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Union Calendar No. 700 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 68 
[Report No. 114–890] 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs 
to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
DECEMBER 23, 2016 
Reported with amendments, 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 January 6, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juvenile Account-
ability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address 
occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the Juvenile 
Accountability Block Grants program. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile 
Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1801(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘grad-
uated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated sanc-
tions and incentives’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring 
juvenile court judges, probation officers, and 
court-appointed defenders and special advocates, 
and’’; 
(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and 
redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as 
paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; and 
(D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 
by 
striking 
‘‘research-based 
bullying, 
cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘interventions such as researched- 
based 
anti-bullying, 
anti-cyberbullying, 
and 
gang prevention programs, as well as mental 
health services and trauma-informed practices’’; 
(2) in section 1802— 
(A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 
‘‘individualized sanctions’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
centives,’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘graduated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated 
sanctions and incentives’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘A sanction 
may include’’ the following: ‘‘a range 
of court-approved interventions, such 
as’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘a fine,’’ 
the following: ‘‘a restorative justice 
program,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(3) INCENTIVES.—The term ‘incentives’ means 
individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated responses 
to a juvenile offender’s compliance with court orders 
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and case disposition terms designed to reinforce or 
modify the skills and behaviors of the juvenile of-
fender. An incentive may include a certificate of 
achievement, a letter of recommendation, a family or 
program activity, a meeting or special outing with a 
community leader, a reduction in community service 
hours, a reduced curfew or home-restriction, a de-
crease in required court appearances, or a decrease in 
the term of court-ordered supervision.’’; 
(3) in section 1810(a), by striking ‘‘$350,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘applicable committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the At-
torney General under this part shall be subject to the fol-
lowing accountability provisions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
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‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
in the final audit report of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice that the audited 
grantee has utilized grant funds for an unau-
thorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 
cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 
months after the date on which the final audit 
report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDIT.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants 
awarded by the Attorney General under this part 
to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 
the appropriate number of grantees to be audited 
each year. 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of grant funds under this part that is found to 
have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eli-
gible to receive grant funds under this part dur-
ing the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 
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end of the 12-month period described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
this part, the Attorney General shall give pri-
ority to eligible applicants that did not have an 
unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a 
grant under this part. 
‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded grant funds under this part during the 
2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 
barred from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Attorney General shall submit to 
the applicable committees an annual certification— 
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‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice under 
paragraph (1) have been completed and re-
viewed by the appropriate Assistant Attor-
ney General or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re-
cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 
previous year. 
‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General 
awards a grant to an applicant under this part, the 
Attorney General shall compare potential grant 
awards with other grants awarded under this part by 
the Attorney General to determine if duplicate grant 
awards are awarded for the same purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
duplicate grants under this part to the same appli-
cant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall 
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submit to the applicable committees a report that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded 
under this part, including the total dollar 
amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best prac-
tices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under 
part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 may be used. 
SEC. 4. USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE, GENERAL ADMINISTRA-
TION TO CARRY OUT JUVENILE ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney 
General shall use up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made 
available for Department of Justice, General Administra-
tion, to carry out part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et 
seq.). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant pro-
gram, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 700 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 68 
[Report No. 114–890] 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juve-
nile Accountability Block Grants for programs to 
prevent and address occurrences of bullying and 
to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block 
Grants program. 
DECEMBER 23, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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