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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3806
To extend and amend the programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act, to consolidate authorities for programs for runaway and homeless
youth, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 1996
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, and Mr. SCOTT) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Edu-
cational Opportunities
A BILL
To extend and amend the programs under the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act, to consolidate authorities for
programs for runaway and homeless youth, 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; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Runaway and Homeless Youth Amendments of 1996’’.
(b) Except where otherwise specifically provided, ref-
erences in this Act shall be considered to be made to the
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Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et
seq.), or to a section or other provision thereof.
SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE OF ACT; FINDINGS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 5701
note) is amended by striking ‘‘Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Comprehensive Runaway and
Homeless Youth Services Act’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Section 302 (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’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting a
new paragraph reading as follows:
‘‘(8) because runaway and homeless youth have
a high incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse
problems and often less opportunity for intervention,
drug abuse prevention and education services need
to be provided;’’;
(3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘who require
assistance’’ and all that follows and inserting instead
‘‘(many of whom have been or are at risk of being
subjected to sexual abuse) who need but would not
otherwise avail themselves of assistance; and’’; and
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(4)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (9); and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) services for this population are needed in
urban, suburban, and rural areas.’’.
SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) GENERAL PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—
(1) The caption of section 311 (42 U.S.C.
5711) is amended by inserting ‘‘COMPREHEN-
SIVE’’ before ‘‘RUNAWAY’’.
(2) Section 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘local runaway and homeless
youth centers’’ and inserting ‘‘comprehensive local
runaway and homeless youth services programs’’.
(b) DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—Section
311(b) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) In selecting among applicants for grants
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that
at least 20 percent of the total amount available for
such grants for each fiscal year shall be used for
long-term residential care for older homeless youth
through the provision of transitional living serv-
ices.’’.
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(c) REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
AUTHORITIES
FOR
STREET-BASED
AND
HOME-BASED
SERVICES.—Sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 311 (42 U.S.C. 5711) are
repealed.
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS
OF ELIGIBLE SERVICE
PROGRAMS.—Section 312(a) (42 U.S.C. 5712(a)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for assist-
ance under section 311(a), an applicant shall pro-
pose to establish, strengthen, or fund an existing or
proposed locally controlled comprehensive runaway
and homeless youth services program that includes
at least one of the following:
‘‘(A) Short-term services including—
‘‘(i) emergency shelter for runaway
and homeless youth; and
(ii) at the grantee’s option, non-resi-
dential prevention services on a drop-in
basis for youth who are—
‘‘(I) contemplating running away
from home;
‘‘(II) currently living on the
streets; or
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‘‘(III) receiving after-care serv-
ices.
‘‘(B) Long-term residential services for
homeless youth.
‘‘(2) LOCATION.—A program eligible for assist-
ance under this part may be located in any urban,
suburban, or rural area where a need for runaway
and homeless youth services is demonstrated. A pro-
gram may be shelter-based, use group homes or host
homes, operate street-based services, or employ any
combination of these options, as appropriate for the
population being served.
‘‘(b) YOUTH ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES.—Youth eligi-
ble to receive services from programs assisted under this
part are individuals age 21 or younger.
(b) 
GENERAL
PLAN
REQUIREMENTS.—Section
312(b) (42 U.S.C. 5712(b)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘section 311(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this part’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘runaway and homeless
youth center’’ and inserting ‘‘comprehensive
runaway and homeless youth services program’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘temporary’’;
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(3) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3), and re-
designating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs
(1) and (2);
(4) by adding after paragraph (2), as redesig-
nated, the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) shall provide, directly or through refer-
ral, alcohol and drug abuse prevention and education
activities and services; and
‘‘(B) shall, to the extent feasible and nec-
essary, make referrals for alcohol and drug
abuse treatment services;
‘‘(4) shall to the extent feasible provide, or
make referrals to providers of, other appropriate
services including medical, educational, social, rec-
reational, and transportation services;’’; and
(5) in paragraph (5), by striking all that follows
‘‘to such youth’’ and inserting a semicolon;
(6) in each of paragraphs (8) and (10), by
striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘program’’.
(c) REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO SEPARATE
STREET-BASED
AND
HOME-BASED
PROGRAMS.—Sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712) are
repealed.
(d) PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM PROVIDING
SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY SHELTER.—Section 312 (42
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U.S.C. 5712) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(c) In order to qualify for assistance under this part,
an applicant proposing to provide the short-term services
described in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall submit a plan to
the Secretary including assurances that the applicant—
‘‘(1) shall operate a runaway and homeless
youth center which is located in an area demon-
strably frequented by or easily reachable by runaway
and homeless youth, and at which runaway and
homeless youth can receive services;
‘‘(2) shall develop adequate plans, in accordance
with the best interests of the youth, for contacting
the parents, legal guardians, or other relatives of the
youth and ensuring the safe return of the youth, or
for providing for other appropriate alternative living
arrangements; and
‘‘(3) shall develop an adequate plan for encour-
aging the involvement of parents or legal guardians
in counseling, and for ensuring, to the extent pos-
sible, that aftercare services will be provided to all
youth served, including those who are returned be-
yond the State in which the program is located.’’.
