(e) NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—Nothing in this
section or the amendments made by this section shall be
construed to preempt any provision of the law of any
State, the purpose of which is to prevent juveniles from
injuring themselves or others with firearms.
TITLE V—THE CHILDREN’S FIRE-
ARM INJURY SURVEILLANCE
ACT OF 1999
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Firearm
Injury Surveillance Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 502. SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM REGARDING INJURIES
TO CHILDREN RESULTING FROM FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) PROGRAM OF GRANTS.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services may make grants to
State and local departments of health and State and
local law enforcement agencies for purposes of estab-
lishing and maintaining children’s firearm-related in-
jury surveillance systems.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall carry out
this section acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention. Such Direc-
tor shall carry out this section through the Director
of the National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Director
of the Center’’).
(b) CERTAIN USES OF GRANT.—The Director of the
Center shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) are
used to establish systems for gathering information re-
garding fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries involving chil-
dren who have not attained 21 years of age, including in-
formation with respect to—
(1) mortality;
(2) morbidity;
(3) disability;
(4) the type and characteristic of the firearm
used in the shooting;
(5) the relationship of the victim to the perpe-
trator; and
(6) the time and circumstances of the shooting.
(c) PRIORITY
FOR CERTAIN STATES.—In making
grants under this section, the Director of the Center shall
give priority to States and communities in which firearm-
related injuries for children are a significant public health
problem.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2000 through 2004.
TITLE VI—CHILDREN’S GUN VIO-
LENCE 
PREVENTION 
EDU-
CATION
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Children’s Gun Violence Prevention Education Act of
1999’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—
(1) to award grants to assist local educational
agencies, in consultation with community groups and
law enforcement agencies, to educate children about
preventing gun violence; and
(2) to assist communities in developing partner-
ships between public schools, community organiza-
tions, law enforcement, and parents in educating
children about preventing gun violence.
SEC. 602. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S GUN VIO-
LENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION.
(a) ALLOCATION OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—
(1) 
RESERVATION.—From 
amounts 
appro-
priated under subsection (j) for a fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to award grants to
the outlying areas in accordance with the purposes
of this title.
(2) GRANTS BY THE SECRETARY.—For any fis-
cal year for which the amount appropriated to carry
out this title does not exceed $50,000,000 and from
amounts appropriated under subsection (j) and not
reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants, on a competitive basis,
under subsection (b).
(3) GRANTS BY THE STATES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for
which the amount appropriated to carry out
this title exceeds $50,000,000 and from
amounts appropriated under subsection (j) and
not reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall make allotments to State educational
agencies pursuant to subparagraph (B) to en-
able the State educational agencies to award
grants, on a competitive basis, under subsection
(b).
(B) ALLOTMENT
FORMULA.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (C), the Secretary
shall allot funds appropriated under subsection
(j) and not reserved under paragraph (1) for a
fiscal year among the States as follows:
(i) 75 percent of such funds shall be
allotted proportionately based upon the
population that is less than 18 years of age
in the State;
(ii) 25 percent of such funds shall be
allotted proportionately based upon the
population that is less than 18 years of age
in the State that is incarcerated.
(C) 
MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT.—If 
the
amount appropriated to carry out this title ex-
ceeds $50,000,000 for a fiscal year, each State
shall receive a minimum allotment for the fiscal
year of not less than $500,000.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the State
educational agency, as the case may be, is author-
ized to award grants to local educational agencies
for the purpose of educating children about pre-
venting gun violence.
(2) ASSURANCES.—
(A) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary or the
State educational agency, as the case may be,
shall ensure that not less than 90 percent of
the funds allotted under this title to the State