part may use not more than 10 percent of such funds to
pay for administrative costs.
‘‘(d) 
NONSUPPLANTING
REQUIREMENT.—Funds
made available under this part to States, units of local
government, or eligible units shall not be used to supplant
State or local funds as the case may be, but shall be used
to increase the amount of funds that would, in the absence
of funds made available under this part, be made available
from State or local sources, as the case may be.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this part may not exceed 90 percent
of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 1806. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.
‘‘Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this
part may be utilized to contract with private, nonprofit
entities or community-based organizations to carry out the
purposes specified under section 1801(a)(2).
‘‘SEC. 1807. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds
under this part shall—
‘‘(1) establish a trust fund in which the govern-
ment will deposit all payments received under this
part; and
‘‘(2) use amounts in the trust fund (including
interest) during a period not to exceed 2 years from
the date the first grant payment is made to the
State;
‘‘(3) designate an official of the State to submit
reports as the Attorney General reasonably requires,
in addition to the annual reports required under this
part; and
‘‘(4) spend the funds only for the purposes
under section 1801(b).
‘‘(b) TITLE I PROVISIONS.—The administrative pro-
visions of part H shall apply to this part and for purposes
of this section any reference in such provisions to title I
shall be deemed to include a reference to this part.
‘‘SEC. 1808. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) The term ‘unit of local government’
means—
‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political
subdivision of a county, township, or city, that
is a unit of local government as determined by
the Secretary of Commerce for general statis-
tical purposes; and
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia and the rec-
ognized governing body of an Indian tribe or
Alaskan Native village that carries out substan-
tial governmental duties and powers.
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible unit’ means a unit of
local government which may receive funds under sec-
tion 1803(e).
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, except that American Samoa, Guam, and the
Northern Mariana Islands shall be considered as 1
State and that, for purposes of section 1803(a), 33
percent of the amounts allocated shall be allocated
to American Samoa, 50 percent to Guam, and 17
percent to the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(4) The term ‘juvenile’ means an individual
who is 17 years of age or younger.
‘‘(5) The term ‘law enforcement expenditures’
means the expenditures associated with police, pros-
ecutorial, legal, and judicial services, and corrections
as reported to the Bureau of the Census for the fis-
cal year preceding the fiscal year for which a deter-
mination is made under this part.
‘‘(6) The term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ means
murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible
rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of
the Uniform Crime Reports.
‘‘(7) The term ‘serious violent crime’ means
murder, aggravated sexual assault, and assault with
a firearm.
‘‘SEC. 1809. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—
‘‘(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ADMINIS-
TRATION.—Not more than 1 percent of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), with
such amounts to remain available until expended, for each
of the fiscal years 1998 through 2000 shall be available
to the Attorney General for studying the overall effective-
ness and efficiency of the provisions of this part, assuring
compliance with the provisions of this part, and for admin-
istrative costs to carry out the purposes of this part. The
Attorney General shall establish and execute an oversight
plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipients.
‘‘(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Appropriations for activi-
ties authorized in this part may be made from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 is amended by striking the item relating to
part R and inserting the following:
‘‘PART R—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS
‘‘Sec. 1801. Program authorized.
‘‘Sec. 1802. Grant eligibility.
‘‘Sec. 1803. Allocation and distribution of funds.
‘‘Sec. 1804. Regulations.
‘‘Sec. 1805. Payment requirements.
‘‘Sec. 1806. Utilization of private sector.
‘‘Sec. 1807. Administrative provisions.
‘‘Sec. 1808. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 1809. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
TITLE 
IV—SPECIAL 
PRIORITY
FOR 
CERTAIN 
DISCRE-
TIONARY GRANTS
SEC. 401. SPECIAL PRIORITY.
Section 517 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(c) SPECIAL PRIORITY.—In awarding discretionary
grants under section 511 to public agencies to undertake
law enforcement initiatives relating to gangs, or to juve-
niles who are involved or at risk of involvement in gangs,
the Director shall give special priority to a public agency
that includes in its application a description of strategies,
either in effect or proposed, providing for cooperation be-
tween local, State, and Federal law enforcement authori-
ties to disrupt the illegal sale or transfer of firearms to
or between juveniles through tracing the sources of crime
guns provided to juveniles.’’.
TITLE V—GRANT REDUCTION
SEC. 501. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.
(a) GRANT REDUCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Sec-
tion 506 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) INFORMATION ACCESS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds available under
this subpart for a State shall be reduced by 20 per-
cent and redistributed under paragraph (2) unless
the State—
‘‘(A) submits to the Attorney General, not
later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Juvenile Crime Control Act of
1997, a plan that describes a process to notify
parents regarding the enrollment of a juvenile
sex offender in an elementary or secondary
school that their child attends; and
‘‘(B) adheres to the requirements described
in such plan in each subsequent year as deter-
mined by the Attorney General.
‘‘(2) REDISTRIBUTION.—To the extent ap-
proved in advance in appropriations Acts, any funds
available for redistribution shall be redistributed to
participating States that have submitted a plan in
accordance with paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) 
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Attorney 
General
shall issue regulations to ensure compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (1).’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.