funds appropriated to carry out this title may
be combined with funds appropriated under any other Act
if the purpose of combining such funds is to make a single
discretionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, un-
less such funds are separately identified in all grants and
contracts and are used for the purposes specified in this
title.’’.
SEC. 214. CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5701 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 384 the
following:
‘‘CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
‘‘SEC. 385. With respect to funds available to carry
out parts A, B, C, D, and E, nothing in this title shall
be construed to prohibit the Secretary from—
‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the
availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of
such parts; and
‘‘(2) reviewing applications for grants under 2
or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli-
cation review process.’’.
SEC. 215. DEFINITIONS.
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5701 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 385, as
added by section 214, the following:
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 386. For the purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) The term ‘drug abuse education and preven-
tion services’—
‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home-
less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of
drugs by such youth; and
‘‘(B) may include—
‘‘(i) individual, family, group, and
peer counseling;
‘‘(ii) drop-in services;
‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and
homeless youth in rural areas (including
the development of community support
groups);
‘‘(iv) information and training relat-
ing to the illicit use of drugs by runaway
and homeless youth, to individuals involved
in providing services to such youth; and
‘‘(v) activities to improve the availabil-
ity of local drug abuse prevention services to
runaway and homeless youth.
‘‘(2) The term ‘home-based services’—
‘‘(A) means services provided to youth and
their families for the purpose of—
‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run-
ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa-
rated, from their families; and
‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re-
turn to their families; and
‘‘(B) includes services that are provided in
the residences of families (to the extent prac-
ticable), including—
‘‘(i) intensive individual and family
counseling; and
‘‘(ii) training relating to life skills and
parenting.
‘‘(3) The term ‘homeless youth’ means an indi-
vidual—
‘‘(A) who is—
‘‘(i) not more than 21 years of age;
and
‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not
less than 16 years of age;
‘‘(B) for whom it is not possible to live in
a safe environment with a relative; and
‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv-
ing arrangement.
‘‘(4) The term ‘street-based services’—
‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway
and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas
where they congregate, designed to assist such
youth in making healthy personal choices regard-
ing where they live and how they behave; and
‘‘(B) may include—
‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to
runaway and homeless youth, and street
youth;
‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and counsel-
ing;
‘‘(iii) information and referral for
housing;
‘‘(iv) information and referral for
transitional living and health care services;
‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven-
tion services related to—
‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;
‘‘(II) sexually transmitted dis-
eases, 
including 
human 
im-
munodeficiency virus (HIV); and
‘‘(III) physical and sexual as-
sault.
‘‘(5) The term ‘street youth’ means an individual
who—
‘‘(A) is—
‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or
‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a
homeless youth; and
‘‘(B) spends a significant amount of time
on the street or in other areas which increase the
exposure of such youth to sexual abuse.
‘‘(6) The term ‘transitional living youth project’
means a project that provides shelter and services de-
signed to promote a transition to self-sufficient living
and to prevent long-term dependency on social serv-
ices.
‘‘(7) The term ‘youth at risk of separation from
the family’ means an individual—
‘‘(A) who is less than 18 years of age; and
‘‘(B)(i) who has a history of running away
from the family of such individual;
‘‘(ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian
is not willing to provide for the basic needs of
such individual; or
‘‘(iii) who is at risk of entering the child
welfare system or juvenile justice system as a re-
sult of the lack of services available to the family
to meet such needs.’’.
SEC. 216. REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.
Sections 371, 372, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 386
of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–
5851 et seq.), as amended by this title, are redesignated as
sections 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, and 388, respec-
tively.
SEC. 217. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 331 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended in the 1st sentence by
striking ‘‘With’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’, and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’.
TITLE III—REPEAL OF TITLE V
RELATING 
TO 
INCENTIVE
GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELIN-
QUENCY 
PREVENTION 
PRO-
GRAMS
SEC. 301. REPEALER.
Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5681 et seq.), as added by
Public Law 102–586, is repealed.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMEND-
MENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amendments
made by this Act shall apply only with respect to fiscal
years beginning after September 30, 1997.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS
SEC. 501. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER AND CLEARING-
HOUSE FOR MISSING CHILDREN.
(a) ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to The Na-
tional Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a non-
profit corporation organized under the laws of the District
of Columbia, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, and 2001 to operate a national resource center
and clearinghouse designed—
(1) to provide to State and local governments,
public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ-
uals information regarding—
(A) free or low-cost legal, restaurant, lodg-
ing, and transportation services that are avail-
able for the benefit of missing children and their
families, and
(B) the existence and nature of programs
being carried out by Federal agencies to assist
missing children and their families,
(2) to coordinate public and private programs
which locate, recover, or reunite missing children with
their legal custodians,
(3) to disseminate nationally information about
innovative and model missing children’s programs,
services, and legislation, and
(4) to provide technical assistance and training
to law enforcement agencies, State and local govern-
ments, elements of the criminal justice system, public
and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals in
the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treat-
ment of missing and exploited child cases and in lo-
cating and recovering missing children.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 404(b) of the
Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, shall’’,
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting
‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘(A)’’, and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘co-
ordinating’’ and inserting ‘‘shall coordinate’’,
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for any fiscal
year for which no funds are appropriated under sec-
tion 2 of the Missing and Exploited Children Act of
1997, shall’’ after ‘‘(2)’’,
(4) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after
‘‘(3)’’, and
(5) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after
‘‘(4)’’.