(e) PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM PROVIDING
LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.—Section 322(a)
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(42 U.S.C. 5722(a)) is relocated and redesignated as sub-
section (d) of section 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712), and is amend-
ed—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall propose’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘proposing’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘a transitional living youth
project for homeless youth and’’ and inserting
‘‘long-term residential services for older home-
less youth in accordance with subsection
(a)(1)(R)’’;
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5), redesig-
nating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4), and striking
paragraphs (7) through (14); and
(3) by striking the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (4), as redesignated, and inserting a pe-
riod.
SEC. 5. APPROVAL BY SECRETARY.
Section 313 (42 U.S.C. 5713) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 311 (a), (c), or
(d)’’ the first place it appears and inserting
‘‘this part’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘section 311 (a), (c), or
(d)’’ the second place it appears and inserting
‘‘section 311’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) in the third sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘of service’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘of the
type of services which such organizations pro-
pose to provide’’.
SEC. 6. EVALUATION AUTHORITY.
Section 343 (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—
(1) in the caption, by inserting ‘‘EVALUA-
TION,’’ after ‘‘DEMONSTRATION,’’; and
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’
after ‘‘demonstration,’’.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF EXECUTED DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR-
ITY.
Section 344 (42 U.S.C. 5714–24) is repealed.
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.
Section 371 (42 U.S.C. 5714a) is amended by strik-
ing all that follows the first sentence.
SEC. 9. LEASE OF SURPLUS FEDERAL FACILITIES.
Section 372 (42 U.S.C. 5714b) is repealed.
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SEC. 10. REPORTS.
(a) REPORTING TIMETABLE.—Section 381(a) (42
U.S.C. 5715(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1) by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year 1997 and each second fiscal year thereafter’’.
(b) FEDERAL EVALUATION.—Section 381(b)(1) (42
U.S.C. 5715(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall develop and implement
a system that provides information on the quality
and quantity of services being provided by com-
prehensive runaway and homeless youth services
programs. Recipients of grants under this part shall
cooperate with Federal data collection efforts and
with triennial on-site monitoring activities.’’.
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 381(a)
(42 U.S.C. 5715(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘runaway and homeless youth centers that
are funded under parts A, B, C, D, and E’’ and in-
serting ‘‘programs funded under this title’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘centers fund-
ed under part A’’ and inserting ‘‘short-term services
programs described in section 312(a)(1)(A)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘centers fund-
ed under part B’’ and inserting ‘‘long-term residen-
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tial 
service 
programs 
described 
in 
section
312(a)(1)(B)’’.
SEC. 11. REPEAL OF ANNUAL PRIORITIES REQUIREMENT.
Section 384 (42 U.S.C. 5732) is repealed.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) 
APPROPRIATIONS
AUTHORIZED.—Section
385(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)(1)) is amended by striking
all that follows ‘‘to carry out this title’’ and inserting ‘‘$69
million for fiscal year 1997, and such sums as necessary
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2001.’’.
(b) FUNDS
FOR
RUNAWAY
HOTLINE.—Section
385(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘such sums as necessary’’ after
‘‘shall reserve’’; and
(2) by striking all that follows ‘‘section 331’’
and inserting a period.
(b) ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE EARMARKS.—Para-
graphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a), and subsections (b)
and (c), of section 385 (42 U.S.C. 5751) are repealed.
(c) Subsections (d) and (e) are redesignated as sub-
sections (b) and (c).
SEC. 13. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Section 311(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 5711(b)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands,’’.
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(b) Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 5714) is amended by
striking ‘‘runaway and homeless youth center’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘comprehensive runaway and homeless youth services
program’’.
(c) Part B (42 U.S.C. 5714–1 et seq.) is repealed.
(d) Section 343(b)(7) (42 U.S.C. 5714–23(b)(7)) is
amended by striking ‘‘runaway and homeless youth cen-
ters’’ and inserting ‘‘comprehensive runaway and homeless
youth services programs’’.
(e) Section 371 is amended, in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘runaway and homeless youth
centers and transitional living youth projects’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘runaway and homeless youth services programs
under section 312’’.
(f) Section 385(b) (42 U.S.C. 5751(b)), as redesig-
nated by section 10 of this Act, is amended by striking
‘‘Office of Youth Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
tration for Children and Families’’.
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